Joseph S. Shapiro

Joseph S. Shapiro
Associate Professor
University of California Berkeley #3310
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 859-4551
joseph.shapiro@berkeley.edu

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Working Papers

Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America  
With Dave Keiser, Bhash Mazumder, and David Molitor.
Quarterly Journal of Economics, revise and resubmit

Is Air Pollution Regulation Too Stringent? Evidence from US Offset Markets  
With Reed Walker.
American Economic Review, revise and resubmit

Machine Learning Predicts Which Rivers, Streams, and Wetlands the Clean Water Act Regulates  
With Simon Greenhill, Hannah Druckenmiller, Sherrie Wang, David A. Keiser, Manuela Girotto, Jason K. Moore, Nobohiro Yamaguchi, and Alberto Todeschini.
Science, revised and resubmitted (2nd round)

Institutions, Comparative Advantage, and the Environment  

The Carbon Footprint of Multinational Production
With Ezequiel Garcia-Lembergman, Natalia Ramondo, and Andres Rodriguez-Clare

Understanding Support for Inefficient Environmental Policy Instruments
With Maximiliano Lauletta, Ro’ee Levy, and Dmitry Taubinsky.

Published and Forthcoming Papers

Regulating Untaxable Externalities: Are Vehicle Air Pollution Standards Effective and Efficient?  (Online Appendix) [journal version]
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138(3): 1907-1976. With Mark Jacobsen, James Sallee, and Arthur van Benthem.

Globalization and the Environment  (Online Appendix) [journal version]
Handbook of International Economics, 2022, Volume V, pp. 61-146. With Brian R. Copeland and M. Scott Taylor. Editors, Gita Gopinath, Elhanan Helpman, and Kenneth Rogoff. Elsevier.

Pollution Trends and US Environmental Policy: Lessons from the Last Half Century  [journal version]
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2022, 16(1): 42-61.

The Evolution of the “Waters of the United States” and the Role of Economics [journal version]
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2022, 16(1): 146-152. With Dave Keiser, Sheila Olmstead, Kevin Boyle, Victor Flatt, Bonnie Keeler, Dan Phaneuf, and Jay Shimshack.

Where is Pollution Moving? Environmental Markets and Environmental Justice [journal version]
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111: 410-14. With Reed Walker.

A water rule that turns a blind eye to transboundary pollution [journal version]
Science, 2021, 372(6539): 241-243. With Dave Keiser, Sheila Olmstead, Kevin Boyle, Victor Flatt, Bonnie Keeler, Catherine Kling, Daniel Phaneuf, and Jay Shimshack.

The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy  (Online Appendix) [journal version]
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021, 136(2): 831-886.

Energy Cost Pass-Through in U.S. Manufacturing: Estimates and Implications for Carbon Taxes (Slides) [journal version]
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12(2): 303-42. With Sharat Ganapati and Reed Walker.

US Water Pollution Regulation over the Last Half Century: Burning Waters to Crystal Springs? [journal version]
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33(4): 51-75. With Dave Keiser.

The Low but Uncertain Measured Benefits of US Water Quality Policy [journal version]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, 116(12): 5262-5269. With Dave Keiser and Cathy Kling.

Consequences of the Clean Water Act and the Demand for Water Quality (Slides) [journal version]
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019, 134(1): 349-396. With Dave Keiser.

Why is Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Environmental Regulation, Productivity, and Trade (Slides) [journal version]
American Economic Review, 2018, 108(12): 3814-54. With Reed Walker.

Regulating Mismeasured Pollution: Implications of Firm Heterogeneity for Environmental Policy (Slides) [journal version]
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108: 136-42. With Eva Lyubich and Reed Walker.

Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program [journal version]
American Economic Review, 2017, 107(10): 2958-89. With Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone.

Trade Costs, CO2, and the Environment [journal version]
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8(4): 220-54

Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship Over the 20th Century [journal version]
Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124(1): 105-159. With Alan Barreca, Karen Clay, Olivier Deschenes, and Michael Greenstone.

Convergence in Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from High Temperatures and Mortality, 1900-2004 [journal version]
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2015, 105(5): 247-51. With Alan Barreca, Karen Clay, Olivier Deschenes, and Michael Greenstone

Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean [journal version]
World Development, 2010, 38(6): 895-907. With Emmanuel Skoufias and Kathy Lindert

The Benefits of Delayed Primary School Enrollment: Discontinuity Estimates using Exact Birthdates [journal version]
Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43(1): 1-29. With Patrick J. McEwan.

Community-Based Production of Open-Source Software: What do we Know About the Developers who Participate?
Information Economics and Policy, 2008, 20(4): 364-398. With Paul A. David.