Matt Tarduno

Working on topics of Inequality and the #environment ? Join @sitestockholm.bsky.social
workshop on Nov 28! Deadline October 15.

It is scandalous that speed cameras are currently illegal in Massachusetts. Thankfully, the 2026 budget tries to change this
budget.digital.mass.gov/govbudget/fy...

What Will Data Centers Do To Your Electric Bill? The threat of increased rates is real, but good policy can bring lower prices as demand grows. Electricity has recently replaced eggs, beef, and gasoline as the inflation concern du jour. Reporters…

Clear and sensible piece on AI load growth and your electricity bill:

energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/w...

My coauthors and I are hiring a project coordinator for new research on an innovative jail-based rehabilitation paper (IGNITE), building on our recent QJE

Apply at careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/project...

🧵 (1/7) With @knittelmit.bsky.social and @cwolfram.bsky.social, happy to announce our new paper on “Who Bears the Burden of Climate Inaction?”, just posted for BPEA @brookings.edu.

We find large climate cost impacts that vary by both geography and income.

www.brookings.edu/articles/who...

At Global Climate Summit This Week, U.S. Isolation Was on Full Display

This will be remembered as the two days in which ascendant China took over global climate and energy policy leadership from declining America. The electrostate surpassing the petrostate.

At Global Climate Summit This Week, U.S. Isolation Was on Full Display www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/c...

Come be a razorback! We are hiring two positions this year at the U of Arkansas!

Macro/General Equilibrium: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Applied Micro: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Northwest Arkansas is consistently ranked one of the best places to live. Here's some highlights!

Fellow econ folks! We are hiring! Come work with me and my delightful colleagues at The University of Melbourne!

Applications close November 23, 2025

Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics: Financial and Agricultural Commodity Market Economics University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

@UCDavisARE.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics: Financial and Agricultural Commodity Market Economics.

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07305

I'm delighted to announce the release of the Flagship Report of the Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT Working Group on Climate Coalitions on "Building a Climate Coalition: Aligning Carbon Pricing, Trade, and Development."

ceepr.link/3VmgC7g

A 🧵 on what we do/find:

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies

The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

I'm hiring predocs to work with me on econ policy research projects starting in Summer 2026. Topics include healthcare, consumer finance, energy markets, housing, and childcare.

You'll be part of an awesome community of @siepr.bsky.social predocs.

Details here:
siepr.stanford.edu/programs/sie...

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📢JOB OPPORTUNITY📢 I am hiring a part-time or full-time research assistant in Mexico City 🇲🇽

For a project with #PierreBachas #AndersJensen to understand the impacts of a tax on firms' cash deposits at banks

seankhiggins.com/assets/pdf/I...

#EconRA @povertyaction.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social

Predoctoral Researcher MIT - Predoctoral Researcher - Cambridge MA 02139

📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.

IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.

Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

Some professional news:

Zurich’s ascent over the past ~10 years has been incredible. They show what can be accomplished when good institutions and resources meet.

I’m incredibly excited and honored to participate in UZH’s continued success!

My papers arguing that the "Abundance Movement" needs broadening to include place-based jobs policies for distressed places are being released today, with a long paper at the Upjohn Institute & a shorter summary at Brookings Metro.

We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs

uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Chart from The Economist showing Poland's electricity generation by source. Renewables recently temporarily overtook coal for the first time

Map from The Economist showing ground-level pollution across Europe. Poland is covered in dangerous particulate matter https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/30/polands-coal-fired-home-heating-creates-widespread-pollution

Nice chart this week which reminded me of this shocking map that we ran five years ago. Clean energy production can't come to Poland soon enough
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

I hope that this figure (from www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/against...) blows up in response to this threat by Marzulla Law

My crack insurance team is out with new visualizations of the recent California FAIR plan data release. The picture is not pretty. This data release covers the period from September of 2024 to June of 2025. Think of it as the first look into the post-LA Wildfire insurance environment.

I learned a ton while working on this project, and we hope that both the descriptive results and the information IV will be interesting/useful to other folks.

As always, comments welcome!

#EconSky

Excited to have this WP out!

We use a real-stakes survey experiment to measure misperceptions about air pollution/health impacts & test whether updating beliefs changes WTP for clean air

We find large misperceptions, but not strong evidence that rectifying these would close Black-White WTP gaps

This is how you save $2bn per hurricane: www.nber.org/papers/w32548

The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.

It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.

Likely to enter force within days.

Got into a friendly argument with a family member over whether California or the Midwest will be relatively worse for smoky days in the coming years.

Want to go on a journey with us? 1/n

@severinborenstein.bsky.social differentiates between demand reductions that save society's resources and demand reductions that are wasteful.

Our paper is officially out 🎉

We argue that climate clubs show promise:

- A climate club with coordinated penalties could curb 68% of excess emissions from free-riding

-Unilateral carbon tariffs? Not nearly as effective

Thanks to @lastweektonight.com for a great story on why work requirements are bad policy and for citing my research!

Never thought I’d see my name next to John Oliver’s face while he talks about my work!!