Paul H. O’Neill
School of Public and Environmental Affairs

• Comment on "Withdrawal of Finding of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan and of Call for Texas State Implementation Plan Revision-Affirmative Defense Provisions (Docket ID No EPA–R06–OAR–2018–0770)," (with A.J. Hollingsworth and D.M. Konisky) -  Environmental Protection Agency, regulations.gov, June 21, 2019
• "Where did all the health benefits go? Evaluating EPA's repeal of the Clean Power Plan," (with C. Wing and A.J. Hollingsworth) - SPEA Advance (March 2018)

Selected Works

• "Excess emissions: Environmental impacts, health effects, and policy debate," (with A.J. Hollingsworth and D.M. Konisky), provisionally accepted by the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy,  (2022)
• “The Health Consequences of Excess Emissions: Evidence from Texas,” (with A.J. Hollingsworth and D.M. Konisky), Journal of Environmental Economics and Managment (July 2021). Open access pre-print version. 
  • Related article: “How Many People Die When Polluters Exceed Their Limits?” - Wired (May 27, 2021)
• “Estimating co-pollutant benefits from climate change policies in the electricity sector: A regression approach,” (with D.H. Simon, A.J. Hollingsworth), Energy Economics, (2020) 
• “Racial, Ethnic and Income Disparities in Air Pollution: A Study of Excess Emissions in Texas,” (with Z. Li, D. Konisky), PLOS ONE, (August 2, 2019)
• “Tying enforcement to prices in emissions markets: An experimental evaluation,” (with J.K. Stranlund, J.J. Murphy, J.M. Spraggon), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2019)
• “Overcoming the Shortcomings of U.S. Plug-In Electric Vehicle Policies,” (with S. Carley, S. Siddiki, D. Duncan, and J.D. Graham), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 113: 109291 (2019)
• "The Effect of Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards on Vehicle Sales Projections: A Total Cost of Ownership Approach," (with D. Duncan, S. Carley, S. Siddiki, and J.D. Graham), Transport Policy, 75:70-87 (2019)
• "An Analysis of the Macroeconomic Effects of the 2017-2025 Federal Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards," (with S. Carley, D. Duncan, S. Siddiki, and J.D. Graham), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 38(3): 732-763 (2019)
• "Empirical Evaluation of the Stringency and Design of Renewable Portfolio Standards," (with S. Carley, L. Davies, and D. Spence), Nature Energy 3: 754-763 (2018)
• "Understanding Excess Emissions from Industrial Facilities: Evidence from Texas," (with A. Hollingsworth, D. Konisky), Environmental Science and Technology 52 (5): 2482-2490 (2018)
  • Related article: “Air pollution from industrial shutdowns and startups worse than thought,”(with A.J. Hollingsworth and D.M. Konisky) – The Conversation, February 14, 2018
    (Also in the Chicago Tribune and Houston Chronicle on February 14, 2018)
• "Dynamic Factor Analysis for Short Panels: Estimating Performance Trajectories for Water Utilities," (with Y. Tripodis), Statistical Methods and Applications, 27 (1): 131-150 (2018)

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