Selected Bibliography for Michael Greenstone
Milton Friedman Professor in Economics and the College
Home page of Michael Greenstone
Access working paper versions of many of these papers from Professor Greenstone's page at SSRN
Published Works
"Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India." Michael Greenstone and Rema Hanna; American Economic Review, 2014, 104(10), pp. 3038-72.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.10.3038
"An Economic Perspective on the EPA's Clean Power Plan." Meredith Fowlie, Lawrence Goulder, Matthew Kotchen, Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell, Lucas Davis, Michael Greenstone, Charles Kolstad, Christopher Knittel, Robert Stavins, Michael Wara, Frank Wolak and Catherine Wolfram; Science, 2014, 346(6211), pp. 815-16.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1261349
"Water Pollution and Public Health in India: The Potential for a Market-Friendly Approach," Michael Greenstone, Raahil Madhok, Rohini Pande and Hardik Shah, in Health and South Asia. Cambridge: Harvard South Asia Institute, 2013, pp. 61-65
http://issuu.com/sainit/docs/healthandsouthasiabook
"Particulate Matter Matters." Francesca Dominici, Michael Greenstone and Cass R. Sunstein; Science, 2014, 344(6181), pp. 257-59.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1247348
"What Does Reputation Buy? Differentiation in a Market for Third-Party Auditors." Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan; American Economic Review, 2013, 103(3), pp. 314-19.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.3.314
"Truth-Telling by Third-Party Auditors and the Response of Polluting Firms: Experimental Evidence from India." Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128(4), pp. 1499-545.
http://dx,doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjt024
"Developing a Social Cost of Carbon for US Regulatory Analysis: A Methodology and Interpretation." Michael Greenstone, Elizabeth Kopits and Ann Wolverton; Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2013, 7(1), pp. 23-46.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/reep/res015
"The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather: Reply." Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone; American Economic Review, 2012, 102(7), pp. 3761-73.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.7.3761
"Is There an Energy Efficiency Gap?" Hunt Allcott and Michael Greenstone; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012, 26(1), pp. 3-28.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.26.1.3
"Trends." Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney; Milken Institute Review, 2011, (Third Quarter).
http://assets1b.milkeninstitute.org/assets/Publication/MIReview/PDF/08-16MR51.pdf
"Renewing Economically Distressed American Communities." Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney; Issues in Science and Technology, 2011, (Winter).
http://issues.org/27-2/greenstone/
"Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health." Janet Currie, Michael Greenstone and Enrico Moretti; American Economic Review, 2011, 101(3), pp. 435-41.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.3.435
"Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the US." Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone; American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3(4), pp. 152-85.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.3.4.152
"Effective Regulation through Credible Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Opportunity Costs of Superfund," Michael Greenstone, in E. J. Balleisen and D. A. Moss: Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 52-91
"The Changing Consequences of Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities." Roland G. Fryer, Jr. and Michael Greenstone; American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2(1), pp. 116-48.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.2.1.116
"Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Winners and Losers of Large Plant Openings." Michael Greenstone, Richard Hornbeck and Enrico Moretti; Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 118(3), pp. 536-98.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/653714
"Toward a Culture of Persistent Regulatory Experimentation and Evaluation," Michael Greenstone, in D. Moss and J. Cisternino: New Perspectives on Regulation. Cambridge, MA: The Tobin Project, 2009, pp. 111-26
"Winter Heating or Clean Air? Unintended Impacts of China's Huai River Policy." Douglas Almond, Yuyu Chen, Michael Greenstone and Hongbin Li; American Economic Review, 2009, 99(2), pp. 184-90.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.2.184
"Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Approaches to Environmental Economics." Michael Greenstone and Ted Gayer; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2009, 57(1), pp. 21-44.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2008.02.004
"Climate Change and Birth Weight." Olivier Deschenes, Michael Greenstone and Jonathan Guryan; American Economic Review, 2009, 99(2), pp. 211-17.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.2.211
"Indoor Air Pollution, Health, and Economic Well-Being." Michael Greenstone; S.A.P.I.EN.S - Surveys and Perspectives Integrating Environment and Society, 2008, 1(1).
http://sapiens.revues.org/130
"Tradable Water Rights." Michael Greenstone; Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, 2008, (Spring), pp. 31-33.
http://www.democracyjournal.org/8/6598.php
"Cooking Stoves, Indoor Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Rural Orissa." Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone and Rema Hanna; Economic and Political Weekly, 2008, 43(32), pp. 71-76.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40277832
"Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market and the Superfund Program." Michael Greenstone and Justin Gallagher; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123(3), pp. 951-1003.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.951
"The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather." Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone; American Economic Review, 2007, 97(1), pp. 354-85.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.97.1.354
"The Value of Knowing." Paul Oyer, Michael Greenstone and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen; Regulation, 2006, Summer.
http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/2006/7/v29n1-9.pdf
"Mandated Disclosure, Stock Returns, and the 1964 Securities Acts Amendments." Michael Greenstone, Paul Oyer and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121(2), pp. 399-460.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.399
"Does Air Quality Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market." Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone; Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 113(2), pp. 376-424.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/427462
"Using Mandated Speed Limits to Measure the Value of a Statistical Life." Orley Ashenfelter and Michael Greenstone; Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112(1), pp. S226-67.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/379932
"Estimating the Value of a Statistical Life: The Importance of Omitted Variables and Publication Bias." Orley Ashenfelter and Michael Greenstone; American Economic Review, 2004, 94(2), pp. 454-60.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/0002828041301984
"Did the Clean Air Act Cause the Remarkable Decline in Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations?" Michael Greenstone; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2004, 47(3), pp. 585-611.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2003.12.001
"The Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Mortality: Evidence from Geographic Variation in Pollution Shocks Induced by a Recession." Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2003, 118(3), pp. 1121-67.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/00335530360698513
"The Clean Air Act of 1970 and Adult Mortality." Kenneth Chay, Carlos Dobkin and Michael Greenstone; Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2003, 27(3), pp. 279-300.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025897327639
"Estimating Regulation-Induced Substitution: The Effect of the Clean Air Act on Water and Ground Pollution." Michael Greenstone; American Economic Review, 2003, 93(2), pp. 442-48.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/000282803321947498
"The Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Activity: Evidence from the 1970 and 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments and the Census of Manufactures." Michael Greenstone; Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110(6), pp. 1175-219.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/342808
"A Reexamination of Resource Allocation Responses to the 65-Mph Speed Limit." Michael Greenstone; Economic Inquiry, 2002, 40(2), pp. 271-78.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ei/40.2.271
"The Convergence in Black-White Infant Mortality Rates During the 1960's." Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone; American Economic Review, 2000, 90(2), pp. 326-32.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.90.2.326
"Are There Sectoral Anomalies Too? The Pitfalls of Unreported Multiple Hypothesis Testing and a Simple Solution." Michael Greenstone and Paul Oyer; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2000, 15(1), pp. 37-55.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008313703909
Essays in Applied Microeconomics; Michael Benjamin Greenstone; Ph.D Dissertation, Princeton University, 1998.
http://search.proquest.com/docview/304460003?accountid=14657
Working Papers
Other versions of many of these papers are available from Professor Greenstone's page at SSRN
The Value of Regulatory Discretion: Estimates from Environmental Inspections in India; Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan; NBER Working Paper Series No. 20590; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w20590
Truth-Telling by Third-Party Auditors and the Response of Polluting Firms: Experimental Evidence from India; Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan; NBER Working Paper Series No. 19259; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w19259
Envirodevonomics: A Research Agenda for a Young Field; Michael Greenstone and B. Kelsey Jack; NBER Working Paper Series No. 19426; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w19426
Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More Than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings; Janet Currie, Lucas Davis, Michael Greenstone and Reed Walker; Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, Working Papers, 2013.
ftp://ftp2.census.gov/ces/wp/2013/CES-WP-13-14.pdf
Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More Than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings; Janet Currie, Lucas Davis, Michael Greenstone and Reed Walker; NBER Working Paper Series No. 18700; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18700
Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship over the 20th Century; Alan Barreca, Karen Clay, Olivier Deschenes, Michael Greenstone and Joseph S. Shapiro; NBER Working Paper Series No. 18692; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18692
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves; Rema Hanna, Esther Duflo and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 18033; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18033
The Effects of Environmental Regulation on the Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing; Michael Greenstone, John A. List and Chad Syverson; NBER Working Paper Series No. 18392; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18392
Is There an Energy Efficiency Gap?; Hunt Allcott and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 17766; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w17766
Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the Nox Budget Program and Ozone Reductions; Olivier Deschenes, Michael Greenstone and Joseph S. Shapiro; NBER Working Paper Series No. 18267; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18267
The Importance of Research and Development (R&D) for U.S. Competitiveness and a Clean Energy Future; Michael Greenstone; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Working Papers, 2011.
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66283
The Effects of Environmental Regulation on the Competiveness of U.S. Manufacturing; Michael Greenstone, John A. List and Chad Syverson; Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, Working Papers, 2011.
http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/ces/cespapers?down_key=101941
Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health; Janet Currie, Michael Greenstone and Enrico Moretti; NBER Working Paper Series No. 16844; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w16844
Liability and Financial Responsibility for Oil Spills under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and Related Statutes; Michael Greenstone; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Working Papers, 2011.
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66280
Estimating the Social Cost of Carbon for Use in U.S. Federal Rulemakings: A Summary and Interpretation; Michael Greenstone, Elizabeth Kopits and Ann Wolverton; NBER Working Paper Series No. 16913; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w16913
Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India; Michael Greenstone and Rema Hanna; NBER Working Paper Series No. 17210; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w17210
Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Million Dollar Plants; Michael Greenstone, Richard Hornbeck and Enrico Moretti; NBER Working Paper Series No. 13833; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13833
The Causes and Consequences of Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Roland G. Fryer and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 13036; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13036
Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Approaches to Environmental Economics; Michael Greenstone and Ted Gayer; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Working Papers, 2007.
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45128
Is the 'Surge' Working? Some New Facts; Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 13458; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13458
Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the US; Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 13178; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13178
Mandated Disclosure, Stock Returns, and the 1964 Securities Acts Amendments; Michael Greenstone, Paul Oyer and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen; NBER Working Paper Series No. 11478; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w11478
Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market and the Superfund Program; Michael Greenstone and Justin Gallagher; NBER Working Paper Series No. 11790; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w11790
The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random; Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 10663; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w10663
Estimating the Value of a Statistical Life: The Importance of Omitted Variables and Publication Bias; Orley Ashenfelter and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 10401; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w10401
Did the Clean Air Act Cause the Remarkable Decline in Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations?; Michael Greenstone; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Working Papers, 2003.
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45016
Bidding for Industrial Plants: Does Winning a 'Million Dollar Plant' Increase Welfare?; Michael Greenstone and Enrico Moretti; NBER Working Paper Series No. 9844; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2003.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w9844
Air Quality, Infant Mortality, and the Clean Air Act of 1970; Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 10053; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2003.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w10053
Using Mandated Speed Limits to Measure the Value of a Statistical Life; Orley Ashenfelter and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 9094; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2002.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w9094
The Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Activity: Evidence from the 1970 & 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments and the Census of Manufactures; Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 8484; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w8484
The Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Mortality: Evidence from Geographic Variation in Pollution Shocks Induced by a Recession; Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 7442; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7442
The Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Activity: Evidence from the 1970 and 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments and the Census of Manufacturers; Michael Greenstone; Princeton, Department of Economics - Industrial Relations Sections, Princeton, Department of Economics - Industrial Relations Sections, 1998.
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01qr46r081p
Does Air Quality Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market; Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone; NBER Working Paper Series No. 6826; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w6826