Joshua Linn

Assistant Professor of Economics

University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Fields: Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization

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Publications:

Energy Prices and the Adoption of Energy Saving Technology. The Economic Journal, v118(533), 2008, 1986-2012.

 

Technological Modifications in the Nitrogen Oxides Permit Program. The Energy Journal, v29 (3), 2008: 153-176.

 

Why Do Oil Shocks Matter? The Role of Inter-Industry Linkages. Forthcoming, Economic Inquiry.

 

Bush v. Gore and the Effect of New Source Review on Power Plant Emissions (with Ian Lange). Environmental and Resource Economics, v40(4), 2008: 571-591.

 

Regulatory Conflict in the Chicago VOC Control Program (with Richard Kosobud, Houston Stokes and Carol Tallarico). Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, v51 (4), 2008: 561-579.

 

Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation? (with Daron Acemoglu, David Cutler and Amy Finkelstein). Papers and Proceedings of the American Economic Association, May 2006.

 

Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry (with Daron Acemoglu). Quarterly Journal of Economics, v119 (3), August 2004: 1049-1090.

         

 

Papers Under Review:

Who Pays for Cleaner Air? Evidence from the Nitrogen Oxides Budget Trading Program (Revise and resubmit, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management)

The Price of Gasoline and the Demand for Fuel Efficiency: Evidence from Monthly New Vehicles Sales Data (with Thomas Klier)  (Revise and resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy)

Does the Nitrogen Oxides Budget Trading Program Reduce Emissions When It Matters Most? (Revise and resubmit, BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy)

           

 

Work in Progress:

New Vehicle Characteristics and the Cost of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard (with Thomas Klier)

When Does Cap-and-Trade Increase Regulated Firms’ Profits? (with David Evans and Ian Lange)

 

 

Teaching:

Econ 370: Environmental Economics

Econ 501: Graduate Introductory Microeconomics

Econ 329: Industrial Organization

Econ 221: Intermediate Macroeconomics

 

 

Contact Information:

 

Joshua Linn

Department of Economics (MC 144)

University of Illinois at Chicago

601 S. Morgan St.

Chicago, IL 60607

Phone:  312-413-9444

Fax:  312-996-3344

Email:  jlinn@uic.edu