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Roberton Williams

@roberton.bsky.social

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Public finance/environmental economist, focusing on carbon pricing. U. of Maryland Professor, RFF Senior Fellow, & @nber.bsky.social Research Associate

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NBER @nber.org · 21/09/2026

Free natural gas during Georgia’s pandemic lockdown increased household consumption by 2–7 percent, a modest response to an extreme price drop, from Anna Alberini, Levan Bezhanishvili, Milan Ščasný, and @roberton.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w35759

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NBER @nber.org · 27/01/2026

Examining how the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy affects labor markets, focusing on barriers to worker adjustment and how these risks can be models, from Marc A.C. Hafstead and @roberton.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34723

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Kevin Carey @kevincareywb.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Important paper. Climate economics debate can get into the weeds on whether measured productivity or GDP effects of climate are "large" or "small." This paper shows how welfare modeling perspective can incorporate interaction of climate with other distortions, especially tax. @roberton.bsky.social

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NBER @nber.org · 13/01/2026

Using analytical and numerical general equilibrium models to investigate the channels through which microeconomic shocks affect the macroeconomy, from Marc A. C. Hafstead and @roberton.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34661

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