I use methods in environmental economics, industrial organization, and urban economics to answer research questions in energy and the environment. My research studies determinants and solutions to environmental inequality, tradeoffs in environmental policy, and emerging trends and issues in energy and electricity markets.
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Energy and Resources Group, a Faculty Affiliate at the Energy Institute at Haas, a Fellow of the CESifo Research Network, and an Affiliate at the Environmental Markets Lab (emLab) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I was previously an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2020–2023) and a postdoctoral scholar at emLab (2019–2020).
I hold a M.ESc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from Yale, and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. I also have professional experiences in the electricity industry, federal government, and non-governmental research organizations.
Research
WORKING PAPERS
Benefits, Costs, and Distributional Outcomes in an Environmental Market
Health, Labor, and Equity in the Low Carbon Transition of California's Petroleum Refineries
Measrainsey Meng, Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Chris Malloy, Tracey Mangin, Vincent Thivierge, Ranjit Deshmukh, Paige Weber, Olivier Deschenes, David W. Lea, and Kyle C. Meng
PUBLICATIONS
Intermittency or Uncertainty? Impacts of Renewable Energy in Electricity Markets
Paige Weber and Matt Woerman
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2024
Winner of the 2022 USAEE Young Professional Best Paper Award
Well Setbacks Limit California's Oil Supply with Larger Health Benefits and Employment Losses than Excise and Carbon Taxes
Ranjit Deshmukh, Paige Weber, Olivier Deschenes, David Lea, Hernandez-Cortes, Tia Kordell, Ruiwen Lee, Chris Malloy, Tracey Mangin, Measrainsey Meng, Sandy Sum, Vincent Thivierge, Anagha Uppal, and Kyle C. Meng