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  1. Casey J. WichmanÈ221 Bobby Dodd Way, Atlanta, GA 30332Œwww.caseyjwichman.comQwichman@gatech.eduPrimary appointments2023–Associate Professor(w/o tenure), School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology2020–2023Assistant Professor,School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology2019–2020Research Director,Energy & Environment Lab, University of Chicago2015–2019Fellow,Resources for the FutureAffiliations and editorial positionsAffiliations2025–Board of Directors,Association of the Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)2024–Invited Researcher,Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)2024–Faculty Affiliate,Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center, Georgia Institute of Technology2024–Faculty Affiliate,Climate, Energy, and Resource (CLEAR) Economics Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology2021–Faculty Council, Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology2019–University Fellow,Resources for the FutureEditorial Positions2025–Co-Editor,Journal of Environmental Economics and Management2024–Editorial Council,Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists2024–Associate Editor,American Journal of Agricultural Economics2022–Editorial Board,Resource and Energy Economics2022–2024Editorial Council,Journal of Environmental Economics and ManagementEducationPh.D Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland, 2015Received AERE and AAEA outstanding doctoral dissertation awardsM.S. Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland, 2014M.S. Economics, North Carolina State University, 2011B.A. Economics (minor: English), Ithaca College,cum laude, 2009ResearchPublications20.Lang, Corey, Casey J. Wichman, Michael Weir, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz,“Cost misperception and voting forpublic goods,”American Journal of Agricultural Economics.Forthcoming.19.Blonz, Joshua, Karen Palmer, Casey J. Wichman, and Derek C. Wietelman,“Automation, smart thermostats, andtime-varying prices,”American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 90–125, 2025.18.Wichman, Casey J.,“Social media influences National Park visitation,”Proceedings of the National Academiesof Sciences, vol. 121, no. 15, 2024.17.Wichman, Casey J. and Nathan W. Chan,“Preheating prosocial behaviour,”Economic Journal, vol. 133, issue655, pp. 2844–2860, 2023.16.Prest, Brian, Casey J. Wichman, and Karen Palmer,“RCTs against the machine: Can ML prediction methods re-cover experimental treatment effects?”Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists,vol. 10, no. 5, 2023.15.Wichman, Casey J. and Brandon Cunningham,“Notching for free: Do cyclists reveal the opportunity cost oftime?”Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023.14.Cardoso, Diego and Casey J. Wichman,“Water affordability in the United States,”Water Resources Research,vol. 58, issue 12, 2022.13.Chan, Nathan W. and Casey J. Wichman,“Valuing nonmarket impacts of climate change on recreation: Fromreduced form to welfare,”Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 81, pp. 179–213, 2022.
  2. Casey J. Wichman212.Lewis, Lynne and Casey J. Wichman, “What should we be teaching students about the economics of climatechange: Is there a consensus?”International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 15, no.3, pp. 203–233, 2021.11.Cunningham, Brandon, Jacob LaRiviere, and Casey J. Wichman,“Clustered into control: Heterogeneous causalimpacts of water infrastructure failure,”Economic Inquiry, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 1417–1439, 2021.10.Chan, Nathan W. and Casey J. Wichman,“Climate change and recreation: Evidence from North Americancycling,”Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 76, pp. 119–151, 2020.9.Bellemare, Marc F. and Casey J. Wichman,“Elasticities and the inverse hyperbolic sine transformation,”OxfordBulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 50–61, 2020.8.Wichman, Casey J.,“Interpreting nonlinear semi-elasticities in reduced-form climate damage estimation,”Cli-matic Change, vol. 148, no. 4, pp. 641–648, 2018.7.Eyer, Jonathan and Casey J. Wichman,“Does water scarcity shift the electricity generation mix toward fossilfuels? Empirical evidence from the United States,”Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol.87, pp. 224–241, 2018.6.Hamilton, Timothy and Casey J. Wichman,“Bicycle infrastructure and traffic congestion: Evidence from DC’sCapital Bikeshare,”Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 87, pp. 72-93, 2018.5.Wichman, Casey J.,“Information provision and consumer behavior: A natural experiment in billing frequency,”Journal of Public Economics, vol. 152, pp. 13–33, 2017.4.Wichman, Casey J. and Paul J. Ferraro,“A cautionary tale on using panel data estimators to measure programimpacts,”Economics Letters, vol. 151, pp. 82–90, 2017.3.Wichman, Casey J.,“Incentives, green preferences, and private provision of impure public goods,”Journal ofEnvironmental Economics and Management, vol. 76, pp. 208–220, 2016.2.Wichman, Casey J., Laura O. Taylor, and Roger H. von Haefen,“Conservation policies: Who responds to priceand who responds to prescription?”Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 76, pp. 114–134, 2016.1.Wichman, Casey J.,“Perceived price in residential water demand: Evidence from a natural experiment,”Journalof Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 107, pp. 308–323, 2014.Working papers3.Brent, Daniel A., and Casey J. Wichman,“Do behavioral nudges interact with prevailing economic incentives?Pairing experimental and quasi-experimental evidence from water consumption,”Resources for the FutureWorking Paper 22-2, 2022.2.Brent, Daniel A., Casey J. Wichman, Derek C. Wietelman, “Who pays for conservation pricing? Evidence fromnonlinear water rates.”1.Wichman, Casey J., “Efficiency, equity, and cost-recovery tradeoffs in municipal water pricing.”Select research in progress7.Wichman, Casey J., “Winters of discontent.”6.Wichman, Casey J. and Derek C. Wietelman, “Complementary conservation: Estimating energy benefits fromwater conservation.”5.Patel, Praharsh M., Daniel A. Brent, and Casey J. Wichman “Behavioral responses to two-part tariffs: Evidencefrom the introduction of volumetric water pricing.”4.Kamble, Vikrant and Casey J. Wichman “Groundwater scarcity and maternal health: Evidence from India.”3.Aglar, Mehmet Akif, Robert I. Harris, and Casey J. Wichman, “Decomposing racial gaps in energy burdens.”2.Hossain, Emtiaz Hritan and Casey J. Wichman, “Ride or die: Did ridesharing services kill active and publictransit?”1.Wichman, Casey J. “The economics of decarbonizing transportation through active transit.”Other writing and publications19.Chan, Nathan W. and Casey J. Wichman,“Donors who feel upbeat are more likely to give to charity – newresearch”,The Conversation, July 2023.
  3. Casey J. Wichman318.Wichman, Casey J.,“The unequal burdens of water scarcity,”Nature Water, Issue 1, 2023.17.Wietelman, Derek, Karen Palmer, and Casey J. Wichman, “Using Prices, Automation, and Data to Shape Elec-tricity Demand and Integrate Renewables into the Grid,” Resources for the Future Report, March 31, 2022.16.Wichman, Casey J. and Derek C. Wietelman, “A history of water resources research at Resources for the Future,”Resources, No. 201, May 2019.15.Wichman, Casey J., Derek C. Wietelman, Daniel A. Brent, and Diego S. Cardoso, “Public Comments on ‘Optionsfor Implementation of a Statewide Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program.”’ Submitted to the CaliforniaState Water Resources Control Board on February 1, 2019.14.Walls, Margaret, Casey J. Wichman, and Kevin Ankney, “Nature-Based Recreation: Understanding CampsiteReservations in National Parks,” Resources for the Future Report, November 2018.13.“California’s Water: Water for Cities,” (with Ellen Hanak, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Henry McCann, Newsha Ajami, KenBaerenklau, David Jassby, Jay Lund, David Mitchell, Kurt Schwabe, and David Sedlak),Public Policy Institute ofCalifornia, November 2018.12.Walls, Margaret, Casey J. Wichman, and Kevin Ankney, “Overcrowding in national parks: Seeing the forest forthe trees with better data.”Resources, No. 199, Fall 2018.11.Wichman, Casey J., “The strategic costs of carbon emissions: Global versus domestic policy considerations,”Resources, No. 195, Fall 2017.10.Wichman, Casey J., “Information and environmental policy,”Journal of the Association of Environmental andResource Economists, 2017. (dissertation abstract)9.National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.ValuingClimateDamages:UpdatingEstimationoftheSocialCostofCarbonDioxide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2017. (Contributingauthor).8.Wichman, Casey J., “Book Review: ‘Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival,”’Water Economicsand Policy, 1680007, 2016.7.“California’s Water: Water for Cities,” (with Ellen Hanak, Ken Baerenklau, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Jay Lund, KurtSchwabe, Newsha Ajami, J. R. DeShazo, David Mitchell, Jean-Daniel Saphores, and David Sedlak),Public PolicyInstitute of California, October 2016.6.Wichman, Casey J., “Water conservation policies: Prices versus restrictions”Resources, No. 193, pp. 18–19,Fall 2016.5.National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.AssessmentofApproachestoUpdatingtheSocialCostofCarbon:Phase1ReportonaNear-TermUpdate. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.(Contributing author).4.Wichman, Casey J., “Commentary: Does bicycle infrastructure reduce traffic congestion?”Resources, No. 191,pp. 6–7, Winter 2016.3.Williams, Roberton C. and Casey J. Wichman, “Macroeconomic effects of carbon taxes,” in I. Parry, A. Mor-ris, and R. Williams (eds.),ImplementingaUSCarbonTax:ChallengesandDebates, Routledge Explorations inEnvironmental Economics, 2015.2.“Technical assistance for sustainable urban water use,” (with Jeff Hughes, Mary Tiger, Shadi Eskaf, and ChristineBoyle), Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina, 2012.1.Wichman, Casey J. “An assessment of U.S. air quality policy: Past, present, and future.”Proceedings of the NewYork State Economics Association, vol. 1, pp. 124-133, 2008.TeachingGeorgia TechECON 7102: Environmental Economics I (Ph.D. field course); Fall 2022, Fall 2023ECON 4210: Economics of Climate Change; Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024ECON 2100: Economics & Policy; Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024Georgetown UniversityIPEC 329: Environmental economic policy: Domestic and global applications, Spring 2017.
  4. Casey J. Wichman4Seminars and presentationsAcademic seminars(?indicates scheduled)2025:University of New Mexico (Economics)?, University of Maryland (AREC Alumni Seminar)?, Inter-American De-velopment Bank?2024:University of Alabama (Economics), Colorado School of Mines (Economics), UC San Diego (Environmental Eco-nomics), University at Buffalo (Economics)2023:University of Calgary (Economics), University of Houston (Hobby School of Public Policy), Triangle Resourceand Environmental Economics (TREE) Seminar (NC State / Duke), UNC–Chapel Hill (Data-driven EnviroLab),University of Wyoming (Economics)2022:World Bank, Indiana University (Young Scholars Symposium on Natural Resource Governance)2021:#OARES (Online Agricultural and Resource Economics Seminar)2020:University of Chicago (EPIC), University of Minnesota (APEC), Georgia Tech (Economics), University of Wiscon-sin (AAE), University of Maryland (AREC)2019:Penn State (EEEP), Penn State (Water Insights), Arizona State University (Economics), University of Chicago(Energy & Environment Lab), EPA National Center for Environmental Economics2018:University of Southern California (Price)2017:Cornell University (Dyson), University of Minnesota (APEC), East Carolina University (Economics), Colby College(Economics)2015:EPA National Center for Environmental Economics, University of Georgia (AAE), University of MassachusettsAmherst (Resource Economics), UCLA (Luskin), University of Kansas (Economics), Resources for the Future,Cornell University (PAM), American University (Economics), University of South Carolina (Economics), DukeUniversity (Public/IO Lunch), NC State University (CEnREP Lunch)Conferences & workshops–AERE: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 (virtual), 2022, 2023, 2024–AAEA: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016–ASSA: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 (virtual), 2023, 2025 (discussant)–SEA: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024–APPAM: 2014, 2015–NBER Summer Institute (Energy & Environment Economics): 2019 (discussant), 2021–Occasional Workshop on Environmental and Resource Economics (UC Santa Barbara): 2024–World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists: 2018–Camp Resources: 2011, 2016–Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop: 2014, 2018–CU Boulder Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop: 2014–Northeast Workshop on Energy and Environmental Policy: 2018, 2019–Appalachian Experimental & Environmental Economics Workshop: 2022Panelist–“Is Behavior the Solution? Setting a Research Agenda for Climate Change Mitigation,”The Agenda Fund (orga-nized by the Social Science Research Council, The Conversation, and SAGE Publishing), Rockefeller FoundationGlobal Headquarters, New York, NY. June 2023.–“Greening the Grid through Demand-Side Automation”, RFF Live, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC.April 2022.MiscellanySummer Institute in Computational Social Science (Lecture on "Text as Data", July 2023); ecobee (Toronto, ON),Social Cost of Water Pollution (Cornell University), Urban Water Demand Roundtable (Tempe, AZ); Universityof Maryland Environmental Tax Workshop; Economics of Water and Energy Workshop (San Diego, CA); UrbanWater Demand Roundtable (Denver, CO); ESRC Workshop on “Managing Water Demand,” University CollegeLondon (London, UK); International Water Resource Economics Consortium–11th Annual Meeting (Washington,DC); Causal Effects in Energy and Environmental Economics–University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN); WaterResources Research Institute–Annual Conference (Raleigh, NC)Honors, awards, and fellowships–Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: 2023 CIOS Award, Georgia Tech–2023 Faculty Excellence in Research Award, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech–Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Fall Semester 2022 CIOS Honor Roll, Georgia Tech–Lone Mountain Fellowship, Property and Environment Research Center, Bozeman, MT, Summer 2022
  5. Casey J. Wichman5–Spring 2021 Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll, Georgia Tech–AERE Wallace E. Oates Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2017–AAEA Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2016–Dr. and Mrs. Bill V. Lessley Dissertation Excellence Award, UMD-AREC, 2015–Bessie H. DeVault Scholarship for best paper by a second-year student, UMD-AREC, 2014–Dean’s Fellowship, UMD-AREC, 2014–2015–Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, UMD, 2014–Outstanding Teaching Assistant, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UMD, 2014–Distinguished Graduate Student Teacher, UMD-AREC, 2014–Rhona Lantin Scholarship for best paper by a first-year student, UMD-AREC, 2013–Graduate Assistantship, UMD-AREC, 2012–2015–ETD Master’s Thesis Award, Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, 2012–USDA National Needs Fellowship, NCSU, 2009–2011–University Graduate Research Fellowship, NCSU, 2009–2010–Departmental honors in economics, Ithaca College, 2009Funded research–Principal Investigator, “Economics of water, climate, and sociodemographic trends,” IAC Short-term Opportunityfor Professional Development and Scholarly Activities (SODA), $5000, Spring 2023.–Principal Investigator, COVID Faculty Relief Funding, Georgia Tech COVID-19 Faculty Impacts Task Force,$16,700, 2022.–Principal Investigator, “How can water utilities adapt to climate change?” Small Grant for White Papers at theIntersection of Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Georgia Tech Strategic Plan Advisory Group, $6500,2021.–Co-Principal Investigator (with Karen Palmer), “Understanding the role of variable pricing, consumer incentives,and smart technologies in shifting energy demand,” The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, $450,000, 2019–2021.–Co-Investigator, “The law & economics of private shale gas leasing,” (PI: Alan Krupnick), The Alfred P. SloanFoundation, 2015–2017.–Co-Investigator, “The economic value of water infrastructure resilience,” (PI: Jacob LaRiviere), Department ofHomeland Security, 2015–2016.–Co-Investigator, “Shifting baselines in water utility management: New tools for addressing financial impacts ofsystem transitions,” NC Water Resources Research Institute, 2011–2012.Professional serviceRefereeingJournals:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Applied Eco-nomics Perspectives & Policy, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Ecological Economics, The EconometricsJournal, Economic Journal, Economics Letters, Energy Economics, The Energy Journal, Energy Policy, Environmentaland Resource Economics, Epidemiology, European Economic Review, International Journal of Sustainable Transporta-tion, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal ofEconomic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Journal of Environmental Eco-nomics and Management, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Housing Economics, Journal ofHuman Resources, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, Journalof Public Economics, Land Economics, Management Science, Nature Climate Change, Nature Human Behaviour, Na-ture Water, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, PLOS One, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,Quarterly Journal of Economics, Resource and Energy Economics, Review of Behavioral Economics, Science Advances,Stat, Sustainable Cities and Society, Transportation Research Part C, Utilities Policy, Water, Water Resources and Eco-nomics, Water Resources Research, World DevelopmentGrant proposals:Environmental Protection Agency (National Center for Environmental Economics), NationalScience Foundation (Economics), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, University ofWisconsin Water Resources Institute, University of Hawai’i Water Resources Research CenterExternal service–Co-organizer, Southeast Workshop on Energy & Environmental Economics & Policy (SWEEEP) (2023–)
  6. Casey J. Wichman6–Mentor, AERE Scholars Program (2023–)–AERE Nomination Committee (2023)–AERE Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee (Member, 2021–2023; Chair, 2023)–AERE Abstract Reviewer: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023–AAEA Abstract Reviewer: 2016, 2017, 2018–World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE) Program Committee: 2018–Technical Assistance Committee, UC Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency, California Department of WaterResources M&V, 2019Internal service–Search Committee, Director of Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (EPICenter), Georgia Tech (2024)–Faculty Hiring Committee, School of Economics, Georgia Tech (2021–2022, 2022–2023)–Ph.D. Program Committee, School of Economics, Georgia Tech (2021–)–Faculty Advisory Council, Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Tech (2021–)–Faculty Executive Committee, School of Economics, Georgia Tech (2020–2021)–Diversity Committee, School of Economics, Georgia Tech (2020–)–RFF Fellow Hiring Committee (2017–2018)–RFF Academic Seminar Committee (2018–2019)Advising and mentoringDoctoral students–Vikrant Kamble (Committee member, 2022–2023; Post-doc, Arizona State University)–Jancy Ling Liu (Committee member, 2021–2024; Asst. Prof., College of Wooster)–Haoqian Zou (Committee member, 2023–2024; Instructor, Georgia Tech)–Ioanna Spryou (Committee member, 2022-2024; Visting Asst. Prof., Berry College)–Lin Yang (Committee member, 2022–)–Emtiaz Hossain Hritan (Dissertation co-chair, 2024–)–Min-Kyeong Cha (Public Policy, Committee member, 2024–)–Jafar Jafarov (GSU Economics, Committee member, 2024–)–Victoria Godwin (3rd-year paper advisor, 2023–)–Mehmet Akif Aglar (3rd-year paper advisor, 2023–)–Ana Mazmishvili (3rd-year paper advisor, 2024–)–Suneye Holmes (3rd-year paper co-advisor, 2024–)Research supervisor–Diego Cardoso (RFF Intern, 2017; Assistant Professor, Purdue University)–Derek C. Wietelman (RFF RA, 2017–2020; Ph.D. student, University of Maryland)–Brandon Cunningham (RFF RA, 2015–2018; North Carolina Justice Center)–Dean Arnold (UChicago RA, 2019–2022; Ph.D. student, Cornell University)–Turner Stevens (GT RA, 2021; Ph.D. student, University of Virginia)–Anton Gudiswitz (GT undergrad RA, 2022; MARTA)–Meredith Boswell (GT undergrad RA, 2023)–Anthony Malouf (GT undergrad RA, 2023)–Samuel Barnett (GT undergrad RA, 2024)Previous employment and affiliations–2016–2020,Research Network Expert, Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center–2017,Adjunct Faculty,Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service–2015–2017,Technical Consultant,National Academies of Sciences,Assessing Approaches to Updating the SocialCost of CarbonContact–[google scholar]–‡[github.com/cjwichman]–,[cjwich.bsky.social]— Last updated: January 28, 2025—
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