Trevor Dean Arnold
I am PhD candidate at Cornell University, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management.
I am on the academic job market for 2025/2026.
Research Interests: applied microeconomics, applied econometrics, environmental economics
Topics: climate policy, energy policy, climate change
JMP: under review by partner, available upon request
CV: download
Contact: tda27@cornell.edu
Welcome. My name is Dean, I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University. I am an applied micro-economist particularly interested in policy relevant research about mitigating carbon emissions and adapting to climate change. I study whether carbon emissions and energy policies effectively and efficiently reduce emissions, and how their design may create unintended consequences. My work contributes to the literature on empirical assessments of climate policies and the welfare implications of these policies.
In my job market paper, I examine the welfare effects of residential air-source heat pump subsidies. I use tools from the industrial organization literature to tease out (i) the tradeoffs of environmental benefits and fiscal costs and (ii) how markups and pass-through of subsidies shape the distribution of welfare.
Please see my other working papers on the Research tab.