
About Me
Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the economics department at the University of Oklahoma specializing in energy economics, environmental economics, and law and economics. I am also an affiliated faculty member at the OU Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis.
In my current work, I use applied empirical methods and causal inference to understand the effect of assigning liability for low probability, high severity events on firm precaution to prevent such events. To further this research agenda, I work with detailed administrative data on California’s electricity distribution infrastructure and tools from atmospheric science to develop a causal empirical framework relating a firm’s precaution to the level of liability it faces.
Research
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Working Papers
Second round revisions invited at the Journal of Public Economics.
Health, Labor, and Equity in the Low Carbon Transition of California's Petroleum Refineries.
with Measrainsey Meng,Danae Hernandez Cortes, Tracey Mangin, Vincent Thivierge, Ranjit Deshmukh, Paige Weber, Olivier Deschênes, David Lea, Kyle C. Meng. Revise and resubmit at Nature Communications.
Market Dispatch and Emissions in US Electricity Markets: Spatial Reallocation and Operational Efficiency
with Sara Asgari Gouraj and Qihong Liu
Publications
"The Impact of North American Winter Weather Regimes on Electricity Load in the Central United States", npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2024.
with Oliver T. Millin and Jason Furtado
"Causal Effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards on Renewable Investments and Generation: The Role of Heterogeneity and Dynamics", Resource and Energy Economics, 2023.
with Olivier Deschênes and Gavin McDonald
[Coverage: NBER Digest]
"Well setbacks limit California’s oil supply with larger health benefits and employment losses than excise and carbon taxes", Nature Energy, 2023.
with Ranjit Deshmukh, Paige Weber, Olivier Deschênes, David Lea, Kyle Meng, Danae Hernandez Cortes, Tia Kordell, Ruiwen Lee, Tracey Mangin, Measrainsey Meng, Sandy Sum, Vincent Thivierge, and Anagha Uppal
"Equitable Low-Carbon Transition Pathways for California’s Oil Extraction", Nature Energy, 2023.
with Ranjit Deshmukh, Paige Weber, Olivier Deschênes, David Lea, Kyle Meng, Danae Hernandez Cortes, Tia Kordell, Ruiwen Lee, Tracey Mangin, Measrainsey Meng, Sandy Sum, Vincent Thivierge, and Anagha Uppal
Selected Work in Progress
The Value of Electricity Transmission in Reducing Renewable Generation Uncertainty
Policy Work
PIs: Olivier Deschênes, Ranjit Deshmukh, David Lea, Kyle Meng, and Paige Weber
Contact Me
308 Cate Center Dr
Cate Center 1, Room 335
Norman, OK 73072
christopher.malloy@ou.edu
Twitter: @cmalloy_econ