Peter Christensen

Assistant Professor
Affiliate Faculty
Peter Christensen

Dr. Christensen leads a team of economists and computer scientists that are integrating new forms of data, machine learning algorithms, and large-scale experiments into economic research in his role as a core faculty member at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). He focuses on energy and environmental economics, particularly as related to public goods provision in cities around the world.

Publications with CEOS themes since 2015

Research Output

Title Publication Year Category
A market for snow: Modeling winter recreation patterns under current and future climate Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 2022
Energy efficiency can deliver for climate policy: Evidence from machine learning-based targeting UChicago Working Paper 2021
Racial discrimination and housing outcomes in the United States rental market NBER 2021
The demand for mobility: Evidence from an experiment with Uber riders IZA Discussion Paper 2021 EE, SC
The damages and distortions from discrimination in the rental housing market NBER 2021
Does Airbnb reduce matching frictions in the housing market? SSRN 2021
Unlocking amenities: Complementarity in public good consumption  Journal of Public Economics 2020 SC, O
Should congested cities reduce their speed limits? Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil Journal of Public Economics 2020 SC
Decomposing the wedge between projected and realized savings in energy efficiency programs E2e Working Paper 2020 EE, SC
Housing discrimination and the toxics exposure gap in the United States: Evidence from the rental market Review of Economics and Statistics 2020 EE, SC
Suburbs or skyscrapers: The effect of China's land leasing market on housing decentralization Land Economics 2019 O
Sorting or steering: Experimental evidence on the economic effects of housing discrimination  NBER Working Paper 2019 SC, O
Economic effects of environmental crises: Evidence from Flint, Michigan  Working Paper 2019 SC, O
Housing discrimination and the pollution exposure gap in the United States Working Paper 2019 O
The owner-renter incidence gap of gentrification - A perspective from downward mobility Journal of Housing Economics 2019 O
Uncertainty in forecasts of long-run productivity growth Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018 O
Geographic determinants of China's urbanization Regional Science and Urban Economics 2018 SC
Modeling uncertainty in climate change: A multi-model comparison Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics 2018 SC
Modeling uncertainty in climate change: A multi-model comparison Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics 2018 O
A note on modeling household food waste behavior Applied Economics Letters 2017 O