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Samuel Stolper

Assistant Professor
Environmental Policy and Planning
Climate + Energy
Water
sstolper@umich.edu
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Sam Stolper is an environmental and energy economist. His research, teaching, and writing are aimed at the design and implementation of environmental policy that is both efficient and equitable. He teaches courses on this subject to graduate students at SEAS as well as undergraduates in the Program in the Environment (PitE). Prior to joining SEAS, Sam was a postdoctoral associate at MIT, jointly through the Department of Economics and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR). He received a Ph.D. in public policy in 2016 from Harvard University and a B.S. in biomedical engineering in 2006 from Brown University.

 

Publications

  • Hausman, Catherine and Samuel Stolper (2021). "Inequality, Information Failures, and Air Pollution." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 110: 102552.
  • Knittel, Christopher and Samuel Stolper (2021). "Machine Learning about Treatment Effect Heterogeneity: The Case of Household Energy Use." American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 111: 440-444.
  • Taiebat, Morteza, Samuel Stolper, and Ming Xu (2019). "Forecasting the Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles on Energy Use: A Microeconomic Study of Induced Travel and Energy Rebound." Applied Energy  247: 297-308.
  • Do, Quy-Toan, Shareen Joshi, and Samuel Stolper (2018). "Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases." Journal of Development Economics 133: 306-325.

Research
  • "Using Machine Learning to Target Treatment: The Case of Household Energy Use", with Chris Knittel. NBER Working Paper 26531 (December 2019).
  • "Local Pass-Through and the Regressivity of Taxes: Evidence from Automotive Fuel Markets." Mimeo (December 2020).
  • "Widespread  Range Suitability and Cost Competitiveness of Electric Vehicles for Ride-Hailing Drivers", with Morteza Taiebat and Ming Xu.
  • "Ride-Sharing Incentives to Reduce Externalities From Energy Use", with Morteza Taiebat and Ming Xu.
  • "Water Affordability in Detroit: A Comparison of Alternative Rate Structures", with Noah Attal.
  • "The Health Impacts of Water Shutoffs in Detroit, Michigan", with Noah Attal and Yulya Truskinovsky.
  • "Pass-Through of Firm-Specific Cost Shocks: Evidence from Spanish Gas Stations", with Richard Sweeney.
  • “Addressing systemic racism in environmental and resource economics”, with Sarah Jacobson, Amy Ando, Titus Awokuse, Nathan Chan, Jimena González-Ramírez, Sumeet Gulati, Matthew Interis, and Dale Manning.
Education

PhD, Harvard University (public policy)

BS, Brown University (biomedical engineering)

In the News
Wheelock
April 21, 2022

Meet the Future of Environmental Policy and Planning: Amanda Wheelock (MS ’22)

After graduating in 2013 with a degree in human geography from Dartmouth, Amanda Wheelock (MS ’22) started working as an outdoor educator. It was during this time that...

Children skateboarding near factory
January 19, 2022

Lack of information related to pollution exposure key issue for low-income households

ANN ARBOR—A lack of information is an often overlooked but important cause of pollution exposure among low-income households or communities of color, according to...

Council on Climate Solutions
February 3, 2021

Gov. Whitmer Appoints SEAS Faculty and Alumni to Council on Climate Solutions

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced appointments to the new Council on Climate Solutions, which include SEAS faculty members and alumni: Dean Jonathan Overpeck, Professor...

In the Media
07/05/2022
Samuel Stolper
Why a gas tax holiday might not be something to celebrate (NPR)
02/26/2022
Samuel Stolper
Lack of info about pollution harms low-income, communities of color more, study says (MLive.com)
05/03/2021
Samuel Stolper
Student government announces winners of 2021 Superior Teaching and Outstanding GSI awards!
04/01/2019
Samuel Stolper
Self-driving cars may need more fuel than previously thought." E&E News.
12/01/2018
Samuel Stolper
Justice, Economics, and the Environment Walk into a Bar… A Conversation with Dr. Sam Stolper
03/01/2017
Samuel Stolper
“More states considering renewable fuel mandates.” Climate Wire
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