Dylan Brewer

Research

Peer reviewed

  • Brewer, Dylan and Daniel Dench and Maxwell Rosenthal. (2026). “Energy Price Pass-Through With Long-Term Contracts.” Economics Letters, vol. 260, 112800, 1-3.
    (published version) (working paper)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Jim Crozier. (2025). “Who heeds the call to conserve in an energy emergency? Evidence from smart thermostat data.” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 12, no. 6, 1747-1789.
    (published version) (working paper) (replication)
  • Kamble, Vikrant K., Dylan Brewer, and Matthew E. Oliver. (2025). “Is there a trade-off between forest expansion and agriculture? Evidence from India.” Land Economics, vol. 101, no. 3, 304-329.
    (published version) (working paper)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Sarah Goldgar. (2024). “The effect of extreme temperatures on evictions.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 128, 103055, 1-8.
    (published version) (working paper)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Graham Lewis. (2024). “Work from home, polarization, and new residential construction during COVID-19.” Applied Economics Letters, 1-5.
    (published version) (working paper)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Alyssa Carlson. (2024). “Addressing Sample Selection Bias for Machine Learning Methods.” Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 39, no. 3, 383-400.
    (published version)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Samantha Cameron. (2023). “Habit and skill retention in recycling”  Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 44, 533–552 (print 2025).
    (published version) (replication) (podcast)
  • Brewer, Dylan. (2023). “Household Responses to Winter Heating Costs: Implications for Energy Pricing Policies and Demand-Side Alternatives.” Energy Policy, vol. 177, 113550, 1-12.
    (published version)
  • Brewer, Dylan, Daniel Dench, and Laura Taylor.  (2023).  “Advances in Causal Inference at the Intersection of Air Pollution and Health Outcomes Data.” Annual Reviews of Resource Economics, vol. 15, 455-469.
    (published version) (podcast)
  • Brewer, Dylan. (2023). “Changes in electricity use following COVID-19 stay-at-home behavior.”  Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, vol. 12 no. 1, 1-30.
    (published version)
  • Brewer, Dylan. (2022). “Equilibrium Sorting and Moral Hazard in Residential Energy Markets.”  Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 129, 1-22.
    (published version)
  • Brewer, Dylan.  (2020). “Do preferred thermostat settings differ by sex?”  Energy and Buildings, vol. 224, 1-11.
    (published version)

Grants

  • Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems Sustainability Next Seed Grant, “Assessing inequality in health benefits from EV adoption, charging, and air pollution.” Principal Investigator.  Co PIs: Jennifer Kaiser and Daniel Molzahn. 2024.
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency Grant, “Monitoring Air Pollution in Underserved South Atlanta (MAP-USA).” Principal investigator for Georgia Tech. $498,401. 2022-2025.
  • Strategic Energy Institute Grant, “The Effects of Internal Combustion Engine Transit Systems on Health: An Interdisciplinary Research Program Linking Transit-Related Pollution to Birth Outcomes.” Principal investigator.  Co PI: Randall Guensler. 2022-2023.

Working papers

  • “Anticipating the labor market challenges of the clean energy transition: Evidence from an iron ore mining ban.” Joint with Vikrant Kamble. Working paper, under review.
    (working paper)
  • “Of Presidents and Prices at the Pump: Do Economists Have a Blind Spot?” Joint with Matt Oliver. Working paper, under review.
    (working paper)
  • “Health vs wealth: The impact of mining on pregnancy outcomes.” Joint with Vikrant Kamble. Working paper, under review.
    (working paper)
  • “Digital Dispatch and Demand Response in Grid Emergencies: Evidence from Household Cooling in California’s Flex Alerts.” Joint with Soren Anderson and Maghfira Ramadhani. Working paper.
  • “The Impact of Environmental Exposures on Human Performance: Evidence from 837,000 Chicago Marathon Times.” Joint with Marta Westerstahl. Working paper.
    (working paper)
  • “Tax Policy and Energy Markets: Evaluating the Efficacy of Production Tax Relief on Oil & Gas Activity.” Joint with Samuel Camacho and Jerrod Penn. Working paper, revisions requested.
    (working paper)
  • “Practical Considerations When Using Wildfire Smoke Data in Economic Analyses.” Joint with Elise Breshears and Andrew Earle. Working paper.
    (working paper)

Selected work in progress

  • Estimating energy efficiency using smart thermostat data
  • Health impacts of coal mining and coal-fired power plants in India and implications for a clean energy transition
  • The effects of coal mine and power plant retirements on local outcomes and mortality
  • Air quality and avoidance behavior
  • Behavioral biases in expert air quality forecasting
  • Residential rooftop solar PV mandates
  • Electric vehicle adoption forecasting