Jonathan M. Colmer

University of Virginia
Department of Economics

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The Global Effects of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms
April 2025 - Working Paper33723
Author(s) - Kimberly A. Clausing, Jonathan M. Colmer, Allan Hsiao & Catherine Wolfram
We study carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) policies, as currently being implemented by the EU and UK. Policy discussions have cited three motivations and one concern. CBAMs can improve domestic competitiveness in regulated markets, reduce emissions leakage to unregulated markets, and...
Income, Wealth, and Environmental Inequality in the United States
October 2024 - Working Paper33050
Author(s) - Jonathan M. Colmer, Suvy Qin, John L. Voorheis & Reed Walker
This paper explores the relationships between air pollution, income, and wealth by combining administrative data from U.S. tax returns between 19792016, various measures of air pollution, and sociodemographic information from linked survey and administrative data. Historically, the relationship...
Microdata and the Valuation of Natural Capital
April 3, 2024 - Chapter
Author(s) - Jonathan Colmer & John Voorheis
The practical valuation of natural capital remains a challenge, despite a strong theoretical foundation and advances in our understanding of coupled natural and human systems. This paper discusses the extent to which advances in the availability of individual-level microdata might relax measurement...
The Changing Nature of Pollution, Income, and Environmental Inequality in the United States
January 2024 - Working Paper32060
Author(s) - Jonathan M. Colmer, Suvy Qin, John L. Voorheis & Reed Walker
This paper uses administrative tax records linked to Census demographic data and high-resolution measures of fine small particulate (PM2.5) exposure to study the evolution of the Black-White pollution exposure gap over the past 40 years. In doing so, we focus on the various ways in which income may...
Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development?
January 2024 - Working Paper32041
Author(s) - Jonathan M. Colmer, David Lagakos & Martin Shu
This paper asks whether increasing productivity in the electricity sector can yield larger long-run GDP gains than suggested by electricitys small share of aggregate economic activity. We answer this question using a dynamic multi-sector model in which electricity is a strong complement to other...
Microdata and the Valuation of Natural Capital
May 2023 - Working Paper31189
Author(s) - Jonathan M. Colmer & John L. Voorheis
The practical valuation of natural capital remains a challenge, despite a strong theoretical foundation and advances in our understanding of coupled natural and human systems. This paper discusses the extent to which advances in the availability of individual-level microdata might relax measurement...
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