Will Rafey
Research Papers
Conservation priorities and environmental offsets: Markets for Florida wetlands (with Daniel Aronoff)
American Economic Review, Vol. 116, No. 5, May 2026, pp. 1723–1764.
Earlier version: NBER Working Paper, No. 31495, July 2023. Final version with appendices here.
Using markets to adapt to climate change (with Simon Greenhill, et al.)
Science, Vol. 391, No. 6786, February 2026, pp. 662–664.
Droughts, deluges, and (river) diversions: Valuing market-based water reallocation
American Economic Review, Vol. 113, No. 2, February 2023, pp. 430–471.
Mirage on the horizon: Geoengineering and carbon taxation without commitment (with Daron Acemoglu)
Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 219, No. 104802, March 2023, pp. 1–22.
Earlier version: NBER Working Paper, No. 24411. Final version with appendices here.
Competing discourses of energy development: The implications of the Medupi coal-fired power plant in South Africa (with Benjamin K. Sovacool)
Global Environmental Change, Vol. 22, No. 3, August 2011, pp. 1141–1151.
Working Papers
Measuring water misallocation in California, April 2026.
Current and Ongoing Projects
Energy and Production in U.S. Manufacturing (with Eva Lyubich, Joe Shapiro, Reed Walker)
Toxic Plants and Market Structure (with Irene Jacqz)
Water Investment and Pricing (with Yangkeun Yun)
Hydrological Priorities and Endangered Species (with Sage Haroche)
Measuring Agricultural Water Depletion from Space (with Eric Edwards, Bryan Leonard, Andrew Ayres)
