Research

Seeing Green: How Firms Respond to the Exposure and Opportunities of Climate Change Policy through Lobbying

This project examines how firms seek to shape both policy and regulation in response to climate policy exposure. Using quarterly earnings call data from over 2,000 publicly traded companies between 2000 and 2020, I analyze corporate lobbying strategies in response to climate-related risks and opportunities. The study investigates whether political ideology influences strategic decisions differently when firms pursue opportunities versus mitigating costs.

Making and Breaking Party Lines: The Role of Interest Group Contributions on Environmental Policy in the U.S. Congress

This work explores the impact of industry contributions on congressional environmental voting patterns from 1990 to 2022. The analysis reveals an independent negative relationship between energy and natural resource industry donations and environmental policy support among legislators, with asymmetrical effects across parties.

Partisan Appeals, Materialism and Just Transition: Coalition Dynamics of U.S. Green Industrial Policy

Using survey data from 2008 to 2024 and conjoint experiments, this research examines public support for climate policies. A key finding is that education emerges as the strongest predictor of climate policy support, challenging assumptions that such policies require bundling with other benefits to gain broad popularity.