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Karen B. Clay

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H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Clay, Karen & Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson R., 2023. "The Historical Impact of Coal on Cities," IZA Discussion Papers 16229, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  2. Clay, Karen & Hollingsworth, Alex & Severnini, Edson R., 2023. "The Impact of Lead Exposure on Fertility, Infant Mortality, and Infant Birth Outcomes," IZA Discussion Papers 16236, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  3. Karen Clay, 2023. "Energy and the Environment in Economic History," NBER Working Papers 31408, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Clay, Karen & Severnini, Edson R. & Sun, Xiaochen, 2021. "Does LEED Certification Save Energy? Evidence from Federal Buildings," IZA Discussion Papers 14211, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  5. Karen Clay & Edson R. Severnini & Xiaochen Sun, 2021. "Does LEED Certification Save Energy? Evidence from Retrofitted Federal Buildings," NBER Working Papers 28612, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Clay, Karen & Jha, Akshaya & Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson R., 2021. "Impacts of the Clean Air Act on the Power Sector from 1938-1994: Anticipation and Adaptation," IZA Discussion Papers 14494, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  7. Clay, Karen & Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson R. & Wang, Xiao, 2020. "The Value of Health Insurance during a Crisis: Effects of Medicaid Implementation on Pandemic Influenza Mortality," IZA Discussion Papers 13200, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  8. Karen Clay & Ethan J. Schmick, 2020. "The Impact of an Environmental Shock on Black-White Inequality: Evidence from the Boll Weevil," NBER Working Papers 27101, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  9. Brian Beach & Karen Clay & Martin Saavedra, 2020. "The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and its Lessons for COVID-19," Working Papers 2020-15, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  10. Karen Clay & Peter Juul Egedesø & Casper Worm Hansen & Peter Sandholt Jensen & Avery Calkins, 2019. "Controlling Tuberculosis? Evidence from the First Community-Wide Health Experiment," NBER Working Papers 25884, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  11. Karen Clay & Nicholas Z. Muller, 2019. "Recent Increases in Air Pollution: Evidence and Implications for Mortality," NBER Working Papers 26381, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  12. Clay, Karen & Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson R., 2019. "What Explains Cross-City Variation in Mortality During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic? Evidence from 438 U.S. Cities," IZA Discussion Papers 12177, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  13. Clay, Karen & Portnykh, Margarita & Severnini, Edson R., 2019. "The Legacy Lead Deposition in Soils and Its Impact on Cognitive Function in Preschool-Aged Children in the United States," IZA Discussion Papers 12178, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  14. Karen Clay & Peter Juul Egedes & Casper Worm Hansen & Peter Sandholt Jensen, 2018. "Controlling Tuberculosis? Evidence from the Mother of all Community-Wide Health Experiments," Discussion Papers 18-03, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics.
  15. Clay, Karen & Portnykh, Margarita & Severnini, Edson R., 2018. "Toxic Truth: Lead and Fertility," IZA Discussion Papers 11541, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  16. Karen Clay & Margarita Portnykh, 2018. "The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Resources on Economic Outcomes: Evidence From the United States 1936-2015," NBER Working Papers 24695, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  17. Karen Clay & Akshaya Jha & Nicholas Muller & Randall Walsh, 2017. "The External Costs of Transporting Petroleum Products by Pipelines and Rail: Evidence From Shipments of Crude Oil from North Dakota," NBER Working Papers 23852, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  18. Karen Clay & Ethan Schmick & Werner Troesken, 2017. "The Rise and Fall of Pellagra in the American South," NBER Working Papers 23730, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  19. Karen Clay & Jeff Lingwall & Melvin Stephens, Jr., 2016. "Laws, Educational Outcomes, and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from the Full Count 1940 Census," NBER Working Papers 22855, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  20. Clay, Karen & Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson R., 2016. "Canary in a Coal Mine: Infant Mortality, Property Values, and Tradeoffs Associated with Mid-20th Century Air Pollution," IZA Discussion Papers 9884, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  21. Barreca, Alan I. & Clay, Karen & Deschenes, Olivier & Greenstone, Michael & Shapiro, Joseph S., 2015. "Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship over the 20th Century," IZA Discussion Papers 8915, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  22. Clay, Karen & Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson R., 2015. "Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic," IZA Discussion Papers 9399, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  23. Barreca, Alan & Clay, Karen & Deschênes, Olivier & Greenstone, Michael & Shapiro, Joseph S, 2015. "Convergence in Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from High Temperatures and Mortality, 1900–2004," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt7rd2f6vk, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
  24. Barreca, Alan I. & Clay, Karen & Tarr, Joel, 2014. "Coal, Smoke, and Death: Bituminous Coal and American Home Heating," IZA Discussion Papers 7987, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  25. Karen Clay & Jeff Lingwall & Melvin Stephens, Jr., 2012. "Do Schooling Laws Matter? Evidence from the Introduction of Compulsory Attendance Laws in the United States," NBER Working Papers 18477, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  26. Karen Clay & Werner Troesken & Michael R. Haines, 2010. "Lead and Mortality," NBER Working Papers 16480, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  27. Karen Clay & Werner Troesken, 2010. "Did Frederick Brodie Discover the World's First Environmental Kuznets Curve? Coal Smoke and the Rise and Fall of the London Fog," NBER Working Papers 15669, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  28. Daniel Berkowitz & Karen Clay, 2007. "Legal Origins and the Evolution of Institutions: Evidence from American State Courts," Working Paper 320, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jun 2007.
  29. Daniel Berkowitz & Chris Bonneau & Karen Clay, 2006. "Judicial Independence and Minority Interests," Working Paper 286, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Nov 2006.
  30. Karen Clay & Werner Troesken, 2006. "Deprivation and Disease in Early Twentieth-Century America," NBER Working Papers 12111, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  31. Ronald Goettler & Karen Clay, 2006. "Price Discrimination with Experience Goods: a Structural Econometric Analysis," 2006 Meeting Papers 723, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  32. Karen Clay & Werner Troesken & Michael Haines, 2006. "Lead Pipes and Child Mortality," NBER Working Papers 12603, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  33. Ronald Goettler & Karen Clay, 2006. "Tariff Choice with Consumer Learning: Sorting-Induced Biases and Illusive Surplus," GSIA Working Papers 2003-E35, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business.
  34. Karen Clay & Gavin Wright, 2004. "Order Without Law? Property Rights During the California Gold Rush," Discussion Papers 03-033, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
  35. Karen Clay & Ramayya Krishnan & Eric Wolff, 2001. "Prices and Price Dispersion on the Web: Evidence from the Online Book Industry," NBER Working Papers 8271, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  36. Daniel Berkowitz & Karen Clay, "undated". "Initial Conditions, Institutional Dynamics and Economic Performance: Evidence from the American States," American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings 1083, American Law & Economics Association.

Articles

  1. Clay, Karen & Severnini, Edson & Sun, Xiaochen, 2023. "Does LEED certification save energy? Evidence from retrofitted federal buildings," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
  2. Brian Beach & Karen Clay & Martin Saavedra, 2022. "The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Its Lessons for COVID-19," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 60(1), pages 41-84, March.
  3. Clay, Karen & Lingwall, Jeff & Jr, Melvin Stephens, 2021. "Laws, educational outcomes, and returns to schooling evidence from the first wave of U.S. state compulsory attendance laws," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
  4. Karen Clay & Nicholas Z. Muller & Xiao Wang, 2021. "Recent Increases in Air Pollution: Evidence and Implications for Mortality," Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 15(1), pages 154-162.
  5. Karen Clay & Margarita Portnykh & Edson Severnini, 2021. "Toxic Truth: Lead and Fertility," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 8(5), pages 975-1012.
  6. Clay, Karen & Egedesø, Peter Juul & Hansen, Casper Worm & Jensen, Peter Sandholt & Calkins, Avery, 2020. "Controlling tuberculosis? Evidence from the first community-wide health experiment," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
  7. Clay, Karen & Schmick, Ethan & Troesken, Werner, 2019. "The Rise and Fall of Pellagra in the American South," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 79(1), pages 32-62, March.
  8. Clay, Karen & Portnykh, Margarita & Severnini, Edson, 2019. "The legacy lead deposition in soils and its impact on cognitive function in preschool-aged children in the United States," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 33(C), pages 181-192.
  9. Clay, Karen & Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson, 2019. "What explains cross-city variation in mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic? Evidence from 438 U.S. cities," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 42-50.
  10. Clay, Karen & Lewis, Joshua & Severnini, Edson, 2018. "Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 78(4), pages 1179-1209, December.
  11. Alan Barreca & Karen Clay & Olivier Deschenes & Michael Greenstone & Joseph S. Shapiro, 2016. "Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the US Temperature-Mortality Relationship over the Twentieth Century," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 124(1), pages 105-159.
  12. Alan Barreca & Karen Clay & Olivier Deschênes & Michael Greenstone & Joseph S. Shapiro, 2015. "Convergence in Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from High Temperatures and Mortality, 1900-2004," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(5), pages 247-251, May.
  13. Clay, Karen, 2015. "Power to the People: Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries. By Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima, and Paul Warde. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Pp. x, 457. $39.50," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 75(3), pages 936-937, September.
  14. Karen Clay & Werner Troesken & Michael Haines, 2014. "Lead and Mortality," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 96(3), pages 458-470, July.
  15. Karen Clay, 2014. "Erratum to: Douglas W. Allen: The institutional revolution: measurement and the economic emergence of the modern world," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 159(1), pages 299-299, April.
  16. Karen Clay, 2014. "Douglas W. Allen: The institutional revolution: measurement and the economic emergency of the modern world," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 158(1), pages 281-283, January.
  17. Clay, Karen, 2013. "The American National State and the Early West. By William H. Bergmann. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2012. Pp. x, 288. $90.00, hardcover," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 73(3), pages 883-885, September.
  18. Clay, Karen, 2011. "Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s. Edited by Douglas A. Irwin and Richard Sylla. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. Pp. ix, 352. $110.00, cloth; $35.00, paper," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 71(4), pages 1124-1126, December.
  19. Clay, Karen, 2009. "Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890. By Paul Lucier. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Pp. xii, 426. $52.00, cloth," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 69(3), pages 887-888, September.
  20. Clay, Karen & Jones, Randall, 2008. "Migrating to Riches? Evidence from the California Gold Rush," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 68(4), pages 997-1027, December.
  21. Daniel Berkowitz & Karen Clay, 2006. "The Effect of Judicial Independence on Courts: Evidence from the American States," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 35(2), pages 399-440, June.
  22. Clay, Karen, 2005. "The U.S. Brewing Industry: Data and Analysis. By Victor J. Tremblay and Carol Horton Tremblay. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2005. Pp. xv, 379. $40.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 65(3), pages 876-878, September.
  23. Clay, Karen & Wright, Gavin, 2005. "Order without law? Property rights during the California gold rush," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 42(2), pages 155-183, April.
  24. Atip Asvanund & Karen Clay & Ramayya Krishnan & Michael D. Smith, 2004. "An Empirical Analysis of Network Externalities in Peer-to-Peer Music-Sharing Networks," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 15(2), pages 155-174, June.
  25. Karen Clay & Werner Troesken, 2003. "Further Tests of Static Oligopoly Models: Whiskey, 1882–1898," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(2), pages 151-166, June.
  26. Karen Clay & Ramayya Krishnan & Eric Wolff & Danny Fernandes, 2002. "Retail Strategies on the Web: Price and Non–price Competition in the Online Book Industry," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(3), pages 351-367, September.
  27. Clay, Karen & Troesken, Werner, 2002. "Strategic Behavior in Whiskey Distilling, 1887–1895," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 62(4), pages 999-1023, December.
  28. Karen Clay & Ramayya Krishnan & Eric Wolff, 2001. "Prices and Price Dispersion on the Web: Evidence from the Online Book Industry," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(4), pages 521-539, December.
  29. Clay, Karen, 2000. "Trasure from the Painted Hills: A History of Calico, California, 1882–1907. By Douglas Steeples. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. Pp. xix, 142. $49.95," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 60(2), pages 579-580, June.
  30. Clay, Karen, 2000. "Cultivating California: Growers, Specialty Crops, and Labor, 1875–1920. By David Vaught. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Pp. x, 280. $38.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 60(4), pages 1160-1160, December.
  31. Clay, Karen B., 1999. "Property Rights and Institutions: Congress and the California Land Act 1851," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 59(1), pages 122-142, March.
  32. Clay, Karen, 1997. "Trade, Institutions, and Credit," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 495-521, October.
  33. Clay, Karen, 1997. "Trade without Law: Private-Order Institutions in Mexican California," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 13(1), pages 202-231, April.
  34. Clay, Karen, 1994. "A coasean general equilibrium model of regulation," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(3), pages 459-475, March.
  35. Clay, Karen B & Sibley, David S & Srinagesh, Padmanabhan, 1992. "Ex Post vs. Ex Ante Pricing: Optional Calling Plans and Tapered Tariffs," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 4(2), pages 115-138, June.

Chapters

  1. Karen Clay & Werner Troesken, 2011. "Did Frederick Brodie Discover the World's First Environmental Kuznets Curve? Coal Smoke and the Rise and Fall of the London Fog," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, pages 281-309, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Daniel Berkowitz & Karen B. Clay, 2011. "Introduction," Introductory Chapters, in: The Evolution of a Nation: How Geography and Law Shaped the American States, Princeton University Press.
  3. Karen Clay & Ramayya Krishnan & Eric Wolff, 2001. "Prices and Price Dispersion on the Web: Evidence from the Online Book Industry," NBER Chapters, in: E-commerce, pages 521-539, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Books

  1. Daniel Berkowitz & Karen B. Clay, 2011. "The Evolution of a Nation: How Geography and Law Shaped the American States," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, number 9626.

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  1. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (28) 2006-04-08 2007-07-07 2012-10-27 2013-01-19 2014-02-15 2014-03-08 2015-04-02 2015-10-17 2015-11-07 2016-04-30 2016-05-08 2016-12-04 2017-09-03 2018-04-16 2018-06-25 2018-08-27 2019-03-25 2019-03-25 2019-06-10 2020-05-18 2020-05-25 2020-06-08 2020-09-14 2020-09-28 2021-07-12 2021-07-19 2023-07-24 2023-08-14. Author is listed
  2. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (20) 2013-01-19 2015-04-02 2015-10-17 2015-11-07 2016-04-30 2016-05-08 2017-10-01 2018-06-25 2018-06-25 2019-03-25 2019-10-28 2021-03-29 2021-04-12 2021-07-12 2021-07-19 2023-07-24 2023-07-24 2023-07-31 2023-07-31 2023-08-14. Author is listed
  3. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (18) 2006-11-04 2010-10-30 2014-02-15 2014-03-08 2015-10-17 2015-11-07 2016-04-30 2018-04-16 2019-03-25 2019-03-25 2019-06-10 2019-10-28 2020-05-18 2020-06-08 2020-09-14 2020-09-28 2023-07-24 2023-07-31. Author is listed
  4. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (16) 2013-01-19 2014-02-15 2014-03-08 2016-04-30 2016-05-08 2017-10-01 2018-06-25 2018-08-27 2019-03-25 2019-10-28 2021-03-29 2021-04-12 2021-07-12 2021-07-19 2023-07-24 2023-08-14. Author is listed
  5. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (7) 2010-10-30 2012-10-27 2016-04-30 2016-05-08 2019-03-25 2020-05-25 2023-07-24. Author is listed
  6. NEP-RES: Resource Economics (5) 2013-01-19 2021-03-29 2021-07-12 2023-07-24 2023-07-31. Author is listed
  7. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (4) 2016-04-30 2016-12-04 2018-08-27 2023-07-24
  8. NEP-REG: Regulation (4) 2017-10-01 2021-03-29 2021-07-12 2021-07-19
  9. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (3) 2004-04-18 2006-11-18 2021-07-12
  10. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (3) 2007-07-07 2016-05-08 2023-08-14
  11. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (2) 2013-01-19 2020-05-18
  12. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2016-12-04 2020-05-25
  13. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (2) 2018-04-16 2019-06-10
  14. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (2) 2015-10-17 2018-08-27
  15. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (2) 2020-05-18 2020-06-08
  16. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (2) 2020-05-18 2020-06-08
  17. NEP-TRE: Transport Economics (2) 2017-10-01 2018-06-25
  18. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2017-09-03
  19. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (1) 2007-07-07
  20. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2006-11-18
  21. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2021-07-12
  22. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2017-09-03
  23. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2023-08-14
  24. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2020-05-25
  25. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2020-05-25
  26. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (1) 2007-07-07
  27. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (1) 2014-02-15

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