Casey J. Wichman

About

I am an applied microeconomist working on issues at the intersection of environmental and public economics. My research focuses on how people interact with the natural and built environment, and what that behavior reveals about the value of environmental amenities. My research spans water and energy management, climate change impacts and policy, valuation of environmental resources, urban transportation, public goods provision, and outdoor recreation.

Research topics

• Economics
• Business
• Econometrics
• Public economics
• Computer science

Selected publications

• Climate Change and Recreation: Evidence from North American Cycling

  Environmental and Resource Economics · 2020-04-22 · 59 citations

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• Water Affordability in the United States

  Water Resources Research · 2022-11-29 · 51 citations

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  Abstract In the US, the cost of water and wastewater services is rising three‐times faster than inflation. Over the next 20–25 years, required investments in water infrastructure are estimated to exceed $1 trillion, further increasing service costs. Combined with stagnating income levels, especially for poor households, increased costs will likely aggravate water affordability issues. Here, we document the extent of water affordability concerns in the US across income, geography, and race. We fi…

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• Smart Thermostats, Automation, and Time-Varying Prices

  American Economic Journal Applied Economics · 2024-12-31 · 15 citations

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  Can automation complement economic incentives? We explore this question by randomly encouraging households to activate a feature on their existing smart thermostat that automates responsiveness to time-of-use electricity pricing. The feature reduces air conditioning use during the highest-priced afternoon period, raising indoor temperatures above a household's preferred temperature, primarily for customers who are typically home during the day. Customers infrequently override the feature when th…

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• Social media influences National Park visitation

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2024-04-01 · 14 citations

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  Visitation to National Parks in the United States increased by more than 25% since 2010, rising from roughly 70 to 90 million annual visitors. Anecdotes suggest that this increase was driven by the advent of social media in the early-to-mid 2010s, generating a new form of exposure for parks, and has led to concerns about overcrowding and degradation of environmental quality. However, there is little empirical evidence on the role of social media in influencing recreation decisions. Here, I const…

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• The unequal burdens of water scarcity

  Nature Water · 2023-01-19 · 14 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Laura O. Taylor

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  11 shared

• Roger H. von Haefen

  North Carolina State University

  11 shared

• Jacob LaRiviere

  Microsoft (United States)

  10 shared

• Brandon Cunningham

  9 shared

• Jonathan Eyer

  University of Southern California

  6 shared

• Diego S. Cardoso

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  5 shared

• Nathan W. Chan

  4 shared

• Timothy Hamilton

  Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center

  2 shared

Labs

• Urban LabsPI

  Our staff works closely with civic and community leaders to research and provide evidence for promising social interventions.

Awards & honors

• outstanding doctoral dissertation awards from the Associatio…

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