Akshaya Jha | Source | assistant professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University

Jha’s research interests lie at the intersection of energy and environmental economics and industrial organization. His research uses a combination of economic modeling and causal inference techniques to quantify the economic and environmental costs and benefits of a wide range of policies impacting wholesale electricity supply. In recent work, he has examined the introduction of financial trading to California’s wholesale electricity market, the phase-out of nuclear power in Germany, the dramatic growth of rooftop solar capacity in Western Australia, and the determinants of electricity blackouts in India.

He received a BS in Economics and Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University, and a PhD in Economics from Stanford University.