Akshaya Jha
Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Engineering and Public Policy, Heinz College
Akshaya Jha is an assistant professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.
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 Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University
B.S., Economics and Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interests
Media mentions
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Analysis documents changing trends in U.S. carbon emissions
The authors divide their analysis into four periods—the years before 1920, 1920 to 1960, 1960 to 2005, and the years after 2005—and discuss the main drivers of national carbon emissions, as well as trends in carbon emissions in the electricity sector.