J. Scott Holladay
scottholladay.bsky.social
J. Scott Holladay
@scottholladay.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Tennessee
Co-Founder & Chief Economist Yes Energy
New paper in PNAS NEXUS: When high-income households go solar, who pays the price? We show high-income solar adoption raises electricity bills for low-income households by ~10% in the Tennessee Valley, a region with some of the highest poverty rates in the US.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New paper joint with Yin Chu and Xian-Liang Tian in this month's Journal of Public Economics. When provincial leaders leverage informal patron-client ties, do subordinate local officials deliver on secondary policy goals like pollution control? 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM