Hello! I am an applied economist with research interests in environmental, energy, and resource economics.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

The economic value of reducing avoidable mortality

Angela Chang, Gretchen Stevens, Diego S. Cardoso, Bochen Cao, and Dean Jamison (2024). Nature Medicine. 30(11):3327–3334 (paper) (abstract)

The economic value of reducing mortality due to non-communicable diseases and injuries

Stéphane Verguet, Sarah Bolongaita, Angela Chang, Diego S. Cardoso, and Gretchen Stevens (2024). Nature Medicine. 30(11):3335–3344 (paper) (abstract)

Calculating the economic value of non-marginal mortality risk reductions

Diego S. Cardoso and Ricardo Dahis. (2024). Economics Letters. 237:111673. (paper) (working paper) (abstract)

Spatial heterogeneity in hedonic price effects for lake water quality

Kristen Swedberg, Diego S. Cardoso, Adriana Castillo-Castillo, Saleh Mamun, Kevin J. Boyle, Christoph Nolte, Michael Papenfus, and Stephen Polasky. (2024). Land Economics. 100(1):89-108. (paper) (abstract)

Valuing water quality in the US using a national data set on property values

Saleh Mamun, Adriana Castillo-Castillo, Kristen Swedberg, Jiarui Zhang, Kevin J. Boyle, Diego S. Cardoso, Catherine L. Kling, Christoph Nolte, Michael Papenfus, Daniel Phaneuf, and Stephen Polasky. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(15):e2210417120. (paper) (abstract)

Water affordability in the United States

Diego S. Cardoso and Casey J. Wichman. (2022). Water Resources Research. 58, e2022WR032206 (paper) (working paper) (abstract)

Reduced river discharge under climate change impairs electricity generation and the economic feasibility of future Amazon hydropower

Rafael M. Almeida, Ayan S. Fleischmann, João P. F. Brêda, Diego S. Cardoso, Hector Angarita, Walter Collischonn, …, Alexander S. Flecker. (2021). Global Environmental Change. 71:102383. (paper) (abstract)

An econometric analysis of the Brazilian merger policy

Diego S. Cardoso, Mariusa M. Pitelli, and Adelson M. Figueiredo. (2021). Review of Industrial Organization. 59:103–132. (paper) (abstract)

An agent-based platform for the study of watersheds as coupled natural and human systems

Leigh Tesfatsion, Chris R. Rehmann, Diego S. Cardoso, Yu Jie, and William J. Gutowski. (2017). Environmental Modelling & Software. 89:40-60. (paper) (pre-print) (code)

Working Papers

Second-best carbon taxation in a differentiated oligopoly

Diego S. Cardoso (working paper) (abstract)

Measuring the sensitivity of oil companies’ reserves to the oil price

Saraly Andrade de Sá, Diego S. Cardoso, and Julien Daubanes (public version will be available soon)

The dynamics of evasion: The price cap on Russian crude exports and the amassing of the shadow fleet

with Stephen Salant and Julien Daubanes (public version will be available soon)

Selected work in progress

The consequences of royalty relief programs in the oil industry

with Julien Daubanes, Erik Katovich, and Pritam Saha

Fuel cost pass-through in commercial aviation

with Yongjoon Park

Welfare Analysis in SIMPLE

with Thomas Hertel and Srabashi Ray

A global agricultural supply-demand-climate-trade model calibrated to Baseline

with Manuel Jimenez, Hao Xiong, Ji Yong Kwon, and Russell Hillberry

Other Publications

Book chapters

• Chang, A. Y., Stevens, G. A., Cardoso, D. S., Cao, B., & Jamison, D. T. (2024). The Economic Value of Avoidable Mortality. In Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (pp. 84-103). World Bank. (Download)
• Verguet, S., Bolongaita, S., Chang, A. Y., Cardoso, D. S., & Stevens, G. A. (2024). The Economic Value Associated with Avoidable Mortality. In Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (pp. 104-122). World Bank. (Download)