Professor
Economic Analysis & Policy
Studies energy, climate, environmental and public economics and policy
About
James M. Sallee is a professor in the Economics Analysis and Policy group at the Haas School of Business, as well as the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the Rausser College of Natural Resources. Sallee teaches and studies topics related to energy, the environment and the climate. He helped design and co-leads the new Master of Climate Solutions, which seeks to train the next generation of professionals to address the climate challenge.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Energy
- Climate
- Environmental & Public Economics
- 2023 – present, Professor, Haas School of Business
- 2021 – present, Faculty Co-Director, Master of Climate Solutions, UC Berkeley
- 2019– present, Faculty Research Affiliate, National Bureau of Economic Research
- Many liberal Tesla drivers are now sporting anti-Musk bumper stickers, Cap Radio, 02/19/2025
- Axios Generate newsletter, Axios, 11/19/2024
- Tax credits in Biden’s landmark climate law disproportionately benefit well-off, The Guardian, 08/16/2024
- Tax credits in Biden’s landmark climate law disproportionately benefit well-off, The Guardian, 08/16/2024
- Select California approves big, controversial change to electricity bills. Here are the details, San Francisco Chronicle, 05/09/2024
- High electricity rates and a controversial plan to ‘fix’ them, Airtalk, 05/06/2024
- Calif. utility graduated income tax rate plan under fire, The Quad Report, 03/25/2024
- California lawmakers backpedal on income-based utility charges as IOUs, others propose alternatives, Utility Dive, 03/19/2024
- Academic research award: problem solvers for the planet, Financial Times, 01/26/2024
- Familiar names and a few surprises among Financial Times’ ‘most responsible’ b-schools, Poets & Quants, 01/19/2024
- California tries charging for electricity based on income, Cato Institute, 05/22/2023
- Driving your Tesla in California is really, really expensive, The Washington Post, 09/29/2022
- A new study says that low-income households bear the brunt of electricity costs, Cap Radio, 09/22/2022
- California’s high energy prices could cost the state its climate goals, The San Francisco Examiner, 09/22/2022