Kaleb Javier

Welcome,

I'm Kaleb Javier, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) at UC Berkeley.

My research lies at the intersection of Environmental Economics and Industrial Organization, where I explore how market structures, firm behavior, and policy design shape environmental outcomes. 

My job market paper will be made available soon. In this paper, I examine how the transition from flat-fee public insurance to risk-adjusted private insurance affects firm behavior in hazardous industries, using Texas's 1999 phase-out of its "UST Trust Fund" as a natural experiment. I employ a difference-in-differences framework to test whether risk-based pricing induced firms to adopt safer technology and accelerated the exit of older, higher-risk facilities.

Feel free to explore my research, publications, and teaching experience, or reach out if you'd like to connect!

Education

PhD Agricultural and Resource Economics – PhD Candidate (Present)      

University of California, Berkeley

Fields: Energy & Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization, and Behavioral Economics

Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship – Non-Degree Awarding          

Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA

American Economic Association Summer Program – Non-Degree Awarding                                            

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

M.S. in Cultural and Environmental Resource Management

Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 

Thesis: The Economic Impacts of Forest Timber Methods in Washington State: A Hedonic Approach

B.A. in Economics, B.S. in Law and Justice

Magna Cum Laude 

Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA