About

Daniel Matisoff is a Professor and the Director of the MSEEM Program at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. His role involves leading the program and contributing to the school's focus on public policy issues. Specific details about his research focus, background, or key contributions are not provided in the page text.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Economics
• Environmental economics
• Natural resource economics
• Business
• Engineering
• Environmental science
• Environmental resource management
• Environmental planning
• Electrical engineering

Selected publications

• Beyond the Cost: Electric Vehicle Ownership and Adoption Intent in U.S. Households

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Beyond the cost: Electric vehicle ownership and adoption intent in U.S. households

  Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment · 2025-08-28 · 2 citations

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• Managing zero-marginal-cost, intermittent renewable energy: A survey of the engineering, economic, and policy challenges

  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 2025-10-04 · 6 citations

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• Frontiers of weatherization: Evolving programmatic needs and expanding evaluation tools

  Energy Research & Social Science · 2025-11-21 · 1 citations

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  Low-income weatherization programs provide home energy efficiency upgrades to reduce utility costs, improve indoor comfort, and address the health and safety needs of income-constrained households. This review examines seventeen retrospective, outcome-focused evaluations of weatherization programs conducted over the past four decades to assess how program evaluation methods have evolved, where critical gaps remain, and how future studies can improve. This review highlights key developments in evaluation design and causal inference methods, from early pre-post comparisons to recent use of randomized encouragement designs, matching techniques, and staggered difference-in-differences estimators. Second, it evaluates the potential of new digital and physical tools such as smart meters, sensors, and other measurement and verification technologies to improve data collection for more timely and precise evaluation. Third, it identifies growing programmatic needs that evaluations must address, including persistent barriers to participation and the expansion of weatherization services to homes requiring pre-weatherization repairs. Across prior studies, we find that many evaluations remain limited by small or unrepresentative samples, selection-biased control groups, and reliance on self-reported or inconsistent data. No evaluations to date have incorporated community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches, limiting their responsiveness to local needs. The review concludes by offering recommendations for strengthening future evaluations, including strategies for incorporating CBPR, improving data access, and leveraging advanced econometric tools.

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• Crafting Innovation: Policy Impact and Firm Agglomeration in the Brewing Industry

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Modern challenges facing electric vehicle adoption: a review of barriers to adoption, supply chain challenges, and equity

  Environmental Research Letters · 2025-01-07 · 17 citations

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  Abstract The automotive industry’s shift to electric vehicles (EVs) faces persistent barriers in pricing, financing, and charging infrastructure, particularly affecting low-income and disadvantaged individuals. These hurdles pose challenges to achieving US decarbonization goals and hinder the development of a sustainable and electrified transportation sector. Global disruptions in the supply chain, driven by the pandemic and geopolitical tensions, exacerbate these challenges, keeping EV purchase prices elevated. Key disruptors include critical mineral scarcity, semiconductor shortages, and international trade and COVID-19-related restrictions, complicating efforts to overcome adoption hurdles. Conducting a systematic review using Google Scholar and ScienceDirect, we focused on articles related to EV supply chain disruptions, equity, and adoption barriers published in English post-2009. We analyzed 130 articles for topical focus and key findings. Our exploration reveals insights into the challenges of electrifying the transportation sector while addressing equity concerns. Proposing a systemic equity framework, we advocate for the simultaneous and effective administration of resources, policies, and cultural considerations for systematically marginalized communities. This holistic approach aims to navigate the complexities of the EV supply chain, fostering a future marked by equitable transport electrification. The intersection of equity issues with supply chain challenges emphasizes the timeliness and importance of this academic examination. Our contribution to the ongoing discourse on achieving a sustainable and inclusive transition to EVs delves into the dynamics of these challenges, highlighting the need for comprehensive solutions.

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• Solar electricity without solar panels: Changes in consumption behavior due to community solar programs

  Energy Economics · 2025-12-01

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• Symbolic and Substantive Climate Action: A Review and Synthesis of Definitions

  Academy of Management Proceedings · 2023-07-24 · 1 citations

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  A growing number of companies have made climate pledges, joining organizations such as Science Based Targets, to demonstrate their commitment to emissions reductions. There is uncertainty as to whether these pledges are merely symbolic declarations or lead to substantive results. Furthermore, the environmental management literature does not differentiate symbolic from substantive climate action consistently, which presents challenges towards understanding the role and effects of climate pledges. We address this gap with a systematic literature review that compiles definitions of symbolic and substantive action, synthesizing them into a new conceptual model. We propose three main components that distinguish symbolic from substantive action: results (whether company action led to tangible emissions reductions or operational changes), effort (whether changes were superficial or extensive), and intent (whether the company was genuinely committed to climate performance as opposed to social expectations for compliance). Future studies could analyze the relationship between these three components, such as how symbolic vs. substantive intent translates into the type of effort and results realized by a company. Doing so would allow policymakers to understand why companies engage in climate pledges and the factors that influence their success or lack thereof.

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• Replication Data for: As the Crow Flies: Tracking policy diffusion through stakeholder networks

  Harvard Dataverse · 2023-08-31 · 1 citations

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  Policy diffusion is an important element of the policy formation process. However, understanding of the micro-level interactions governing policy spread remains limited. Much of the literature focuses on macro-level proxies for intergovernmental connectivity. These proxies outline broad diffusion patterns without specifying the micro-level mechanisms that govern how individuals facilitate that diffusion. The role of stakeholders in diffusion in the policy subsystem is also poorly understood. We construct a panel dataset covering the spread of US ecotourism programs from 1993 to 2016 to investigate how micro-level movement within stakeholder networks explains state-level policy diffusion over time. Using fixed effects regression, we find that stakeholder movement significantly drives diffusion, acting as a mechanism of knowledge transfer. Our findings provide a more precise theoretical understanding of how policy knowledge diffuses at the micro level, empirically explain the role of policy stakeholders in diffusion and highlight the value of citizen-science data for policy research.

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• As the crow flies: tracking policy diffusion through stakeholder networks

  Journal of Public Policy · 2023-10-04 · 2 citations

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  Abstract Policy diffusion is an important element of the policy formation process. However, understanding of the micro-level interactions governing policy spread remains limited. Much of the literature focuses on macro-level proxies for intergovernmental connectivity. These proxies outline broad diffusion patterns without specifying the micro-level mechanisms that govern how individuals facilitate that diffusion. The role of stakeholders in diffusion in the policy subsystem is also poorly understood. We construct a panel dataset covering the spread of the US ecotourism programs from 1993 to 2016 to investigate how micro-level movement within stakeholder networks explains state-level policy diffusion over time. Using fixed-effects regression, we find that stakeholder movement significantly drives diffusion, acting as a mechanism of knowledge transfer. Our findings provide a more precise theoretical understanding of how policy knowledge diffuses at the micro level, empirically explain the role of policy stakeholders in diffusion, and highlight the value of citizen-science data for policy research.

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Frequent coauthors

• Douglas S. Noonan

  20 shared

• Mallory Elise Flowers

  University of Rhode Island

  10 shared

• Evan Mistur

  The University of Texas at Arlington

  8 shared

• Marilyn A. Brown

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  7 shared

• Gordon Kingsley

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  6 shared

• Yehyun An

  Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements

  4 shared

• Christopher J. Blackburn

  Virginia Tech

  3 shared

• Huibin Du

  3 shared

Awards & honors

• World Citizens’ Prize in Environmental Performance (2023)
• Best Book Award - Organization and Natural Environment Divis…