Joshua Blonz

Principal Economist Industrial Output Section Research and Statistics

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Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California - Berkeley, 2017
B.A., Economics, Pomona College, 2008

Current Research Topics

Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2024 - present
Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2020 - 2024
Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2019 - 2020

The Canary in the Coal Decline: Appalachian Household Finance and the Transition from Fossil Fuels
Joshua Blonz, Brigitte Roth Tran, and Erin Troland
Journal of Financial Economics (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2025.104167
Smart Thermostats, Automation, and Time-Varying Prices
Joshua Blonz, Karen Palmer, Casey J. Wichman, and Derek C. Wietelman
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210618
The Costs of Misaligned Incentives: Energy Inefficiency and the Principal-Agent Problem
Joshua A. Blonz
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20210208
See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)

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