Grant Smith

Grant is a Senior Research Officer at ESRG. He is interested in using Behavioural economics, big data, and public economics to solve problems at the local government level. This has led him to conduct work on energy and water pricing, individual and household consumption, utility bill design, app design, traffic congestion, grid planning, and building design. He is especially interested in helping individuals, households, firms, and governments (at all levels of locality) allocate scarce resources in a manner that optimises welfare. 

Qualifications: 
MComm (Economics)
Ba-PPE (Hons, Economics)

Selected publications:
Jack, Kelsey, and Grant Smith. 2020. "Charging Ahead: Prepaid Metering, Electricity Use, and Utility Revenue." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12 (2): 134–68.   DOI: 10.1257/app.20180155

Johanna Brühl, Grant Smith, Martine Visser, “Simple is good: Redesigning utility bills to reduce complexity and increase understanding.” Utilities Policy, Volume 60,
2019,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2019.100934.

Jack, B. Kelsey, and Grant Smith. 2015. "Pay as You Go: Prepaid Metering and Electricity Expenditures in South Africa." American Economic Review 105 (5): 237–41. DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151096

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3848-5431 

Reviews for: Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics