Add to ORKGOur greatest challenge in confronting climate change will be the transition away from fossil fuel combustion as our primary source of electricity. The market-based policy of cap and trade is a preferable solution to this problem that forces electric generators to compete for the right to emit CO2 while minimizing damage to the economy. This policy is studied from the perspective of a state legislator deciding whether to adopt it, and evaluated in the context of a proposed federal policy
With most of the energy produced in the state of Indiana coming from coal, the implementation of pol...
textSocial, political, and economic trends suggest that the United States may soon join other Unite...
Designing policies to solve environmental problems is inherently difficult. Theoretically optimal po...
The federal government has been slow to act on curbing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to c...
An overview is given of the growing number of regional associations in which states have entered int...
In October 2015 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first national plan to ...
Using individual level data from electricity generators, my dissertation empirically investigates th...
On 2 June 2014 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed performance stand...
Cap-and-trade is the most discussed CO2 emissions control scheme in the U.S. It is a market-based me...
President Obama has made climate change policy a strong component of his second term. Since his reel...
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been developed by 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic...
Climate change policy is likely on the horizon in the United States. A cap and trade program for CO2...
We explore the performance of a potential addition to U.S. climate policy using authority under Sect...
Legislators and regulators at the federal, state, and even local levels are seeking ways to reduce e...
Climate change is an urgent issue unlike anything humanity has ever faced. This thesis explores a ma...
With most of the energy produced in the state of Indiana coming from coal, the implementation of pol...
textSocial, political, and economic trends suggest that the United States may soon join other Unite...
Designing policies to solve environmental problems is inherently difficult. Theoretically optimal po...
The federal government has been slow to act on curbing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to c...
An overview is given of the growing number of regional associations in which states have entered int...
In October 2015 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first national plan to ...
Using individual level data from electricity generators, my dissertation empirically investigates th...
On 2 June 2014 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed performance stand...
Cap-and-trade is the most discussed CO2 emissions control scheme in the U.S. It is a market-based me...
President Obama has made climate change policy a strong component of his second term. Since his reel...
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been developed by 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic...
Climate change policy is likely on the horizon in the United States. A cap and trade program for CO2...
We explore the performance of a potential addition to U.S. climate policy using authority under Sect...
Legislators and regulators at the federal, state, and even local levels are seeking ways to reduce e...
Climate change is an urgent issue unlike anything humanity has ever faced. This thesis explores a ma...
With most of the energy produced in the state of Indiana coming from coal, the implementation of pol...
textSocial, political, and economic trends suggest that the United States may soon join other Unite...
Designing policies to solve environmental problems is inherently difficult. Theoretically optimal po...