Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Experience with Cap-and-Trade

Posted on December 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

Thirty years ago, the notion of a government allocating tradable rights to emit pollution was controversial. Many environmental advocates felt […]

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A Global Carbon Market?

Posted on December 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

This paper explores the prospects for a global carbon market as the centrepiece of any serious attempt to reach the […]

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The Geoeconomics of Russian-EU Gas Trade: Drawing Lessons from the South Stream Pipeline Project

Posted on November 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

Energy trade has developed into one of the most contentious and divisive issues between Russia and EU in the post-Cold […]

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Natural Gas Prices and Coal Displacement: Evidence from Electricity Markets

Posted on October 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

We examine the environmental impact of the post-2005 natural gas glut in the United States due to the shale gas […]

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How do Carbon Emissions Respond to Business-Cycle Shocks?

Posted on August 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

Carbon dioxide emissions are highly correlated with cyclical fluctuations in the U.S. economy; they increase during booms and fall during […]

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The Pass-Through of RIN Prices to Wholesale and Retail Fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard

Posted on July 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

The U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requires blending increasing quantities of biofuels into the U.S. surface vehicle fuel supply. In […]

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Progress and Problems in Reforming the Swaps Marketplace

Posted on July 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

US derivative markets, including commodity derivatives used in industries like energy, are undergoing dramatic reform following the financial crisis. This […]

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The Simple Economics of Asymmetric Cost Pass-Through

Posted on June 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

In response to cost changes, prices often rise more strongly or quickly than they fall. This phenomenon has attracted attention […]

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Vehicle Miles (Not) Traveled: Why Fuel Economy Requirements Don’t Increase Household Driving

Posted on May 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

A major concern with addressing the negative externalities of gasoline consumption by regulating fuel economy, rather than increasing fuel taxes, […]

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Competition and Externalities in Green Technology Adoption

Posted on May 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

In this paper, we study the effects of competition among multiple suppliers who sell green technology products, such as electric […]

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Consumer Subsidies with a Strategic Supplier: Commitment vs. Flexibility

Posted on May 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

Governments use consumer incentives to promote green technologies (e.g., solar panels and electric vehicles). Our goal in this paper is […]

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The Use and Misuse of Models for Climate Policy

Posted on April 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

In recent articles, I have argued that integrated assessment models (IAMs) have flaws that make them close to useless as […]

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Limit Pricing and the (In)Effectiveness of the Carbon Tax

Posted on April 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

The conventional analysis of policy-induced changes in resource extraction is inconsistent with the actual way OPEC is exerting its market […]

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Cash for Corollas: When Stimulus Reduces Spending

Posted on April 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

The 2009 Cash for Clunkers program aimed to stimulate consumer spending in the new automobile industry, which was experiencing disproportionate […]

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Soft Cooperation in the Shadow of Distributional Conflict? A Model-Based Assessment of the Two-Level Game between International Climate Change Negotiations and Domestic Politics

Posted on February 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

In climate negotiations, negotiators frequently reject soft forms of cooperation that require no hard commitments and at best simple coordination. […]

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Financial Arbitrage and Efficient Dispatch in Wholesale Electricity Markets

Posted on February 2nd, 2015 by tagadmin

Virtual bidding is a type of transaction introduced into wholesale electricity markets to improve competition and pricing. This paper analyzes […]

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