Policy Support for Electrolytic Hydrogen: Impact of Alternative Carbon Accounting Rules

Posted on October 6th, 2025 by Tony Tran

Governments worldwide have recently launched policy support programs for hydrogen, where the level of support is to be tied to […]

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A Country-Level Study of Exposure to Battery Price Fluctuations through Trade Networks

Posted on September 24th, 2025 by Tony Tran

This study examines the impact of critical raw materials (CRMs) and their processed derivatives on countries’ exposure to lithium-ion battery […]

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Building a Climate Coalition: Aligning Carbon Pricing, Trade, and Development

Posted on September 17th, 2025 by Tony Tran

This report from the Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT (GCPP) finds that a voluntary coalition of countries […]

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The Economic Logic of Policies to Address Import Dependence in Clean Energy Goods

Posted on September 10th, 2025 by Tony Tran

The fragmentation of global supply chains and rising geopolitical tensions have spurred concerns about import dependence. These concerns are particularly […]

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An Accounting Architecture for CO2-Statements

Posted on August 27th, 2025 by Tony Tran

It remains a continuing challenge for companies worldwide to reliably assess the greenhouse gas emissions incurred in connection with their […]

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Birds of a Feather Pollute Together: Endogenous Green Preferences and Opinion Dynamics in the Low-Carbon Transition

Posted on August 5th, 2025 by Tony Tran

This work analyzes the effects and feedback of endogenously evolving consumer green preferences and social influence on firms’ investment decisions […]

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The (Hopefully) Enlightening Blackout in Spain: Questions and Lessons for the Future

Posted on July 31st, 2025 by Tony Tran

The April 28 blackout in the Iberian Peninsula triggered an immediate and wide-ranging response, exposing underlying political and institutional tensions […]

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Flexible Data Centers and the Grid: Lower Costs, Higher Emissions?

Posted on July 28th, 2025 by Tony Tran

Data centers are among the fastest-growing electricity consumers, raising concerns about their impact on grid operations and decarbonization goals. Their […]

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Global Clean Investment Monitor: Government Support for Electric Vehicles and Batteries

Posted on July 23rd, 2025 by Tony Tran

Building on the success of the US Clean Investment Monitor (CIM), Rhodium Group and MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental […]

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An Informational Nudge to Shave Peak Demand

Posted on July 16th, 2025 by Tony Tran

Informational nudges to encourage energy conservation or load shifting have been tried in various contexts. This paper studies a program […]

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Evaluating the Economic and Environmental Impacts of the Foreign Pollution Fee Act on Carbon-Intensive Sectors

Posted on June 17th, 2025 by Tony Tran

On April 8, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced their latest version of the Foreign Pollution […]

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The Global Effects of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms

Posted on June 17th, 2025 by Tony Tran

We study carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) policies, as currently being implemented by the EU and UK. Policy discussions have […]

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In the Vortex of Great Power Competition: Climate, Trade, and Geostrategic Rivalry in U.S.–China–EU Relations

Posted on June 4th, 2025 by Tony Tran

Global efforts to address climate change appear headed on a collision course with strategic self-interest and great power politics. Nowhere […]

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From Tank to Odometer: Winners and Losers from a Gas-to-VMT Tax Shift

Posted on May 29th, 2025 by Tony Tran

With the increase in fuel economy of the personal transportation fleet along with the increased penetration of hybrid and electric […]

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Firm Presence, Pollution, and Agglomeration: Evidence from a Randomized Environmental Place-Based Policy

Posted on May 19th, 2025 by Tony Tran

Firm location decisions are a key managerial choice, usually optimized over factors like proximity to customers or suppliers. These decisions […]

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Household-Level Responses to the European Energy Crisis

Posted on April 17th, 2025 by Tony Tran

This paper studies household responses to a sharp energy price increase. Using Finnish household-level microdata from the 2022 European Energy […]

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Addressing Uncertainty in the Joint Production of Energy Transition Metals

Posted on April 8th, 2025 by Tony Tran

An efficient and resilient supply of critical raw materials such as copper, cobalt, and nickel is essential to ensure supply […]

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Two Wrongs Can Sometimes Make a Right: The Environmental Benefits of Market Power in Oil

Posted on March 18th, 2025 by Tony Tran

Market power reduces equilibrium quantities and distorts production, typically causing welfare losses. However, as Buchanan (1969) noted, market power may […]

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The Dynamics of Evasion: The Price Cap on Russian Oil Exports and the Amassing of the Shadow Fleet

Posted on March 5th, 2025 by Tony Tran

To reduce funds for Russia’s Ukraine invasion, Western governments imposed a price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil exports using Western […]

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Pricing Congestion to Increase Traffic: The Case of Bogotá

Posted on February 27th, 2025 by Tony Tran

In September 2021, the city of Bogotá introduced a major market-based reform to its odd-even driving restriction, known as Pico […]

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Impacts of the Jones Act on U.S. Petroleum Markets

Posted on February 12th, 2025 by Tony Tran

We study how the Jones Act—a 100-year-old U.S. regulation that constrains domestic waterborne shipping—affects U.S. markets for crude oil and […]

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Beyond the Hype: The Rainbow of Hydrogen Technologies and Policies

Posted on January 28th, 2025 by Tony Tran

The transition towards a sustainable energy system requires alternative energy carriers that reduce carbon emissions while meeting global demands. Hydrogen […]

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Good Spillover, Bad Spillover: Industrial Policy, Trade, and the Political Economy of Decarbonization

Posted on January 16th, 2025 by Tony Tran

Spillover effects can impede or advance climate action. They have enabled some of the greatest successes in climate change mitigation, […]

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