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Working Papers

2023

1. Transportation Taxes and Energy Transitions: Alternative Policy Designs for Funding US Road Infrastructure and Pricing Externalities
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future

2019

2. California’s Evolving Zero Emission Vehicle Program: Pulling New Technology into the Market
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future

2017

3. The Effect of Fuel Price Changes on Fleet Demand for New Vehicle Fuel Economy
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
   See also Journal Article The Effect of Fuel Price Changes on Fleet Demand for New Vehicle Fuel Economy, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2016

4. Fuel Prices, New Vehicle Fuel Economy, and Implications for Attribute-Based Standards
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Fuel Prices, New Vehicle Fuel Economy, and Implications for Attribute-Based Standards, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (22) (2017)
5. The potential for improvement in on-road truck fuel economy: evidence from the VIUS
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2015

6. New Markets for Pollution and Energy Efficiency: Credit Trading under Automobile Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy StandardsAbstract: Recent changes to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards have created new opportunities for lowering the cost of meeting strict new standards through provisions for credit banking and trading. In this paper, we explore these new markets for reductions in both fuel consumption (fuel economy) and greenhouse gases (GHGs). We examine the two separate credits markets for fuel economy as regulated by NHTSA and for GHG gases under EPA and find that there are some important differences between them. For example, the market for NHTSA fuel economy credits has an effective credit price ceiling while the market for EPA GHG credits does not. We then evaluate the functionality of these markets using publicly available data on credit holdings and trades through 2013. Finally, we assess the potential for the following to interfere with well-functioning markets: overlapping regulations, lack of additionality, thin markets, and use of monopoly power. We find that features of robust trading markets are missing in these early years, and suggest reasons why. We also explore the implications of the fact that the two regulations are almost fully overlapping
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future

2013

7. The New CAFE Standards: Are They Enough on Their Own?
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (7)

2012

8. Zoning on the Urban Fringe: Results from a New Approach to Modeling Land and Housing Markets
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (13)
   See also Journal Article Zoning on the urban fringe: Results from a new approach to modeling land and housing markets, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (11) (2012)

2009

9. Lot Size, Zoning, and Household Preferences: Impediments to Smart Growth?
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (5)
10. Urban Growth Externalities and Neighborhood Incentives: Another Cause of Urban Sprawl?
    UMBC Economics Department Working Papers, UMBC Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article URBAN GROWTH EXTERNALITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD INCENTIVES: ANOTHER CAUSE OF URBAN SPRAWL?, Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2013) View citations (7) (2013)

2007

11. Fees in an Imperfect World: An Application to Motor Vehicle Emissions
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
12. The Trade-off between Private Lots and Public Open Space in Subdivisions at the Urban-Rural Fringe
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article The Trade-off between Private Lots and Public Open Space in Subdivisions at the Urban-Rural Fringe, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2007) View citations (10) (2007)

2005

13. Making Markets for Development Rights Work: What Determines Demand
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (2)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (2005) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Making Markets for Development Rights Work: What Determines Demand?, Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press (2008) View citations (11) (2008)
14. Zoning, TDRs, and the Density of Development
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (3)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2005) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Zoning, TDRs and the density of development, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (41) (2006)

2004

15. Incentive-Based Land Use Policies and Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (5)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2004) View citations (5)

2003

16. How Well Can Markets for Development Rights Work? Evaluating a Farmland Preservation Program
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (14)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2003) View citations (15)

2000

17. Cost-Effective NOx Control in the Eastern United States
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (16)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2000) View citations (24)

1999

18. Coase and Car Repair: Who Should Be Responsible for Emissions of Vehicles in Use?
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (9)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (1999) View citations (9)
19. Costs, Emissions Reductions and Vehicle Repair: Evidence from Arizona
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (8)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (1999) View citations (6)
20. The Enhanced I/M Program in Arizona: Costs, Effectiveness, and a Comparison with Pre-regulatory Estimates
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (1999) View citations (2)

1998

21. A Behavioral Analysis of EPA's MOBILE Emission Factor Model
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (6)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (1998) View citations (4)
22. Estimating Full IM240 Emissions from Partial Test Results: Evidence from Arizona
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (2)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (1998) View citations (3)
23. Fleet Turnover and Old Car Scrap Policies
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (12)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (1998) View citations (11)
24. The Chesapeake Bay and the Control of NOx Emissions: A Policy Analysis
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (7)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (1998) View citations (6)

1997

25. Efficiency and Political Economy of Pollution Control with Ancillary Benefits: An Application to NOx Control in the Chesapeake Bay Airshed
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (1)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (1997) View citations (1)

1996

26. Who's in the Driver's Seat? Mobile Source Policy in the U.S. Federal System
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
    Also in Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (1996)
    See also Chapter Who's in the driver's seat? Mobile source policy in the US federal system, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (1998) (1998)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Interpreting tradable credit prices in overlapping vehicle regulations
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 109, (C) View citations (2)
2. Pushing New Technology into the Market: California’s Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate
   Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2021, 15, (1), 169 - 179 View citations (4)

2019

3. Interactions between federal and state policies for reducing vehicle emissions
   Energy Policy, 2019, 126, (C), 507-517 View citations (9)
4. The Effect of Fuel Price Changes on Fleet Demand for New Vehicle Fuel Economy
   Journal of Industrial Economics, 2019, 67, (1), 127-159 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Fuel Price Changes on Fleet Demand for New Vehicle Fuel Economy, RFF Working Paper Series (2017) (2017)

2018

5. Integrating Global Sensitivity Approaches to Deconstruct Spatial and Temporal Sensitivities of Complex Spatial Agent-Based Models
   Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2018, 21, (1), 12 View citations (2)

2017

6. Fuel Prices, New Vehicle Fuel Economy, and Implications for Attribute-Based Standards
   Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2017, 4, (3), 659 - 700 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper Fuel Prices, New Vehicle Fuel Economy, and Implications for Attribute-Based Standards, RFF Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (9) (2016)
7. New Markets for Credit Trading Under U.S. Automobile Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards
   Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2017, 11, (2), 207-226 View citations (21)

2015

8. Exploring sprawl: Results from an economic agent-based model of land and housing markets
   Ecological Economics, 2015, 113, (C), 114-125 View citations (14)

2014

9. Effects of Alternative Developer Decision-Making Models on the Production of Ecological Subdivision Designs: Experimental Results from an Agent-Based Model
   Environment and Planning B, 2014, 41, (5), 907-927 View citations (2)

2013

10. URBAN GROWTH EXTERNALITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD INCENTIVES: ANOTHER CAUSE OF URBAN SPRAWL?
    Journal of Regional Science, 2013, 53, (2), 332-348 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Urban Growth Externalities and Neighborhood Incentives: Another Cause of Urban Sprawl?, UMBC Economics Department Working Papers (2009) (2009)

2012

11. Zoning on the urban fringe: Results from a new approach to modeling land and housing markets
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42, (1-2), 198-210 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Zoning on the Urban Fringe: Results from a New Approach to Modeling Land and Housing Markets, RFF Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (13) (2012)

2011

12. Lot size, zoning, and household preferences
    Housing Policy Debate, 2011, 22, (2), 153-174 View citations (1)

2009

13. Policy Monitor
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2009, 3, (2), 288-303

2008

14. Making Markets for Development Rights Work: What Determines Demand?
    Land Economics, 2008, 84, (1), 1-16 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Making Markets for Development Rights Work: What Determines Demand, RFF Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (2) (2005)

2007

15. The Trade-off between Private Lots and Public Open Space in Subdivisions at the Urban-Rural Fringe
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 89, (5), 1191-1197 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper The Trade-off between Private Lots and Public Open Space in Subdivisions at the Urban-Rural Fringe, RFF Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (11) (2007)

2006

16. Using markets for land preservation: Results of a TDR program
    Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2006, 49, (5), 631-651 View citations (9)
17. Zoning, TDRs and the density of development
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2006, 59, (3), 440-457 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper Zoning, TDRs, and the Density of Development, Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (3) (2005)

2005

18. Farmland Preservation and Residential Density: Can Development Rights Markets Affect Land Use?
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2005, 34, (2), 131-144 View citations (4)
    Also in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2005, 34, (2), 14 (2005) View citations (6)

1996

19. Estimating an Emissions Supply Function from Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Programs
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 78, (2), 251-65 View citations (32)

1995

20. Determinants of Participation in Accelerated Vehicle-Retirement Programs
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1995, 26, (1), 93-112 View citations (51)

1992

21. The supply and demand for pollution control: Evidence from wastewater treatment
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1992, 23, (1), 54-77 View citations (15)

1990

22. The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Industry Location Decisions: The Motor Vehicle Industry
    Land Economics, 1990, 66, (1), 67-81 View citations (141)
23. The impact of environmental regulations on industry productivity: Direct and indirect effects
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1990, 18, (1), 50-65 View citations (201)

1987

24. Surpluses in Disequilibrium Urban Land Markets
    Real Estate Economics, 1987, 15, (4), 359-373

1986

25. Effects of Pollution Control on Industry Productivity: A Factor Demand Approach
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1986, 35, (2), 161-72 View citations (46)

1984

26. A model for forecasting the economic and environmental impact of energy policy
    Energy Economics, 1984, 6, (3), 167-176 View citations (2)

1982

27. Auto pollution and congestion in an urban model: An analysis of alternative strategies
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1982, 11, (1), 11-31 View citations (9)

1976

28. Estimating net benefits of recreation under conditions of excess demand
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1976, 2, (3), 224-230 View citations (7)

Chapters

1998

1. Who's in the driver's seat? Mobile source policy in the US federal system
   Chapter 6 in Climate Change, Transport and Environmental Policy, 1998, pp 131-157
   See also Working Paper Who's in the Driver's Seat? Mobile Source Policy in the U.S. Federal System, Resources for the Future (1996) (1996)