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Homepage:	https://spencerbanzhaf.wordpress.ncsu.edu
Phone:	919-515-7727
Postal address:	Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics North Carolina State University Campus Box 8109 2801 Founders Dr., Nelson Hall Raleigh, NC 27695-8109
Workplace:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Hell with the Lid Off: Racial Segregation and Environmental Equity in America’s Most Polluted City
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2024)
2. Smoke from Factory Chimneys: The Applied Economics of Air Pollution in the Progressive Era
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Valuing Policy Characteristics and New Products using a Simple Linear Program
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

4. Comments on OMB Circular A-4, “Regulatory Analysis” (OMB-2022-0014)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2022

5. Long-Run Adult Socio-economic Outcomes from In Utero Airborne Lead Exposure
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

2021

6. The Value of Statistical Life: A Meta-analysis of Meta-analyses
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The Value of Statistical Life: A Meta-Analysis of Meta-Analyses, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press (2022) View citations (7) (2022)

2020

7. A History of Pricing Pollution (Or, Why Pigouvian Taxes are not Necessarily Pigouvian)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
8. Financing Outdoor Recreation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in Center for State and Local Finance Working Paper Series, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2020) View citations (2)

2019

9. Age-Based Property Tax Exemptions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Age-based property tax exemptions, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
10. Age-Based Property Tax Exemptions in Georgia
    Center for State and Local Finance Working Paper Series, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (1)
11. Capitalization as a Two-Part Tariff: The Role of Zoning
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (1)
12. Difference-in-Difference Hedonics
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Difference-in-Differences Hedonics, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2021) View citations (28) (2021)
13. Non-Parametric Tests of the Tragedy of the Commons
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2018

14. Journal of the History of Economic Thought Preprints - The Environmental Turn in Natural Resource Economics: John Krutilla and "Conservation Reconsidered"
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science

2016

15. Constructing markets: environmental economics and the contingent valuation controversy
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Constructing Markets: Environmental Economics and the Contingent Valuation Controversy, History of Political Economy, Duke University Press (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
16. Fuel Consumption and Gasoline Prices: The Role of Assortative Matching between Households and Automobiles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Fuel consumption and gasoline prices: The role of assortative matching between households and automobiles, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2019) View citations (7) (2019)
17. The Environmental Turn in Natural Resource Economics: John Krutilla and "Conservation Reconsidered"
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article THE ENVIRONMENTAL TURN IN NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS: JOHN KRUTILLA AND “CONSERVATION RECONSIDERED”, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press (2019) View citations (4) (2019)

2015

18. Panel Data Hedonics: Rosen's First Stage as a "Sufficient Statistic"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article PANEL DATA HEDONICS: ROSEN'S FIRST STAGE AS A “SUFFICIENT STATISTIC”, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2020) (2020)

2012

19. Interjurisdictional Housing Prices and Spatial Amenities: Which Measures of Housing Prices Reflect Local Public Goods?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Interjurisdictional housing prices and spatial amenities: Which measures of housing prices reflect local public goods?, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (23) (2013)
20. On Fiscal Illusion and Ricardian Equivalence in Local Public Finance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2011

21. Designing Economic Instruments for the Environment in a Decentralized Fiscal System
    Working Papers, Tulane University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article DESIGNING ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN A DECENTRALIZED FISCAL SYSTEM, Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell (2012) View citations (11) (2012)
22. The Political Economy of Environmental Justice
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2010

23. Heterogeneous Harm vs. Spatial Spillovers: Environmental Federalism and US Air Pollution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
24. Regulatory Impact Analyses of Environmental Justice Effects
    NCEE Working Paper Series, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
25. Segregation and Tiebout Sorting: Investigating the Link between Investments in Public Goods and Neighborhood Tipping
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2009

26. Economics at the Fringe: Non-Market Valuation Studies and their Role in Land Use Plans in the United States
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2008

27. An Update on the Science of Acidification in the Adirondack Park
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)
28. Can Weak Substitution be Rehabilitated?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Can Weak Substitution be Rehabilitated?, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

2007

29. Moving Beyond Cleanup: Identifying the Crucibles of Environmental Gentrification
    NCEE Working Paper Series, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency View citations (9)

2006

30. Do People Vote with Their Feet? An Empirical Test of Environmental Gentrification
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (13)
31. What Are Ecosystem Services?
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (34)
32. What Are Ecosystem Services? The Need for Standardized Environmental Accounting Units
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article What are ecosystem services? The need for standardized environmental accounting units, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (371) (2007)

2005

33. The Architecture and Measurement of an Ecosystem Services Index
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (9)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (2005) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The Architecture and Measurement of an Ecosystem Services Index, Sustainability, MDPI (2012) View citations (16) (2012)

2003

34. Hedonic Pricing in Realistic Urban Structures
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
35. Meta Analysis in Model Implementation: Choice Sets and the Valuation of Air Quality Improvements
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (3)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2003) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Meta-analysis in model implementation: choice sets and the valuation of air quality improvements, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2007) View citations (31) (2007)

2002

36. Efficient Emission Fees in the U.S. Electricity Sector
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (3)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2002) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Efficient emission fees in the US electricity sector, Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (20) (2004)
37. General Equilibrium Benefit Transfers for Spatial Externalities: Revisiting EPA's Prospective Analysis
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2002)
38. Green Price Indices
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (2)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (2002) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Green price indices, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2005) View citations (18) (2005)
39. Quality Adjustment for Spatially-Delineated Public Goods: Theory and Application to Cost-of-Living Indices in Los Angeles
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (9)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2002) View citations (9)

2000

40. Estimating the General Equilibrium Benefits of Large Policy Changes: The Clean Air Act Revisited
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
41. Measuring the Impact of Air Quality on Housing Markets and Residential Choices in Southern California
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society
42. Using Locational Equilibrium Models to Evaluate Housing Price Indexes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

Undated

43. Estimating the General Equilibrium Benefits of Large Changes in Spatially Delineated Public Goods
    GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article ESTIMATING THE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM BENEFITS OF LARGE CHANGES IN SPATIALLY DELINEATED PUBLIC GOODS, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2004) View citations (161) (2004)
44. General Equilibrium Benefit Estimates for Spatial Externalities: Projected Ozone Reductions for the Los Angeles Air Basin
    GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
45. Non-Parametric Tests of Output- and Cost-Sharing Games
    CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Journal Articles

2024

1. Editor’s Introduction
   Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2024, 18, (1), 1 - 1
2. Editor’s Introduction
   Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2024, 18, (2), 191 - 192
3. Non-parametric tests of behavior in the commons
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 224, (C), 521-536 View citations (1)

2023

4. Distribution and Disputation: Net Benefits, Equity, and Public Decision-Making
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2023, 14, (2), 205-229
5. Editor’s Introduction
   Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2023, 17, (2), 193 - 194

2022

6. Bundling Private Complements to Finance Public Goods
   Land Economics, 2022, 98, (3), 440-460
7. Financing Outdoor Recreation: An Introduction
   Land Economics, 2022, 98, (3), 421-427
8. The Value of Statistical Life: A Meta-Analysis of Meta-Analyses
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2022, 13, (2), 182-197 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper The Value of Statistical Life: A Meta-analysis of Meta-analyses, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2021

9. Age-based property tax exemptions
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 121, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Age-Based Property Tax Exemptions, NBER Working Papers (2019) (2019)
10. Difference-in-Differences Hedonics
    Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (8), 2385 - 2414 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Difference-in-Difference Hedonics, MPRA Paper (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2020

11. Best Practices for Using Hedonic Property Value Models to Measure Willingness to Pay for Environmental Quality
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2020, 14, (2), 260 - 281 View citations (40)
12. PANEL DATA HEDONICS: ROSEN'S FIRST STAGE AS A “SUFFICIENT STATISTIC”
    International Economic Review, 2020, 61, (2), 973-1000
    See also Working Paper Panel Data Hedonics: Rosen's First Stage as a "Sufficient Statistic", NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (10) (2015)

2019

13. Environmental Justice: Establishing Causal Relationships
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 377-398 View citations (27)
14. Environmental Justice: The Economics of Race, Place, and Pollution
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33, (1), 185-208 View citations (154)
15. Fuel consumption and gasoline prices: The role of assortative matching between households and automobiles
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019, 95, (C), 1-25 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Fuel Consumption and Gasoline Prices: The Role of Assortative Matching between Households and Automobiles, NBER Working Papers (2016) (2016)
16. THE ENVIRONMENTAL TURN IN NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS: JOHN KRUTILLA AND “CONSERVATION RECONSIDERED”
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2019, 41, (1), 27-46 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The Environmental Turn in Natural Resource Economics: John Krutilla and "Conservation Reconsidered", RFF Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2017

17. Constructing Markets: Environmental Economics and the Contingent Valuation Controversy
    History of Political Economy, 2017, 49, (5), 213-239 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Constructing markets: environmental economics and the contingent valuation controversy, MPRA Paper (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2016

18. Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Enlightenment’s Frontier: The Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013), pp. ix + 344, $55. ISBN 978-0-16254-7
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2016, 38, (4), 568-571

2014

19. Retrospectives: The Cold-War Origins of the Value of Statistical Life
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (4), 213-26 View citations (12)

2013

20. Interjurisdictional housing prices and spatial amenities: Which measures of housing prices reflect local public goods?
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2013, 43, (4), 635-648 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Interjurisdictional Housing Prices and Spatial Amenities: Which Measures of Housing Prices Reflect Local Public Goods?, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (10) (2012)
21. Nonregulatory Approaches to the Environment: Coasean and Pigouvian Perspectives
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2013, 7, (2), 238-258 View citations (6)
22. On Fiscal Illusion in Local Public Finance: Re-Examining Ricardian Equivalence and the Renter Effect
    National Tax Journal, 2013, 66, (3), 511-540 View citations (23)
23. Segregation and Tiebout sorting: The link between place-based investments and neighborhood tipping
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2013, 74, (C), 83-98 View citations (44)

2012

24. DESIGNING ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN A DECENTRALIZED FISCAL SYSTEM
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2012, 26, (2), 177-202 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Designing Economic Instruments for the Environment in a Decentralized Fiscal System, Working Papers (2011) View citations (5) (2011)
25. Do Households Prefer Small School Districts? A Natural Experiment
    Southern Economic Journal, 2012, 78, (3), 819-841 View citations (1)
26. Fiscal federalism and interjurisdictional externalities: New results and an application to US Air pollution
    Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (5), 449-464 View citations (53)
27. The Architecture and Measurement of an Ecosystem Services Index
    Sustainability, 2012, 4, (4), 1-32 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper The Architecture and Measurement of an Ecosystem Services Index, RFF Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (9) (2005)

2011

28. Consumer Sovereignty in the History of Environmental Economics
    History of Political Economy, 2011, 43, (2), 339-345 View citations (1)
29. Steven G. Medema, The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009), pp. 272, $35.ISBN 978-1-4008-3077-0
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2011, 33, (2), 269-271

2010

30. Can Weak Substitution be Rehabilitated?
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2010, 45, (2), 203-221 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Can Weak Substitution be Rehabilitated?, NBER Working Papers (2008) (2008)
31. Can the land tax help curb urban sprawl? Evidence from growth patterns in Pennsylvania
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 67, (2), 169-179 View citations (35)
32. Consumer Surplus with Apology: A Historical Perspective on Nonmarket Valuation and Recreation Demand
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2010, 2, (1), 183-207 View citations (10)
33. Success and design of local referenda for land conservation
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010, 29, (4), 769-798 View citations (20)

2009

34. Objective or Multi-Objective? Two Historically Competing Visions for Benefit-Cost Analysis
    Land Economics, 2009, 85, (1), 3-23 View citations (19)

2008

35. Do People Vote with Their Feet? An Empirical Test of Tiebout
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (3), 843-63 View citations (326)
36. Keeping Faith, Losing Faith: An Introduction
    History of Political Economy, 2008, 40, (5), 1-20
37. Keeping Faith, Losing Faith: Conclusion to the Volume
    History of Political Economy, 2008, 40, (5), 338-340
38. The United States: Introduction
    History of Political Economy, 2008, 40, (5), 239-242

2007

39. Meta-analysis in model implementation: choice sets and the valuation of air quality improvements
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007, 22, (6), 1013-1031 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Meta Analysis in Model Implementation: Choice Sets and the Valuation of Air Quality Improvements, Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (3) (2003)
40. Quality adjusted price indexes and the Willig condition
    Economics Letters, 2007, 94, (1), 43-48 View citations (12)
41. What are ecosystem services? The need for standardized environmental accounting units
    Ecological Economics, 2007, 63, (2-3), 616-626 View citations (371)
    See also Working Paper What Are Ecosystem Services? The Need for Standardized Environmental Accounting Units, Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (17) (2006)

2006

42. The Other Economics Department: Demand and Value Theory in Early Agricultural Economics
    History of Political Economy, 2006, 38, (5), 9-31 View citations (4)
43. Valuation of Natural Resource Improvements in the Adirondacks
    Land Economics, 2006, 82, (3), 445-464 View citations (51)

2005

44. Green price indices
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2005, 49, (2), 262-280 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Green Price Indices, RFF Working Paper Series (2002) View citations (2) (2002)

2004

45. A Diagrammatic Exposition of Weak Complementarity and the Willig Condition
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2004, 86, (2), 455-466 View citations (23)
46. ESTIMATING THE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM BENEFITS OF LARGE CHANGES IN SPATIALLY DELINEATED PUBLIC GOODS
    International Economic Review, 2004, 45, (4), 1047-1077 View citations (161)
    See also Working Paper Estimating the General Equilibrium Benefits of Large Changes in Spatially Delineated Public Goods, GSIA Working Papers View citations (32)
47. Efficient emission fees in the US electricity sector
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2004, 26, (3), 317-341 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Efficient Emission Fees in the U.S. Electricity Sector, Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (3) (2002)
48. General equilibrium benefits for environmental improvements: projected ozone reductions under EPA's Prospective Analysis for the Los Angeles air basin
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2004, 47, (3), 559-584 View citations (48)
49. The Form and Function of Price Indexes: A Historical Accounting
    History of Political Economy, 2004, 36, (4), 589-616 View citations (2)

2002

50. Interjurisdictional housing prices in locational equilibrium
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 52, (1), 131-153 View citations (65)

2001

51. Quantifying the Qualitative: Quality-Adjusted Price Indexes in the United States, 1915-61
    History of Political Economy, 2001, 33, (5), 345-370 View citations (2)

2000

52. Productive Nature and the Net Product: Quesnay's Economies Animal and Political
    History of Political Economy, 2000, 32, (3), 517-551 View citations (6)

1999

53. The Role of Optimizing Behavior in Willingness-to-Pay Estimates for Air Quality
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1999, 81, (5), 1112-1117 View citations (5)

1998

54. Archiving the History of Economics
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1998, 36, (3), 1496-1501

1997

55. Valuing morbidity: An integration of the willingness-to-pay and health-status index literatures
    Journal of Health Economics, 1997, 16, (6), 641-665 View citations (34)

1996

56. Assessing the externalities of electricity generation in the Midwest
    Resource and Energy Economics, 1996, 18, (4), 395-421 View citations (13)

Books

2023

1. Pricing the Priceless
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2023)

1998

2. environmental policy analysis with limited information
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (65)

Chapters

2010

1. The Chicago School of Welfare Economics
   Chapter 5 in The Elgar Companion to the Chicago School of Economics, 2010 View citations (1)