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Center for Business and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, (more information at EDIRC) Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2020

1. Fatalism, Beliefs, and Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (43)

2016

2. The Behavioralist as Policy Designer: The Need to Test Multiple Treatments to Meet Multiple Targets
   Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (10)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (15)
3. Using Big Data to Estimate Consumer Surplus: The Case of Uber
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (120)

2014

4. Optimal Altruism in Public Good Provision
   Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge View citations (2)

2013

5. Does the Social Cost of Carbon Matter?: An Assessment of U.S. Policy
   Working Papers, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
   Also in Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2013)

2010

6. The Effect of Allowance Allocations on Cap-and-Trade System Performance
   Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei View citations (21)
   Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2010) View citations (19)
   Sustainable Development Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) (2010) View citations (20)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (19)
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2010) View citations (19)
   See also Journal Article The Effect of Allowance Allocations on Cap-and-Trade System Performance, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2011) View citations (76) (2011)

2005

7. The Impact of Driver Cell Phone Use on Accidents
   Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in AEI Economics Working Papers, American Enterprise Institute (2004) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article The Impact of Driver Cell Phone Use on Accidents, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2007) View citations (3) (2007)

2001

8. National Environmental Policy During the Clinton Years
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (3)
   Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2001) View citations (3)
   Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (2001) View citations (3)

1999

9. What Has Kyoto Wrought? The Real Architecture of International Tradable Permit Markets
   Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (51)
   Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (1999) View citations (36)

1997

10. The costs and benefits of regulation: implications for developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Costs and Benefits of Regulation: Implications for Developing Countries, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (1999) View citations (42) (1999)

1990

11. INCENTIVE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: A NEW ERA FROM AN OLD IDEA?
    Working Papers, Harvard - J.F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (22)

1982

12. Market Power and Transferable Property Rights
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Market Power and Transferable Property Rights, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1984) View citations (397) (1984)
13. Tradable Air Pollution Permits in the Overall Regulatory System: Problems of Regulatory Interactions
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

1981

14. A Theoretical Analysis of the Demand for Emission Licenses
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
15. On Reconciling Conflicting Goals: Applications of Multiobjective Programming
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

1979

16. Peak Load Pricing: Who Should Pay?
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Undated

17. Designing a Market for Tradable Emissions Permits
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
18. Marketable Permits: What's All the Fuss About?
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article Marketable Permits: What's all the Fuss About?*, Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press (1982) (1982)
19. Need for Power: Regulating Electricity Demand by Source
    Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Journal Articles

2016

1. The Impact of Behavioral Science Experiments on Energy Policy
   Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 2016, Volume 5, (Number 2) View citations (23)

2015

2. Does the Social Cost of Carbon Matter? Evidence from US Policy
   The Journal of Legal Studies, 2015, 44, (1), 229 - 248 View citations (4)

2013

3. Spectrum Policy and the Evolution of the Wireless Internet: Some Thoughts on Where Economists Agree and Disagree
   The Economists' Voice, 2013, 10, (1), 29-37
4. Understanding the effectiveness of environmental offset policies
   Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2013, 44, (1), 103-119 View citations (5)

2011

5. The Effect of Allowance Allocations on Cap-and-Trade System Performance
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2011, 54, (S4), S267 - S294 View citations (76)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Allowance Allocations on Cap-and-Trade System Performance, Working Papers (2010) View citations (21) (2010)

2010

6. An Evaluation of Government Efforts to Improve Regulatory Decision Making
   International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 2010, 3, (4), 245-298
7. Designing Smarter Regulation with Improved Benefit-Cost Analysis
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2010, 1, (1), 19 View citations (5)
   Also in Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2010, 1, (1), 1-19 (2010) View citations (5)
8. Government failure and market failure: on the inefficiency of environmental and energy policy
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2010, 26, (2), 197-224 View citations (31)
9. The economics of allowing more U.S. oil drilling
   Energy Economics, 2010, 32, (3), 638-650 View citations (1)

2009

10. A Statement on the Appropriate Role for Research and Development in Climate Policy
    The Economists' Voice, 2009, 6, (1), 4 View citations (18)
11. Greenhouse Gas Auctions and Taxes: Some Political Economy Considerations
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2009, 3, (2), 167-188 View citations (21)
12. Is Trillion the New Billion?
    The Economists' Voice, 2009, 6, (1), 4
13. The benefits and costs of ethanol: an evaluation of the government’s analysis
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2009, 35, (3), 275-295 View citations (9)
14. Where Is Internet Policy Really Headed?
    The Economists' Voice, 2009, 6, (10), 3

2008

15. Better that the Fed Regulates Subprime Mortgages
    The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (1), 3 View citations (1)
16. Has Economic Analysis Improved Regulatory Decisions?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (1), 67-84 View citations (43)
17. Microsoft: Predator or Prey?
    The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (2), 3
18. Regulation after Bush
    The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (4), 4
19. The Rush to Re-Regulate
    The Economists' Voice, 2008, 5, (3), 3 View citations (2)

2007

20. Are Drivers Who Use Cell Phones Inherently Less Safe?
    Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), 2007, 53, (4), 327-352
21. Further Thoughts on the Cashless Society: A Reply to Dr. Shampine
    Review of Network Economics, 2007, 6, (4), 16 View citations (3)
22. How Well Does the U.S. Government Do Benefit-Cost Analysis?
    Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2007, 1, (2), 192-211 View citations (23)
23. THE ECONOMICS OF “WIRELESS NET NEUTRALITY”
    Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2007, 3, (3), 399-451 View citations (2)
24. THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF REGULATING RATINGS FIRMS
    Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2007, 3, (1), 49-96
25. The Impact of Driver Cell Phone Use on Accidents
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 6, (1), 39 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Driver Cell Phone Use on Accidents, Working Papers (2005) View citations (1) (2005)
26. The President's New Executive Order on Regulation
    The Economists' Voice, 2007, 4, (2), 4 View citations (3)
27. Time to Change U.S. Climate Policy
    The Economists' Voice, 2007, 4, (5), 3

2006

28. A New Approach for Regulating Information Markets
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2006, 29, (3), 265-281 View citations (2)
29. Designing environmental policy: lessons from the regulation of mercury emissions
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2006, 30, (3), 291-315 View citations (1)
30. The Economics of Net Neutrality
    The Economists' Voice, 2006, 3, (6), 7 View citations (22)
31. The Move Toward a Cashless Society: A Closer Look at Payment Instrument Economics
    Review of Network Economics, 2006, 5, (2), 24 View citations (55)
32. The Move Toward a Cashless Society: Calculating the Costs and Benefits
    Review of Network Economics, 2006, 5, (2), 30 View citations (31)
33. What Affects the Quality of Economic Analysis for Life‐Saving Investments?
    Risk Analysis, 2006, 26, (3), 641-655

2005

34. Counting Regulatory Benefits and Costs: Lessons for the US and Europe
    Journal of International Economic Law, 2005, 8, (2), 473-508 View citations (18)
35. The Economics of Rebuilding Cities: Reflections after Katrina
    The Economists' Voice, 2005, 2, (4), 5

2000

36. State and Federal Regulatory Reform: A Comparative Analysis
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2000, 29, (2), 873-912 View citations (6)
37. The Impact of Economics on Environmental Policy
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2000, 39, (3), 375-399 View citations (41)

1999

38. The Costs and Benefits of Regulation: Implications for Developing Countries
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1999, 14, (1), 137-58 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper The costs and benefits of regulation: implications for developing countries, Policy Research Working Paper Series (1997) View citations (5) (1997)

1998

39. Policy Watch: Government Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of Regulation
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (4), 201-210 View citations (16)

1997

40. Is there a role for benefit-cost analysis in environmental, health, and safety regulation?
    Environment and Development Economics, 1997, 2, (2), 195-221 View citations (33)

1996

41. Why Energy Transitions Matter: A Case Study of Methanol
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1996, 9, (2), 133-55

1995

42. An Economic Analysis of Scrappage
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1995, 26, (2), 222-242 View citations (60)
43. Choosing among fuels and technologies for cleaning up the air
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1995, 14, (4), 532-554 View citations (10)
44. Designing More Efficient Markets: Lessons from Los Angeles Smog Control
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1995, 38, (1), 19-48 View citations (55)
45. Government markets and the theory of the Nth best
    Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 57, (2), 219-234 View citations (3)
46. Reevaluating the Relationship between Transferable Property Rights and Command-and-Control Regulation
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1995, 8, (2), 125-48 View citations (10)

1994

47. The behavior of the allowance market: Theory and evidence
    The Electricity Journal, 1994, 7, (2), 28-37 View citations (17)

1993

48. Comparing Environmental Markets with Standards
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1993, 26, (2), 346-54 View citations (2)
49. Getting More Environmental Protection for Less Money: A Practitioner's Guide
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1993, 9, (4), 112-23 View citations (1)
50. How reliably can climate change and mitigation policy impacts on electric utilities be assessed?
    Utilities Policy, 1993, 3, (3), 261-268 View citations (3)

1992

51. Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection: Integrating Theory and Practice
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (2), 464-68 View citations (107)

1990

52. An Experimental Examination of Spot Markets for Electricity
    Economic Journal, 1990, 100, (403), 1073-94 View citations (4)
53. Enviromental Markets in the Year 2000
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1990, 3, (4), 351-67 View citations (12)
54. Instrument Choice, Political Reform and Economic Welfare
    Public Choice, 1990, 67, (3), 243-56 View citations (2)
55. Regulatory constraints on environmental markets
    Journal of Public Economics, 1990, 42, (2), 149-175 View citations (11)
56. The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation: Towards a Unifying Framework
    Public Choice, 1990, 65, (1), 21-47 View citations (71)

1989

57. A new approach to the design of regulation in the presence of multiple objectives
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1989, 17, (2), 195-211 View citations (5)
58. Economic Prescriptions for Environmental Problems: How the Patient Followed the Doctor's Orders
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1989, 3, (2), 95-114 View citations (236)

1986

59. Trade-offs in designing markets with multiple objectives
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1986, 13, (1), 1-12 View citations (23)

1984

60. Market Power and Transferable Property Rights
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1984, 99, (4), 753-765 View citations (397)
    See also Working Paper Market Power and Transferable Property Rights, Working Papers (1982) (1982)
61. Technical Note—On Reconciling Conflicting Goals: Applications of Multiobjective Programming
    Operations Research, 1984, 32, (1), 221-228

1982

62. APPLICATION OF MARKET MECHANISMS TO POLLUTION*
    Review of Policy Research, 1982, 1, (3), 470-476
63. Marketable Permits: What's all the Fuss About?*
    Journal of Public Policy, 1982, 2, (4), 395-411
    See also Working Paper Marketable Permits: What's All the Fuss About?, Working Papers

Books

2006

1. Information Markets: A New Way of Making Decisions
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (51)

2005

2. Intellectual Property Rights in Frontier Industries: Software and Biotechnology
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (5)

2001

3. Reviving Regulatory Reform
   Books, American Enterprise Institute

1999

4. What Has the Kyoto Protocol Wrought? The Real Architecture of Tradable Permit Markets
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (65)

1998

5. The Economics & Politics of Climate Change
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (10)

1997

6. An Agenda for Federal Regulatory Reform
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (2)
7. Improving Regulatory Accountability
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (5)

1996

8. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation: A Statement of Principles
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (59)

Edited books

2012

1. Climate Change and Common Sense: Essays in Honour of Tom Schelling
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (47)

1996

2. Risks, Costs, and Lives Saved: Getting Better Results from Regulation
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (38)