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Working Papers

2019

1. What Does an Electric Vehicle Replace?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

2016

2. Are consumers willing to pay to let cars drive for them? Analyzing response to autonomous vehicles
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (22)
3. Explaining the Evolution of Passenger Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Explaining the Evolution of Passenger Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States, The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics (2019) View citations (8) (2019)
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. On the Importance of Baseline Setting in Carbon Offsets Markets
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article On the importance of baseline setting in carbon offsets markets, Climatic Change, Springer (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
6. The Net Emissions Impact of HFC-23 Offset Projects from the Clean Development Mechanism
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)

2015

7. 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
8. Weather, Traffic Accidents, and Climate Change
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (4)

2012

9. SUPER-ADDITIONALITY: A Neglected Force in Markets for Carbon Offsets
   Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations (6)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2019

1. Explaining the Evolution of Passenger Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States
   The Energy Journal, 2019, Volume 40, (Number 1) View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Explaining the Evolution of Passenger Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States, RFF Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
2. 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)
3. Voluntary Exposure Benefits and the Costs of Climate Change
   Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2019, 6, (1), 151 - 185 View citations (2)

2018

4. Consumer inattention and the demand for vehicle fuel cost savings
   Journal of choice modelling, 2018, 29, (C), 1-16 View citations (6)
5. How Do Low Gas Prices Affect Costs and Benefits of US New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards?
   Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 2018, Volume 7, (Number 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)

2016

8. On the importance of baseline setting in carbon offsets markets
   Climatic Change, 2016, 137, (3), 625-637 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper On the Importance of Baseline Setting in Carbon Offsets Markets, RFF Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

2015

9. Designing efficient markets for carbon offsets with distributional constraints
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2015, 70, (C), 51-71 View citations (19)

2013

10. The Welfare Effects of Allowance Banking in Emissions Trading Programs
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2013, 55, (2), 175-197 View citations (12)