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Working Papers

2022

1. How Is the US Pricing Carbon? How Could We Price Carbon?
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis (2022)

2021

2. Effects of 2017 US Federal Tax Overhaul on the Energy Sector
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future

2020

3. Designing and Evaluating a US Carbon Tax Adjustment Mechanism
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
4. Mechanisms to Reduce Emissions Uncertainty under a Carbon Tax
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future

2019

5. Jobs and Environmental Regulation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2019)
   See also Chapter (2019)
   Journal Article in Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy (2020)

2018

6. Effect of climate policies on labor markets in developing countries: review of the evidence and directions for future research
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
7. Environmental Policy, Full-Employment Models, and Employment: A Critical Analysis
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
   Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2018)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2022)

2016

8. Adding Quantity Certainty to a Carbon Tax: The Role of a Tax Adjustment Mechanism for Policy Pre-Commitment
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (7)
9. Environmental Taxation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
   Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2016) View citations (7)
10. Unemployment and Environmental Regulation in General Equilibrium
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2018)

2015

11. A Microsimulation Model of the Distributional Impacts of Climate Policies
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future

2014

12. General Equilibrium Impacts of a Federal Clean Energy Standard
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2014) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2016)
13. The Initial Incidence of a Carbon Tax across Income Groups
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in National Tax Journal (2015)
14. The Initial Incidence of a Carbon Tax across US States
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article in National Tax Journal (2014)

2012

15. The Choice of Discount Rate for Climate Change Policy Evaluation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (46)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2012) View citations (42)
    See also Journal Article in Climate Change Economics (CCE) (2012)

2011

16. Moving U.S. Climate Policy Forward: Are Carbon Taxes the Only Good Alternative?
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (20)

2010

17. Growing State-Federal Conflicts in Environmental Policy: The Role of Market-Based Regulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2012)
    Chapter (2010)
18. Setting the Initial Time-Profile of Climate Policy: The Economics of Environmental Policy Phase-Ins
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Chapter (2011)
19. What Are the Costs of Meeting Distributional Objectives for Climate Policy?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2010)
20. What Are the Costs of Meeting Distributional Objectives in Designing Domestic Climate Policy?
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (50)

2005

21. The Incidence of Pollution Control Policies
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (46)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (28)
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2005) View citations (23)
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future (2005) View citations (26)

2004

22. A Simple Model of Optimal Hate Crime Legislation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2011)
23. Empirical Estimates for Environmental Policy Making in a Second- Best Setting
    Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (20)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (29)

2002

24. Estimates from a Consumer Demand System: Implications for the Incidence of Environmental Taxes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2004)
25. Prices vs. Quantities vs. Tradable Quantities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)

2000

26. Environmental Tax Interactions When Pollution Affects Health or Productivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
    See also Chapter (2002)
    Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2002)
27. Health Effects in a Model of Second-Best Environmental Taxation or Reconsidering "Reconsidering the Tax-Interaction Effect"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

1999

28. The Usual Excess-Burden Approximation Usually Doesn't Come Close
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

1998

29. The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Instruments for Environmental Protection in a Second-Best Setting
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (15)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (16)
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (1998) View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1999)
    Chapter (2002)
30. When Can Carbon Abatement Policies Increase Welfare? The Fundamental Role of Distorted Factor Markets
    Discussion Papers, Resources for the Future View citations (23)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (23)
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (1997) View citations (110)
    See also Chapter (2002)
    Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (1999)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Environmental Policy, Full-Employment Models, and Employment: A Critical Analysis
   Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2022, 9, (2), 199 - 234 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
2. How is the U.S. Pricing Carbon? How Could We Price Carbon?
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2022, 13, (3), 310-334
   See also Working Paper (2022)

2020

3. Designing and Evaluating a U.S. Carbon Tax Adjustment Mechanism to Reduce Emissions Uncertainty
   Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2020, 14, (1), 95 - 113 View citations (3)
4. Jobs and Environmental Regulation
   Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, 2020, 1, (1), 192 - 240 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
   Chapter (2019)

2018

5. Unemployment and environmental regulation in general equilibrium
   Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 160, (C), 50-65 View citations (71)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2016

6. General Equilibrium Impacts of a Federal Clean Energy Standard
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8, (2), 186-218 View citations (62)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2015

7. The Initial Incidence of a Carbon Tax Across Income Groups
   National Tax Journal, 2015, 68, (1), 195-214 View citations (58)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2014

8. The Initial Incidence of a Carbon Tax Across U.S. States
   National Tax Journal, 2014, 67, (4), 807-830 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2012

9. Growing state–federal conflicts in environmental policy: The role of market-based regulation
   Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (11), 1092-1099 View citations (41)
   See also Chapter (2010)
   Working Paper (2010)
10. PREFACE
    Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2012, 03, (04), 1-5
11. THE CHOICE OF DISCOUNT RATE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY EVALUATION
    Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2012, 03, (04), 1-18 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2011

12. A SIMPLE MODEL OF OPTIMAL HATE CRIME LEGISLATION
    Economic Inquiry, 2011, 49, (3), 674-684 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2010

13. What are the Costs of Meeting Distributional Objectives for Climate Policy?
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (2), 1-35 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2007

14. Optimal taxation and cross-price effects on labor supply: Estimates of the optimal gas tax
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (3-4), 593-617 View citations (84)

2005

15. Evaluating Public Goods and Regulations: Comments
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (4), 233-233 View citations (3)
16. The Cost of Reducing Gasoline Consumption
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 294-299 View citations (37)

2004

17. Estimates from a consumer demand system: implications for the incidence of environmental taxes
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2004, 47, (3), 535-558 View citations (156)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2003

18. Health effects and optimal environmental taxes
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (2), 323-335 View citations (71)
19. The Substantial Bias from Ignoring General Equilibrium Effects in Estimating Excess Burden, and a Practical Solution
    Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 111, (4), 898-927 View citations (99)

2002

20. Environmental Tax Interactions when Pollution Affects Health or Productivity
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2002, 44, (2), 261-270 View citations (104)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
    Chapter (2002)

2001

21. Tax normalizations, the marginal cost of funds, and optimal environmental taxes
    Economics Letters, 2001, 71, (1), 137-142 View citations (7)
    See also Chapter (2002)

1999

22. A second-best evaluation of eight policy instruments to reduce carbon emissions
    Resource and Energy Economics, 1999, 21, (3-4), 347-373 View citations (60)
23. Revisiting the cost of protectionism:: The role of tax distortions in the labor market
    Journal of International Economics, 1999, 47, (2), 429-447 View citations (21)
24. The cost-effectiveness of alternative instruments for environmental protection in a second-best setting
    Journal of Public Economics, 1999, 72, (3), 329-360 View citations (380)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
    Chapter (2002)
25. When Can Carbon Abatement Policies Increase Welfare? The Fundamental Role of Distorted Factor Markets
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1999, 37, (1), 52-84 View citations (257)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
    Chapter (2002)

Chapters

2019

1. Jobs and Environmental Regulation
   A chapter in Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, volume 1, 2019, pp 192-240 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
   Journal Article in Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy (2020)

2011

2. Comment on "Upstream versus Downstream Implementation of Climate Policy"
   A chapter in The Design and Implementation of US Climate Policy, 2011, pp 193-195
3. Setting the Initial Time-Profile of Climate Policy: The Economics of Environmental Policy Phase-Ins
   A chapter in The Design and Implementation of US Climate Policy, 2011, pp 245-254 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

4. Growing State-Federal Conflicts in Environmental Policy: The Role of Market-Based Regulation
   A chapter in Fiscal Federalism, 2010, pp 1092-1099 View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2012)
   Working Paper (2010)

2002

5. Environmental Tax Interactions When Pollution Affects Health or Productivity
   Chapter 13 in Environmental Policy Making in Economies with Prior Tax Distortions, 2002, pp 200-209
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2002)
   Working Paper (2000)
6. Tax Normalizations, the Marginal Cost of Funds, and Optimal Environmental Taxes
   Chapter 12 in Environmental Policy Making in Economies with Prior Tax Distortions, 2002, pp 194-199
   See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2001)
7. The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Instruments for Environmental Protection in a Second-Best Setting
   Chapter 27 in Environmental Policy Making in Economies with Prior Tax Distortions, 2002, pp 523-554
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1999)
   Working Paper (1998)
8. When Can Carbon Abatement Policies Increase Welfare? The Fundamental Role of Distorted Factor Markets
   Chapter 25 in Environmental Policy Making in Economies with Prior Tax Distortions, 2002, pp 471-503
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (1999)
   Working Paper (1998)