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Is a Voluntary Approach an Effective Environmental Policy Instrument? A Case for Environmental Management Systems

Toshi Arimura, Akira Hibiki and Hajime Katayama

Tree Cover Loss in El Salvador's Shade Coffee Areas

Allen Blackman, Beatriz Ávalos Sartorio and Jeffrey Chow

The Trade-off between Private Lots and Public Open Space in Subdivisions at the Urban-Rural Fringe

Elizabeth Kopits, Virginia McConnell and Margaret Walls

Fees in an Imperfect World: An Application to Motor Vehicle Emissions

Amy Ando, Winston Harrington and Virginia McConnell

Voluntary Environmental Regulation in Developing Countries: Mexico's Clean Industry Program

Allen Blackman, Bidisha Lahiri, William Pizer, Marisol Rivera Planter and Piña, Carlos Muñoz

An Even Sterner Review: Introducing Relative Prices into the Discounting Debate

Thomas Sterner and U. Martin Persson

Should Urban Transit Subsidies Be Reduced?

Ian Parry and Kenneth Small

Technology, International Trade, and Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing

Arik Levinson

Washington START Transportation Model

Sébastien Houde, Elena Safirova and Winston Harrington

U.S. Climate Policy Developments

Toshi Arimura, Dallas Burtraw, Alan Krupnick and Karen Palmer

Electricity Markets and Energy Security: Friends or Foes?

Timothy Brennan

Carbon Credits for Avoided Deforestation

Roger Sedjo and Brent Sohngen

India's Health Initiative: Financing Issues and Options

Anil Deolalikar, Dean T. Jamison and Ramanan Laxminarayan

State Efforts to Cap the Commons: Regulating Sources or Consumers?

Dallas Burtraw

Policies to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Tropical Forests: An Examination of the Issues Facing the Incorporation of REDD into Market-Based Climate Policies

Erin C. Myers

Spatial Development and Energy Consumption

Elena Safirova, Sébastien Houde and Winston Harrington

Marginal Social Cost Pricing on a Transportation Network: Comparison of Second-Best Policies

Elena Safirova, Sébastien Houde and Winston Harrington

Cost-effectiveness of Disease Interventions in India

Jeffrey Chow, Sarah R. Darley and Ramanan Laxminarayan

Ex-vessel Pricing and IFQs: A Strategic Approach

Harrison Fell

Social Capital and Institutions in Rural Kenya: Is Machakos Unique?

Wilfred Nyangena and Thomas Sterner

Innovation and Diffusion of Environmental Technology: Industrial NOx Abatement in Sweden under Refunded Emission Payments

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Full title Does Context Matter More for Hypothetical Than for Actual Contributions? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Francisco Alpizar Rodriguez, Fredrik Carlsson and Olof Johansson-Stenman

Anonymity, Reciprocity, and Conformity: Evidence from Voluntary Contributions to a National Park in Costa Rica

Francisco Alpizar Rodriguez, Fredrik Carlson and Olof Johansson-Stenman

What Drives Participation in State Voluntary Cleanup Programs? Evidence from Oregon

Allen Blackman, Thomas Lyon, Kris Wernstedt and Sarah Darley

Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions: A Case Study from the Highlands of Ethiopia

Mahmud Yesuf and Köhlin, Gunnar

Lake Victoria Fish Stocks and the Effects of Water Hyacinths on the Catchability of Fish

Eseza Kateregga and Thomas Sterner

Green Corridors: Linking Interregional Transmission Expansion and Renewable Energy Policies

Shalini Vajjhala, Anthony Paul, Richard Sweeney and Karen Palmer

Do Discount Rates Change over Time? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

Heather Klemick and Mahmud Yesuf

Instrument Choice in Environmental Policy

Ian Parry and Lawrence H. Goulder

Rural Livelihoods, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Ethiopian Survey Data

Randall Bluffstone, Mahmud Yesuf, Bilisuma Bushie and Demessie Damite

Tradable Rights to Emit Air Pollution

Dallas Burtraw and David Evans

The Role of Soil Conservation on Mean Crop Yield and Variance of Yield: Evidence from the Ethiopian Highlands

Menale Kassie, John Pender, Mahmud Yesuf, Köhln, Gunnar and Elias Mulugeta

Paving the Way for U.S. Climate Leadership: The Case for Executive Agreements and Climate Protection Authority

Nigel Purvis

Economics of Soil Conservation Adoption in High-Rainfall Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands

Menale Kassie, Stein Holden, Köhlin, Gunnar and Randall Bluffstone

“Co-benefits†of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies in China: An Integrated Top-Down and Bottom-Up Modeling Analysis

Jing Cao, Mun Ho and Dale Jorgenson

An Update on the Science of Acidification in the Adirondack Park

Anna Mische John, Dallas Burtraw, David Evans, Spencer Banzhaf, Alan Krupnick and Juha Siikamäki

Economic Growth and the Natual Environment: The Example of China and Its Forests since 1978

William F. Hyde, Jiegen Wei and Jinato Xu

Corporate Social Responsibility Through an Economic Lens

Forest L. Reinhardt, Robert Stavins and Richard H.K. Vietor

What Kinds of Firms Are More Sensitive to Public Disclosure Programs for Pollution Control? The Case of Indonesia’s PROPER Program

Jorge García, Shakeb Afsah and Thomas Sterner

Technical Efficiency and the Role of Skipper Skill in Artisanal Lake Victoria Fisheries

Razack B. Lokina

Evaluating Voluntary Climate Programs in the United States

William Pizer, Richard Morgenstern and Jhih-Shyang Shih

Determining the Extent of Market and Extent of Resource for Stated Preference Survey Design Using Mapping Methods

Shalini Vajjhala, Anna Mische John and David Evans

Regulatory Compliance in Lake Victoria Fisheries

Håkan Eggert and Razack B. Lokina

Economic Analysis of a Japanese Air Pollution Regulation: An Optimal Retirement Problem under Vehicle Type Regulation in the NOx–Particulate Matter Law

Kazuyuki Iwata and Toshi Arimura

The Role of Production Risk in Sustainable Land-Management Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands

Menale Kassie, Mahmud Yesuf and Köhlin, Gunnar

Designing Climate Mitigation Policy

Joseph Aldy, Alan J. Krupnick, Richard Newell, Ian Parry and William Pizer

Wealth and Time Preference in Rural Ethiopia

Mahmud Yesuf and Randall Bluffstone

How Should Passenger Travel in Mexico City Be Priced?

Ian Parry and Govinda Timilsina

Biomass Fuel Consumption and Dung Use as Manure: Evidence from Rural Households in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia

Alemu Mekonnen and Köhlin, Gunnar

Determinants of Household Fuel Choice in Major Cities in Ethiopia

Alemu Mekonnen and Köhlin, Gunnar