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Regulating for Energy Justice
In: New York University Law Review, Forthcoming
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International Climate Change Policy
In: Annual Review of Resource Economics, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 335-360
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The SO2 allowance trading system and the clean air act amendments of 1990: Reflections on twenty years of policy innovation
The introduction of the U.S. SO2 allowance-trading program to address the threat of acid rain as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 is a landmark event in the history of environmental regulation. The program was a great success by almost all measures. This paper, which draws upon a research workshop and a policy roundtable held at Harvard in May 2011, investigates critically the design, enactment, implementation, performance, and implications of this path-breaking application of economic thinking to environmental regulation. Ironically, cap and trade seems especially well suited to addressing the problem of climate change, in that emitted greenhouse gases are evenly distributed throughout the world's atmosphere. Recent hostility toward cap and trade in debates about U.S. climate legislation may reflect the broader political environment of the climate debate more than the substantive merits of market-based regulation.
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The So2 Allowance Trading System and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: Reflections on Twenty Years of Policy Innovation
In: NBER Working Paper No. w17845
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Municipal utilities and electric cooperatives in the United States: Interpretive frames, strategic actions, and place-specific transitions
In: Environmental innovation and societal transitions, Band 36, S. 17-33
ISSN: 2210-4224
Reforming the IPCC's Assessment of Climate Change Economics
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is broadly viewed as the world's most legitimate scientific assessment body that periodically assesses the economics of climate change (among many other topics) for policy audiences. However, growing procedural inefficiencies and limitations to substantive coverage have made the IPCC an increasingly unattractive forum for the most qualified climate economists. Drawing on our observations and personal experience working on the most recent IPCC report, published last year, we propose four reforms to the IPCC's process that we believe will lower the cost for volunteering as an IPCC author: improving interactions between governments and academics, making IPCC operations more efficient, clarifying and strengthening conflict of interest rules, and expanding outreach. We also propose three reforms to the IPCC's substantive coverage to clarify the IPCC's role and to make participation as an author more intellectually rewarding: complementing the IPCC with other initiatives, improving the integration of economics with other disciplines, and providing complete data for policymakers to make decisions. Despite the distinct characteristics of the IPCC that create challenges for authors unlike those in any other review body, we continue to believe in the importance of the IPCC for providing the most visible line of public communication between the scholarly community and policymakers.
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Evaluating Renewable Portfolio Standards for In-State Renewable Deployment: Accounting for Policy Heterogeneity
In: Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, Band 4, Heft 2
Evaluating Renewable Portfolio Standards for In-State Renewable Deployment: Accounting for Policy Heterogeneity
In: Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, Band 4, Heft 1
Have State Renewable Portfolio Standards Really Worked? Synthesizing Past Policy Assessments to Build an Integrated Econometric Analysis of RPS effectiveness in the U.S
In: USAEE Working Paper No. 12-099
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The Canadian Oil Sands Industry Under Carbon Constraints
In: Chan, G., J. Reilly, S. Paltsev, and Y.-H. H. Chen, 2012: The Canadian Oil Sands Industry Under Carbon Constraints. Energy Policy, 50: 540-550.
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Reforming the IPCC's Assessment of Climate Change Economics
In: FEEM Working Paper No. 012.2016
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Energy Technology Expert Elicitations for Policy: Workshops, Modeling, and Meta-Analysis
In: HKS Working Paper No. RWP14-054
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Understanding Hong Kong's Failure in Zero-COVID strategy: What Hong Kong Can Learn from Singapore and Macao
In: East Asian Policy, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 89-103
ISSN: 2251-3175
The fifth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong (2022) had brought a series of chaos to society. Nevertheless, its Asian neighbours, namely Singapore and Macao, have avoided such chaos. By investigating the well-rounded preventive measures and social environment in Singapore and Macao, this article highlights the Hong Kong government's "idleness". It reveals that the relationship between a government and its people does play a significant role in operating COVID-19 measures, which could directly prevent a large-scale outbreak.