Journal Articles

"The Case for a U.S. Carbon Tax," Oxford Energy Forum 91: 13-16, 2013.

“Climate Negotiators Create an Opportunity for Scholars.” Science 337: 1043-1044, with Robert N. Stavins, 2012. 

"Willingness to Pay and Political Support for a U.S. National Clean Energy Standard." Nature Climate Change 2:596-599, with Matthew J. Kotchen and Anthony A. Leiserwitz, 2012.

A Preliminary Review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Clean Energy Package.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Winter 2013.

“Using the Market to Address Climate Change: Insights from Theory and Experience.”  Daedalus 141(2): 45-60, with Robert N. Stavins, 2012.

 

“The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience.”  Journal of Environment and Development, 21(2): 152-180, with Robert N. Stavins, 2012.

 

“Promoting Clean Energy in the American Power Sector: A Proposal for a National Clean Energy Standard.”  Environmental Law Reporter 42: 10131-10149, 2012.

 

“Real-Time Economic Analysis and Policy Development During the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.”  Vanderbilt Law Review 64(6): 1795-1817, 2011.

 

“Designing Climate Mitigation Policy.” Journal of Economic Literature 48(4): 903-934, with Alan J. Krupnick, Richard G. Newell, Ian W.H. Parry, and William A. Pizer, 2010. 

 

“Valuing the Risk of Death from Terrorist Attacks.”  Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management 7(1): Article 14, with Lisa A. Robinson, James K. Hammitt, Alan Krupnick, and Jennifer Baxter, 2010.

 

“Issues in Designing U.S. Climate Change Policy.” The Energy Journal 30(3): 179-210, with William A. Pizer, 2009. 

 

 “A Tax-Based Approach to Slowing Global Climate Change.”  National Tax Journal 61: 493-517, with Eduardo Ley and Ian W.H. Parry, 2008. 

 

“Adjusting the Value of a Statistical Life for Age and Cohort Effects.”  Review of Economics and Statistics 90(3): 573-581, with W. Kip Viscusi, 2008.

 

“Age Differences in the Value of Statistical Life: Revealed Preference Evidence.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 1(2): 241-260, with W. Kip Viscusi, 2007.

 

“Labor Market Estimates of the Senior Discount for the Value of Statistical Life.”  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 53(3): 377-392, with W. Kip Viscusi, 2007. 

 

“Energy and Carbon Dynamics at Advanced Stages of Development: An Analysis of the U.S. States 1960–1999.”  The Energy Journal 28(1): 91-111, 2007. 

 

“Divergence in State-Level Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions.”  Land Economics 83(3): 353-369, 2007. 

 

“Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Convergence or Divergence?”  Environmental and Resource Economics 33(4): 533-555, 2006.

 

“The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates throughout the World.”  Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 27(1): 5-76, with W. Kip Viscusi, 2003.

 

“Thirteen Plus One: A Comparison of Global Climate Policy Architectures.”  Climate Policy 3(4): 373–397, with Scott Barrett and Robert N. Stavins, 2003.

 

Book and Book Chapters

 

“Designing the Post-Kyoto Regime.” A New Global Covenant: Protection without Protectionism, Mary Kaldor and Joseph Stiglitz, eds.  New York: Columbia University Press, with Robert N. Stavins, forthcoming.

“Introduction.”  Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement, Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, eds.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 1-28, with Robert N. Stavins, 2010.

“Lessons for the International Policy Community.”  Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement, Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, eds.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 899-929, with Robert N. Stavins, 2010.

“Introduction and Overview.”  Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Summary for Policymakers, Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, eds.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 1-25, with Robert N. Stavins, 2009.

“Lessons for the International Policy Community.”  Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Summary for Policymakers, Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, eds.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 27-55, with Robert N. Stavins, 2009.

“Comment on Jeffrey A. Frankel’s ‘Addressing the Leakage/Competitiveness Issue in Climate Change Policy Proposals.’”  Climate Change, Trade and Competitiveness: Is a Collision Inevitable?  Lael Brainard and Isaac Sorkin, eds. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 83-88, 2009.

“Towards a Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy Regime.”  Beyond Copenhagen: A Climate Policymaker’s Handbook.  Juan Delgado and Stephen Gardner, eds.  Brussels: Bruegel Books, 53-59, with Robert N. Stavins, 2009.

“Introduction: International Policy Architecture for Global Climate Change.”  Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World, Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, eds.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 1-27, with Robert N. Stavins, 2007.

“Architectures for an International Global Climate Change Agreement: Lessons for the Policy Community.”  Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World, Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, eds.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 350-367, with Robert N. Stavins, 2007.

“Competitiveness Impacts of Carbon Dioxide Pricing Policies on Manufacturing.” Assessing U.S. Climate Policy Options, Raymond J. Kopp and William A. Pizer, eds.  Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, with Richard Morgenstern, Evan M. Herrnstadt, Mun Ho, and William A. Pizer, 95-105, 2007.

“Assessing the Costs of Regulatory Proposals for Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions.”  Assessing U.S. Climate Policy Options, Raymond J. Kopp and William A. Pizer, eds.  Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 53-68, 2007.

“Saving the Planet Cost-Effectively: The Role of Economic Analysis in Climate Change Mitigation Policy.”  Painting the White House Green: Rationalizing Environmental Policy Inside the Executive Office of the President, Randall Lutter and Jason F. Shogren, eds.  Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press, 89–118, 2004.

“Addressing Cost: The Political Economy of Climate Change.”  Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort Against Climate Change.  Arlington, VA: Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 85-110, with Richard Baron and Laurence Tubiana, 2003.

“Can Annex I Countries Meet Their Emissions Targets at Modest Costs?”  The Kyoto Commitments: Can Nations Meet Them with the Help of Technology?  C.E. Walker, M.A. Bloomfield, M. Thorning, eds.  Washington, DC: American Council for Capital Formation, 67-73, 2000.