Are Vehicle Air Pollution Standards Effective, Efficient, and Equitable?
Co-authored with Mark R. Jacobsen, James M. Sallee, and Arthur A. van Benthem – Exhaust standards drove 99% declines in vehicle emissions, but still need scrap incentives for old vehicles. … Continue Reading Are Vehicle Air Pollution Standards Effective, Efficient, and Equitable?
Trashing My Scale Won’t Make Me Less Fat
Strategic shutdowns of pollution monitors kill people. Instead of writing an excessively angry piece about the abysmal outcome of the latest global climate negotiations, I calmed myself down chemically by … Continue Reading Trashing My Scale Won’t Make Me Less Fat
Why Are Low-Income Customers Paying Higher Prices in Retail Choice Markets?
Five striking facts from a new Energy Institute working paper. Consumer choice is generally a good thing. For much of the consumption that goes on at my house – coffee, … Continue Reading Why Are Low-Income Customers Paying Higher Prices in Retail Choice Markets?
Carbon Capture’s Role in a Greenhouse Gas-Free Electricity Grid
As new subsidies spur companies to invest in carbon capture and storage, policies need to address associated harms. The path to enacting the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) went through Senator … Continue Reading Carbon Capture’s Role in a Greenhouse Gas-Free Electricity Grid
A Right to Keep Consuming?
Historical baseline allocations can increase acceptance of emergency policies, or lock in unfair resource allocations. The price of a good may rise because inputs to making it become more expensive, … Continue Reading A Right to Keep Consuming?
Putting China’s Coal Consumption in Context
The United States and China are going in the opposite direction on coal. I’m a little surprised by the optimism in this week’s “World Energy Outlook 2022” from the International … Continue Reading Putting China’s Coal Consumption in Context
Cool Car, (Wo)Man!
Peer effects in EV adoption. Obsessing over cool new gadgets, clothes, movies, music, and books has kept many a conversation going. In the classroom we still teach an economic model … Continue Reading Cool Car, (Wo)Man!
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