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Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2012)
Gasoline taxes can be employed to correct externalities associated with automobile use, to reduce dependency on foreign oil, and to raise government revenue. Our understanding of the optimal gasoline tax and the efficacy ...
Post-Durban Climate Policy Architecture Based on Linkage of Cap-and-Trade Systems
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2012)
The outcome of the December 2011 United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, provides an important new opportunity to move toward an international climate policy architecture that is capable of delivering ...
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University., 2012-05-08)
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of ...
Politically Feasible Emissions Targets to Attain 460 ppm CO2 Concentrations
(Oxford University Press, 2012)
A new climate change treaty must address three current gaps: the absence of emissions targets extending far into the future; the absence of participation by the United States, China, and other developing countries; and the ...
Iraqi Politics and Implications for Oil and Energy
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
Iraq’s ability to reach its energy potential should be of broad regional and international concern. Iraq could be poised for a dramatic transformation, one in which it finally escapes the political and technical constraints ...
Will Electric Cars Transform the U.S. Market
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
For the past forty years, United States Presidents have repeatedly called for a reduction in the country's dependence on fossil fuels in general and foreign oil specifically. Stronger efficiency standards and higher taxes ...
Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India’s environmental ...
Politically Feasible Emission Target Formulas to Attain 460 ppm CO2 Concentrations
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
A new climate change treaty must plug three gaps: the absence of emission targets extending far into the future, the absence of participation by the United States, China, and other developing countries, and the absence of ...
The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
Because of the global commons nature of climate change, international cooperation among nations will likely be necessary for meaningful action at the global level. At the same time, it will inevitably be up to the actions ...
Willingness to Pay and Political Support for a U.S. National Clean Energy Standard
(Nature Publishing Group, 2012)
In 2010 and 2011, Republicans and Democrats proposed mandating clean power generation in the electricity sector. To evaluate public support for a national clean energy standard (NCES), we conducted a nationally representative ...