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Using identical surveys a decade apart, we examine how attitudes and willingness to pay (WTP) for climate policies have changed in the United States, China, and Sweden. All three countries exhibit an…

22 January 2021 | Other Publications | China, Sweden

Key Points Drilling activities are very responsive to oil prices, while tight oil production is not very responsive. Tight oil production could decrease by 1.3-2.3 MMbbl/d (million barrels per day)…

5 November 2020 | Research Brief |

Abstract The coronavirus pandemic is having substantial impacts on the oil and gas industry. Following the plummeting of oil prices in March 2020, the future supply of tight oil in the United States…

14 October 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper |

Policy makers often express concern about the impact of carbon taxes on employment and GDP. Focusing on European countries that have implemented carbon taxes over the past 30 years, we estimate the…

3 September 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper |

Little is known about the cost of environmental regulations that target households instead of firms, partly because of significant methodological and data challenges. We use the contingent valuation…

13 August 2018 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Central America

Despite its importance in benefit-cost analyses in the water supply, transportation, and health care sectors, there are relatively few empirical estimates of the value of travel time savings (VTT) in…

16 January 2017 | Peer Reviewed | Kenya

We develop a model of a multi-national firm producing commodities for a global market in multiple locations with location-specific risks and different regulatory standards. Salmon aquaculture and…

31 August 2016 | Peer Reviewed |

Abstract: Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants can have important "co-benefits" for public health by reducing emissions of air pollutants. Here, we examine the costs and health co…

28 June 2016 | Peer Reviewed |

Stated preference (SP) researchers have encountered an increasing number of policy problems for which a willingness-to-accept (WTA) compensation question would seem to be the most reasonable approach…

22 June 2016 | EfD Discussion Paper |

Many environmental externalities occur with time lags that can range from a few days to several centuries in length, and many of these externalities are also subject to uncertainty. In this paper, we…

2 June 2016 | Peer Reviewed |