Working Papers are listed by year and numbered sequentially. You can view
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The Simple Economics of Commodity Price Speculation
Christopher R. Knittel and Robert S. Pindyck, April 2013
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WP-2013-005
The Cost of Abating CO2 Emissions by Renewable
Energy Incentives in Germany
Claudio Marcantonini and A. Denny Ellerman, February 2013
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WP-2013-004
Market-Based Emissions Regulation and Industry Dynamics
Meredith Fowlie, Mar Reguant and Stephen P. Ryan, January 2013
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WP-2013-003
Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship over the 20th Century
Alan Barreca, Karen Clay, Olivier Deschênes, Michael Greenstone and Joseph Shapiro, January 2013
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WP-2013-002
Hit or Miss: Regulating Derivative Markets to Reduce Hedging Costs at Non-Financial Companies
John E. Parsons, January 2013
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WP-2013-001
Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings
Janet Currie, Lucas Davis, Michael Greenstone and Reed Walker, January 2013
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The Effects of Environmental Regulation on the Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing
Michael Greenstone, John A. List and Chad Syverson, September 2012
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WP-2012-012
The SO2 Allowance Trading System: The Ironic History of a Grand Policy Experiment
Richard Schmalensee and Robert N. Stavins, August 2012
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WP-2012-011
Using Vehicle Taxes to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rates of New Passenger Vehicles: Evidence from France, Germany, and Sweden
Thomas Klier and Joshua Linn, August 2012
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WP-2012-010
Risk and Return in Environmental Economics
Robert S. Pindyck, July 2012
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WP-2012-009
The Climate Policy Dilemma
Robert S. Pindyck, July 2012
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WP-2012-008
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
Rema Hanna, Esther Duflo and Michael Greenstone, July 2012
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WP-2012-007
Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program and Ozone Reductions
Olivier Deschênes, Michael Greenstone and Joseph S. Shapiro, July 2012
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WP-2012-006
Ethanol Production and Gasoline Prices: A Spurious Correlation
Christopher R. Knittel and Aaron Smith, July 2012
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WP-2012-005
Margins, Liquidity and the Cost of Hedging
Antonio S. Mello and John E. Parsons, May 2012
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WP-2012-004
Local and Seasonal Effects in the U.S. of Global Climate Change
Richard S. Eckaus, May 2012
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WP-2012-003
CO2 Abatement from Renewable Energy Injections in the German Electricity Sector: Does a CO2 Price Help?
Hannes Weigt, Erik Delarue and Denny Ellerman, April 2012
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WP-2012-002
Paying Too Much for Energy? The True Costs of Our Energy Choices
Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, February 2012
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WP-2012-001
The Future of Nuclear Power After Fukushima
Paul L. Joskow and John E. Parsons, February 2012
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Creating a Smarter U.S. Electricity Grid
Paul L. Joskow, October 2011 Full Paper [PDF]
WP-2011-020
Reducing Petroleum Consumption from Transportation
Christopher R. Knittel, December 2011
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WP-2011-019
Improving Regulatory Performance:
Lessons from the United Kingdom
Michael Greenstone, November 2011 Full Paper [PDF]
WP-2011-018
An Approximate Dynamic Programming Framework for Modeling Global Climate Policy under
Decision-Dependent Uncertainty
Mort Webster, Nidhi Santen and Panos Parpas, September 2011
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WP-2011-017
Fuel Prices and New Vehicle Fuel Economy in Europe
Thomas Klier and Joshua Linn, August 2011
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WP-2011-016
Some Inconvenient Truths About Climate Change Policy: The Distributional Impacts of Transportation Policies
Stephen P. Holland, Jonathan E. Hughes Christopher R. Knittel, Nathan C. Parker, August 2011
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WP-2011-015
Cleaning the Bathwater with the Baby:
The Health Co-Benefits of Carbon Pricing in Transportation
Christopher R. Knittel and Ryan Sandle, August 2011
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WP-2011-014
Environmental Regulations, Air and
Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality
in India
Michael Greenstone and Rema Hanna, July 2011
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WP-2011-013
Caution, Drivers! Children Present: Traffic, Pollution, and Infant Health
Christopher R. Knittel, Douglas L. Miller, and Nicholas J. Sanders, July 2011
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WP-2011-012
Russia’s Natural Gas Export Potential up to 2050
Sergey Paltsev, July 2011
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WP-2011-011
Regulatory Design for RES-E Support Mechanisms: Learning Curves, Market Structure, and Burden-Sharing
C. Batlle, I. J. Pérez-Arriaga and P. Zambrano-Barragán, May 2011
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WP-2011-010
The Importance of Research and Development (R&D)
for U.S. Competitiveness and a Clean Energy Future
Michael Greenstone, June 2011 Full Paper [PDF]
WP-2011-009
Liability and Financial Responsibility for Oil Spills under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and Related Statutes
Michael Greenstone, June 2011 Full Paper [PDF]
WP-2011-008
Evaluating Policies to Increase the Generation of
Electricity from Renewable Energy
Richard Schmalensee, May 2011
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WP-2011-007
The Dynamic Effects of Hurricanes in the US: The Role of Non-Disaster Transfer Payments
Tatyana Deryugina, May 2011
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WP-2011-006
Estimating the Social Cost of Carbon for Use in U.S. Federal Rulemakings: A Summary and Interpretation
Michael Greenstone, Elizabeth Kopits and Ann Wolverton, May 2011
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WP-2011-005
Effects of the Uncertainty about Global Economic Recovery on Energy Transition and CO2 Price
Olivier Durand-Lasserve, Axel Pierru and Yves Smeers, March 2011
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WP-2011-004
Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health
Janet Currie, Michael Greenstone and Enrico Moretti, February 2011
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WP-2011-003
Subglobal Climate Agreements and Energy-Intensive
Activities: Is there a Carbon Haven for Copper?
Bruno Lanz, Thomas F. Rutherford and John E. Tilton, February 2011
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WP-2011-002
Stocks & Shocks: A Clarification in the Debate Over Price vs. Quantity Controls for Greenhouse Gases
John E. Parsons and Luca Taschini, March 2011
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WP-2011-001
Review of Support Schemes for Renewable Energy Sources in South America
C. Batlle and L.A. Barroso, February 2011
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The Weak Tie Between Natural Gas and Oil Prices
David J. Ramberg and John E. Parsons, November 2010
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WP-2010-016
Capacity Factor Risk At Nuclear Power Plants
Yangbo Du and John E. Parsons, November 2010
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WP-2010-015
Financing a National Transmission Grid: What Are the Issues?
Gilbert E. Metcalf, October 2010
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WP-2010-014
Gas Balancing Rules Must Take into account the Trade-off between Offering Pipeline Transport and Pipeline Flexibility in Liberalized Gas Markets
Nico Keyaerts, Michelle Hallack, Jean-Michel Glachant and William D’haeseleer, September 2010
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WP-2010-013
Comparing the Costs of Intermittent and Dispatchable Electricity Generating Technologies
Paul L. Joskow, September 2010
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WP-2010-012
Fat Tails, Thin Tails, and Climate Change Policy
Robert S. Pindyck, September 2010
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WP-2010-011
Towards an Emissions Trading Scheme for Air Pollutants in India
Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan, August 2010
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WP-2010-010
On The Portents of Peak Oil (And Other Indicators of Resource Scarcity)
James L. Smith, August 2010
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WP-2010-009
Modelling the Effects of Nuclear Fuel Reservoir Operation in a Competitive Electricity Market
Maria Lykidi, Jean-Michel Glachant and
Pascal Gourdel, July 2010
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WP-2010-008
Electricity Network Tariff Architectures: A Comparison of Four OECD Countries
Vivek Sakhrani and John E. Parsons, July 2010
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WP-2010-007
Risk and Responsibility Sharing in Nuclear Spent Fuel Management
Guillaume De Roo, June 2010
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WP-2010-006
Taxation and the Extraction of Exhaustible Resources: Evidence From California Oil Production
Nirupama S. Rao, April 2010
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WP-2010-005
Uncertainty and Energy Saving Investments
Matti Liski and Pauli Murto, March 2010
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WP-2010-004
Speculation without Oil Stockpiling as a Signature: A Dynamic Perspective
Axel Pierru and Denis Babusiaux, April 2010
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WP-2010-003
Gasoline Prices, Fuel Economy, and the Energy Paradox
Hunt Allcott and Nathan Wozny, March 2010
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WP-2010-002
Why and How the European Union Can Get a (Near To) Carbon-Free Energy System in 2050?
Christopher Jones and Jean-Michel Glachant, March 2010
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WP-2010-001
Modeling the Impact of Warming in Climate Change Economics
Robert S. Pindyck, January 2010 | Full Paper [PDF]
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