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Question 1 for COP 21: Long-term Goal

Question 1 for COP 21: Long-term Goal

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Questions for COP 21: Before Paris and After

Questions for COP 21: Before Paris and After

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Paris Can be a Key Step

Paris Can be a Key Step

Robert Stavins

Nov. 18, 2015

Evaluating Long-Lived Policies When Our Desires Change

Evaluating Long-Lived Policies When Our Desires Change

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Nov. 16, 2015

Transparency, Policy Surveillance, and Levels of Effort: A Side Event at COP21 in Paris

Transparency, Policy Surveillance, and Levels of Effort: A Side Event at COP21 in Paris

Kristin Hayes

Nov. 16, 2015

How to Evaluate Policies that Change our Desires

How to Evaluate Policies that Change our Desires

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Nov. 13, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Nov. 12, 2015

EU Emissions Trading System Bolstered by Move to Allowance Auctions

EU Emissions Trading System Bolstered by Move to Allowance Auctions

Dallas Burtraw and Anna Malinovskaya

Nov. 9, 2015

Can We Measure—and Predict—Changing Environmental Desires?

Can We Measure—and Predict—Changing Environmental Desires?

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Nov. 4, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Nov. 4, 2015

Who Holds On to Their Flood Insurance?

Who Holds On to Their Flood Insurance?

Carolyn Kousky

Nov. 3, 2015

Highlights from “The Real Outcomes of Federal Environmental Regulations: Lessons from the Performance Data”

Highlights from “The Real Outcomes of Federal Environmental Regulations: Lessons from the Performance Data”

Shannon Wulf Tregar

Nov. 2, 2015

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Do Our Social Institutions Affect Our Personalities?

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Oct. 30, 2015

Trade-Restrictions as a Tool of Climate Change Policy

Trade-Restrictions as a Tool of Climate Change Policy

Joel Darmstadter

Oct. 30, 2015

What Will New Regulations Mean for Heavy-Duty Truck Use and the Rebound Effect?

What Will New Regulations Mean for Heavy-Duty Truck Use and the Rebound Effect?

Benjamin Leard, Joshua Linn, Virginia McConnell, and William Raich

Oct. 29, 2015

What Changes Our Environmental Desires? The Impacts of Social Norms

What Changes Our Environmental Desires? The Impacts of Social Norms

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Oct. 28, 2015

Thoughts on the Future of Environmental Regulation: Approaching Integration

Thoughts on the Future of Environmental Regulation: Approaching Integration

J. Clarence (Terry) Davies

Oct. 23, 2015

What Changes our Environmental Desires?  Experience and Learning Matter

What Changes our Environmental Desires? Experience and Learning Matter

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Oct. 23, 2015

Green Silk Roads: China’s Leadership in Global Low-Carbon Development

Green Silk Roads: China’s Leadership in Global Low-Carbon Development

Jiang Lin

Oct. 21, 2015

Highlights from Bob Nordhaus at “US Climate Policy: How We Got Here and What It Means for the Future”

Highlights from Bob Nordhaus at “US Climate Policy: How We Got Here and What It Means for the Future”

Shannon Wulf Tregar

Oct. 21, 2015

Designing Rebates to Protect Low-Income Households under a Carbon Tax

Designing Rebates to Protect Low-Income Households under a Carbon Tax

Chad Stone

Oct. 21, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Oct. 19, 2015

What Changes Our Environmental Desires? A Look at Taste Formation

What Changes Our Environmental Desires? A Look at Taste Formation

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Oct. 15, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Oct. 14, 2015