Common Resources
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Common Resources Archive

The Case of the Menacing Asteroid: What Cost to Prevent a Collision?
June 11, 2010

Taxing (or not) International Aviation
June 4, 2010

Who Pays, When, and How Much?: A Primer on Oil Spill Liability Law
June 3, 2010

A Primer on Oil Price Shocks Past and Present
May 21, 2010

Malaria Can Be Controlled Despite Rising Temperatures
May 20, 2010

The Future of Transportation Finance: A New Generation of User Fees
May 14, 2010

Creating Global Policy for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
May 7, 2010

Vehicular Brinksmanship: What Does It Cost?
April 30, 2010

More Sound than Fury? Decarbonization, Dematerialization, and Environmental Kuznets Curves
April 23, 2010

Does Money Grow on Trees After All?
April 16, 2010

Carbon Price: A Better Climate Commitment
April 16, 2010

Output-Based Rebates and Border Adjustments: Easing the Burden of Carbon Pricing
April 14, 2010

Charting a Course for EPA Regulation Under the Clean Air Act
April 14, 2010

A Matter of Semantics: Hard vs. Soft Price Collars
April 9, 2010

What Behavioral Science Has to Say About Energy Conservation
April 9, 2010

New CAFE Standards Are Good — But Hardly the Best Climate Policy
April 8, 2010

The Unintended Consequences of Expanded Offshore Drilling
April 6, 2010

The Benefits of Genetically Modified Crops—and the Costs of Inefficient Regulation
April 2, 2010

How Much Will New Vehicle Efficiency Standards Really Help Climate (or Consumers)?
April 1, 2010

Plan B for Climate Policy?
April 1, 2010

EPA Calls for Corporate Identifiers on GHG Disclosure
March 26, 2010

Abundant Natural Gas Could Bring Big Changes
March 26, 2010

Valuing "Windows on the World"
March 26, 2010

Will Waning Environmental Interest Hamper Climate Change Action?
March 23, 2010