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Is Population Still an Important Policy Issue?

Is Population Still an Important Policy Issue?

Warren Robinson

Oct. 27, 2008

A Look at Canadian Oil Sands

A Look at Canadian Oil Sands

Joel Darmstadter

Oct. 20, 2008

Assessing Electricity Markets

Assessing Electricity Markets

Tim Brennan

Oct. 13, 2008

Oil and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Oil and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Matt Kotchen and Nicholas Burger

Oct. 6, 2008

Options Contracts for Contingent Takings

Options Contracts for Contingent Takings

Carolyn Kousky, Sam Walsh, and Richard Zeckhauser

Sept. 29, 2008

Controlling Tuberculosis: What is the Benefit at What Cost?

Controlling Tuberculosis: What is the Benefit at What Cost?

Ramanan Laxminarayan, Eili Klein, and Sarah Darley

Sept. 22, 2008

Indoor Air Pollution and Africa Death Rates

Indoor Air Pollution and Africa Death Rates

Majid Ezzati

Sept. 15, 2008

USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program

USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program

Ralph Heimlich

Sept. 8, 2008

Deciphering the Demand for Safe Drinking Water

Deciphering the Demand for Safe Drinking Water

Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, Clair Null, and Alix Zwane

Sept. 1, 2008

Driving Restriction and Air Quality in Mexico City

Driving Restriction and Air Quality in Mexico City

Lucas W. Davis

Aug. 18, 2008

How Should We Tackle the Forest Fire Problem?

How Should We Tackle the Forest Fire Problem?

Arun Malik

Aug. 11, 2008

Perverse Incentives and the Endangered Species Act

Perverse Incentives and the Endangered Species Act

Jonathan Adler

Aug. 4, 2008

A Closer Look at the Cost of Air and Water Pollution in China

A Closer Look at the Cost of Air and Water Pollution in China

Sandra Hoffmann

Aug. 4, 2008

Taking a Closer Look at Energy Subsidies in the Federal Tax Code

Taking a Closer Look at Energy Subsidies in the Federal Tax Code

Gilbert Metcalf

July 21, 2008

What Would Environmentalists Do with ANWR?

What Would Environmentalists Do with ANWR?

Matt Kotchen

July 18, 2008

Senate Testimony: Using Incentives to Restore Fishery Health

Senate Testimony: Using Incentives to Restore Fishery Health

James Sanchirico

July 9, 2008

Opposing the Chicken or Opposing the Egg?

Opposing the Chicken or Opposing the Egg?

Shalini Vajjhala

July 7, 2008

Floodproofing the Future

Floodproofing the Future

Carolyn Kousky

June 30, 2008

How Should We Tackle the Forest Fire Problem?

How Should We Tackle the Forest Fire Problem?

Arun Malik

June 23, 2008

Preservation and Development: Can TDRs Improve Land Markets?

Preservation and Development: Can TDRs Improve Land Markets?

Virginia McConnell and Margaret A. Walls

June 16, 2008

The Forgotten Flaw in Biofuels Policy

The Forgotten Flaw in Biofuels Policy

Harry de Gorter and David Just

June 9, 2008

Regulatory Impact Analysis: Finding Better Approaches?

Regulatory Impact Analysis: Finding Better Approaches?

RFF Staff

June 6, 2008

Environmental Policy Innovations in Developing Countries

Environmental Policy Innovations in Developing Countries

Allen Blackman

June 2, 2008

Global Markets for Forest Carbon

Global Markets for Forest Carbon

Nigel Purvis and Erin Myers Madeira

June 1, 2008