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MRSA by the Numbers

MRSA by the Numbers

Hellen Gelband

Feb. 18, 2008

Inducing Innovation for Climate Change Mitigation

Inducing Innovation for Climate Change Mitigation

Richard G. Newell

Feb. 11, 2008

Evaluating Europe's Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Evaluating Europe's Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Dallas Burtraw

Feb. 4, 2008

Enhancing Productivity While Safeguarding Environmental Quality

Enhancing Productivity While Safeguarding Environmental Quality

David Zilberman and Steven Sexton

Jan. 28, 2008

How to Burn Coal, Maybe, Without Contributing to Climate Change

How to Burn Coal, Maybe, Without Contributing to Climate Change

John Anderson

Jan. 21, 2008

How Smoking-Cessation Product Ads Can Help Meet Public Health Goals

How Smoking-Cessation Product Ads Can Help Meet Public Health Goals

Don Kenkel and Dean Lillard

Jan. 14, 2008

Why We Need to Focus on Global Public Goods

Why We Need to Focus on Global Public Goods

Scott Barrett

Jan. 7, 2008

Which is Best: Emissions Taxes or Emissions Trading?

Which is Best: Emissions Taxes or Emissions Trading?

Ian Parry and William Pizer

Dec. 24, 2007

What do the Damages Caused by U.S. Air Pollution Cost?

What do the Damages Caused by U.S. Air Pollution Cost?

Robert Mendelsohn and Nicholas Muller

Dec. 17, 2007

Using the Price System to Reduce Airport Congestion

Using the Price System to Reduce Airport Congestion

Jan Brueckner and Kurt Van Dender

Dec. 10, 2007

Trash Talk

Trash Talk

Don Fullerton and Margaret A. Walls

Dec. 3, 2007

Controlling Automobile Air Pollution

Controlling Automobile Air Pollution

RFF Staff

Dec. 3, 2007

Congestion Pricing: Lessons from London

Congestion Pricing: Lessons from London

Jonathan Leape

Nov. 26, 2007

A New Chapter in the History of Malaria Control

A New Chapter in the History of Malaria Control

Maciej Boni and David Smith

Nov. 19, 2007

How People Feel, Here and in China, about Reducing Mortality Risks

How People Feel, Here and in China, about Reducing Mortality Risks

Alan Krupnick

Nov. 12, 2007

The Cost of Protecting Oil in the Persian Gulf

The Cost of Protecting Oil in the Persian Gulf

Mark Delucchi

Nov. 5, 2007

Does the Federal Government Spend too Much for Highways?

Does the Federal Government Spend too Much for Highways?

Winston Harrington

Oct. 29, 2007

The Political Economy of Addressing Overfishing in U.S. Waters

The Political Economy of Addressing Overfishing in U.S. Waters

Harrison Fell and James Sanchirico

Oct. 22, 2007

What Can Policymakers Learn from Experimental Economics?

What Can Policymakers Learn from Experimental Economics?

John List

Oct. 15, 2007

Green Cities and Economic Development

Green Cities and Economic Development

Matthew Kahn

Oct. 8, 2007

Reconsidering "Conservation Reconsidered": A 40-Year Legacy

Reconsidering "Conservation Reconsidered": A 40-Year Legacy

RFF Staff

Oct. 3, 2007

Celebrating John Krutilla

Celebrating John Krutilla

Oct. 3, 2007

The Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone: Mess, Problem or Puzzle?

The Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone: Mess, Problem or Puzzle?

Donald Scavia

Oct. 1, 2007

Designing the Next International Climate Agreement

Designing the Next International Climate Agreement

Joseph E. Aldy and Robert Stavins

Sept. 21, 2007