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 | | Allen Blackman | | Senior Fellow | |
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| | RESEARCH TOPICS | | Air Quality, Development and Environment, Environmental Regulation, Policy Instruments | PROFILE |
Blackman specializes in the economics of the environment in developing countries. His research has focused on such topics as decentralization of environmental regulatory authority, pollution problems caused by small businesses, clean and climate-friendly technological change, market-based mechanisms for pollution control, pollution control programs based on public disclosure of environmental performance, and tropical deforestation. In connection with this work, he has conducted research in Latin America and Asia. Blackman also worked extensively on domestic regulatory reform. He has studied the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Project XL and the use of mortgage reforms to affect land use.
Blackman's work has appeared in a number of journals, including the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Environment and Development Economics, World Development, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. He is a member of the American Economic Association and the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
| EDUCATION |
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 1993.
B.A. in Political Science and International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, 1983. |
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| FEATURED PUBLICATIONS | | What Drives Participation in State Voluntary Cleanup Programs?Evidence from Oregon | | Allen Blackman, Thomas P. Lyon, Kris F. Wernstedt, Sarah R Darley | | RFF Discussion Paper 08-04 | February 2008 | | | | Can Voluntary Environmental Regulation Work in Developing Countries? Lessons from Case Studies. | | Alan Blackman | | Policy Studies Journal | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 07-10 | | | | Colombia's Discharge Fee Program: Economic Incentives for Polluters or Regulators? | | Allen Blackman | | Journal of Environmental Management | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 05-31 | | | | Voluntary Environmental Regulation in Developing Countries: Mexico's Clean Industry Program | | Allen Blackman, Bidisha Lahiri, William A. Pizer, Marisol Rivera Planter, Carlos Muñoz Piña | | RFF Discussion Paper 07-36 | July 2007 | | | | Land Cover in a Managed Forest Ecosystem: Mexican Shade Coffee | | Allen Blackman, Heidi J. Albers, Beatriz Ávalos-Sartorio, and Lisa Crooks Murphy | | American Journal of Agricultural Economics | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 07-30 | | | | View All Related Publications |
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