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Dallas Burtraw
Title: Senior Fellow
Phone: 202-328-5087
E-mail: burtraw@rff.org


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Biography
Burtraw's research interests include the design of environmental regulation, the costs and benefits of environmental regulation, and the regulation and restructuring of the electricity industry.

Recently, Burtraw investigated the effects on the value of assets of electricity generation companies of alternative approaches to implementing emissions permit trading programs. He is evaluating the use of emission trading to achieve carbon emission reductions in the EU. He also has helped to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of trading programs for nitrogen dioxide in the eastern United States and sulfur dioxide trading programs under the Clean Air Act Amendments. He also contributed to the valuation of the benefits of ecological improvements due to reduced acidification in the Adirondacks.

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Education
Ph.D. in economics, University of Michigan, 1989.
M.P.P. in public policy, University of Michigan, 1986.
B.S. in community economic development, University of California at Davis, 1980.
 
Professional Experience
  • Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, 1998 - present.
  • Professional Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS), International Relations, Energy, Environment, Science and Technology, 1993 - 1999.
  • Fellow, Resources for the Future, Quality of the Environment Division, 1989 - 1998.
  • Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Department of Economics, 1998.
  • Instructor, University of Michigan, "Introductory Microeconomics;" Teaching Assistant, "Operations Research," "Law and Economics," 1984 - 1989.
  • Economic Analyst, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1984.
  • Program Manager, State of California, SolarCal Local Government Commission on Conservation and Renewable Resources, 1981 - 1982.
 
Journal Articles
Compensation Rules for Climate Policy in the Electricity Sector
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 07-41
Economic and Energy Impacts from Participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: A Case Study of the State of Maryland
Matthias Rutha, Steven Gabriel, Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Anthony Paul, Yishu Chen, Benjamin Hobbs, Daraius Irani, Jeffrey Michael, Kim Ross, Russell Conklin, Julia Miller
Energy Policy
Simple Rules for Targetting CO2 Allowance Allocation to Compensate Firms
Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Danny Kahn
Climate Policy | Related Discussion Paper 06-28
A Ten-Year Rule to Guide the Allocation of EU Emission Allowances Energy Policy
Markus Åhman, Dallas Burtraw, Joe Kruger, Lars Zetterberg
Energy Policy | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 05-30
The Benefits and Costs of Reducing Emissions from the Electricity Sector
Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw and Jhih-Shyang Shih
Journal of Environmental Management | April 2007 | Vol. 83, No. 1. | pp. 115-130
Related Discussion Paper: 05-23
CO2 Allowance Allocation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Effect on Electricity Investors
Dallas Burtraw, Danny Kahn and Karen Palmer
The Electricity Journal | March 2006 | Related Discussion Paper 05-55
Modeling Economywide versus Sectoral Climate Policies Using Combined Aggregate-Sectoral Models
William A. Pizer, Dallas Burtraw, Winston Harrington, Richard G. Newell, and James N. Sanchirico
The Energy Journal | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 05-08
Valuation of Natural Resource Improvements in the Adirondacks
Spencer Banzhaf, Dallas Burtraw, David Evans, and Alan Krupnick
Land Economics | August 2006 | Vol. 82, No. 3 | pp. 445-464
Modeling Economywide versus Sectoral Climate Policies Using Combined Aggregate-Sectoral Models
William A. Pizer, Dallas Burtraw, Winston Harrington, Richard G. Newell, James N. Sanchirico
Energy Journal | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 05-08
Review of: The Economics of Energy Efficiency, Steve Sorrell et al. (2004)
Dallas Burtraw
Journal of Economic Literature | March 2006 | forthcoming
Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Electricity Policies
Karen Palmer and Dallas Burtraw
Energy Economics | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 05-01
Economics of Pollution Trading for SO2 and NOx
Dallas Burtraw, David A. Evans, Alan Krupnick, Karen Palmer, and Russell Toth
Annual Review of Environment and Resources | forthcoming
The Environmental Impacts of Electricity Restructuring: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Karen Palmer and Dallas Burtraw
Environment & Energy Law & Policy Journal, forthcoming
Uncertainty and the Cost-Effectiveness of NOx Emission Reductions from Electricity Generation
Dallas Burtraw, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Meghan McGuinness
Land Economics | Forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 02-01
Clean Air for Less: Exploiting Tradeoffs Between Different Air Pollutants
Dallas Burtraw and Randall Lutter
Fordham Environmental Law Review | Forthcoming
Trading Cases: Is Trading Credits in Created Markets a Better Way to Reduce Pollution and Protect Natural Resources?
Jim Boyd, Dallas Burtraw, Alan Krupnick, Virginia McConnell, Karen Palmer, Jim Sanchirico, and Margaret Walls
Environmental Science and Technology | June 2003 | Vol. 37, No. 111 | pp. 217-233
Capping Emissions: How Low Should We Go?
Spencer Banzhaf, Dallaw Burtraw, and Karen Palmer
Public Utilities Fortnightly | December, 2002 | Vol. 140, No. 22 | pp. 28-36
Designing the Right Multi-Pollutant Plan
Dallas Burtraw
The Environmental Forum | May/June 2002 | Vol. 19, No. 3 | pp. 52-53
Ancillary Benefits of Reduced Air Pollution in the U.S. from Moderate Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies in the Electricity Sector
Dallas Burtraw, Alan Krupnick, Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul, Mike Toman, and Cary Bloyd
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | July 2003 | Related Discussion Paper 01-61
Three Pollutants and An Emission: A Playbill for the Multipollutant Legislative Debate
Dallas Burtraw
Brookings Review | Spring 2002 | Vol. 20, No. 2 | pp. 14-17, 48
The Effect on Asset Values of the Allocation of Carbon Dioxide Emission Allowances
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Anthony Paul
The Electricity Journal | June 2002 | Vol. 15, No. 5 | pp. 51-62 | Related Discussion Paper 02-15
Cost Effective Reduction of NOx Emissions from Electricity Generation
Dallas Burtraw, Karen L. Palmer, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Anthony Paul
Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association | October 2001 | Vol. 51 | pp. 1476-1489 | Related Discussion Paper 00-55-REV
SO2 Control by Electric Utilities: What are the Gains from Trade?
Curtis Carlson, Dallas Burtraw, Maureen Cropper, and Karen L. Palmer
Journal of Political Economy | December 2000 | Vol. 108, No. 6 | pp. 1292-1326 | Related Discussion Paper 98-44-REV
Winner, Loser or Innocent Victim: Has Renewable Energy Performed as Expected?
James McVeigh, Dallas Burtraw, Joel Darmstadter, and Karen Palmer
Solar Energy | Vol. 68, No. 3 | pp. 237-255 | Related Discussion Paper 99-28
(Also appeared as Research Report No. 7, Renewable Energy Project, Washington, March 1999.)
Renewables From Another Angle
James McVeigh, Dallas Burtraw, Joel Darmstadter, and Karen L. Palmer
Electric Perspectives | 2000 | Vol. 25, No. 2 | pp. 10-20
The Environmental Effects of SO2 Trading and Banking
Dallas Burtraw and Erin Mansur
Environmental Science and Technology | October 15, 1999 | Vol. 33, No. 20 | pp. 3489-3494 | Related Discussion Paper 99-25
The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Instruments for Environmental Protection in a Second-Best Setting
Ian W.H. Parry, Lawrence H. Goulder, Dallas Burtraw, and Roberton C. Williams
Journal of Public Economics | June 1999 | Vol. 72, No. 3 | pp. 329-360 | Related Discussion Paper 98-22
The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Air Pollutants Related to Acid Rain
Dallas Burtraw, Alan J. Krupnick, Erin Mansur, David Austin, and Deirdre Farrell
Contemporary Economic Policy | October 1998 | Vol. 16 | pp. 379-400 | Related Discussion Paper 97-31-REV
Assessing the Impact of Electricity Restructuring on the Environment in Maryland
Diane Brown, Matt Kahal, Dallas Burtraw, Karen L. Palmer, Julie Ross, and Mark Garrison
EM | August 1998
Improving Efficiency in Bilateral Emission Trading
Dallas Burtraw, Ken Harrison, and Paul Turner
Environmental and Resource Economics | 1998 | Vol. 11, No. 1 | pp. 19-33 | Related Discussion Paper 95-17
Revenue-Raising vs. Other Approaches to Environmental Protection: The Critical Significance of Pre-Existing Tax Distortions
Ian W.H. Parry, Lawrence H. Goulder, and Dallas Burtraw
RAND Journal of Economics | Winter 1997 | Vol. 28, No. 4 | pp. 708-731 | Related Discussion Paper 96-24
Social Costs of Electricity: Do the Numbers Add Up?
Alan J. Krupnick and Dallas Burtraw
Resources and Energy | December 1997 | Vol. 18, No. 4 | pp. 423-466 | Related Discussion Paper 96-30
The Second-Best Use of Social Cost Estimates
Dallas Burtraw and Alan J. Krupnick
Resources and Energy | December 1997 | Vol. 18, No. 4 | pp. 467-490 | Related Discussion Paper 96-29
SO2 Allowance Trading: How Do Expectations and Experience Measure Up?
Dallas Burtraw and Douglas R. Bohi
The Electricity Journal | August/September 1997 | Vol. 10, No. 7 | pp. 67-75 | Related Discussion Paper 97-24
"Second-Best" Adjustments to Externality Estimates in Electricity Planning with Competition
Dallas Burtraw, Karen L. Palmer, and Alan J. Krupnick
Land Economics | May 1997 | Vol. 73, No. 2 | pp. 224-239 | Related Discussion Paper 96-04
Electricity Restructuring and Regional Air Pollution
Karen L. Palmer and Dallas Burtraw
Resources and Energy | March 1997 | Vol. 19, Nos.1-2 | pp. 139-174 | Related Discussion Paper 96-17-REV2
A New Standard of Performance: An Analysis of the Clean Air Act's Acid Rain Program
Dallas Burtraw and Byron Swift
Environmental Law Reporter | August 1996 | Vol. 26, No. 8 | pp. 10411-10423
The Acid Rain Success Story
Dallas Burtraw
The Environmental Forum | May/June 1996 | Vol. 13, No. 3 | pp. 31-32
The SO2 Emissions Trading Program: Cost Savings Without Allowance Trades
Dallas Burtraw
Contemporary Economic Policy | April 1996 | Vol. XIV | pp. 79-94
Optimal Adders for Environmental Damage by Public Utilities
Dallas Burtraw, Winston Harrington, A. Myrick Freeman III, and Alan J. Krupnick
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | July 1995 | Vol. 29, No. 2 | pp. S1-S19
Bargaining with Noisy Delegation
Dallas Burtraw
RAND Journal of Economics | Spring 1993 | Vol. 24, No. 2 | pp. 40-57
Weighing Environmental Externalities: How to Do It Right
Dallas Burtraw, A. Myrick Freeman III, Winston Harrington, and Alan J. Krupnick
The Electricity Journal | August/September 1992 | Vol. 5, No. 7 | pp. 22-29
Equity and International Agreements for CO2 Containment
Michael A. Toman and Dallas Burtraw
Journal of Energy Engineering | August 1992 | Vol. 118, No. 2 | pp. 122-135
Social Costs of Electricity
Dallas Burtraw and Alan J. Krupnick
Public Power | May-June 1992 | Vol. 50, No. 3 | p. 56
Utility Investment Behavior and the Emission Trading Market
Dallas Burtraw and Douglas R. Bohi
Resources and Energy | April 1992 | Vol. 14, Nos. 1-2 | pp. 129-156
Strategic Delegation in Bargaining
Dallas Burtraw
Economic Letters | February 1992 | Vol. 38, No. 2 | pp. 181-185
Avoiding Regulatory Gridlock in the Acid Rain Program
Dallas Burtraw and Douglas R. Bohi
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management | Fall 1991 | Vol. 10, No. 4 | pp. 676-684
Regulatory Aspects of Emissions Trading: Conflicts Between Economic and Environmental Goals
Dallas Burtraw and Douglas R. Bohi
The Electricity Journal | December 1990 | pp. 47-55
Evaluation of Inclusionary Housing Programs: Four Case Studies
Dallas Burtraw, S. Schwartz, and R. Johnston
Public Affairs Report | June 1982 | Vol. 23, No. 3
 
Books, Chapters, and Reports
Auction Design for Selling CO2 Emission Allowances under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Addendum
Charles Holt, William Shobe, Dallas Burtraw, Karen L. Palmer, Jacob Goeree, and Erica Myers
RFF Report | April 2008 | Abstract
Auction Design for Selling CO2 Emission Allowances Under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Charles Holt, William Shobe, Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, Jacob Goeree
NYSERDA | 10/26/07
Report to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Auction Design for Selling CO2 Emission Allowances under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Dallas Burtraw, Jacob Goeree, Charles Holt, Karen L. Palmer, and William Shobe
RFF Report | October 2007
Auction Design for Selling CO2 Emission Allowances under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Phase 1 Research Report
Dallas Burtraw, Jacob Goeree, Charlie Holt, Karen Palmer, Bill Shobe
New York State Research and Development Authority | June 2007
U.S. Climate Policies
Toshi Arimura, Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw (with Alan Krupnick)
Mizuho Bank Group for METI, Japan | 3/15/07
TRADABLE PERMIT MARKETS
Dallas Burtraw, Dan Shawhan
Experimental Methods, Environmental Economics | Todd Cherry, Stephan Kroll and Jason Shogren, eds. | : Rutledge | 2007
Not a Sure Thing: Making Regulatory Choices under Uncertainty
Alan J. Krupnick, Richard D. Morgenstern, Mike Batz, Pete Nelson, Dallas Burtraw, Jhih-Shyang Shih, and Mike McWilliams
RFF Report | February 2006
Appendix 3F: Descriptive Statistics for All Scenario Results
Appendix 5A: Stylized Version of the Script Used for Discussions with Senior EPA Officials
Appendix 5B: Summaries of Individual Interviews
Chapter 9: Recommendations for the design of modeling and analysis of the electricity sector to guide options for climate policy in California
Richard McCann, Dallas Burtraw, Matthias Fripp and Steven Moss
State of California | Nov. 30, 2005
Berkeley Climate Policy Study, The Potential Economic Costs And Benefits Of Climate Change Policy In California
Chapter 5: Lessons for a cap-and-trade program
Dallas Burtraw, Alexander E. Farrell, Lawrence H. Goulder and Carla Peterman
State of California | 11/30/05
Berkeley Climate Policy Study, The Potential Economic Costs And Benefits Of Climate Change Policy In California
Summary Communication: Reducing Emissions from the Electricity Sector: The Costs and Benefits Nationwide and in the Empire State
Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw and Jhih-Shyang Shih
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority | October 2005
Electricity Restructuring, Environmental Policy and Emissions: Insights from a Policy Analysis
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul and Ranjit Bharvirkar
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Power Plant Research Program | Forthcoming
A Carbon Tax to Reduce the Deficit
Dallas Burtraw and Paul R. Portney
New Approaches on Energy and the Environment: Policy Advice for the President | Richard D. Morgenstern and Paul R. Portney, eds. | RFF Press | 2004 | Chapter 3
Cleaning Up Power Plant Emissions
Dallas Burtraw and Karen L. Palmer
New Approaches on Energy and the Environment: Policy Advice for the President | Richard D. Morgenstern and Paul R. Portney, eds. | RFF Press | 2004 | Chapter 8
Valuation of Natural Resource Improvements in the Adirondacks
H. Spencer Banzhaf, Dallas Burtraw, David Evans, and Alan J. Krupnick
RFF Report | September 2004
Electricity, Renewables, and Climate Change: Searching for a Cost-Effective Policy
Karen L. Palmer and Dallas Burtraw
RFF Report | May 2004
Air Quality Management in the United States
National Research Council
Washington, DC: The National Academies Press | 2004
SO2 Cap-and-Trade Program in the United States: A "Living Legend" of Market Effectiveness
Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer
Choosing Environmental Policy: Comparing Instruments andOutcomes in the Inited States and Europe | Winston Harrington, Richard D. Morgenstern, and Thomas Sterner, eds. | RFF Press | 2004 | Chapter 2
NOx Emissions in the United States: A Potpourri of Policies
Dallas Burtraw and David A. Evans
Choosing Environmental Policy: Comparing Instruments and Outcomes in the United States and Europe | Winston Harrington, Richard D. Morgenstern, and Thomas Sterner, eds. | RFF Press | 2004 | Chapter 6
Economic Efficiency and Distributional Consequences of Different Approaches to NOx and SO2 Allowance Allocation
Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | October 2, 2003
http://www.epa.gov/air/clearskies/econ.html
A Comparison of the Effects of the Distribution of Emission Allowances for Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides and Carbon Dioxide
Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer
EPA National Center for Environmental Research | May 2, 2003
NOx Emissions Trading and Episodic Air Quality Violations in Maryland
Dallas Burtraw, Ranjit, and Alan J. Krupnick
Power Plant Research Program | May 2003
Economics Benefits of Controls
Dallas Burtraw
Acid Rain: Are the Problems Solved? | James C. White, editor | Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society | 2003
Electricity Restructuring, Environmental Policy, and Emissions
Dallas Burtraw, Karen L. Palmer, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Anthony Paul
RFF Report | December 2002
The RFF Haiku Electricity Market Model
Karen L. Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Anthony Paul
RFF Report | June 2002
Electricity Restructuring: Consequences and Opportunities for the Environment
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, and Martin Heintzelman
International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, Volume V | H. Folmer and T. Tietenberg, editors | Northampton, MA: Edward Elger | 2001
Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 00-39 (September)
Green Taxes and Administrative Costs: Comment
Dallas Burtraw
Behavioral and Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy | Carlo Carraro and Gilbert E. Metcalf, eds. | Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press | 2001
Electricity Restructuring: Consequences and Opportunities for the Environment
Dallas Burtraw, Karen L. Palmer, and Martin Heintzelman
International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, 2001/2002 | Henk Folmer and Tom Tietenberg, eds. | Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd. | 2001
Measuring the Value of Health Improvements from Clean-up in the Great Lakes Region
Dallas Burtraw and Alan J. Krupnick
Great Lakes Economic Valuation Guidebook | Allegra Cangelosi, ed. | Washington, D.C.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Northeast-Midwest Institute | 2001
(Also published in "Revealing the Economic Value of Protecting the Great Lakes," Jay Coggins, ed., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Northeast-Midwest Institute, 2001.)
Appraisal of the SO2 Cap-and-Trade Market
Dallas Burtraw
Emissions Trading: Environmental Policy's New Approach | Richard F. Kosobud, editor | New York: John Wiley & Sons | 2000
Regional Impacts of Electricity Restructuring on Emissions of NOx and CO2
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, and Anthony Paul
State of Maryland, Department of Natural Resources, Power Plant Research Program (PPRP-123) | June 2000
Appraisal of the SO2 Cap-and-Trade Market
Dallas Burtraw
Emissions Trading: Environmental Policy's New Approach | Richard F. Kosobud, ed. | New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons | 2000
An Integrated System for Analyzing Carbon Trading
Michael A. Toman, William Pizer, Richard Newell, Dallas Burtraw, Winston Harrington, and Jim Sanchirico
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | January 2000
(Interim project report)
Cost Savings, Market Performance and Economic Benefits of the U.S. Acid Rain Program
Dallas Burtraw
Pollution for Sale: Emissions Trading and Joint Implementation | Steve Sorrell and Jim Skea, eds. | Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd. | 1999
Summary of the Literature Review on Environmental Externalities from Electricity Generation in Maryland
Alan J. Krupnick, Gar Ragland, David Austin, Dallas Burtraw, Deirdre Farrell, and Erin Mansur
State of Maryland, Maryland Power Plant Research Program | January 1997
Tracking and Analysis Framework (TAF) Model Documentation and User's Guide
Dallas Burtraw and Cary Bloyd et al.
: Argonne National Laboratory | December 1996
(ANL/DIS/TM-36)
A Shock to the System: Restructuring America's Electricity Industry
Timothy J. Brennan, Karen L. Palmer, Raymond J. Kopp, Alan J. Krupnick, Vito Stagliano, and Dallas Burtraw
RFF Press | 1996
The Water Resource Evaluation Framework (WREF): Analytical Tools for the Collaborative Process
Dallas Burtraw, Ken Frederick, and Kris Wernstedt
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) | 1996
Water Resource Management and Hydropower: Guidebook for Collaboration and Public Involvement (TR-104858, Chapter 6)
Agency in International Permit Trading
Dallas Burtraw
Economic Instruments For Air Pollution Control | Ger Klaassen and Finn R. Førsund, eds. | Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers | October 1994 | Chapter 12
Economic Conservation
Dallas Burtraw
The Encyclopedia of the Environment | R. Eblen and W. Eblen, eds. | Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin Company | 1994
The Social Costing Debate: Issues and Resolutions
Dallas Burtraw, Hadi Dowlatabadi, Alan J. Krupnick, A. Myrick Freeman III, Karen L. Palmer, and Winston Harrington
Social Costs of Energy: Present Status and Future Trends | O. Hohmeyer and R. Ottinger, eds. | Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag | 1994
Compensation Issues for Incentive-based Regulation
Paul R. Portney and Dallas Burtraw (Robert N. Stavins, ed.)
Project 88/Round II Series: Incentives for Action: Implementing Market-Based Environmental Policies | May 1991
Environmental Policy In The United States
Dallas Burtraw and Paul R. Portney
Economic Policy Towards the Environment | Dieter Helm, ed. | Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers | 1991
 
Short Articles, Issue Briefs, and Other Publications
The Architecture of Emission Allowance Markets and Incentives for Investment in Electricity
Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw
Incentives to Build New Generation on Competitive Electricity Markets: Market Design 2007 | Elforsk
The documentation from the conference is posted at www.marketdesign.se
Valuation of Air Emissions from Livestock Operations and Options for Policy
Shih, Jhih-Shyang, Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer and Juha Siikamaki
Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science | Ecological Society of America | Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science | Viney P. Aneja, William H. Schlesinger, Raymond Knighton, Greg Jennings, Dev Niyogi, Wendell Gilliam, and Clifford S. Duke | North Carolina State University | 6/5/06 | 327-340
Comments to U.S. Senate Discussion on Climate Policy
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer
Formal Comments
Building Infrastructure for Climate Policy
Dallas Burtraw
Mistra report
Forever Wild, But Do We Care? How New Yorkers Value Natural Resource Improvement; Resources
H. Spencer Banzhaf, Dallas Burtraw, David Evans, and Alan J. Krupnick
Resources | Summer 2005 (158)
Capping Emissions: How Low Should We Go?
Karen L. Palmer, Spencer Banzhaf, and Dallas Burtraw
Public Utilities Fortnightly | December 2002 | Vol. 140, No. 2 | pp. 28-36
Proposed Regulation of Multiple Pollutants in Electricity Sector is Historic: But is it Sensible?
Spencer Banzhaf, Dallas Burtraw, and Karen Palmer
Resources | Summer 2002 | Issue 148 | pp. 2-5
Designing the Right Multi-Pollutant Plan
Dallas Burtraw
The Environmental Forum | May/June 2002 | Vol. 19, No. 3 | pp. 52-53
Three Pollutants and an Emission: A Playbill for the Multipollutant Legislative Debate
Dallas Burtraw
Brookings Review | Spring 2002 | Vol. 20, No. 2 | pp. 14-17, 48
The Distributional Impacts of Carbon Mitigation Policies
Richard D. Morgenstern, Dallas Burtraw, Lawrence H. Goulder, Mun Ho, Karen L. Palmer, William A. Pizer, James N. Sanchirico, and Jhih-Shyang Shih
Issue Brief 02-03 | March 2002
Carbon Emission Trading Costs and Allowance Allocations: Evaluating the Options
Dallas Burtraw
Resources | Fall 2001 (145)
Book review of "Markets for Clean Air"
Dallas Burtraw
Regional Science and Urban Economics | January 2001 | Vol. 32, No. 1 | pp. 139-144
Estimating the Ancillary Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies in the U.S.
Dallas Burtraw and Michael A. Toman
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Workshop | OECD/IPCC | Ancillary Benefits and Costs of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation | Devra L. Davis, Alan J. Krupnick, and Gene McGlynn, eds. | Paris, France: OECD | 2000 | pp. 481-514
The Ancillary Benefits and Costs of Climate Change Mitigation: A Conceptual Framework
Dallas Burtraw, Alan Krupnick, and Anil Markandya
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Workshop | OECD/IPCC | Ancillary Benefits and Costs of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation | Devra L. Davis, Alan J. Krupnick, and Gene McGlynn, eds. | Paris, France: OECD | 2000 | pp. 53-94
Innovation Under the Tradable Sulfur Dioxide Emission Permits Programme in the U.S. Electricity Sector
Dallas Burtraw
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Workshop | OECD
Published in "Innovation and the Environment." (Please see also RFF Discussion Paper 00-38.)
Summary of the Science of Acidification in the Adirondack Park
Alan J. Krupnick, Joe Cook, Anthony Paul, Terrell Stoessell, and Dallas Burtraw
2000
Renewable Energy: Winner, Loser, or Innocent Victim?
Dallas Burtraw, Joel Darmstadter, Karen L. Palmer, and James McVeigh
Resources | Spring 1999 (135)
Simulation Results of Alternative Schemes for Allocating NOx Emission Allowances
Karen L. Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, and Anthony Paul
(mimeo) | 1999
The Opportunity for Short Run Carbon Mitigation in the Electricity Sector
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, and Anthony Paul
Electric Utilities Environmental Conference | Air & Waste Management Association
Assessing the Impact of Electricity Restructuring on the Environment in Maryland
Diane Brown, Matt Kahal, Dallas Burtraw, Julie Ross, and Mark Garrison
EM | August 1998
Book review of "Acid Rain and Environmental Degradation," by Ger Klaassen
Dallas Burtraw
Journal of Economic Literature | 1998
Experience with Allowance Trading: Performance to Date and Lessons for Regulatory Policy
Dallas Burtraw and Douglas R. Bohi
Specialty Conference of the Air & Waste Management Association | Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) | Acid Rain & Electric Utilities II | Pittsburgh, PA: AWMA | 1997
The "Ancillary Benefits" of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies
Dallas Burtraw and Michael A. Toman
RFF Climate Issue Brief #7 | October 1997; August 2000
A Poor Measure of Success: Reply
Dallas Burtraw and Douglas R. Bohi
The Electricity Journal | (letter to the editor) | 1997 | Vol. 10, No. 9 | pp. 6-7
(Reply to Elizabeth M. Bailey)
Evaluation of Sulfur Dioxide Emission Allowance Trading
Dallas Burtraw and Douglas R. Bohi
The Workshop on Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy | Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) | Market Tools for Green Goals | Peter Alonzi and Richard F. Kosobud, eds. | Chicago, IL: CBOT | 1997
Economic Benefits of Emissions Reductions
Dallas Burtraw, David Austin, and Alan J. Krupnick
NAPAP's 1996 Integrated Assessment | Report to U.S. Congress | 1997
Design and Performance of Pollution Trading Programs
Dallas Burtraw and Brian Kropp
NAPAP's 1996 Integrated Assessment | Report to U.S. Congress | 1997
Book review of "Sustaining Coastal Resources: Economics and the Natural Sciences," Charles S. Colgan, ed.
Dallas Burtraw
Coastal Management | July-September 1996 | Vol. 24, No. 3 | pp. 271-276
The Ancillary Benefits of Avoiding Climate Change
Dallas Burtraw (with several co-authors)
Climate Change Analysis Workshop | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Conference Proceedings
Call It "Pollution Rights," But It Works
Dallas Burtraw
The Washington Post | March 31, 1996
Trading Emissions to Clean the Air: Exchanges Few but Savings Many
Dallas Burtraw
Resources | Winter 1996 (122)
The Social Benefits of Social Costing Research
Alan J. Krupnick, Dallas Burtraw, and Karen L. Palmer
The First Workshop on Energy Externalities: The External Costs of Energy | European Commission (EC), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), International Energy Agency (IEA) | Proceedings of the First EC/OECD/IEA Workshop on Energy Externalities: The External Costs of Energy | Brussels, Belgium: EC | 1995
Rumors of the Demise of RECLAIM "Greatly Exaggerated"
Dallas Burtraw and Alan J. Krupnick
Regulation | (letter to the editor) | 1994 | No. 4
Comment on "Pollution Trading in La La Land," by James L. Johnston
Dallas Burtraw
Regulation | 1994 | No. 3
The Social Costing Debate: Issues and Resolutions
Dallas Burtraw, Hadi Dowlatabadi, Alan J. Krupnick, A. Myrick Freeman III, Karen L. Palmer, and Winston Harrington
International Conference | Social Costs of Energy: Present Status and Future Trends | O. Hohmeyer and R.L. Ottinger, eds. | Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag | 1994
Implementing Market-Based Environmental Policies: The Role of Compensation
Paul R. Portney and Dallas Burtraw
Project 88/Round II Series: Designing Market-Based Strategies for Environmental Protection | April 1991
 
Discussion Papers and Working Papers
Tradable Rights to Emit Air Pollution
Dallas Burtraw and David A. Evans
RFF Discussion Paper 08-08 | March 2008 | Abstract
State Efforts to Cap the Commons: Regulating Sources or Consumers?
Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 07-49 | November 2007 | Abstract
US Climate Policy Developments
Toshi Arimura, Dallas Burtraw, Alan J. Krupnick, and Karen L. Palmer
RFF Discussion Paper 07-45 | October 2007 | Abstract
Summary of the Workshop to Support Implementing the Minimum 25% Public Benefit Allocation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Dallas Burtraw and Karen L. Palmer
RFF Discussion Paper 06-45 | September 2006 | Abstract
The Impact of Long-Term Generation Contracts on Valuation of Electricity Generating Assets under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Nathan E. Wilson, Karen L. Palmer, and Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 05-37 | August 2005 | Abstract
Allocation of CO2 Emissions Allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program
Dallas Burtraw, Karen L. Palmer, and Danny Kahn
RFF Discussion Paper 05-25 | June 2005 | Abstract
Reducing Emissions from the Electricity Sector: The Costs and Benefits Nationwide and for the Empire State
Karen L. Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, and Jhih-Shyang Shih
RFF Discussion Paper 05-23 | June 2005 | Executive Summary
The Environmental Impacts of Electricity Restructuring: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Karen L. Palmer and Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 05-07 | April 2005 | Abstract
Economics of Pollution Trading for SO2 and NOx
Dallas Burtraw, David A. Evans, Alan J. Krupnick, Karen L. Palmer, and Russell Toth
RFF Discussion Paper 05-05 | March 2005 | Abstract
The Evolution of NOx Control Policy for Coal-Fired Power Plants in the United States
Dallas Burtraw and David A. Evans
RFF Discussion Paper 03-23 | December 2003 | Abstract
The Paparazzi Take a Look at a Living Legend: The SO2 Cap-and-Trade Program for Power Plants in the United States
Dallas Burtraw and Karen L. Palmer
RFF Discussion Paper 03-15 | April 2003 | Abstract
Investment in Electricity Transmission and Ancillary Environmental Benefits
Cary Bloyd, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 02-14 | March 2002 | Abstract
The Effect of Allowance Allocation on the Cost of Carbon Emission Trading
Dallas Burtraw, Karen L. Palmer, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Anthony Paul
RFF Discussion Paper 01-30 | August 2001 | Abstract
Workshop Report: Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures (PACE) Survey Design for 2000 and Beyond
Dallas Burtraw, Alan J. Krupnick, William A. Pizer, Richard D. Morgenstern, and Jhih-Shyang Shih
RFF Discussion Paper 01-09 | April 2001 | Abstract
Restructuring and Cost of Reducing NOx Emissions in Electricity Generation
Karen L. Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Anthony Paul
RFF Discussion Paper 01-10-REV | January 2001; Revised July 2001 | Abstract
Heterogeneity in Costs and Second-Best Policies for Environmental Protection
Dallas Burtraw and Matthew Cannon
RFF Discussion Paper 00-20 | April 2000 | Abstract
Measuring the Value of Health Improvements from Great Lakes Cleanup
Dallas Burtraw and Alan J. Krupnick
RFF Discussion Paper 99-34 | April 1999 | Abstract
Lessons from the Integrated Assessment of Acid Deposition for Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change
Dallas Burtraw, Cary N. Bloyd, and Richard Sonnenblick
1999
(Presented at the Air & Waste Management Association Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 1999.)
The Opportunity for Short Run Carbon Mitigation in the Electricity Sector
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer and Anthony Paul
1999
(Presented at the Air & Waste Management Association Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 1999.)
The Benefits of Air Pollutant Emissions Reductions in Maryland: Results from the Maryland Externalities Screening and Valuation Model
David H. Austin, Alan J. Krupnick, Dallas Burtraw, and Terrell Stoessell
RFF Discussion Paper 99-05 | October 1998 | Abstract
State-Level Policies and Regulatory Guidance for Compliance in the Early Years of the SO2 Emission Allowance Trading Program
Ron D. Lile and Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 98-35 | May 1998 | Abstract
Cost Savings, Market Performance and Economic Benefits of the U.S. Acid Rain Program
Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 98-28-REV | March 1998; Revised September 1998 | Abstract
Assessing the Impact of Electricity Restructuring on the Environment in Maryland
Dallas Burtraw, Diane Brown, Matthew Kahal, Karen Palmer, Julie Ross, and Mark Garrison
98-MP21.02(A483) | 1998
(Presented at the Air & Waste Management Association Conference, San Diego, CA, June 1998.)
The Benefits of Reduced Air Pollutants in the U.S. from Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies
Dallas Burtraw and Michael A. Toman
RFF Discussion Paper 98-01-REV | May 1997; Revised November 1997 | Abstract | Summary
An Assessment of the EPA's SO2 Emission Allowance Tracking System
Ron D. Lile, Douglas R. Bohi, and Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 97-21 | February 1997 | Abstract
Fiscal Effects of Electricity Generation: A Full Fuel Cycle Analysis
Dallas Burtraw and Pallavi R. Shah
RFF Discussion Paper 95-16 | March 1995 | Abstract
An electronic version of this report is not available.
Cost Savings sans Allowance Trades? Evaluating the SO2 Emission Trading Program to Date
Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 95-30-REV | February 1995 | Abstract
Local Government Initiatives for Affordable Housing
Dallas Burtraw, S. Schwartz, and R. Johnston
University of California at Davis, Institute of Governmental Affairs EQS No. 35 | December 1981
 
Selected Presentations
Environmental Progress Reconsidered: Comments responding to Air Quality in America by Joel Schwartz and Steven Hayward
Dallas Burtraw
American Enterprise Institute | Washington DC | February 13, 2008
State Involvement in Climate Policy Warming
Dallas Burtraw
Outlook in the States 2008 | Governing | Washington DC | January 30, 2008
CO2 Trading: Policy and Market Design
Dallas Burtraw
Executive Training | Bonneville Power Authority | Portland OR | January 25, 2008
This work was done independently from RFF but drew heavily on RFF research.
Cap, Auction, and Trade: Auctions and Revenue Recycling under Carbon Cap-and-Trade
Dallas Burtraw
Testimony | U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming | Washington DC | January 23, 2008
Climate Federalism in the Electricity Sector: National Climate Policy Meets State-Level Regulation of Electric Utilities
Dallas Burtraw
National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment | Washington DC | January 17, 2008
Allocation in the Electricity Sector: Efficiency and Distributional Effects
Dallas Burtraw
Director's Conference on Climate Change | Congressional Budget Office | Washington DC | November 16, 2007
Policy Context for Choice of First Seller (FS), Load Based (LB) or Other Approach for CO2 Cap and Trade
Dallas Burtraw
Joint En Banc Hearing on Point of Regulation in the Electricity Sector | California Public Utility Commission and California Energy Commission | San Francisco | August 21, 2007
Progress Report on SAMI Project
Juha Siikamaki and Shalini Vajhalla
Valuing Ecocsystem Services | USEPA, NCEE | Crystal City, Alexandria, VA | April 24, 2007
Compensation Rules for Climate Policy in the Electricity Sector
Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer
Workshop Fall 06 | Atlantic Energy Group | Washington DC | November 3, 2006
Market-Based Climate Policy in California
Dallas Burtraw
Environmental Law Conference | State Bar of California | Yosemite, CA | October 21, 2006
Design Elements for a Successful CO2 Trading Program
Dallas Burtraw
Public seminar | California Air Resources Board | Sacramento, CA | October 20, 2006
"Dynamic Adjustment to Incentive-Based Environmental Policy to Improve Efficiency and Performance"
Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer
Market Mechanisms and Incentives: Applications to Environmental Policy | EPa | Washington DC | October 17, 2006
Compensation Rules for Climate Policy in the Electricity Sector
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer