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Carolyn Fischer
Senior Fellow
202-328-5012
fischer@rff.org
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Carolyn Fischer's research focuses on policy mechanisms and modeling tools that cut across environmental issues, including environmental policy design and technological change, international trade and environmental policies, and resource economics. In the areas of climate change and energy policy, she has investigated the implications of different designs for emissions trading programs, particularly with respect to allocation schemes, and has also conducted research on CAFE standards, renewable portfolio standards, and energy efficiency programs. In areas of natural resource management, her research addresses issues of wildlife conservation, invasive species, and biotechnology, with particular emphasis on the opportunities and challenges posed by international trade.  
Featured Publications
Combining Policies for Renewable Energy: Is the Whole Less than the Sum of Its Parts?
Carolyn Fischer, Louis Preonas
RFF Discussion Paper 10-19 | March 2010
 
When Revenue Recycling Isn’t Enough or Isn't Allowed: Permit Allocation Strategies to Minimize Emissions Leakage
Carolyn Fischer
Carbon Policies, Competiveness, and Emissions Leakage: An International Perspective | Resources for the Future, Sophia University, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Washington, DC | February 22, 2010
 
Does Trade Help or Hinder the Conservation of Natural Resources?
Carolyn Fischer
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy | Winter 2010 | Vol. 4, No. 1 | pp. 103-121
 
Emissions Targets and the Real Business Cycle: Intensity Targets versus Caps or Taxes
Carolyn Fischer, Michael R. Springborn
RFF Discussion Paper 09-47 | November 2009
 
Managing Partially Protected Resources under Uncertainty
Carolyn Fischer, Ramanan Laxminarayan
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | Vol. 59, No. 2 | pp. 129-141
 
Combining Rebates with Carbon Taxes: Optimal Strategies for Coping with Emissions Leakage and Tax Interactions
Carolyn Fischer, Alan Fox
RFF Discussion Paper 09-12 | May 2009
 
Spatial Management of Invasive Species: Pathways and Policy Options
Jim N. Sanchirico, Heidi J. Albers, Carolyn Fischer and Conrad Coleman
Environmental and Resource Economics | April 2010 | Vol. 45, No. 4 | 517-535
 
When do Renewable Portfolio Standards Lower Electricity Prices?
Carolyn Fischer
The Energy Journal | Related Discussion Paper 06-20
 
Output-Based Allocation of Emissions Permits for Mitigating Tax and Trade Interactions
Carolyn Fischer and Alan Fox
Land Economics | 2007 | Vol. 83, No. 4 | pp. 575-599 | Related Discussion Paper 04-37
 
Comparing Policies to Combat Emissions Leakage: Border Tax Adjustments versus Rebates
Carolyn Fischer, Alan Fox
RFF Discussion Paper 09-02 | February 2009
 
Environmental and Technology Policies for Climate Mitigation
Carolyn Fischer and Richard Newell
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 2008 | Vol. 55, No. 2 | pp. 142-162 | Related Discussion Paper 04-05
 
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