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Molly K. Macauley
Research Director and Senior Fellow
202-328-5043
macauley@rff.org
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Molly Macauley's research interests include space economics and policy, the economics of new technologies, recycling and solid waste management, climate policy, and the use of economic incentives in environmental regulation. She also serves as an RFF research director.
  
Featured Publications
Forest Measurement and Monitoring: Technical Capacity and “How Good Is Good Enough?”
Molly K. Macauley, Daniel Morris, Roger A. Sedjo, Kate Farley, Brent L. Sohngen
RFF Report | December 2009
 
Public-Private Co-Production of Risk: Government Indemnification of the Commercial Space Launch Industry
Tim Brennan, Carolyn Kousky, and Molly Macauley
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy | Forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 09-38
 
From Science to Applications: Determinants of Diffusion in the Use of Earth Observations
Molly K. Macauley, Joe Maher, Jhih-Shyang Shih
Journal of Terrestrial Observations | Forthcoming
 
Climate Policy: Carbon Offsets and Earth Observations, Economics, and Measurement
Molly Macauley
Climate Change, Global Change | NASA | Washington, DC | November 23, 2009
 
More Than a Wing and a Prayer: Government Indemnification of the Commercial Space Launch Industry
Timothy J. Brennan, Carolyn Kousky, Molly K. Macauley
RFF Discussion Paper 09-38 | September 2009
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Economics and Earth Observations: Issues in Measuring Global Forests
Molly K. Macauley
California as Seen From Space | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | September 14, 2009
 
Towards a World Forest Virtual Observatory
Molly K. Macauley
Environmental Decision Making | Cal Tech and Jet Propulsion Laboratory | UCSB | July 8, 2009
 
Earth Observations in Social Science Research for Management of Natural Resources and the Environment: Identifying the Landsat Contribution
Molly K. Macauley
Journal of Terrestrial Observation | Spring 2009 | Vol. 1, No. 2 | pp. 31-53 | Related Discussion Paper 09-01
 
The Policy Relevance of Science
Molly K Macauley and Daniel F. Morris
Space News | Vol. 12, No. 2 | p. 19
 
Ecosystem Services: Towards A New Research Agenda (Invited Plenary Presentation)
Molly K. Macauley
ACES Conference | USGS, USDoI, USEPA, USFWS, NSF, NPS, NOAA, USDA | Naples, Florida | December 11, 2008
 
Insurance and Climate Change: Managing Extremes
Molly K. Macauley
Insurance and Climate Change | The Wharton School (Risk Management and Decision Processes Center) and the University of Maryland | College Park, MD | October 30, 2008
 
Visualizing and Using Earth Observations Data (Presentation)
Molly K. Macauley
The First 50 Years of Space and Earth Science: A National Academy of Sciences Town Hall | National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | June 26, 2008
 
United States Civil Space Policy: Summary of a Workshop
Molly Macauley and Joseph Alexander
National Academy of Sciences | 03/31/08
 
Uses and Limitations of Observations, Data, Forecasts, and Other Projections in Decision Support for Selected Sectors and Regions: US Climate Change Science Program, Synthesis and Assessment Report Product 5.1
Molly Macauley and Fred Vukovich, Technical Editors, with Greg Glass, Holly Hartmann, Daewon Byun, and David Renne
NASA, OMB, OSTP | 03/31/08
 
The Supply of Space Infrastructure: Issues in the Theory and Practice of Estimating Costs
Molly K. Macauley
Space Policy | May 2008 | Vol. 24, No. 2
 
Environmentally Sustainable Human Space Activities: Can Challenges of Planetary Protection be Reconciled?
Molly K. Macauley
Astropolitics | November 2007 | Vol. 5 Issue 3
 
Ascribing Societal Benefit to Applied Remote Sensing Products: An Examination of Methodologies Based on the Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Experience
Molly K. Macauley and David J. Diner
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing | September 2007 | Vol. 1 | Related Discussion Paper 06-09
 
Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond
Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future, National Research Council
Note: As a member of the authoring committee, Macauley contributed written material for several sections of this report. | July 2007
 
Satellite Solar Power: Renewed Interest in an Era of Climate Change?
Molly K. Macauley and Jhih-Shyang Shih
Space Policy | May 2007 | Vol. 23, No. 2 | pp. 108-120
 
The Value of Information: Measuring the Contribution of Space-Derived Earth Science Data to Resource Management
Molly K. Macauley
Space Policy | Winter 2006 | Vol 22, No. 4 | pp. 274-282 | Related Discussion Paper 05-26
 
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