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 | | Molly K. Macauley | | Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow | |
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PROFILE | Molly Macauley's research interests include space economics and policy, the economics of new technologies for research and understanding of the interactions between people and natural resources, the use of economic incentives in environmental regulation, climate and earth science, and recycling and solid waste management. She serves on numerous special committees of the National Academy of Sciences and federal agencies.
She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, the Board of advisers for the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary, and the Women in Aerospace Scholarship Committee. Macauley has testified extensively before Congress and is the author of more than 80 articles, reports, and books.
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| Featured Publications | | Strategically Placing Green Infrastructure: Cost-Effective Land Conservation in the Floodplain | | Kousky, C., S. M. Olmstead, M. A. Walls, and M. Macauley | | Environmental Science & Technology | DOI: 10.1021/es303938c | | | | Forest Carbon Economics: What We Know, What We Do Not, and Whether it Matters | | Molly K Macauley and Nathan Richardson | | Climate Change Economics | December 2012 | Vol. 3, No.4 | | | | Prizes, Patents and Technology Procurement: A Proposed Analytical Framework | | Timothy J. Brennan, Molly K. Macauley, Kate Whitefoot | | RFF Discussion Paper 11-21-REV | December 2012 | | | | Challenges in Managing Long-Lived Environmental Problems | | Molly K Macauley | | US Department of the Interior | DOI Office of Policy Analysis | Washington DC | November 5, 2012 | | | | Forever Ours: Technology, Economics, and Institutions for Managing Long-Lived Environmental Problems | | Molly K. Macauley | | The Carolyn and Edward Wenk, Jr. Lecture in Technology and Public Policy | Johns Hopkins University | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD | April 27, 2012 | | | | Managing Risk through Liability, Regulation, and Innovation: Organizational Design for Spill Containment in Deepwater Drilling Operations | | Nathan D. Richardson, Molly K. Macauley, Mark A. Cohen, Robert Anderson, and Adam Stern | | Risk, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy | 2011 | Vol. 2, No. 2 | Related Discussion Paper 10-63 | | | | Forests in Climate Policy: Technical, Institutional and Economic Issues in Measurement and Monitoring | | Molly Macauley and Roger Sedjo | | Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. | June 2011 | Vol. 15, No. 5 | pp. 499-513 | | | | Forest Carbon Offsets: Possibilities and Limitations | | Molly K. Macauley and Roger Sedjo | | Journal of Forestry | forthcoming | | | | The Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications | | Ramanan Laxminarayan and Molly K. Macauley | | London: Springer | Forthcoming | | | | Using Satellites to Sustain Earth | | Molly K. Macauley | | LiveBetter Magazine | May/June No. 10 | Spring 2011 | | | | Seeing the Forests and the Trees: The Role of Technology, Economics, and Law in US Climate Policy | | Molly K. Macauley and Nathan Richardson | | Berkeley Symposium on Law and Technology | UC Berkeley School of Law | Berkeley CA | March 3, 2011 | | | | Organizational Design for Spill Containment in Deepwater Drilling Operations in the Gulf of Mexico: Assessment of the Marine WellContainment Company (MWCC) | | Robert Anderson, Mark A Cohen, Molly K. Macauley, Nathan Richardson, Adam Stern | | RFF Discussion Paper 10-63 | January 2011 | | Related journal article | | | | Adapting to Climate Change:The Public Policy Response | | Daniel F. Morris, Molly K. Macauley, Raymond J. Kopp, Richard D. Morgenstern, Tiffany Clements | | Issue Brief 10-19 | November 2010 | | | | Earth Observations in US National Space Strategy | | Molly K Macauley | | Astropolitics | Vol. 8, No. 2-3 | 205-219 | | | | Valuing Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications for Realizing Social Benefits | | Molly K. Macauley and Ramanan Laxminarayan | | Space Policy | November 2010 | Vol. 26, No. 4. | pp. 249-551 | | | | Climate Adaptation Policy: The Role and Value of Information | | Molly K. Macauley | | Issue Brief 10-10 | May 2010 | | | | Earth Observations in a National Space Strategy | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space Strategy | Eligar Sadeh | NY, NY: Routledge | 2011 | | | | Waste Not, Want Not: Economic and Legal Challenges of Regulation-Induced Innovation in Waste Technology and Management | | Molly K Macauley | | Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management | Vol. 37, No. 2. | pp. 113-128 | Related Discussion Paper 09-11 | | | | Forests in Climate Policy: Technical, Institutional and Economic Issues in Measurement and Monitoring | | Molly Macauley | | Issues in Modeling Greenhouse Gas Management | National Research Council/Energy Information Administration | Issues in Modeling Greenhouse Gas Management | National Research Council | | | | Why We Need Accurate Maps of the World’s Forests | | Daniel F. Morris, Molly K. Macauley, Roger A. Sedjo | | Resources | Winter 2010 (174) | | | | View All Related Publications |
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS | | Goings On | | James Smith, Anthony Paul, Carolyn Fischer, James W. Boyd, Elisheba Beia Spiller, Sheila M. Olmstead, Molly K. Macauley, Phil Sharp, Carolyn Kousky, Raymond J. Kopp, Dallas Burtraw, Alan J. Krupnick, Yusuke Kuwayama , P. Lynn Scarlett, Karen L. Palmer | | Resources | 2012 (181) | | | | | Inside RFF | | Molly K. Macauley, Alan J. Krupnick, Yusuke Kuwayama , Carolyn Kousky, Elisheba Beia Spiller, Roger M. Cooke, James W. Boyd, Jintao Xu, Jared Carbone, James Smith, W. Reed Walker, Michael Madowitz, Alison Sexton, Junjie Zhang | | Resources | 2012 (179) | | | | | Resources Magazine: 178 | | Wolfram Schlenker, James N. Sanchirico, Molly K. Macauley, Daniel F. Morris, James W. Boyd, Alan J. Krupnick, Ian W.H. Parry, Phil Sharp | | Resources | Summer 2011 (178) | | | | | Climate Change in the United States: Expected Environmental Impacts and Necessary Federal Action | | Molly K. Macauley, Daniel F. Morris | | Resources | Summer 2011 (178) | | | | | Investing in Information to Respond to a Changing Climate | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Summer 2011 (178) | | | | | Inside RFF | | Hilary Sigman, Molly K. Macauley, Roger A. Sedjo, Paul R. Portney, Nigel Purvis, Abigail Jones, Leonard A. Shabman, Roger M. Cooke, Althea Davies, Maureen L. Cropper | | Resources | Summer 2011 (178) | | | | | Using Satellites to Sustain Earth | | Molly K. Macauley | | LiveBetter Magazine | May/June No. 10 | Spring 2011 | | | | | Resources Magazine | | Joseph E. Aldy, John W. Anderson, Lynann Butkiewicz, Mark A Cohen, Roger M. Cooke, Arthur G. Fraas, Madeline Gottlieb, Kristin Hayes, Carolyn Kousky, Joshua Linn, Molly K. Macauley, Richard D. Morgenstern, Daniel F. Morris, Timothy Murphy, Nigel Purvis, Leslie Richardson, Nathan Richardson, Heather L. Ross, P. Lynn Scarlett, Adam Stern, Andrew R Stevenson | | Resources | Winter/Spring 2011 (177) | | | | | The Next Battle: Containing Future Major Oil Spills | | Mark A Cohen, Molly K. Macauley, Nathan Richardson | | Resources | Winter/Spring 2011 (177) | | | | | Adapting to Climate Change:The Public Policy Response | | Daniel F. Morris, Molly K. Macauley, Raymond J. Kopp, Richard D. Morgenstern, Tiffany Clements | | Issue Brief 10-19 | November 2010 | | | | | The Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications for Realizing Social Benefit | | Molly K. Macauley, Ramanan Laxminarayan | | Conference Summary | August 2010 | | | | | Climate Adaptation Policy: The Role and Value of Information | | Molly K. Macauley | | Issue Brief 10-10 | May 2010 | | | | | Forests in Climate Policy: Technical, Institutional and Economic Issues in Measurement and Monitoring | | Molly Macauley | | Issues in Modeling Greenhouse Gas Management | National Research Council/Energy Information Administration | Issues in Modeling Greenhouse Gas Management | National Research Council | | | | | Why We Need Accurate Maps of the World’s Forests | | Daniel F. Morris, Molly K. Macauley, Roger A. Sedjo | | Resources | Winter 2010 (174) | | | | | Why We Need Accurate Maps of the World’s Forests | | Daniel Morris, Molly Macauley, and Roger Sedjo | | Resources 174 | 174 | winter | | | | | Calibrating the Science and Economics of Climate Policy | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space News | Vol. 20 Issue 42 | pp. 21-22 | | | | | Climate Change and Policy Considerations: New Roles for Earth Science | | Molly K. Macauley | | Issue Brief 09-02 | January 2009 | | | | | The Policy Relevance of Science | | Molly K Macauley and Daniel F. Morris | | Space News | Vol. 12, No. 2 | p. 19 | | | | | Space as the Canonical Global Commons: An Introduction to Its Economics | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Spring 2008 (168) | | | | | Our Global Commons | | Phil Sharp, Molly K. Macauley, Juha V. Siikamäki, Hellen Gelband, Dallas Burtraw, Richard D. Morgenstern | | Resources | Spring 2008 (168) | | | | | The Elusive Challenge of Estimating Costs | | Molly Macauley and Prabirendra Chatterjee | | Space News | Vol. 18 No. 30 | pp. 18-19 | | | | | A World of Information: In Shadow of Climate Debate This Country Owes it to its Future to Set up a Comprehensive File on Data about Earth | | William B. Gail, Molly K. Macauley, and Neal F. Lane | | The Houston Chronicle | | | | | A US Earth Information Strategy? Guest Editorial | | William B. Gail, Neal F. Lane, and Molly K. Macauley | | Imaging Notes | Vol. 22, No. 2 | Summer 2007 | | | | | New Opportunities to See Our Environmental Relationships | | William B Gail, Molly K. Macauley, Shalini Vajjhala | | Resources | Spring 2007 (165) | | | | | A National Earth Information Initiative | | William B. Gail, Molly Macauley, and Neal F. Lane | | Space News | vol. 18, no. 13 | pp. 19, 21 | | | | | Changing Our Perspective | | Roberta Balstad, Anthony C. Janetos, and Molly K. Macauley | | Space News | Vol 18 No. 12 | pp. 27,29 | | | | | Economic Issues in Interstate Shipping of Municipal Solid Waste | | Molly K. Macauley | | 22nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management | Widener University | 22nd International Solid Waste Technology and Management Conference | Widener University | March 2007 | | | | | Who Collects? Trash Pickup Controlled by Monopolies | | Molly K. Macauley | | The Charleston Gazette | p. 5A | | | | | “ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE” SPACE EXPLORATION: RECONCILING CHALLENGES OF PLANETARY PROTECTION | | Molly K. Macauley | | Policy and Law Relating to Outer Space Resources: The Example of the Moon, Mars and Other Celestial Bodies | McGill University and the International Institute of Space Law | Policy and Law Relating to Outer Space Resources: The Example of the Moon, Mars and Other Celestial Bodies | McGill University | Forthcoming | | | | | Taking Risks on the Space Frontier | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Summer 2005 (158) | | | | | The Priority of Earth Science in the Space Budget | | Molly K. Macauley | | op-ed in Space News | February 2005 | | | | | Space Resources and the Challenge of Energy and the Environment | | Molly K. Macauley and David Chen | | Background Paper published by the International Futures Program, OECD, Paris, France | Winter 2004 | | | | | Public Policy and Climate Change: The Essential but Little Known Contribution of Earth Science Remote Sensing Data and Products | | Molly K. Macauley | | Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium | | | | | Is the Vision of the Earth Observation Summit Realizable? | | Molly K. Macauley | | Paper prepared for the American Meteorological Society Summer Policy Colloquium | Summer, 2004 | | | | | Look Before You Launch | | Molly K. Macauley | | op-ed in the Baltimore Sun | March 2004 | p. 13A | | | | | Water, Water, Everywhere? | | Molly K. Macauley | | op-ed in Space News | Vol. 15, No. 5 | February 2004 | p. 13 | | | | | Keep Exploring the Final Frontier? | | Molly K. Macauley | | solicited letter to the editor, The Baltimore Sun | April 2003 | p. 13A | | | | | Exploring the Promises and Perils of Technology | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Winter 2003 (149) | | | | | An Index-Based Performance Measure for Public Investment in New Technology | | Molly K. Macauley | | Benchmarking Evaluation of Public Science an Technology Programs, Tekes Report | 2003 | | | | | Rethinking NASA Centers | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space News | Vol. 13, No. 5 | (op-ed.) | February 4, 2002 | p. 15 | | | | | The Environment and the Information Age: The Costs of Coping With Used Computer Monitors | | Molly K. Macauley, Karen L. Palmer, Jhih-Shyang Shih, Sarah Cline, Heather Holsinger | | Resources | Fall 2001 (145) | | | | | Commercializing Space | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space News | Vol. 12, No. 4 | (op-ed.) | January 29, 2001 | p. 15 | | | | | Costs Outweighs Benefits of Space Solar Power | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space News | Vol. 11, No. 22 | (op-ed.) | June 5, 2000 | p. 19 | | | | | Commercialization without NASA | | Molly K. Macauley and Timothy Brennan | | Space News | Vol. 9, No. 7 | (op-ed.) | February 16-22, 1998 | p. 29 | | | | | A Quality Adjusted Index for Estimating Future Consumer Surplus from Innovation: A Case Study for the Advanced Technology Program | | Molly K. Macauley and David Austin | | The Economic Evaluation of Technological Change | U.S. Department of Congress Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology | Papers and Proceedings of the Advanced Technology Program's International Conference on the Economic Evaluation of Technological Change | Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology | 2001 | | | | | Life in the Universe and the Economics of Asking What if Questions | | Molly K. Macauley | | Life on Mars: What are the Implications? | Space Policy Institute | Life on Mars: What are the Implications? | Washington, D.C.: Space Policy Institute, George Washington University | 1997 | pp. 67-74 | | | | | Some Dimensions of the Value of Weather Information: General Principles and a Taxonomy of Empirical Approaches | | Molly K. Macauley | | Workshop on the Social and Economic Impacts of Weather | Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) | Report of the Workshop on the Social and Economic Impacts of Weather | Boulder, CO: ESIG/NCAR | May 1997 | | | | | A Merger of Science and Commerce | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space News | (op-ed.) | March 31 - April 6, 1997 | | | | | Data Policy and Industry Structure as They Relate to Market Value | | Molly K. Macauley | | Eco-Informa '96 | Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) | Global Networks for Environmental Information | Ann Arbor, MI: ERIM | 1996 | Vol. 10, pp. 221-228 | | | | | Managing Orbital Debris | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space News | Vol. 7, No. 33 | (op-ed.) | September 30 - October 6, 1996 | p. 13 | | | | | Performance Measures in the Earth Observations Commercialization Applications Program | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space Technology and Applications International Forum | American Institute of Physics | Space Technology and Applications International Forum | Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press | 1996 | AIP Conference Proceedings #361, pp. 279-283 | | | | | The Economic Value of Space Exploration | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Winter 1995 (188) | | | | | The Impact of Environmental Liability on Industrial Real Estate Development | | Molly K. Macauley, James W. Boyd | | Resources | Winter 1994 (114) | | | | | In Pursuit of a Sustainable Space Environment: Economic Issues in Regulating Space Debris | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Summer 1993 (112) | | | | | Incentive-Based Approaches to Regulating Toxic Substances | | Molly K. Macauley, Karen L. Palmer | | Resources | Summer 1992 (108) | | | | | Remote Sensing of Earth from Space: Economic and Policy Issues | | Molly K. Macauley, Michael A. Toman | | Resources | Spring 1992 (107) | | | | | Collective Goods and National Sovereignty: Conflicting Values in Global Information Acquisition | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space Monitoring of Global Change | Space Monitoring of Global Change | 1992 | | | | | Highway Robbery: The Social Costs of Hazardous Materials Incidents on the Capitol Beltway | | Molly K. Macauley, Ted Glickman, and Paul Portney | | State and Local Issues in Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Towards a National Strategy | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Urban Transportation Division | Proceedings of the National Conference on Hazardous Materials Transportation | ASCE | 1991 | | | | | Launch Vouchers Offer New Space Research Opportunities | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Summer 1989 (96) | | | | | Social Costs of Current Transportation Policies for Hazardous Materials: A Case Study | | Molly K. Macauley and Ted Glickman | | NC State Economist | November 1989 | | | | | Decision Time for Allocating Resources on the Space Station | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Fall 1987 (89) | | | | | Space Transportation Policy: A Year of Upheaval | | Molly K. Macauley | | Resources | Winter 1987 (86) | | | | | An Economic Perspective of the 21st Century Space Station | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space Station in the Twenty-First Century | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) | Space Station in the Twenty-First Century | 1986 | AIAA Paper 86-2348 | | | | |
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