Date
May 28, 2010
Authors
Carolyn Kousky and Roger Cooke
Publication
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Dr. Carolyn Kousky
Nonresident Fellow
Dr. Carolyn Kousky is a nonresident fellow at RFF and Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at Environmental Defense Fund.
Roger Cooke
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Roger Cooke is a senior fellow emeritus at RFF. He joined RFF in September 2005 as the first appointee to the Chauncey Starr Chair in Risk Analysis.
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