The Second-Best Use of Social Cost Estimates

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Nov. 30, 1997

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Dallas Burtraw and Alan Krupnick

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A significant literature has developed to estimate the damages to third parties from new electricity generation technologies. This paper focuses on how such estimates can be profitably used in the present regulatory environment, and in the potential new environment that may result from restructuring in the electricity industry.

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Dallas Burtraw

Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow

Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at RFF. Burtraw’s research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy and the evolution of electricity markets, including renewables integration.

Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

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