Voluntary versus Mandatory Approaches to Climate Change Mitigation

Media Highlight — Feb 3, 2025

E&E News: “Trump’s 10-for-1 Regs Order Jettisons Rulemaking Revamp”

RFF President and CEO Billy Pizer comments on the revision of Circular A-4, an important piece of federal guidance for cost-benefit analysis.

Journal Article — Mar 8, 2023

A Review of Retrospective Cost Analyses

This article reviews evidence from 28 peer-reviewed studies of the realized costs of 13 US Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

Journal Article — Jan 6, 2023

How Much Do Consumers Value Fuel Economy and Performance? Evidence from Technology Adoption

This paper evaluates the welfare consequences of automakers forgoing performance increases to raise fuel economy.

Journal Article — Sep 21, 2022

Environmental Regulation and Product Attributes: The Case of European Passenger Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards

This paper implements a novel strategy to estimate the causal welfare effects of energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions standards on product attributes.