Publications

We assess how changing fuel prices affect vehicle purchase decisions for rental car companies and other fleet buyers in the United States and compare the results to retail vehicle purchases.

We use data on millions of bike-share trips to show how climate change will affect outdoor recreation. By midcentury, recreation will increase due to fewer cold days each year.

The optimal design of carbon dioxide taxes and energy subsidies depends on behavioral biases and transaction costs, known as microfrictions.

This study estimates benefits and costs of DOE’s proposed profit guarantee for coal and nuclear generators.

This report examines estimates of and approaches to quantifying the costs of US dependence on oil, finding that the oil security premium is likely lower than reported in the existing literature.

The shale revolution has dramatically changed the position of the United States as an energy producer.

Oregon lawmakers can use the distribution of emissions allowances under a proposed cap-and-trade program to reduce emissions leakage and achieve broader policy objectives.

This paper draws on previous research on environmental adder policies and the social cost of carbon to offer lessons for the design of electricity sector carbon adder policies.

New analysis provides guidance and insight on the impacts of using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

Market forces explain much of the US electricity sector NOx emissions reductions and nearly all coal plant retirements.

This report describes costs and key issues for power plant owners after a coal, gas, oil, wind, or solar plant retires.

This report examines more sophisticated modeling for benefit-cost analysis of electricity policies and infrastructure.

Growth in oil and gas production has led to major new revenues for US state and local governments. This paper examines the top 16 oil and gas producing states, showing substantial variation in how these revenues are collected and allocated.