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Knowledge Area: Natural And Biological Resources
 
Completed Projects     (202 found)Collapse
 TitleSort Descending Date  Researchers
A Systematic Examination of the Implementation and Outcomes of the Plant Protection Act as Related to the Commercialization of Transgenic Trees for the Production of Timber and Industrial Wood 2002 Roger A. Sedjo
Achieving Pollution Reductions from Electric Generation by Promoting Fuel Switching from Coal to Natural Gas 1998 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer
Achieving Sustainable Forestry Through International Agreements 1996 Roger A. Sedjo
Addressing the Distributional Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Controls 2000 James N. Sanchirico,
Richard D. Morgenstern,
Jhih-Shyang Shih,
William A. Pizer
Advisory Technical Assistance for Shanxi Air Quality Improvement Richard D. Morgenstern,
Ruth Greenspan Bell
Alternating Currents: Electricity Markets and Public Policy 1999 Karen L. Palmer,
Timothy J. Brennan
Amplifying the Policy Signal: La Niña Forecasts and Flood Management in the Pacific Northwest 1999 Robert Hersh,
Kris F. Wernstedt
Analysis of EPA's SO2 Allowance Tracking System 1996 Dallas Burtraw
Analysis of Strategies to Reduce NOx Emissions in the Electricity Sector 1998 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer
The Ancillary Benefits and Costs of Climate Change Mitigation: A Primer 2000 Alan J. Krupnick
Ancillary Benefits and the Net Costs of Climate Policies: A Primer 1997 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer,
Alan J. Krupnick
Ancillary Environmental Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies 1996 Michael A. Toman
Assessing the Impact of Electricity Restructuring on the Environment in Maryland 2000 Karen L. Palmer,
Dallas Burtraw
Assessing the Value of Biodiversity 1995 R. David Simpson
Assessing the Value of Technology Transfer and Satellite Remote Sensing 1999 Molly K. Macauley
Assessment of Title IV and Lessons for Other Regulatory Programs 1994 Dallas Burtraw
Bayesian Analysis in Environmental Decisionmaking 1999 James D. Wilson
Benefit-Cost Analysis Primer 1995 Alan J. Krupnick,
Michael A. Toman,
Raymond J. Kopp
Benefits and Costs of Alternative Pollution Control Strategies for Traditional Brick Kilns in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico 1999 Allen Blackman,
Jhih-Shyang Shih
Biodiversity in Thailand 1997 R. David Simpson
Brownfields Pilots 1998 Robert Hersh
Building Environmental Citizenship to Support Transboundary Pollution Reduction in the Danube: A Pilot Project in Hungary and Slovenia 2000 Ruth Greenspan Bell
Can Carbon Sinks Be Operational? 2000 Roger A. Sedjo
Capacity Development and Consolidation of Small Water Systems 2001 William A. Pizer,
Winston Harrington,
Jhih-Shyang Shih
Carbon Abatement Policies and Technological Innovation 1997 Ian W.H. Parry,
William A. Pizer,
Carolyn Fischer
Carbon Consequences of Tax Reform 1999 Raymond J. Kopp,
Alan J. Krupnick,
Richard D. Morgenstern
The Choice of Modeling Platform for Analyzing Carbon Policy: A Workshop 1996 Raymond J. Kopp
Choosing Policies for Encouraging Carbon-Reducing Technology 2002 Richard G. Newell,
Carolyn Fischer,
Ian W.H. Parry
Clean Development Mechanism: Key Architectural Issues of Implementation, Enforcement, and Economic Incentives 2000 Carolyn Fischer
Cleaning Up the Nuclear Weapons Complex: Does Anybody Care? Katherine N. Probst,
Adam Lowe
Cleaning Up the Nuclear Weapons Complex: Exploring New Approaches 1997 Katherine N. Probst
Climate and Carbon Sinks 1993 Roger A. Sedjo
Climate Change Economics Research in India 1999 Michael A. Toman
Climate Change in Developing Countries 1999 Urvashi Narain
Climate Change Policy Analysis 2003 Ian W.H. Parry
Climate, El Nino, and the Eastern Forests 1996 Roger A. Sedjo
Comparative Analysis of Hazardous Waste Management Programs in Selected Countries 1998 Katherine N. Probst,
Thomas C. Beierle
Congestion Taxes and Revenue Recycling 2000 Ian W.H. Parry
Cost Heterogeneity and the Potential Gains from UsingMarket-Based Environmental Policies 1998 Richard G. Newell
The Cost of Environmental Policy in a General Equilibrium Framework 2001 William A. Pizer
Cost of Habitat Conservation 1997 James W. Boyd,
R. David Simpson
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Policy with Uncertain Discount Rates 2000 Richard G. Newell,
William A. Pizer
Cost-Benefit and Uncertainty Analysis for Ambient Ozone Reduction 1997 Alan J. Krupnick,
Jhih-Shyang Shih
Costs and Health Benefits of Fish Advisories: Mercury in the Chesapeake Bay 2000 Alan J. Krupnick
The Costs of Excise Taxes and Income Taxes 2000 Ian W.H. Parry
Creating Transparency in Environmental Policy 2001 Ruth Greenspan Bell,
Thomas C. Beierle
Design and Evaluation of Private and Social Benefits from the XL Program's Information Technology Projects 1996 Alan J. Krupnick
The Determinants of Successful Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking 1999 Thomas C. Beierle,
Jerry Cayford
Development of the Tracking and Analysis Framework 1996 Alan J. Krupnick,
Dallas Burtraw,
David H. Austin
The Diffusion of New Technologies: A Microeconomic Analysis of Firm Decisionmaking at the Plant Level 1997 William A. Pizer,
Raymond J. Kopp,
Richard D. Morgenstern,
Jhih-Shyang Shih
Dissemination of Carbon-Reducing Technologies in Manufacturing Establishments 1997 Richard D. Morgenstern,
Jhih-Shyang Shih
Dynamic General Equilibrium Modeling Under Uncertainty 1997 William A. Pizer
Early Action in U.S. Climate 2000 Richard D. Morgenstern
Early Emission Reduction Programs for CO2 1999 Ian W.H. Parry,
Michael A. Toman
Ecological Economics 1995 R. David Simpson
Ecological Resource Management 1998 R. David Simpson
Economic Fishery Conservation through Individual Transferable Quota: Evidence from the New Zealand Experience 1999 James N. Sanchirico,
Richard G. Newell
The Economics of "Tailored Regulation" and Its Implications for EPA's Project XL 1998 Allen Blackman,
James W. Boyd
The Economics of Carbon Taxes and Permits: An Integrated Climate Economy Assessment of Policy Efficiency Under Uncertainty 1997 William A. Pizer
Economics of Waste Management 2000 Margaret A. Walls,
Karen L. Palmer,
Molly K. Macauley,
Jhih-Shyang Shih
The Economy and the Environment 1995 Richard D. Morgenstern
Ecosystem Management: An Uncharted Path for Public Forests 1995 Roger A. Sedjo
Efficiency and Distributional Consequences of the Allocation of Tradable Emission Allowances and Tradable Performance Standards 2000 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer,
William A. Pizer,
Carolyn Fischer
Efficient Emission Fees in the U.S. Electricity Sector 2002 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer,
H. Spencer Banzhaf
Electricity, Climate Change and Renewables 2003 Karen L. Palmer,
Dallas Burtraw
Electronic Environmental Democracy: The Future of Information Technology in Participatory Environmental Management 1999 Thomas C. Beierle
Emission Fees for Motor Vehicles: Properties and Public Receptivity 1995 Virginia D. McConnell,
Winston Harrington
Energy and Economic Development: State of Knowledge and Key Unanswered Questions 2002 Michael A. Toman
Energy Security: Problems and Policies 2001 Michael A. Toman
Energy-Saving Technological Change: The Effects of Economic Incentives and Direct Regulation 1997 Richard G. Newell
Enforcing Environmental Regulation: Implications of Remote Sensing Technology 1995 Timothy J. Brennan,
Molly K. Macauley
Environmental and Economic Implications of CAFÉ 2002 Carolyn Fischer,
Ian W.H. Parry,
Winston Harrington
Environmental Benefits from Location-Efficient Mortgages: Barriers and Opportunities 1996 Alan J. Krupnick,
Allen Blackman
Environmental Impacts of the Service Sector 1999 Terry Davies
Environmental Regulation and Export Performance of U.S. Manufacturers 1998 William A. Pizer,
Richard D. Morgenstern,
Jhih-Shyang Shih
Environmental Regulation and Manufacturing Productivity 1995 Richard D. Morgenstern
Environmental Regulatory Reform in China's Chongqing Municipality 1995 Walter Spofford
Environmentally Friendly Technological Change in the Informal Sector: Mexican Traditional Brick Makers 1995 Allen Blackman
Estimating the Cost Savings from Incentive-Based Environmental Policies when Costs are Heterogeneous 1999 William A. Pizer,
Jhih-Shyang Shih,
Richard G. Newell
Estimating the Future Costs of the Superfund Program 2000 Katherine N. Probst,
David M. Konisky,
Robert Hersh,
Mike Batz
Estimating the General Equilibrium Benefits of Large Changes in Spatially Delineated Public Goods 2001 H. Spencer Banzhaf
Estimation and Valuation of Environmental Externalities from Electricity Generation in Maryland: A Modeling Framework and Estimates 1996 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer
Estimation of Health Effects and Values for Air Quality Improvements: The Cases of Taiwan and Los Angeles 1993 Alan J. Krupnick
Evaluating Intel's XL Permit 1995 James W. Boyd,
Allen Blackman
Evaluating Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking 1998 Thomas C. Beierle
Evaluation of Prior Projections of the Performance and Cost of Renewables in Electricity Generation 1998 Dallas Burtraw
An Evaluation Plan for CMAQ Projects 1997 Alan J. Krupnick
Explaining Public Opposition to Policies with Economic Incentives 1996 Winston Harrington,
Alan J. Krupnick
Extended Liability 1994 James W. Boyd
Extended Product Responsibility as Environmental Policy: An Economic Evaluation 1998 Karen L. Palmer,
Margaret A. Walls
Federal Forest Pricing: Magnitude, Source and Effects of Fluctuations 1997 Amy W. Ando
Finishing "Unfinished Business" Settling Environmental Health Priorities 1998 Alan J. Krupnick,
Terry Davies,
Thomas C. Beierle,
Pete Nelson
Fiscal Considerations and the Costs of Carbon Policies 2000 Ian W.H. Parry
Forest Biotechnology 1999 Roger A. Sedjo
Forest Carbon Modeling 1999 Roger A. Sedjo
Forest Modeling, Timber Supply and Carbon 1992 Roger A. Sedjo
Forests, Carbon and Climate Change 1993 Roger A. Sedjo
Green Price Indices 2001 H. Spencer Banzhaf
How Should Metropolitan Washington D.C., Finance It's Transportation Deficit? 2000 Ian W.H. Parry
How the Distribution of Emission Allowances Affects the Cost of Pollution Control 2001 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer
Identifying Cost-Effective Environmental Policies that Address Distributional Concerns 2001 Ian W.H. Parry,
Molly K. Macauley
Impacts of Climate Change on Global Timber Markets 1995 Roger A. Sedjo
Implementation of the Biosafety Protocol 2001 Michael R. Taylor
Implementation of the U.S. Action Plan for Food Security 2000 Michael R. Taylor
Implementing an Integrated, Risk-Based Food Safety System 2001 Michael R. Taylor,
Sandra A. Hoffmann
Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation on Oaxaca's Shade-Grown Coffee Plantations 1999 Allen Blackman,
Jo Albers
Indicators of Ecosystem Value: Deriving Units of Exchange for Habitat Trades, Banking and Preservation Priorities 1999 James W. Boyd,
R. David Simpson
Industrial Air Pollution Control along the U.S.-Mexican Border 2001 Allen Blackman
Innovative Applications of International Market Mechanisms 1995 Richard D. Morgenstern
An Integrated Analysis of Market Based Instruments for Pollution Reduction and Land-Use: Are there Economies of Scope? 1999 Alan J. Krupnick,
Jhih-Shyang Shih,
James N. Sanchirico
Integrated Analysis of Pollution Control in the Electricity Sector, Phase 3 2001 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer
Integrated Analysis of Uncertainties in a Model of Electricity Supply, Demand, and Environmental Consequences 1999 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer
Integrated Assessment of Climate Change 1998 William A. Pizer
An Integrated System for Analyzing Carbon Trading 1998 Karen L. Palmer,
Dallas Burtraw,
William A. Pizer,
Michael A. Toman,
Winston Harrington,
James N. Sanchirico,
Richard G. Newell
Interest Group Participation in Russian Environmental Protection 1999 Ruth Greenspan Bell
International Cooperation to Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases: An International Workshop 1997 Michael A. Toman
International Institutional Development and Environmental Assistance 1998 Ruth Greenspan Bell
International Interactions of Taxes and Environmental Policy 1998 Carolyn Fischer
Investigating the IM240 Fast-Pass-Fast-Fail Algorithm 1997 Winston Harrington,
Virginia D. McConnell
Is the Gasoline Tax too Small or too Large? 2000 Ian W.H. Parry
Japanese Contingent Valuation Survey 1999 Alan J. Krupnick
Land Planning and Issue Analysis 1997 Kris F. Wernstedt
Least-Cost Ozone Modeling 1996 Alan J. Krupnick
Linking Land Use and Superfund Cleanups Katherine N. Probst,
Kris F. Wernstedt,
Robert Hersh
Literature Review of Environmental Externalities 1995 David H. Austin
Long-Term Stewardship and the Nuclear Weapons Complex: The Challenge Ahead 1995 Katherine N. Probst
Long-Term Stewardship at Contaminated Sites: Innovative Funding and Oversight Mechanisms 1995 Katherine N. Probst,
Carl J. Bauer
Managing Genetically Modified Crops for Pest Resistance and Biodiversity 2000 R. David Simpson,
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Measuring Success for Superfund 2002 Katherine N. Probst
Measuring the Contribution to the Economy of Investments in Renewable Energy: Estimates of Future Consumer Gains 2000 Molly K. Macauley,
Joel Darmstadter,
Jhih-Shyang Shih,
David H. Austin
Millennium Ecoystem Assessment 2002 R. David Simpson,
Jo Albers
A Model for Ranking the Public Health Impact of Foodborne Hazards 2001 Michael R. Taylor
Mortality Risk Evaluation and Stated Preference Methods: An Exploratory Study 1995 Alan J. Krupnick
Motorists' Behavioral Adjustments: Implications for Emission Inventory Models 1996 Alan J. Krupnick,
Virginia D. McConnell,
Winston Harrington
Multi Pollutant Policies For The Electricity Sector and Environmental Quality In The Empire State 2002 Dallas Burtraw,
Karen L. Palmer,
Jhih-Shyang Shih,
H. Spencer Banzhaf
National Forest Management 1996 Roger A. Sedjo
Natural Wealth, Rural Livelihoods, and Demographic Change in India 2000 Urvashi Narain
Negotiating the Currents of Brownfields Regulation 2000 Kris F. Wernstedt,
Robert Hersh
The New Face of the Clean Water Act: A Critical Review of the EPA's New TMDL Rules 1998 James W. Boyd
NOx Emissions Trading and Episodic Air Quality Violations In Maryland 2000 Dallas Burtraw,
Alan J. Krupnick
Planning Principles for Water Resources and Evaluation Criteria for Climate Change 1997 Kenneth D. Frederick
Plantation Forestry 1979 Roger A. Sedjo
Policies for Reducing Traffic Congestion 2000 Ian W.H. Parry
Pollution Control in the United States: Evaluating the System 1996 Terry Davies
Preliminary Assessment of Tire Piles as an Environmental and Health Hazard 2001 Alan J. Krupnick,
Allen Blackman
Private Land Conservation 2002 Jo Albers
Productivity Growth in Four Natural Resource Industries 1996 R. David Simpson
Promoting Dialogue Among the Greenhouse Gas-Emitting States 2000 Richard D. Morgenstern
Promoting Environmental Compliance with Financial Responsibility Requirements 1999 James W. Boyd,
Sandra A. Hoffmann
Public Participation in Environmental Management in the Great Lakes Region 1998 Thomas C. Beierle
Rationing, Waiting Costs, and the Efficiency of Public and Private Health Care Systems 2000 Ian W.H. Parry
Reforming Permitting Ruth Greenspan Bell,
Terry Davies,
Robert Hersh
Regulating Government 2001 Katherine N. Probst,
Terry Davies
Regulatory Capacity Building in Developing Countries 2001 Michael R. Taylor
Regulatory Framework for Water Pollution Control in China's Xiaoqing River Basin 1995 Walter Spofford
Relicensing of Hydroelectric Facilities 1994 Kenneth D. Frederick
Research on the Cost of Environmental Regulation 1998 Winston Harrington,
Virginia D. McConnell,
Richard D. Morgenstern,
Pete Nelson
Revision of the Tracking and Analysis Framework: Updating and Improving the Incorporation of Emissions Modeling of Atmospheric Transport 2002 Dallas Burtraw,
H. Spencer Banzhaf
Risk Analysis 1996 Alan J. Krupnick
Role of Biotechnology in Future Plantation Forests 1998 Roger A. Sedjo
The Role of Economics in the Endangered Species Act 1997 Amy W. Ando
The Role of Fiscal Policy in Investment Decisions and Environmental Planning in a Competitive Electricity Industry 1995 Dallas Burtraw
Searching for the Profit in Pollution Prevention: Case Studies in the Corporate Evaluation of Environmental investment Opportunities 1997 James W. Boyd
Second-Best Congestion Taxes 2000 Ian W.H. Parry
SIP Process, Conformity and Metropolitan Transportation Planning 2000 Winston Harrington,
Alan J. Krupnick,
Pete Nelson
Small-Scale Source Pollution Control in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Leather Tanneries in León, Mexico 1999 Allen Blackman
Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants of Disease Transmission 2001 Ramanan Laxminarayan
Southern Appalachian Mountain Initiative 1995 Dallas Burtraw
Spatial Aspects of Forest Use and Management in Developing Countries: Nontimber Forest Product Extraction and Management 1996 Jo Albers
Species and Habitat Conservation Policy in the United States 1997 Amy W. Ando
StarLink Case Study: Imp