Date
May 1, 2000
Authors
Amy Ando, Winston Harrington, and Virginia McConnell
Publication
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Amy W. Ando
University Fellow
Amy W. Ando is a university fellow at RFF and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics. Ando’s research focuses primarily on the economics of species and habitat conservation.
Winston Harrington
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Virginia McConnell
Senior Fellow Emerita
Virginia McConnell is a senior fellow at RFF. Her recent research is on policies to reduce greenhouse gases from the transportation sector, focusing primarily on the role of electric vehicles.
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