Date
April 23, 2007
Authors
Richard D. Morgenstern, Mun Ho, Jhih-Shyang Shih, and Xuehua Zhang
Publication
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Richard D. Morgenstern
Senior Fellow
Richard Morgenstern is a senior fellow at RFF. His research focuses on the economic analysis of environmental issues with an emphasis on the costs, benefits, evaluation, and design of environmental policies.
Mun Ho
Visiting Fellow
Mun Ho is a visiting fellow at RFF whose research centers on economic growth, productivity, taxation, and environmental economics.
Jhih-Shyang Shih
Fellow
Jhih-Shyang Shih is a fellow at RFF. His research interests lie in integrated system analysis of environmental and resource policy and decisionmaking.
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