Posted 7 hours ago

I just threw away hard copies of about 18% of all of the contingent valuation method papers ever published between 1976 and 2002. I'm trying to avoid any implication that this is a symbolic act.

Posted 8 hours ago

EconomistMom doesn't seem to think that carbon tax (or cap-and-trade auction) revenues must be paired with reductions in income and corporate taxes in order to generate a little bit of efficiency in t

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Posted 14 hours ago

Slightly weird news:Obesity contributes to global warming, too.Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population lite

Posted 14 hours ago

Not to brag, but (from UK News ...):A recent study regarding the rankings of doctoral programs in economics in the U.S. spotlights the high quality of the Department of Economics at the University of

Tags: economics

Posted 14 hours ago

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, Miami, FLThe National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has a position for a marine economist with the Social Science

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Posted 1 day ago

Update: Apparently John and I were writing at the same time. He just writes faster--or has more time to waste--or something. So I am shortening my post and just giving you my opinion.From the WS

Tags: environmental

Posted 1 day ago

This video reminds me of a time John and I were at yet another thrilling academic conference. I was in the midst of a typically amazing presentation when I was rudely interupted by some inane questi

Posted 1 day ago

From Environmental Capital:Are environmental goods be they polar bears, tropical forests, or cleanair best preserved with a dollar sign on them? Or does the attempt toput a price on everything lea

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Posted 1 day ago

From TerraPass:Dear newsletter subscriber,Just today we launched our petition opposing the gas tax holiday proposed by Senator Clinton and Senator McCain, and already we've gathered 1,000 signatures f

Tags: emissions gas oil tax

Posted 1 day ago

From the Washington Post:The housing perhaps-not-entirely-a-crisis resembles, in one particular, the curious consensus about the global warming crisis, concerning which, the assumption is: Although