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Category: Policy Costs
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If there's been one consistent thread since the beginning of Env-Econ.net, it's our endearing commitment to helping you understand the incentives of gas taxes vs. mileage taxes. Well, the debate is back in the news again as the governments debate ways to overcome… …the myriad hurdles U.S. states face as they experiment with road usage…
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Important new discussion paper from a star-studded cast of environmental and resource economists*… …on the need for the environmental economics discipline to take better care in considering the systemic issues of race and justice in our research published by Resources for the Future: Our paper argues that systemic racism is such a fundamental force in…
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Warning: NSFW (Unless you work at a University and part of your job is to watch stuff like this and post it on a blog). The highlights of this have been around all week, but most of the clips are just Bill Nye the Science Guy saying "motherf***ers. But this segment on Last Week Tonight…
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A couple of weeks ago, soon after EPA Administrator Pruitt's announcement to introduce a rule changing the role of cost-benefit analysis in design of environmental regulations, I wrote an op-ed and submitted it to the NYTimes for consideration. They politely declined (by ignoring the submission) so I submitted it to the Washington Post. They too,…
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The Legislature of the State of Ohio is currently considering legislation to reduce Phosphorous loadings into Lake Erie by 40%. This is a good thing, as reducing Phosphorous going into Lake Erie will reduce the incidence and impact of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Western Lake Erie Basin. The proposed legislation establishes a Clean Lake…
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From NBC.com: This community voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump. But now his immigration changes are killing its livelihood — legendary crabs that are a mainstay of the local economy and a regional delicacy. For decades, Hoopers Island, known for its crabbing industry, has relied on a federal seasonal work program — known as H-2B visas…
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If you want to build a new home in California, you will have to build one with rooftop solar, according to a new mandate from the California Energy Commission. The solar rules will apply to new single-family homes and new multi-family housing of three stories or fewer. Under the plan, builders who obtain construction permits…
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We're working on PhD recruitment this week (if you applied to OSU AEDE and were accepted, join us, we're FUN!). I put together a Google map with our PhD placements since 2007. A bit scary that I might be influencing thinking for this many people and this wide an area.
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Really, could you have made this up? Hat Tip: Paul Jakus
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In our Env-Econ 101 series (to the left), we have a lengthy two part explanation (Part 1, Part 2) of the Hotelling rule for depletable natural resources which is basically summarized as: For a non-renewable, exhaustible resource with completely known stock, no discoveries possible, no alternatives, no recycling, private ownership and constant costs of extraction,…
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