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Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Stavins, Robert N. "Environmental Protection and Economic Well-Being: How Does (and How Should) Government Balance These Two Important Values?" KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-35, August 2003.
Stavins, Robert N. "Market-Based Environmental Policies: What Can We Learn from U.S. Experience and Related Research?" KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-031, July 2003.
Lubowski, Ruben N., Andrew J. Plantinga, and Robert N. Stavins. "Determinants of Land-Use Change in the United States, 1982-1997: Results from a National-Level Econometric and Simulation Analysis." Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Conference Paper, July 2003.
Snyder, Lori D., Nolan Miller, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing." American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 93.2 (May 2003): 431-435.
Stavins, Robert N. "Taking Fish to Market; Why Not Trade Fishing Rights Like Pollution Credits?" Forbes, April 23, 2003.
Snyder, Lori D., Robert N. Stavins, and Alexander F. Wagner. "Private Options to Use Public Goods: Exploiting Revealed Preferences to Estimate Environmental Benefits." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-013, March 2003.
Olmstead, Sheila, W. Michael Hanemann, and Robert N. Stavins. "Does Price Structure Matter? Household Water Demand Under Increasing-Block and Uniform Prices." NBER Research Paper, March 2003.
Jaffe, Adam B., Richard G. Newell, and Robert N. Stavins. "Technological Change and the Environment." Handbook of Environmental Economics, Volume 1. Ed. Karl-Göran Mäler and Jeffrey Vincent. Elsevier Science, 2003.
Stavins, Robert N., Alexander F. Wagner, and Gernot Wagner. "Interpreting Sustainability in Economic Terms: Dynamic Efficiency Plus Intergenerational Equity." Economic Letters 79 (2003): 339-343.
Stavins, Robert N., and Richard G. Newell. "Cost Heterogeneity and the Potential Savings from Market-Based Policies." Journal of Regulatory Economics 23.1 (January 2003): 43-59.
Stavins, Robert N. "Experience with Market-Based Environmental Policy Instruments." Handbook of Environmental Economics, Volume 1. Ed. Karl-Göran Mäler and Jeffrey Vincent. Elsevier Science, 2003.
Snyder, Lori, Nolan Miller, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP03-014, January 2003.
Barrett, Scott, and Robert N. Stavins. "Increasing Participation and Compliance in International Climate Change Agreements." International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 3 (2003): 349-376.
Aldy, Joseph E., Scott Barrett, and Robert N. Stavins. "Thirteen Plus One: A Comparison of Global Climate Policy Architectures." Climate Policy 3.4 (2003): 373-397.
Hahn, Robert W., Sheila M. Olmstead, and Robert N. Stavins. "Environmental Regulation During the 1990s: A Retrospective Analysis." Harvard Environmental Law Review 27.2 (2003): 377-415.
Stavins, Robert N. “A Better Way to Regulate Fishing.” Boston Globe, December 2, 2002.
Stavins, Robert N., and Lawrence H. Goulder. “An Eye on the Future: How Economists’ Controversial Practice of Discounting Really Affects the Evaluation of Environmental Policies.” Nature 419 (October 17, 2002): 673-674.
Stavins, Robert N., and Scott Barrett. “Increasing Participation and Compliance in International Climate Change Agreements.” KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-031, August 2002.
Stavins, Robert N. “Brayton Point Power Plant: Weigh Costs to Benefit.” Boston Business Journal, June 21, 2002.
Stavins, Robert N., Alexander Wagner, and Gernot Wagner. "Interpreting Sustainability in Economic Terms: Dynamic Efficiency Plus Intergenerational Equity." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-018, May 2002.
Plantinga, Robert, Ruben Lubowski, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Effects of Potential Land Development on Agricultural Land Prices." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-012, February 2002.
Gruenspecht, Howard, and Robert N. Stavins. “A Level Field on Pollution at Power Plants.” Boston Globe, January 26, 2002.
Plantinga, Andrew J., Ruben N. Lubowski, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Effects of Potential Land Development on Agricultural Land Prices." Journal of Urban Economics 52 (2002): 561-581.
Stavins, Robert N. "Lessons from the American Experiment with Market-Based Environmental Policies." Market-Based Governance: Supply Side, Demand Side, Upside and Downside. Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr.. Brookings Institution, 2002.
Jaffe, Adam B., Richard G. Newell, and Robert N. Stavins. “Environmental Policy and Technological Change.” Environment and Resource Economics 22 (2002): 41-69.
Stavins, Robert N., and Robert W. Hahn. “National Environmental Policy During the Clinton Years.” American Economic Policy in the 1990s. Ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag. MIT Press, 2002, 583-660.
Gruenspecht, Howard K., and Robert N. Stavins. “New Source Review Under the Clean Air Act: Ripe for Reform.” Resources 147 (Spring 2002): 19-23.
Newell, Richard G., Adam B. Jaffe, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Induced Innovation Hypothesis and Energy-Saving Technological Change." Technological Change and the Environment. Ed. Arnulf Grübler, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, and William D. Nordhaus. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002, 91-126.
Stavins, Robert N., Sheila M. Cavanagh, and W. Michael Hanemann. "Muffled Price Signals: Household Water Demand Under Increasing-Block Prices." Working Paper, December 20, 2001.
Stavins, Robert N. "Lessons from the American Experiment with Market-Based Environmental Policies." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP01-032, October 2001.
Stavins, Robert N., Sheila M. Cavanagh, and Robert W. Hahn. "National Environmental Policy During the Clinton Years." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP01-027, June 2001.
Stavins, Robert N. "Give Bush Time on Climate Issues." Boston Globe, April 4, 2001.
Stavins, Robert N., and Richard G. Newell. "Abatement Cost Heterogeneity and Anticipated Savings from Market-Based Environmental Policies." Working Paper, March 2001.
Stavins, Robert N. Environmental Economics and Public Policy: Selected Papers of Robert N. Stavins. Edward Elgar, 2001.
Stavins, Robert N. "Economic Analysis of Global Climate Change Policy: A Primer." Climate Change: Science, Strategies, and Solutions. Ed. Eileen Claussen, Vicki Arroyo Cochran, and Debra P. Davis. Brill, 2001.
Jaffe, Adam B., Richard G. Newell, and Robert N. Stavins. "Energy-Efficient Technologies and Climate Change Policies: Issues and Evidence." Climate Change Economics and Policy. Ed. Michael A. Toman. Resources for the Future, 2001.