Economy
A pure example of free market environmentalism (almost)
From the local paper (Foothills Conservancy making progress to permanently protect iconic Blowing Rock view): Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina...
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Env-Econ Book Review: The Fishermen and the Dragon
I just finished reading Kirk Wallace Johnson's The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on...
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You just have to take some time to get to know Congestion Pricing
New York City will implement its first congestion charge program by the end of 2023... perhaps. The charge was passed...
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I presented something in the business school’s lunch and learn session today
Here I am presenting a paper on-campus for the second time that is going big-time at the Society for Benefit-Cost...
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Thursday Beer Post: Env-Econer Turns 60!
Happy 60th Birthday to Env-Econ co-founder John. Let's all raise a cold one to the brains behind this operation (before...
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Does this mean the tenure police are coming to revoke my tenure?
From the inbox: The SSRN Processing Team has added the following comment to your submission, Count Data Models and the...
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Apparently the environment is politically divisive
From a recent Pew Research Survey, greedy nationalistic capitalist Republicans don't give a relative $&*^ about environmental issues compared to...
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If you can’t think what to write in your Valentine’s cards
Here are some Elvis lyrics*: Wise men sayOnly fools rush inBut I can't help falling in love with you Your...
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Lael Brainard on climate change
From Reuters* (Biden to name Fed's Lael Brainard as top economic adviser): U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to name...
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Hotelling’s switch point just got later
Hotelling's Rule is a theory of nonrenewable natural resources that says that prices of such resources will rise at the...
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