Washington State carbon tax (green economy option)
Here's a new 2-pager draft that uses a carbon tax to promote the Green Economy. It's 50% revenue-neutral (focusing on cuts in property taxes, cuts [...]
New working paper: Impacts of Climate Change on Milk Production in the United States
Update July 15 2014: The paper has been published! You may be able to get a free download here. The paper is Guillaume Mauger, Yoram [...]
Carbon tax question #1: Full speed ahead?
The current political and economic situation makes it a challenge to advocate for carbon pricing, but waiting also has its drawbacks. So the question for [...]
Climate change “fat tails”: my paper with Gerard Roe
Update March 19, 2013: The paper is now in print! Climatic Change, April 2013. Published version here, ungated version here or below. I've had the [...]
2012 Update: Grading Economics Textbooks on Climate Change
I've worked with UW undergrad Dani Ladyka on an update of a review I originally did a few years ago about the treatment of climate [...]
Carbon pricing backdrop/storyline (draft #1)
Here's a very draft backdrop/storyline that is intended to help make the case for a 2014 campaign for carbon pricing in the Pacific Northwest. Comments [...]
Carbon pricing in Washington State Energy Strategy
The state Dept of Commerce has just released its State Energy Strategy. Chapter 6 looks at a BC-style carbon tax, and for easy of viewing [...]
Grading economics textbooks on climate change
I've got a new report out today (Dec 1 2010): "Grading Economics Textbooks on Climate Change", which evaluates the nation's top-selling economics textbooks based on the accuracy of their treatment of climate science and climate economics. More...
Roger Pielke Jr., Part II
Last week I wrote some thoughts about a talk by Roger Pielke Jr. Roger wrote this in the comments section: [T]here is a lot of [...]
Thoughts on Roger Pielke Jr.
Just saw a Washington Policy Center talk by Roger Pielke Jr. Some thoughts: I think he had two main points, the first being that policymakers [...]