2012

Two winning papers from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program 2012 paper competition will be released as HEEP Discussion Papers: Eric Lu's paper, " The Impacts of Green Pigovian Taxes on Urban Inequality in China," examines the social impact of...

Torben Mideksa, winner of the Christopher P. Kaneb Prize for the Best Paper by a Masters Student for the 2010-2011 academic year, recently published a revised version of his paper, " The Economic Impact of Natural Resources," in the Journal of...

[ Rediff ] India is struggling to clean up its polluted rivers due to lack of coordination and focus, says Rema Hanna, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Hanna, who is also a member of the Evidence for Policy Design research...

In a new discussion paper, " The SO2 Allowance Trading System: The Ironic History of a Grand Policy Experiment," authors Richard Schmalensee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Robert N. Stavins, director of the Harvard Environmental Economics...

In a new article in Science magazine, " Climate Negotiators Create an Opportunity for Scholars," authors Joseph Aldy, Faculty Fellow of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP), and Robert N. Stavins, HEEP Director, challenge researchers, think...

[ Reuters ]..."It's going to be very difficult to reach a deal by 2015," said Robert Stavins, director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program. He said new approaches were needed to permit economic growth that does not damage the environment.

[ The Australian ] Martin Weitzman

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program regularly releases discussion papers that cover a range of topics in environmental economics. Five new papers were posted on September 7, 2012, all by HEEP Faculty Fellows (in some cases co-authored by...

[ Harvard Gazette ]...Markets, Aldy said, can be very fast and efficient, allowing entrepreneurs to bring new products to market and consumers to get the things they want and need. In a recent example of the power of the market, Apple Inc. has pre-sold...

The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements new policy brief, " Climate Negotiations Open a Window: Key Implications of the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action" was cited in the September 27, 2012 edition of The Energy Collective blog post by David Hone, "...