Do Americans Consume Too Little Natural Gas? An Empirical Test of Marginal Cost Pricing
A standard result in regulation is that efficiency requires that marginal prices be set equal to marginal costs.
Research
Institutions for Energy Innovation: A Transformational Challenge
The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from its dependence on imported oil and coal-fired electricity and by increasing the efficiency with which energy is
Enabling a Nuclear Revival — And Managing its Risks
Matthew Bunn and Martin B. Malin examine the conditions needed for nuclear energy to grow on a scale large enough for it to be a significant part of the world’s response to climate change.
Institutions for Energy Innovation: A Transformational Challenge
The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from its dependence on imported oil and coal-fired electricity and by increasing the efficiency with which energy is
An Expanded Three-Part Architecture for Post-2012 International Climate Policy
We describe the major features of a post-2012 international global climate policy architecture with three essential elements: a means to ensure that key industrialized and developing nations are invol
Energy for Change: Introduction to the Special Issue on Energy & Climate Change
Without energy, there is no economy. Without climate, there is no environment. Without economy and environment, there is no material well-being, no civil society, no personal or national security.
Global Environment and Trade Policy
The global climate regime, as represented by the Kyoto Protocol, may be on a collision course with the global trade policy regime, as represented by the WTO (World Trade Organization).
Global Climate Policy Architecture and Political Feasibility: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets to Attain 460 PPM CO2 Concentrations
The gaps in the Kyoto Protocol that most badly need to be filled are: the absence of emission targets extending far into the future, the absence of participation by the United States, China, and other
Transforming Energy Innovation
The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from its dependence on imported oil and coal-fired electricity and by increasing the efficiency with which energy is
Summary for Policymakers
Book abstract: The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements seeks to identify key design elements of a scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically pragmatic post-2012 inter
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