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
Hogan, William W. "A Cleaner Energy System: Renewable Energy and Electricity Market Design [In My View]." IEEE Power & Energy Magazine. July 2015.
Miller, Lee M., Nathaniel A. Brunsell, David B. Mechem, Fabian Gans, Andrew J. Monaghan, Robert Vautard, David W. Keith, and Axel Kleidon. "Two Methods for Estimating Limits to Large-Scale Wind Power Generation." Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences 112.36 (2015): 11169-11174.
Aldy, Joseph E. "Policy Surveillance in the G-20 Fossil Fuel Subsidies Agreement: Lessons for Climate Policy." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-029, June 2015.
Liu, Zhu, Dabo Guan, Scott Moore, Henry Lee, Jun Su, and Qiang Zhang. "Climate Policy: Steps to China's Carbon Peak." Nature 522.7556 (June 2015): 279-281.
Keith, David, and Andy Parker. "Will Solar Geoengineering Help us Manage the Risks of Climate Change?" Our World and Us: How Our Environment and Our Societies Will Change. Ed. Katrinka Barysch. Allianz, 2015, 76-92.
Aldy, Joseph E., and William A. Pizer. "Comparing Emission Mitigation Pledges: Metrics and Institutions." Towards a Workable and Effective Climate Regime. Ed. Scott Barrett, Carlo Carraro and Jaime de Melo. Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2015.
Akcayoz De Neve, Pinar, Adam Heal, and Henry Lee. "Security of the Arctic - As the U.S. Takes Over the Arctic Council Leadership in 2015." Policy Brief, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, June 2015.
Huenteler, Joern, and Henry Lee. "The Future of Low-Carbon Road Transport: What Role for Second-Generation Biofuels?" Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, June 2015.
Stavins, Robert N. "From the Science to the Economics and Politics of Climate Change: An Introduction." Our World and Us: How Our Environment and Our Societies Will Change. Ed. Katinka Barysch. Allianz Group, 2015, 20-36.
Hanna, Rema, and Paulina Oliva. "Moving Up the Energy Ladder: The Effect of an Increase in Economic Well-Being on the Fuel Consumption Choices of the Poor in India." American Economic Review 105.5 (May 2015): 242-246.
Aldy, Joseph, and William A. Pizer. "The Road to Paris and Beyond: Comparing Emissions Mitigation Efforts." Resources for the Future. May 13, 2015.
Aldy, Joseph. "Pricing Climate Risk Mitigation." Nature Climate Change 5 (April 2015): 396-398.
Horton, Joshua B., Andrew Parker, and David Keith. "Liability for Solar Geoengineering: Historical Precedents, Contemporary Innovations, and Governance Possibilities." NYU Environmental Law Journal 22 (2015): 225-273.
Guo, Yue, Peng Ru, Jun Su, and Laura Diaz Anadon. "Not in my Backyard, but Not Far Away From Me: Local Acceptance of Wind Power in China." Energy 82 (March 2015): 722-733.
Carraro, Carlo, Charles Kolstad, and Robert Stavins. "Assessment and Communication of the Social Science of Climate Change: Bridging Research and Policy." Review of Environment, Energy, and Economics (February 25, 2015).
Greenstone, Michael, Janhavi Nilekani, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan, Anant Sudarshan, and Anish Sugathan. "Lower Pollution, Longer Lives Life Expectancy Gains if India Reduced Particulate Matter Pollution." Economic and Political Weekly. February 21, 2015, 40-46.
Banasiak, Adam, Linda J. Bilmes, and John Loomis. "Carbon Sequestration in the U.S. National Parks: A Value Beyond Visitation." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-007, February 2015.
Keith, David, and Douglas G. MacMartin. "A Temporary, Moderate and Responsive Scenario for Solar Geoengineering." Nature Climate Change 5 (February 2015): 201-206.
Hanna, Rema, and Paulina Oliva. "The Effect of Pollution on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Mexico City." Journal of Public Economics 122 (February 2015): 68-79.
Chen, Martha. "First Take: Waste -- Global Challenge, Latin American Lessons." ReVista: The Harvard Review of Latin America. Winter 2015.
Fernández, LucÃa, and Martha Chen. "Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste Pickers in Latin America." ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America. Winter 2015.
Jaffe, Amy Myers, Kenneth B. Medlock III, and Meghan L. O’Sullivan. "China’s Energy Hedging Strategy: Less Than Meets the Eye for Russian Gas Pipelines." National Bureau of Asian Research (February 2015).
Ranson, Matthew, and Robert N. Stavins. "Linkage of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Systems: Learning from Experience." Climate Policy (February 4, 2015).
Aldy, Joseph, and William A. Pizer. "Comparing Countries' Climate Mitigation Efforts in a Post-Kyoto World." Implementing a US Carbon Tax: Challenges and Debates. Ed. Ian Parry, Adele Morris, and Roberton C. Williams III. Routledge, 2015.
Parker, Andy, and David Keith. "What's the Right Temperature for the Earth?" Washington Post, January 29, 2015.
Freeman, Mark C., Gernot Wagner, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty: When is Good News Bad?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-002, January 2015.
Bodansky, Daniel M., Seth A. Hoedl, Gilbert E. Metcalf, and Robert N. Stavins. "Facilitating Linkage of Heterogeneous Regional, National, and Sub-National Climate Policies through a Future International Agreement." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-003, January 2015.
Gerarden, Todd D., Richard G. Newell, and Robert N. Stavins. "Assessing the Energy-Efficiency Gap." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-004, January 2015.
Gerarden, Todd D., Richard G. Newell, Robert N. Stavins, and Robert C. Stowe. "An Assessment of the Energy-Efficiency Gap and its Implications for Climate-Change Policy." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-005, January 2015.
Ji, Zou, T. Brewer, M.C. Grant, M. Elzen, M. Finus, J. Gupta, N. Hohne, M.K. Lee, A. Michaelowa, M. Paterson, K. Ramakrishna, R. Stavins, G. Wen, J. Wiener, and H. Winkler. "Summary for Policymakers." Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, January 2015.
Ji, Zou, T. Brewer, M.C. Grant, M. Elzen, M. Finus, J. Gupta, N. Hohne, M.K. LEE, A. Michaelowa, M. Paterson, K. Ramakrishna, R. Stavins, G. Wen, J. Wiener, and H. Winkler. "International Cooperation: Agreements and Instruments." Climate Change 2014: Mitigation. Cambridge University Press, January 2015.
Dykema, John A., David W. Keith, James G. Anderson, and Debra Weisenstein. "Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment: A Small-Scale Experiment to Improve Understanding of the Risks of Solar Geoengineering." Philosophical Transactions A 372.2301 (December 2014).
MacMartin, Douglas G., Ken Caldeira, and David W. Keith. "Solar Geoengineering to Limit the Rate of Temperature Change." Philosophical Transactions A 372.2301 (December 2014).
Pizer, William, Matthew Adler, Joseph Aldy, David Anthoff, Maureen Cropper, Kenneth Gillingham, Michael Greenstone, Brian Murray, Richard Newell, Richard Richels, Arden Rowell, Stephanie Waldhoff, and Jonathan Wiener. "Using and Improving the Social Cost of Carbon." Science 346.6213 (December 2014): 1181-1182.
Medlock, Kenneth B., Amy Myers Jaffe, and Meghan O'Sullivan. "The Global Gas Market, LNG Exports, and the Shifting U.S. Geopolitical Presence." Energy Strategy Reviews 5 (December 2014): 14-25.
Fowlie, Meredith, Lawrence Goulder, Matthew Kotchen, Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell, Lucas Davis, Michael Greenstone, Charles Kolstad, Christopher Knittel, Robert Stavins, Michael Wara, Frank Wolak, and Catherine Wolfram. "An Economic Perspective on the EPA's Clean Power Plan." Science 346.6211 (November 2014): 815-816.
Bodansky, Daniel M., Seth A. Hoedl, Gilbert E. Metcalf, and Robert N. Stavins. "Facilitating Linkage of Heterogeneous Regional, National, and Sub-National Climate Policies through a Future International Agreement." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-056, November 2014.
Keith, David, Riley Duren, and Douglas G. MacMartin. "Field Experiments on Solar Geoengineering: Report of a Workshop Exploring a Representative Research Portfolio." Philosophical Transactions A 372 (November 17, 2014).
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "The Unconventional Energy Boom: Bad Timing for a Revanchist Russia." The Crisis with Russia. Ed. Nicholas Burns, and Jonathon Price. The Aspen Institute, 2014.
Diaz Anadon, Laura, Valentina Bosetti, Gabriel Chan, Gregory Nemet, and Elena Verdolini. "Energy Technology Expert Elicitations for Policy: Workshops, Modeling, and Meta-Analysis." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-054, November 2014.
Stavins, Robert N. "Film Review: David Leonard, A Year in Burgundy." Review of A Year in Burgundy, by David Leonard. Journal of Wine Economics, 9.1, November 2014: 100-103.
Henry Lee, Sabrina Howell, Scott Moore, and Alice Xia. "Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Market Mechanisms to Achieve a Low-Carbon Future for China." Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy Shool, October 2014.
Greenstone, Michael, and Rema Hanna. "Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India." American Economic Review 104.10 (October 2014): 3038-3072.
Aldy, Joseph. "The Crucial Role of Policy Surveillance in International Climate Policy." Climatic Change 126.3/4 (October 2014): 279-292.
Houde, Sebastien, and Joseph Aldy. "Belt and Suspenders and More: The Incremental Impact of Energy Efficiency Subsidies in the Presence of Existing Policy Instruments." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-046, September 2014.
Stavins, Robert N. "Climate Realities." New York Times. 09/21/2014, 6-6.
Hogan, William W. "Electricity Market Design and Efficient Pricing: Applications for New England and Beyond." Electricity Journal 27.7 (August 2014): 23-49.
Zhang, Chao, Laura Diaz Anadon, Hongpin Mo, Zhongnan Zhao, and Zhu Liu. "Water-Carbon Trade-off in China’s Coal Power Industry." Environmental Science & Technology 48.19 (2014): 11082–11089.
John, Prachitha, Ashwin Mahalingam, Akash Deep, and A. Thillairajan. "Impact of Private Sector Participation on access and quality of services: systematic review of evidence from the electricity, telecommunications and water supply sectors." Journal of Development Effectiveness 7.1 (2015): 64-89.
Viscusi, W. Kip, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "The Relative Weights of Direct and Indirect Experiences in the Formation of Environmental Risk Beliefs." Risk Analysis (September 5, 2014).