1. Refereed Journal // 2016

    How much does it cost to be a scientist?

    We examine the academe–industry wage gap. Once self- selection and different personal characteristics of academic and industrial scientists have been taken into account the wage gap narrows from 28 to 13 %.…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Carbon taxes, deficits, andenergy policy interactions

    The United States faces the challenge of bringing its federal budget deficit under control, while also reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Current energy policy has not been very effective in reducing…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Modeling intermittent renewable electricity technologies in general equilibrium models

    Economy-wide top-down (TD) equilibrium models have traditionally proved to be valuable tools for assessing energy and climate policies. New modeling challenges brought about by intermittent renewable energy…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Leakage from Sub-national Climate Initiatives: The Case of California

    With federal policies to curb carbon emissions stagnating in the U.S., California is taking action alone. Sub-national policies can lead to high rates of emissions leakage to other regions as state-level…