We’ve been hearing a lot on the news recently about this idea of cap and trade. Democrats want it, Republicans hate it, yada yada yada. We hear an endless number of views on the various strategies to reduce pollution, but does anyone bother to actually explain how the different strategies work? Of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Environmental Econ'
A Primer On Cap And Trade (Or Is It Cap’n Trade?)…
October 10th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Econ 101 · Environmental Econ · Policy · Videos
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Fun With Incentives, Hybrid Edition…
August 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Decision Making · Environmental Econ · Incentives
Since we seem nowadays to be on the topic of fuel-efficient vehicles…How is a fly in a urinal like the dashboard of a Prius?
I hope that at least got your attention. First, take a gander at the urinal fly:
(You just never know what you’re gonna get with my web site…) The urinal fly [...]
Tags: Decision Making · Environmental Econ · Incentives
Looks Aren’t Everything, In People Or In Light Bulbs…
August 10th, 2009 · 12 Comments
Behavioral Econ · Decision Making · Environmental Econ
Don’t get me wrong- I am in no way anti-environment (that would be nonsensical, like being anti-puppies or anti-chocolate cake), but I get concerned sometimes about how actually environmentally useful some of the “green” (picture air quotes here) products out there truly are. Are we having a printer/ink cartridge type problem here?
The printer/ink cartridge [...]
Tags: Behavioral Econ · Decision Making · Environmental Econ
Another Reason Oil Isn’t Like Water…Or Is It? (Part 1)
August 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Econ 101 · Environmental Econ · Policy
So I’ve decided to do a series of oil-related posts since even I, in my cave of academia, can tell that it’s a hot topic. However, I wanted to start by commenting on policy surrounding another liquid commodity that all people rely on: water.
For all practical purposes, it is a safe approximation, at least [...]
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Quote of the Day, Courtesy of Stephen Colbert…
September 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Environmental Econ · Markets
From Stephen Colbert, on the Colbert Report:
“As I said before, Al Gore’s movie made money, and therefore global warming must be real. The market has spoken.”
Obviously Colbert was being sarcastic, but there is something to be said for this. If I put on my pathological (to borrow a description of economists from Greg Mankiw) [...]
Tags: Environmental Econ · Markets