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American Tipping Points

May 5, 2011 by Lou Grinzo
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Once again, we have a bulletin from The Dept. of the Blindingly Obvious: The U.S. probably won’t take significant steps to curb climate change until an environmental disaster sways public view and prompts political action, Robert Stavins of Harvard University said. “It’s unlikely that the U.S. is going to take serious action on climate... [read more]

On Waiting for Catastrophe

May 2, 2011 by Michael Tobis
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Keith Kloor approached me this weekend with a question.According to Robert Stavins, Keith noted,“It’s unlikely that the U.S. is going to take serious action on climate change until there are observable, dramatic events, almost catastrophic in nature, that drive public opinion and drive the political process in that direction,” Stavins,... [read more]

Podcast of Exclusive Energy Collective Webinar: Prospects for International Climate Agreements

January 28, 2010 by Rebecca Lutzy
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On Tuesday, January 26, lead Energy Collective blogger Marc Gunther moderated an exclusive webinar discussion with Professor Robert Stavins of Harvard University, Aimee Christensen of Christensen Global Stategies, and Dirk Forrister of NatSource LLC.  The panelists shared valuable insights about what to expect next for... [read more]

Econospeak on the Nobel Prize

October 5, 2009 by John Whitehead
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This is the second time I've read that environmental economists are in the running for the prize this year (Nobel speculations):This is probably dumb, but I am going to indulge in Nobel speculations. My main forecast is that there are two leading fields of economics that are way ahead of the rest for being the focus of this year's prize... [read more]

Stavins on maintaining economic growth and cutting GHG emissions: Yes we can!

September 23, 2009 by Tim Haab
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From the Wall Street Journal: As policy makers around the world take action to avoid a predicted climate catastrophe, the debate is turning to the costs of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions. Energy-efficiency measures are often pricey, and alternative energy sources are more expensive than the fossil fuels they replace. A steep price... [read more]

Ruled by Models

July 13, 2009 by RyanAvent
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An increasingly common approach to climate rules by those looking to stop them is to draw up a cost-benefit model or rely on cost-benefit analysis, point at the numbers, and declare that they just don’t add up. Robert Stavins, who knows from cost-benefit analysis, offers a useful corrective which closes: Although formal benefit-cost... [read more]

Rob Stavins on Waxman-Markey

July 2, 2009 by John Whitehead
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I could have written this sort of post myself but the opportunity costs would have been enormous(National Climate Change Policy):Like any legislation, the Waxman‑Markey bill has its share of flaws, but its cap-and-trade system has medium and long‑... [read more]

"Most highly cited economists in environmental and resource economics"

May 4, 2009 by John Whitehead
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Scholar (Year of Degree) Cites Carson, Richard T. (1985) 4,014 Hanemann, W. Michael (1978) 3,660 Oates, Wallace E. (1965) 3,580 Nordhaus, William D. (1967) 3,264 Stavins, Robert N. (1988) 3,045 Daly, Herman E. (1967) 2,939 Portney, Paul R. (1972) 2,772 Solow, Robert M. (1951... [read more]

A problem with market-based approaches to emission reductions

April 29, 2009 by Michael Giberson
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Michael Giberson Market-based approaches to regulating emissions are the new conventional wisdom, according to Robert Stavins, and it would be hard to disagree. Among proponents of regulating greenhouse gasses in the United States, the big debate is over which of two market-based approaches to regulating emissions should be pursued:... [read more]

Professor Robert Stavins Joins The Energy Collective

February 10, 2009 by MarkLazen
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It gives me great pleasure to welcome Harvard Professor of environmental economics Robert Stavins to our community.I suspect the economists in our group are already familiar with Professor Stavins. Space only allows me to list a small sampling of his accomplishments (his full bio is here). He is Director of the Harvard Environmental... [read more]

Economists are part of the problem, Part 1: Robert Stavins can’t walk and chew gum at the same time

January 9, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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One of my New Year’s resolutions is to blog more about the general lameness of the economics profession when it comes to energy and climate issues [Note to self: How about losing a few pounds?]. I was in the midst of putting this resolution off for a few weeks when I saw a quote by Robert Stavins that seemed to sum up the value-... [read more]