Publications
Domestic politics and the formation of international environmental agreements
The theory of international environmental agreements overwhelmingly assumes that governments engage as unitary agents. Each government makes choices based on benefits and costs that are simple … read more »
Climate Policy Foundations: Science and Economics with Lessons from Monetary Regulation
Review of William Whitesell’s for the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 2012. Full proof available.
Does flexibility really induce more environmental R&D? A test using US panel data
Reference Grover, D. July 2012. Does flexibility really induce more environmental R&D? A test using US panel data. Environmental and Resource Economics. Under review.
Geography and institutions: on the origins of comparative development
In this paper, I replicate the analysis in Acemoglu et al. (2001). These authors famously show that institutions are the primary determinant of differences in income between rich and … read more »
Media disasters? Newspaper coverage and the distribution of humanitarian aid
Reference McDermott, T.K.J. July 2012. Media disasters? Newspaper coverage and the distribution of humanitarian aid. Work in progress.
Are national economies (virtually) sustainable?: an empirical analysis of natural assets in international trade
Atkinson, G., Agarwala, M., and P. Muñoz. (2012). In Inclusive Wealth Report 2012 Measuring progress toward sustainability, eds. Partha Dasgupta, Anantha Duraiappah and Pablo Muñoz. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. … read more »
Climate policy integration beyond principled priority: a framework for analysis
Countries aiming to achieve ambitious international and national climate objectives need to integrate climate considerations into all sectoral policies. This contribution argues that since climate change … read more »
Industry compensation under relocation risk: a firm-level analysis of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
When industry compensation is offered to prevent relocation of regulated firms, efficiency requires that payments be distributed across firms so as to equalise marginal relocation probabilities, … read more »
Improving cost-efficiency of conservation auctions with joint bidding
Most current models of conservation auctions are incompatible with the assessment that there are environmental externalities and synergies between bidders. Yet, conservation auctions are usually set up for the … read more »
