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1. Do U.S. Policy Makers Have Better Alternatives to Cap and Trade?

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2011
   Ian W. H. Parry and Roberton C. Williams III

   In this paper, Ian W. H. Parry and Roberton C. Williams III argue that traditional benefit-cost assessments of different environmental policies often assume that the economy is in a Pareto optimum....

2. The Environment and Global Governance

   Can the Global Community Rise to the Challenge?
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2011
   Uma Lele, Aaron Zazueta, and Benjamin Singer

   In this paper, Uma Lele, Aaron Zazueta, and Benjamin Singer address the nature and magnitude of global environmental challenges and the responses of international environmental and aid agencies. They...

3. American Federalism and Climate Change

   Policy Options
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2011
   Barry G. Rabe and Christopher P. Borick

   In this paper, Barry G. Rabe and Christopher P. Borick analyze intergovernmental relations in handling environmental legislation in the United States by reviewing policy proposals introduced during...

4. Climate Change and the Management of National and State-Owned Land in the United States

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2011
   Christopher McGrory Klyza

   In this paper, Christopher McGrory Klyza discusses the relationship between the management of federal resource land and climate change. The federal agencies that oversee national land are the Bureau...

5. The Impact of Climate Change on Land

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2011
   Robert Mendelsohn

   In this paper, Robert Mendelsohn discusses land use changes in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and recreational activities. Although the precise magnitude of climate change is not known,...

6. Financing Cities

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Robert P. Inman

   Cities and their surrounding suburban neighborhoods are economic growth agents. Not only do they provide public goods to satisfy the needs of urban residents, but they also supply local...

7. Intergovernmental Transfers to Local Governments

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   David E. Wildasin

   One often-anticipated solution for closing municipal fiscal gaps is to increase federal and state government transfers to cities. In this paper author, David E. Wildasin, examines this possibility....

8. Trends in Local Government Revenues

   The Old, the New, and the Future
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   J. Edwin Benton

   This paper by J. Edwin Benton examines the response of diverse local fiscal structures in the U.S to economic stress with the aim to determine whether small and large municipalities across regions...

9. Creative Designs of the Patchwork Quilt of Municipal Finance

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2010
   Michael A. Pagano

   This paper by Michael A. Pagano examines different approaches U.S. municipal governments can use to deal with fiscal problems. Based on a historical analysis of general municipal revenue patterns...

10. The Contribution of Local Sales and Income Taxes to Fiscal Autonomy

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2010
    John L. Mikesell

    In this paper, John L. Mikesell analyzes the local sales and income taxes in several U.S. states. As of 2009 the local sales tax is levied in 36 states, constituting over 30 percent of total local...