Regulating Risks

Twenty-first century environmental challenges provide an opportunity to re-examine traditional regulatory issues like environmental performance and cost, as well as to address often overlooked concerns, such as procedural fairness, environmental justice, and distributional questions. Resources for the Future seeks to improve regulatory outcomes by evaluating the performance of environmental regulations and programs, comparing alternative regulatory approaches, and refining analytical techniques for regulatory analysis. RFF scholars employ a diverse set of approaches to these issues, including risk and uncertainty analysis, policy analysis, and economic tools like cost-benefit analysis.

FEATURES

New Protocols for Keeping Planes Apart

As air traffic volume continues to grow, the need for new – and safe – ways to merge and separate planes in flight is more important than ever. A new paper by Chauncey Starr Senior Fellow Roger Cooke assesses proposed NASA protocols.

Floodproofing the Future

The best way to reduce damage from floods is to keep people out of harm's way, argues Carolyn Kousky in a recent op-ed published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Kousky, a new fellow, joined RFF in September.

PUBLICATIONS

Does Disclosure Reduce Pollution? Evidence from India’s Green Rating Project

Nicholas E Powers, Allen Blackman, Thomas P. Lyon, Urvashi Narain

RFF Discussion Paper 08-38 | October 2008

Does Disclosure Reduce Pollution? Evidence from India’s Green Rating Project

Nicholas E Powers, Allen Blackman, Thomas P. Lyon, Urvashi Narain

RFF Discussion Paper EfD 08-27 | October 2008

Taxes, Permits, and the Diffusions of a New Technology

Jessica Coria

RFF Discussion Paper EfD 08-26 | October 2008

How Should We Tackle the Forest Fire Problem?

Arun S. Malik