An examination of the current impasse in climate policy and the potential steps nations can take to reduce greenhouse gases.

Whatarethe appropriate role of government in food safety and the changes that should be made in federal policies?

This bookexamines the nonbudget consequences of the entire set of programs and the extent to which general financial regulation affects the farm sector.

Two prominent economists comment on the bitter, divisive, and passionate debate on the proper direction of environmental policy.

This study is the first to provide a comprehensive and in-depth economic analysis of the origins and consequences of U.S. crop insurance and disaster relief programs.

This primer highlightsboth the strengths and the limitations of benefit-cost analysis in the development, design, and implementation of regulatory reform.

In many markets governments set minimum quality standards while some sellers choose to compete on the basis of quality by exceeding them. Such ‘high-quality’ strategies often win public acclaim, especially when ‘environmental friendliness’ is the dimension along which firms are...