To guard against urban sprawl, many communities in the United States have begun enacting policies to preserve open space, often through local voter referenda. New Jersey sponsors such municipal action through the Green Acres Program by providing funding and low interest loans to towns that...

The Adirondacks are one of our nation's most interesting experiments in conservation. Comprised of approximately 6.1 million acres, the Adirondacks are located in Northern New York in an area that is made up of great forest tracts with thousands of miles of lakefront, rivers, streams, brooks,...

Using a model of monopolistic competition with two countries, where we allow for technological asymmetries, we examine the relationship between intra-industry trade and environmental regulation. The decisions on emission standards set by each country show strong strategic interactions. We show...

This paper examines a Massachusetts policy which encourages communities to raise money through referenda for preservation and affordable housing. I use difference-in-differences, fixed-effects, and quantile regression to compare home prices before and after such referenda in two towns. I include...

In this paper, we analyze the two sides of the publication problem: the problem faced by impatient researchers attempting to balance the considerations of journal quality, submission lags, and acceptance probabilities in choosing appropriate outlets for their work and that of journals facing a...

To guard against urban sprawl, many communities in the United States have begun enacting policies to preserve open space, often through local voter referenda. New Jersey sponsors such municipal action through the Green Acres Program by providing funding and low interest loans to towns that...