Information disclosure policies represent an additional policy mechanism that can be used to foster reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. These informational efforts could be either mandatory or voluntary, but in each case government regulation could play a productive role by establishing...

This paper provides new insights into the productivity of teams and the relationship between the inspector and the inspected party by examining data on inspections of oshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. We exploit weather patterns that only influence the number of inspectors that...

Over the past several years, labeling schemes that focus on a wide range of environmental and social metrics have proliferated. Although little empirical evidence has been generated yet with respect to carbon footprint labels, much can be learned from our experience with similar product labels....