The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) was expected to reduce health risks stemming from emissions of hazardous chemicals by increasing public pressure on polluters. However, it is a massive and complex dataset, requiring significant expertise to interpret in its raw form. State governments have...

Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Designing Energy and Environmental Policies -- 2 Structure of the Intertemporal General Equilibrium Model -- 3 Modeling Consumer Behavior -- 4 Modeling Producer Behavior -- 5 Government and the Rest of the World -- 6 Model Solution --...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun regulating existing stationary sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) using its authority under the Clean Air Act (the Act). The regulatory process under the Act is long and involved and raises the prospect that significant U.S. action...

In this paper we model U.S. labor supply and demand over the next 25 years. Despite the anticipated aging of the population, moderate population growth will provide growing supplies of labor well into the 21st century. Improvements in labor quality due to greater education and experience will...