Does individual behavior in a laboratory setting provide a reliable indicator of behavior in a naturally occurring setting? We consider this general methodological question in the context of eliciting risk attitudes. The controls that are typically employed in laboratory settings, such as the...

The paper investigates the implications of nonlinear income effects in random utility models (RUM) for measuring non-marginal welfare impacts. A popular approach in applied welfare analysis is to approximate the expected compensating variation (cv) for an amenity change as the cv of a...

This study develops a discrete choice locational equilibrium model to evaluate the benefits of the air quality improvements that occurred in the Los Angeles area following the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA). The discrete choice equilibrium approach accounts for the fact that air quality...

Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) have been a contentious issue amongst policymakers in recent years. Neoclassical theory would suggest that, in the short-run, RPS mandates will raise electricity rates if the cost of electricity generation via renewable energy technologies exceeds that of...

Does individual behavior in a laboratory setting provide a reliable indicator of behavior in a naturally occurring setting? We consider this general methodological question in the context of eliciting risk attitudes. The controls that are typically employed in laboratory settings, such as the...