Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research: Recent submissions

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    • The costs of environmental regulation in a concentrated industry 

      Ryan, Stephen (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2005)
      The typical cost analysis of an environmental regulation consists of an engineering estimate of the compliance costs. In industries where fixed costs are an important determinant of market structure this static analysis ...

    • What should the government do to encourage technical change in the energy sector? 

      Deutch, John M. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2005)
      Government support of innovation - both technology creation and technology demonstration - is desirable to encourage private investors to adopt new technology. In this paper, I review the government role in encouraging ...

    • Regulation of natural monopolies 

      Joskow, Paul L. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2005)
      This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and empirical literature on the regulation of natural monopolies. It covers alternative definitions of natural monopoly, regulatory goals, alternative ...