Work in Progress

“Public Transit and Urban Density: The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Land Use in Minneapolis, Minnesota,” with Needham Hurst.

“The Effect of Gasoline Prices on the Demand for Fuel Economy in Used Vehicles: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications,” with Jim Sallee and Wei Fan.

Selected Publications

"Tax and Subsidy Combinations for the Control of Car Pollution," with Don Fullerton, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 10: Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 8 (2010).

“Alcohol-Leisure Complementarity: Empirical Estimates and Implications for Tax Policy,” with Ian W.H. Parry, National Tax Journal, 62 (4) (December 2009): 611-633.

"Fiscal and Externality Rationales for Alcohol Taxes," with Ian W. H. Parry and Ramanan Laxminarayan, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 9 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 29 (2009).

"Optimal Taxation and Cross-Price Effects on Labor Supply: Estimates of the Optimal Gas Tax," with Roberton C. Williams III, Journal of Public Economics 91(April 2007): 593-617.

"Open Space, Residential Property Values, and Spatial Context," with Soren T. Anderson, Regional Science and Urban Economics 36 (2006) 773-789.

Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean (co-edited with Aldemaro Romero) (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Press, 2005).
Chapter of book available in working paper form "Market-based Policies for Pollution Control in Latin America" with Ann Wolverton. Working Paper 2003-01, National Center for Environmental Economics, Environmental Protection Agency.

"The Cost of Reducing Gasoline Consumption," with Roberton C. Williams III, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2005.

"Equity Implications of Vehicle Emissions Taxes," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 39 (1) (January 2005) 1-24.

"Estimates from a Consumer Demand System: Implications for the Incidence of Environmental Taxes," with Roberton C. Williams III, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 47 (2004) 535-558.

"Distributional Effects of Alternative Vehicle Pollution Control Policies," Journal of Public Economics 88 (2004) 735-757. 
Working paper version referenced in the published article: "Distributional Effects of Alternative Vehicle Pollution Control Policies" (September 2002).

Public Finance Solutions to Vehicle Emissions Problems in California, with Don Fullerton. (Berkeley, CA: The Berkeley Electronic Press, 2003).

"Can Taxes on Cars and on Gasoline Mimic an Unavailable Tax on Emissions?" with Don Fullerton. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 42 (January 2002): pp. 135-157.