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The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute

Articles by Ted Gayer

All Cost, No Gain Monday, July 6, 2009
By supplementing their cap-and-trade program with expensive mandates, Congress levies heavy costs with no environmental gain.
Offsets Chipping Away at the Cap Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The House of Representatives recently received a painful lesson in the pitfalls of carbon offsets. Despite this, it has decided to ignore this important lesson ...
Lose-Lose on Biofuels? Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Forcing the market to produce large amounts of renewable fuel will harm consumers. Even though it reduces some emissions, it increases others.
The Pigou Club Goes to Washington Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Higher pollution taxes make sense, provided the revenues are used to offset existing taxes that distort incentives.
A ‘Safety Valve’ for Biofuels Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Environmental Protection Agency has missed a golden opportunity to alleviate high global food prices.