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Overview

Barry G. Rabe is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Social Sciences, Energy, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these disciplines, they have contributed to subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Political Science and International Relations; Economics and Econometrics; Global and Planetary Change; and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics covered in Barry G. Rabe's work include Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Law, Rights, and Freedoms, and Legal and Constitutional Studies.

Barry G. Rabe's recent publication record features work published in the Review of Policy Research. Notable papers include:

  • Taxing Flaring and the Politics of State Methane Release Policy, 2020, Review of Policy Research

They have collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Claire Kaliban, Isabel Englehart, Frank J. Thompson, Kenneth K. Wong, and Hannah Smith.

Barry G. Rabe has contributed to book publications as well, notably through the Brookings Institution Press. A book credited to them is Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism, published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • When federalism works

    Paul E. Peterson;Barry George Rabe;Kenneth K. Wong

  • Statehouse and Greenhouse: The Emerging Politics of American Climate Change Policy

    Barry George Rabe

  • States on Steroids: The Intergovernmental Odyssey of American Climate Policy

    Barry G. Rabe

  • Beyond Kyoto: Climate Change Policy in Multilevel Governance Systems

    Barry G. Rabe

  • A reason to believe: Examining the factors that determine individual views on global warming

    Christopher P. Borick;Barry G. Rabe

  • Risks and risk governance in unconventional shale gas development.

    Mitchell J. Small;Paul C. Stern;Elizabeth Bomberg;Susan M. Christopherson

  • Public Attitudes toward Climate Science and Climate Policy in Federal Systems: Canada and the United States Compared†

    Erick Lachapelle;Christopher P. Borick;Barry Rabe

  • Beyond NIMBY: Hazardous Waste Siting in Canada and the United States

    Barry George Rabe

  • Contested Federalism and American Climate Policy

    Barry Rabe

  • Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Fracking Policy Development

    Barry G. Rabe;Christopher Borick

  • Race to the Top: The Expanding Role of U.S State Renewable Portfolio Standards

    Barry Rabe

  • Environmental Policy and the Bush Era: The Collision Between the Administrative Presidency and State Experimentation

    Barry Rabe

  • Federalism and entrepreneurship: Explaining American and Canadian Innovation in pollution prevention and regulatory integration

    Barry G. Rabe

  • Carbon Taxation and Policy Labeling: Experience from American States and Canadian Provinces

    Barry G. Rabe;Christopher P. Borick

  • Shale play politics: the intergovernmental Odyssey of American shale governance.

    Barry G. Rabe

  • Greenhouse Governance: Addressing Climate Change in America

    Barry George Rabe

  • Can We Price Carbon

    Barry G. Rabe

  • Weather or Not? Examining the Impact of Meteorological Conditions on Public Opinion regarding Global Warming

    Christopher P. Borick;Barry G. Rabe

  • Taxing Fracking: The Politics of State Severance Taxes in the Shale Era

    Barry G. Rabe;Rachel L. Hampton

  • The Durability of Carbon Cap-and-Trade Policy

    Barry G. Rabe

  • Public Views on a Carbon Tax Depend on the Proposed Use of Revenue

    David Amdur;Barry G. Rabe;Christopher P. Borick

  • When Federalism Works

    David A. Caputo;Paul E. Peterson;Barry G. Rabe;Kenneth K. Wong

  • Pesticides and Politics: The Life Cycle of a Public Issue

    Barry G. Rabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Peterson
Paul E. Peterson Harvard University
Kenneth K. Y. Wong
Kenneth K. Y. Wong University of Hong Kong
Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash University of Washington
Alan Krupnick
Alan Krupnick Resources For The Future
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University
Paul C. Stern
Paul C. Stern Social and Environmental Research Institute
Thomas Webler
Thomas Webler Keene State College
Mitchell J. Small
Mitchell J. Small Carnegie Mellon University
Barbara Zielinska
Barbara Zielinska Desert Research Institute
Donald F. Kettl
Donald F. Kettl The University of Texas at Austin

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