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Overview

Karen L. Palmer is affiliated with Resources For The Future in the United States. Their research covers multiple interdisciplinary areas, with a focus on environmental economics, policy analysis, and the intersection of health and the environment.

Their recent published works include:

  • A Systematic Review of Arts-Based Interventions Delivered to Children and Young People in Nature or Outdoor Spaces: Impact on Nature Connectedness, Health and Wellbeing (2022), Frontiers in Psychology
  • Cobenefits and Regulatory Impact Analysis: Theory and Evidence from Federal Air Quality Regulations (2021), Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy
  • Price-Responsive Allowance Supply in Emissions Markets (2022), Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • Deep flaws in a mercury regulatory analysis (2020), Science
  • Smart Thermostats, Automation, and Time-Varying Prices (2024), American Economic Journal Applied Economics

Frequent collaborators in Palmer's work include:

  • Joseph E. Aldy
  • Matthew J. Kotchen
  • Mary F. Evans
  • Meredith Fowlie
  • Arik Levinson

Prominent venues for their publications span:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • American Economic Journal Applied Economics

Their work engages several subfields of study, including:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Building and Construction
  • Strategy and Management

Main topics addressed in Palmer's research are:

  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Regulation and Compliance Studies

Best Publications

  • Environmental Regulation and Innovation: A Panel Data Study

    Adam B. Jaffe;Karen Palmer

  • Sulfur-Dioxide Control By Electric Utilities: What Are the Gains from Trade?

    Curtis Carlson;Dallas Burtraw;Maureen L. Cropper;Karen L. Palmer

  • Tightening Environmental Standards: The Benefit-Cost or the No-Cost Paradigm?

    Karen Palmer;Wallace E. Oates;Paul R. Portney

  • Energy Efficiency Economics and Policy

    Kenneth Gillingham;Richard G. Newell;Richard G. Newell;Richard G. Newell;Karen Palmer

  • Bridging the Energy Efficiency Gap: Policy Insights from Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence

    Kenneth Gillingham;Karen Palmer

  • The Determinants of Household Recycling: A Material Specific Analysis of Recycling Program Features and Unit Pricing

    Robin R Jenkins;Salvador A Martinez;Karen Palmer;Michael J Podolsky

  • COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY POLICIES

    Karen L. Palmer;Dallas Burtraw

  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES: A Retrospective Examination

    Kenneth Gillingham;Richard Newell;Karen Palmer

  • The Cost of Reducing Municipal Solid Waste

    Karen L. Palmer;Hilary Sigman;Margaret Walls

  • Optimal policies for solid waste disposal Taxes, subsidies, and standards

    Karen Palmer;Margaret Walls

  • Ancillary benefits of reduced air pollution in the US from moderate greenhouse gas mitigation policies in the electricity sector

    Dallas Burtraw;Alan J. Krupnick;Karen L. Palmer;Anthony Paul

  • The Effect on Asset Values of the Allocation of Carbon Dioxide Emission Allowances

    Dallas Burtraw;Karen L. Palmer;Ranjit Bharvirkar;Anthony Paul

  • Upstream Pollution, Downstream Waste Disposal, and the Design of Comprehensive Environmental Policies

    Margaret Walls;Karen L. Palmer

  • A Symmetric Safety Valve

    Dallas Burtraw;Karen Palmer;Danny Kahn

  • The Effect of Allowance Allocation on the Cost of Carbon Emission Trading

    Dallas Burtraw;Karen L. Palmer;Ranjit Bharvirkar;Anthony Paul

  • Cost-effectiveness of electricity energy efficiency programs

    Toshi H. Arimura;Shanjun Li;Richard G. Newell;Karen Palmer

  • Sources of Structural Change in the United States, 1963-78: An Input-Output Perspective

    Stanley J. Feldman;David McClain;Karen Palmer

  • Economics of Pollution Trading for SO2 and NOx

    Dallas Burtraw;David A. Evans;Alan J. Krupnick;Karen L. Palmer

  • Soft and hard price collars in a cap-and-trade system: a comparative analysis.

    Harrison Fell;Dallas Burtraw;Richard Morgenstern;Karen Palmer

  • Assessing the energy-efficiency information gap: results from a survey of home energy auditors

    Karen Palmer;Margaret Walls;Hal Gordon;Todd Gerarden

  • Dealing with electronic waste: modeling the costs and environmental benefits of computer monitor disposal.

    Molly Macauley;Karen Palmer;Jhih-Shyang Shih

  • Environmental Regulation and Innovation: A Panel Data Study

    Adam B. Jaffe;Adam B. Jaffe;Adam B. Jaffe;Karen L. Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Dallas Burtraw
Dallas Burtraw Resources For The Future
Margaret Walls
Margaret Walls Resources For The Future
Kenneth Gillingham
Kenneth Gillingham Yale University
Alan Krupnick
Alan Krupnick Resources For The Future
Adam B. Jaffe
Adam B. Jaffe Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Benjamin F. Hobbs
Benjamin F. Hobbs Johns Hopkins University
Matthew J. Kotchen
Matthew J. Kotchen Yale University
Joseph E. Aldy
Joseph E. Aldy Harvard University

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