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Overview

Thomas F. Rutherford is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, alongside a significant engagement in Medicine. Within these broad domains, their work focuses on subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Reproductive Medicine, and Oncology.

Their research encompasses a variety of topics, notably Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies; Climate Change Policy and Economics; Global Trade and Economics; Energy, Environment, Economic Growth; Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth; Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment; and Environmental Impact and Sustainability.

Thomas F. Rutherford has contributed to multiple recent papers, with several published between 2021 and 2025. Key publications include:

  • Potential impacts and challenges of border carbon adjustments, 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • Climate policies after Paris: Pledge, Trade and Recycle, 2021, Energy Economics
  • The incidence of CO2 emissions pricing under alternative international market responses, 2021, Energy Economics
  • Economic and environmental impacts of a proposed 'Carbon adder' on New York's energy market, 2021, Climate Policy
  • Quantifying Disruptive Trade Policies, 2025, Journal of Global Economic Analysis

Their frequent co-authors include Christoph Böhringer, Matthew L. Anderson, Christoph Boehringer, Ayesha B. Alvero, and Radhika Gogoi. This network reflects collaboration across their main research fields.

Thomas F. Rutherford's research has been published in a variety of venues, with notable recurring contributions to:

  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Energy Economics
  • Journal of Global Economic Analysis
  • Climate Policy

The range of journals reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their work, bridging economics with medical fields and environmental studies.

Best Publications

  • Applied General Equilibrium Modeling with MPSGE as a GAMS Subsystem: AnOverview of the Modeling Framework and Syntax

    Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Extension of GAMS for complementarity problems arising in applied economic analysis

    Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Quantifying the Uruguay Round

    Glenn W. Harrison;Thomas F. Rutherford;David G. Tarr

  • Combining bottom-up and top-down

    Christoph Böhringer;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • The role of border carbon adjustment in unilateral climate policy: Overview of an Energy Modeling Forum study (EMF 29)

    Christoph Böhringer;Edward J. Balistreri;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Unilateral CO2 Reductions and Carbon Leakage: The Consequences of International Trade in Oil and Basic Materials

    Stefan Felder;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Economic implications for Turkey of a Customs Union with the European Union

    Glenn W. Harrison;Thomas F. Rutherford;David G. Tarr

  • EU climate policy up to 2020: An economic impact assessment

    Christoph Böhringer;Andreas Löschel;Ulf Moslener;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Structural Estimation and Solution of International Trade Models with Heterogeneous Firms

    Edward J. Balistreri;Russell H. Hillberry;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Potential impacts and challenges of border carbon adjustments

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  • Carbon Taxes with Exemptions in an Open Economy: A General Equilibrium Analysis of the German Tax Initiative

    Christoph Böhringer;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • EMBODIED CARBON TARIFFS

    Christoph Böhringer;Jared C. Carbone;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • THE EU 20/20/2020 targets: An overview of the EMF22 assessment

    Christoph Böhringer;Thomas F. Rutherford;Richard S.J. Tol;Richard S.J. Tol

  • The Impact of Liberalizing Barriers to Foreign Direct Investment in Services: The Case of Russian Accession to the World Trade Organization

    Jesper Jensen;Thomas F. Rutherford;David G. Tarr

  • Poverty Effects of Russia’s WTO Accession: Modeling “Real” Households and Endogenous Productivity Effects

    Thomas F. Rutherford;David G. Tarr

  • Approximating infinite-horizon models in a complementarity format: A primer in dynamic general equilibrium analysis

    Morten I. Lau;Morten I. Lau;Andreas Pahlke;Thomas F. Rutherford;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • The case for international emission trade in the absence of cooperative climate policy

    Jared C. Carbone;Carsten Helm;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • The economic effects of border measures in subglobal climate agreements

    Mustafa H. Babiker;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Trade and direct investment in producer services and the domestic market for expertise

    James Markusen;Thomas F. Rutherford;David Tarr

  • Unilateral climate policy design: Efficiency and equity implications of alternative instruments to reduce carbon leakage

    Christoph Böhringer;Jared C. Carbone;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Carbon Abatement and International Spillovers

    Christoph Böhringer;Thomas F. Rutherford

  • Trade liberalization, product variety and growth in a small open economy: a quantitative assessment

    Thomas F. Rutherford;David G. Tarr

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Tarr
David G. Tarr World Bank
Glenn W. Harrison
Glenn W. Harrison Georgia State University
Christoph Böhringer
Christoph Böhringer Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
James R. Markusen
James R. Markusen University of Colorado Boulder
Thomas W. Hertel
Thomas W. Hertel Purdue University West Lafayette
Michael C. Ferris
Michael C. Ferris University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Richard G. Richels
Richard G. Richels Electric Power Research Institute
Morten I. Lau
Morten I. Lau Copenhagen Business School

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