BFI Working Papers

Sharing research in progress—and refining it through rigorous discussion and debate—is a hallmark of scholarship at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics.
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BFI Working Paper Nov 15, 2023

Does the World Free Ride on US Pledges to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Evidence from the Paris Climate Agreement

Trevor Houser, Kate Larsen, Michael Greenstone
Topics:  Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper Aug 29, 2023

Does the Squeaky Wheel Get More Grease? The Direct and Indirect Effects of Citizen Participation on Environmental Governance in China

Mark Buntaine, Michael Greenstone, Guojun He, Mengdi Liu, Shaoda Wang, Bing Zhang
Topics:  Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper Jun 22, 2023

Carbon Prices and Forest Preservation Over Space and Time in the Brazilian Amazon

Juliano J. Assunção, Lars Peter Hansen, Todd Munson, José A. Scheinkman
Topics:  Energy & Environment, Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper Jun 15, 2023

Finance and Climate Resilience: Evidence from the Long 1950s US Drought

Raghuram Rajan, Rodney Ramcharan
Topics:  Energy & Environment, Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper Jun 8, 2023

Anticipating Climate Change Across the United States

Adrien Bilal, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Topics:  Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper May 11, 2023

Regulating Biological Resources: Lessons from Marine Fisheries in the United States

Eyal Frank, Kimberly Oremus
Topics:  Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper Jan 18, 2023

Internalizing Externalities through Public Pressure: Transparency Regulation for Hydraulic Fracturing, Drilling Activity and Water Quality

Pietro Bonetti, Christian Leuz, Giovanna Michelon
Topics:  Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper Jan 5, 2023

The Social Costs of Keystone Species Collapse: Evidence From The Decline of Vultures in India

Eyal Frank, Anant Sudarshan
Topics:  Energy & Environment