Matthew J. Kotchen

Yale University

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New Haven, CT CT 06520

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Cambridge, MA 02138

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Scholarly Papers (23)

1.

Corporate Social Responsibility for Irresponsibility

NBER Working Paper No. w17254
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen and Jon Jungbien Moon
Yale University and Korea University Business School
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Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Sep 2012
Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew J. Kotchen and Erin T. Mansur
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Yale University and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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Carbon Regulation, Electric Car, Pollution

Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w18462
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew J. Kotchen and Erin T. Mansur
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Yale University and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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Should We Drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? An Economic Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w13211
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 03 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2022
Matthew J. Kotchen and Nicholas E. Burger
Yale University and RAND
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Should We Drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? An Economic Perspective

Energy Policy, Forthcoming
Posted: 31 May 2007
Matthew J. Kotchen and Nicholas E. Burger
Yale University and RAND

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Voluntary Provision of Public Goods for Bads: A Theory of Environmental Offsets

NBER Working Paper No. w13643
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2022
Matthew J. Kotchen
Yale University
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How Stringent is the EPA’s Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants?

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 25 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 12 May 2012
Matthew J. Kotchen and Erin T. Mansur
Yale University and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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climate change regulation, electricity industry, new source performance standards

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A Free Lunch in the Commons

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 09-30
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Sep 2009
Matthew J. Kotchen and Stephen W. Salant
Yale University and University of Michigan
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A Free Lunch in the Commons

NBER Working Paper No. w15086
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen and Stephen W. Salant
Yale University and University of Michigan
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Explaining the Price of Voluntary Carbon Offsets

NBER Working Paper No. w15294
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 31 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
Marc Conte and Matthew J. Kotchen
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Economics and Yale University
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Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indiana

NBER Working Paper No. w14429
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2022
Matthew J. Kotchen and Laura E. Grant
Yale University and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
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Environmental Concern and the Business Cycle: The Chilling Effect of Recession

NBER Working Paper No. w16241
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Matthew E. Kahn and Matthew J. Kotchen
University of Southern California and Yale University
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Green Clubs

NBER Working Paper No. w16627
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2023
Klaas van 't Veld and Matthew J. Kotchen
University of Wyoming - Department of Economics and Yale University
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The Behavioral Response to Voluntary Provision of an Environmental Public Good: Evidence from Residential Electricity Demand

NBER Working Paper No. w16608
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 20 May 2023
Grant Jacobsen, Matthew J. Kotchen and Michael P. Vandenbergh
Oregon State University, Yale University and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Are Building Codes Effective at Saving Energy? Evidence from Residential Billing Data in Florida

NBER Working Paper No. w16194
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2023
Grant Jacobsen and Matthew J. Kotchen
Oregon State University and Yale University
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Conservation: From Voluntary Restraint to a Voluntary Price Premium

NBER Working Paper No. w13678
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2022
Matthew J. Kotchen and Michael R. Moore
Yale University and University of Michigan - School for Environment and Sustainability
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Conflicts of Interest Distort Public Evaluations: Evidence from the Top 25 Ballots of NCAA Football Coaches

NBER Working Paper No. w17628
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen and Matthew Potoski
Yale University and University of California, Santa Barbara
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Policy-Instrument Choice and Benefit Estimates for Climate-Change Policy in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w17539
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Matthew J. Kotchen, Kevin J Boyle and Anthony Leiserowitz
Yale University, Virginia Tech and Yale University
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Maximizing the Impact of Climate Finance: Funding Projects or Pilot Projects?

NBER Working Paper No. w23023
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 29 May 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen
Yale University
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Even the Representative Agent Must Die: Using Demographics to Inform Long-Term Social Discount Rates

NBER Working Paper No. w23591
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2023
Eli P. Fenichel, Matthew J. Kotchen and Ethan Addicott
Yale University - School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University and Yale University
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Which Social Cost of Carbon? A Theoretical Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w22246
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 May 2016 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen
Yale University
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Do Building Energy Codes Have a Lasting Effect on Energy Consumption? New Evidence from Residential Billing Data in Florida

NBER Working Paper No. w21398
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen
Yale University
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Testing Motives for Charitable Giving: A Revealed-Preference Methodology with Experimental Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w18029
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 May 2012 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Rahul Deb, Robert S. Gazzale and Matthew J. Kotchen
University of Toronto, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and Yale University
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Climate Policy and Voluntary Initiatives: An Evaluation of the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program

NBER Working Paper No. w16117
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen
Yale University
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Cofinancing in Environment and Development: Evidence from the Global Environment Facility

NBER Working Paper No. w21139
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 May 2015 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023
Matthew J. Kotchen and Neeraj Negi
Yale University and Independent Evaluation Office Global Environment Facility (gefIEO)
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Green Markets and Private Provision of Public Goods

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 114, pp. 816-834, August 2006
Posted: 01 Nov 2006
Matthew J. Kotchen
Yale University

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