Paul, Minnesota. She receiveda PhD in economics from the University of Texasat Austin. Her research analyzes optimal tax policy, focusingon behavioral responses topolicies for the control ofvehicle pollution, including taxesongasoline, subsidiestoclean vehicles, and Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. From 2002 to 2007, she wasamemberofthe National Bureau of Economic Research's Working Group in Environmental Economics. Her work has been published in American Economic Review, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, National Tax Journal, and Regional Science and Urban Economics.