“Behavioral Public Choice: The Behavioral Paradox of Government Policy,” by W. Kip Viscusi, Mercatus Working Paper, March 2015. “Cash for Clunkers…Not So Clever,” by Ted Gayer and Emily Parker, Milken Institute Review, Second Quarter 2014. “Cash for Clunkers: An Evaluation of the Car Allowance Rebate System,” Brookings Institution, by Ted Gayer and Emily Parker, October, 2013. “An Evaluation of Federal and State Tax Incentives,” by Karen Dynan, Ted Gayer, and Natasha Plotkin, June, 2013. “Overriding Consumer Preferences with Energy Regulations,” Journal of Regulatory Economics 43 (2013): 248-263, by Ted Gayer and W. Kip Viscusi. “Overriding Consumer Preferences with Energy Regulations,” by Ted Gayer and W. Kip Viscusi, Mercatus Working Paper, July, 2012. “Linking Climate Policy to Fiscal and Environmental Reform,” Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, May 19, 2012. “Policies for Housing Finance Reform,” by Karen Dynan, Ted Gayer, and Phillip Swagel. “Government’s Role in the Housing Finance System: Where Do We Go from Here?” by Karen Dynan and Ted Gayer, in The Future of Housing Finance, edited by Martin Neil Baily, Brookings Institution Press, 2011. “Economic Policymaking during the Great Recession,” in The Obama Presidency, edited by Andrew J. Dowdle, Dirk C. Van Raemdonck, and Robert Maranto, Routledge. “Pricing Pollution,” National Affairs (Winter 2011). “Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Approaches to Environmental Economics,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 57:1 (2009): 21-44, by Michael Greenstone and Ted Gayer. “Speech in Honor of Harvey Rosen for Receiving the Dan Holland Medal,” National Tax Journal, forthcoming. “ Readiness,” Science Volume 320 (June 27, 2008), 1723-1724, by William T. Gormley, Jr., Deborah Phillips, and Ted Gayer. “Market-based Approaches to Environmental Regulation,” Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics 1:4 (2006), 1-129, by Ted Gayer and John Horowitz.
“How We’re Doing Ahead of the Presidential Election,” Washington Post, by Ted Gayer Domenico Lombardi, and Darrell M. West, August 26, 2012. “Are Pollution Controls Worth Their Costs?” Real Clear Markets, July 19, 2012. “Energy Efficiency Regulations Set Dangerous Precedent,” by Ted Gayer and W. Kip Viscusi, US News & World Report, July 17, 2012. “Negative Equity Concentrated in a Few States,” Brookings Up Front, July 12, 2012. “Overriding Consumer Preferences with Energy Regulations,” Brookings Up Front, July 10, 2012. “Principal Reductions Won’t Solve the Mortgage Mess,” by Ted Gayer and Phillip Swagel, Bloomberg, March 17, 2012. “Negative Equity Concentrated in a Few States,” Brookings Up Front, March 2, 2012. “How Many Borrowers Might Qualify for Principal Reduction Under the Mortgage Settlement?” Brookings Up Front, March 1, 2012. “How We’re Doing Amid Policy Gridlock,” Washington Post, by Karen Dynan, Ted Gayer, and Darrell M. West, February 12, 2012. “President Obama’s State of the Union Housing Proposal,” Brookings Up Front, January 25, 2012. “Developments in the Housing Market: 2011,” Brookings Up Front, December 12, 2011. “Housing Snapshot: Geographical Differences in Price Changes and Negative Equity,” Brookings Up Front, November 29, 2011. “Fiscal Reform and Climate Protection: Considering a U.S. Carbon Tax,” Brookings Up Front, October 18, 2011. “How We’re Doing as the Economy Falters,” Washington Post, by Ted Gayer and Darrell M. West, August 7, 2011. “Three Steps to Improving Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Regulatory Rulemaking.” Resources for the Future, July 5, 2011. “A Better Approach to Environmental Regulation: Getting the Costs and Benefits Right,” Hamilton Project Paper, May 2011. “The Mortgage Interest Deduction and Negative Equity,” Brookings Up Front, December 15, 2010.
“Recycling Carbon Revenues,” New York Times Room for Debate, November 14, 2010. “How We’re Doing: Uncertainty Ahead of the Midterms,” Washington Post, by Karen Dynan, Ted Gayer, and Darrell M. West, October 31, 2010. “How Climate Policy Could Address Fiscal Shortfalls,” National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, by Ted Gayer and Adele Morris, August 20, 2010. “In Defense of Congressman Paul Ryan,” , TaxVox, August 6, 2010. “The Latest Data on the Home Affordable Modification Program,” Brookings Up Front, July 21, 2010. “How We’re Doing as Debt Fears Rise,” Post, by and , May 23, 2010. “The Distribution of Allowance Value in the Senate Climate Bill,” Brookings, May 13, 2010. “Conservatives and the VAT,” Brookings Up Front, April 22, 2010. “The Latest Data on the Home Affordable Modification Program,” Brookings Up Front, April 16, 2010. “Ask the Econ Pro,” DS News Journal, January 4, 2010. “More on ‘Negative Costs’ of Reducing Greenhouse Gases,” Brookings Up Front, December 30, 2009. “The EPA Tackles Greenhouse Gases,” Forbes, December 28, 2009. “On the Merits of a Carbon Tax,” Testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, December 2, 2009. “Should Government Policies Favor Owners Over Renters?” Brookings Up Front, November 19, 2009. “How We’re Doing: What’s Blocking the Recovery,” Washington Post, by , , and , November 15, 2009. “The Scouting Report Web Chat: Extending the Homebuyer Tax Credit,” Politico, November 11, 2009. “Behavioral Economics and the Conservative Critique of VAT,” Brookings Up Front, October 28, 2009.
“More on the Homebuyer Tax Credit,” Brookings Up Front, October 14, 2009. “Extending and Expanding the Homebuyer Tax Credit Is a Bad Idea,” Brookings Up Front, October 9, 2009. “Should Congress Extend the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit?” Brookings Up Front, September 24, 2009. “A Year in Turmoil: Remarks Following an Address by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,” September 15, 2009. “All Costs, No Gain,” The American, July 6, 2009. “Offsets Chipping Away at the Cap,” The American, June 23, 2009. “Lose-Lose on Biofuels?” The American, May 26, 2009. “The Pigou Club Goes to Washington,” The American, September 10, 2008. “A Safety Valve for Biofuels,” The American, August 19, 2008. “Pollution Permits,” by Ted Gayer, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition: Palgrave Macmillan (edited by Steven Durlauf and Larry Blume), 2008: http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_P000311. “Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Approaches to Environmental Economics,” Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 07-22, June 2007, by Michael Greenstone and Ted Gayer. “Resurrecting Clear Skies,” AEI Environmental Policy Outlook, March-April 2005, by Ted Gayer. “Cut Pollution and Taxes,” Daily News, March 27, 2005, by Ted Gayer. “Regulating Mercury: What’s At Stake?” Policy Matters 05-07, for Regulatory Studies, March 2005, by Ted Gayer and Robert Hahn. “Thinking Through Mercury Regulation: Some Lessons for the Design of Environmental Policy,” Regulatory Analysis 05-01, for Regulatory Studies, March 2005, by Ted Gayer and Robert Hahn. “Auctioning Maryland’s Pollution Permits,” by Ted Gayer, Maryland Policy Update, The Maryland Public Policy Institute, March 7, 2005. Teaching Experience : Public Finance, Quantitative Methods III, Environmental Economics, and Research Practicum
Presenter, “The Future of Homeownership,” CitiMortgage/Washington University Housing Symposium, Washington University in St. Louis, October 31, 2013. Presenter, “Tools for Supporting the Housing Market: Evaluating the Homebuyer Tax Credit and Other Policies,” Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, June 28, 2013. Moderator, “Dealing with ‘Too Important to Fail’ Banks,” Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, June 14, 2013. Presenter, “Overriding Consumer Preferences with Energy Regulations,” Heritage Foundation Capitol Hill Briefing, April 4, 2013. Presenter, “The Future of Homeownership in the United States Featuring Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan,” Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, December 14, 2012. Moderator, “The Economics of Carbon Taxes,” Cosponsored event with Brookings, IMF, and RFF, November 13, 2012. Presenter, “Beyond Cap & Trade: Alternative Carbon Pricing Mechanisms,” Carbon Forum North America, October 2, 2012. TV Interview, “The Government Rationale on Energy Efficiency is Flawed,” E&E TV: On Point, July 17, 2012. Moderator, “Restoring Fiscal Integrity and Accountability: A Discussion with Governor Chris Christie,” Brookings Institution, July 9, 2012. Presenter, “Campaign 2012: Climate Change and Energy,” Brookings Institution, June 11, 2012. Web Q&A, “What the Next President Should Do on Climate Policy,” Brookings Institution, April 20, 2012. Moderator, “Addressing the Weak Housing Market: Is Principal Reduction the Answer? A Discussion with Ed DeMarco,” Brookings Institution, April 10, 2012. Web Podcast, “The Mortgage Settlement and the Continuing Housing Crisis,” Brookings Institution, February 17, 2012. Web Q&A, “Better Energy and Environmental Policy,” Brookings Institution, January 24, 2012. Web Q&A, “Keystone XL Pipeline Would Benefit Economy,” Brookings Institution, January 20, 2012.
Presenter, “Reforming Energy Tax Policy,” 2012 Spring Symposium, Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies,” Princeton University, February 11, 2012. Presenter, “Climate Economics,” Brookings Institution Board of Trustees, November 17, 2011. Presenter, “Economic Outlook,” Delegation of Canadian Government Officials, November 15, 2011. Moderator, “A Conversation with Jon Huntsman, Jr.,” Brookings Institution, November 14, 2011. Web Q&A, “Good News on GDP, but Too Early to Celebrate,” Brookings Institution, October 28, 2011. Presenter, “Fiscal Reform and Climate Protection: Considering a U.S. Carbon Tax,” Resources for the Future and the Peterson Institute of International Economics, October 18, 2011. Presenter, “Economic Outlook,” Friday Lunch Seminar, Brookings Institution, September, 8, 2011. Presenter, “U.S. Economic Challenges,” Brookings-Caixin event on “The United States and China: The Next Five Years,” May 19, 2011. Presenter, “America’s Energy Future: New Solutions to Fuel Economic Growth and Prosperity,” Brookings Institution Hamilton Project, May 18, 2011. Introduction Presenter, “Do Individual Development Accounts Promote Homeownership?” Brookings Institution, April 26, 2011. Presenter, “Restructuring the U.S. Residential Mortgage Market,” Brookings Institution, February 11, 2011. Discussant, “Economic Underpinnings of Recycling and Waste Disposal Policies,” American Economic Association at the ASSA Meetings, January 7, 2011. Presenter, “Economic Outlook,” Friday Lunch Seminar, Brookings Institution, November 12, 2010. Presenter, “From Great Recession to Great Ambiguity to Great Slog,” Speech for Retired CEOs conference, September 14, 2010. Web Podcast, “America’s Housing Market Crisis,” Brookings Institution, September 10, 2010.
Co-Presenter, “The Effects of Oklahoma’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program on School Readiness,” Center for Research on Children in the U.S. (CROCUS), Georgetown University, Washington, DC, November 16, 2004. Panel Chair, AEI’s 2nd Annual Climate Change Policy Conference: A Review of the Economic Foundations of Climate Change Models, , . Invited Speaker, “The Role of the CEA in Regulatory Decision-making,” , , . Discussant, NBER Summer Institute Conference on Public Policy and the Environment, , . Presenter, “Using Empirical Research to Inform Environmental Policy,” Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), MIT, , May 6, 2004. Presenter, “Regulating Risk,” AEI Board of Trustees, , . Presenter, “The Council of Economic Advisers,” Queen’s College students visiting , DC, . Co-Presenter, “The Effects of Oklahoma’s Universal Pre-kindergarten Program on School Readiness,” National Press Club, , . Co-Presenter, “Drilling for Smarter Kids in : The Effects of a Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program,” , DC, . Presenter, “An Estimation of the Fatality Risks of Light Trucks Relative to Cars,” , , . Participant, “Making Sense of Safety,” 4th Annual Maxwell Policy Research Symposium, , . Presenter, “Motor-Vehicle Regulations and the Fatality Risks of SUVs, Vans, and Pickups,” Environmental Economics and Policy Seminar, Harvard University Department and Economics and Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, November 13, 2002. Chair, Session on Risk and Uncertainty, International Atlantic Economic Conference, , . Presenter, “Motor-Vehicle Regulations and the Fatality Risks of SUVs, Vans, and Pickups,” International Atlantic Economic Conference, , . Invited Lecture, “Motor-Vehicle Regulations and the Fatality Risks of SUVs, Vans, and Pickups,” Symposium on The Economics of Motor Vehicle Safety, of at , . Presenter, “Motor-Vehicle Regulations and the Fatality Risks of SUVs, Vans, and Pickups,” Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, , .
Presenter, “Motor-Vehicle Regulations and the Fatality Risks of SUVs, Vans, and Pickups,” American Economic Association Session at the ASSA Meetings, Atlanta, GA, January 4, 2002. Discussant, “Four Papers on Risk Characteristics,” EPA Workshop on Economic Valuation of Mortality Risk Reduction: Assessing the State of the Art for Policy Applications,” , . Presenter, “The Fatality Risks and Crash Frequencies of SUVs, Vans, and Pickups,” Resources for the Future, , . Discussant, “If It Exists, It’s Getting Bigger: Revising the Value of a Statistical Life,” Environmental Research Workshop, , DC, . Presenter, “Are SUVs, Vans, and Pickups More Dangerous than Cars?” Science, Technology and International Affairs, and the Center for Environment, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC, October 12, 2001. Presenter, “Fatality Risks and Crash Frequencies of SUVs, Vans, and Pickups,” Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Conference, , . Presenter, “Graduate Studies in the History of Economic Thought,” History of Political Economy Conference, , . Presenter, “Fatality Risks and Crash Frequencies of SUVs, Vans, and Pickups,” University of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, April 25, 2001. Presenter, “The Fatality Risks of Sport-Utility Vehicles, Vans, Pickups,” University of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, February 15, 2001. Presenter, “The Fatality Risks of Sport-Utility Vehicles, Vans, and Pickups,” of at , Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, . Presenter, “The Fatality Risks of Light Trucks,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, , . Presenter, “The Market Value of Reducing Cancer Risk: Hedonic Housing Prices with Changing Information,” University of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, October 5, 2000. Presenter, “Equilibrium Proofmaking,” History of Economics Society Meetings, , . Discussant, Session at the History of Economics Society Meetings, , .