There is geographic variation in the environmental damages from electric vehicles (EVs) relative to gasoline internal combustion engines (ICEs) because power grids have different mixes of generation capacity. On the surface, this cautions against subsidizing EVs before the grid is sufficiently...

The choice of discount rate has a significant impact on net benefit estimates when costs today have benefits over long time horizons. Standard U.S. government practice for cost-benefit analysis is to bound such analysis using two alternative rates. These rates are meant to represent the rate of...

The choice of discount rate has a significant impact on net benefit estimates when costs today have benefits over long time horizons. Standard U.S. government practice for cost–benefit analysis is to bound such analysis using two alternative rates. These rates are meant to represent the rate...