Benjamin P. Leard
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Resources for the Future
1616 P St. NW, Washington, D.C.
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Current Position
Fellow, Resources for the Future, 2014-
Education
Cornell University, Applied Economics and Management, Ph.D. 2014
James Madison University, Mathematics, Economics, B.S. 2008.
Research Fields
Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Public Economics
Research Papers
Publications
Designing Efficient Markets for Carbon Offsets with Distributional Constraints (with Antonio Bento
and Ravi Kanbur), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, (2015) 70(2): 51-71.
The Welfare Effects of Allowance Banking in Emissions Trading Programs Environmental and Resource
Economics, (2013) 55(2): 175-197.
Equivalencies in the Fishery (with Jon Conrad) Natural Resource Modeling, (2013) 26(2): 154-163.
Working Papers
On the Importance of Baseline Setting in Carbon Offsets Markets (with Antonio Bento and Ravi
Kanbur) RFF Discussion Paper 16-11, revisions requested
Fuel Prices, New Vehicle Fuel Economy, and Implications for Attribute-Based Standards (with
Joshua Linn and Virginia McConnell) RFF Discussion Paper 16-04, revisions requested
The Net Emissions Impact of HFC-23 Offset Projects from the Clean Development Mechanism (with
Clayton Munnings and Antonio Bento) RFF Discussion Paper 16-01, under review
Fuel Prices, Economic Activity, and the Rebound Effect for Heavy-Duty Trucks (with Joshua Linn,
Virginia McConnell and William Raich) RFF Discussion Paper 15-43 REV, under review
Weather, Traffic Accidents and Exposure to Climate Change (with Kevin Roth) RFF Discussion Paper
15-19 REV, under review
Benjamin P. Leard
New Markets for Pollution and Energy Efficiency: Credit Trading Under Automobile Greenhouse
Gas and Fuel Economy Standards (with Virginia McConnell) RFF Discussion Paper 15-16, conditionally accepted
Work in Progress
Household Vehicle Miles Traveled, Income and Demographics (with Joshua Linn and Clayton Munnings)
Are Consumers Willing to Pay for Letting the Car Drive for Them? Analyzing Response to Autonomous Navigation (with Ricardo Daziano and Mauricio Sarrias)
What Does an Electric Vehicle Replace? (with Shanjun Li and Jianwei Xing)
Consumer Heterogeneity and the Energy Paradox
Awarded Research Funding
2015: New Frontiers Competition, Resources for the Future, for developing a model of the new light
duty vehicle market (with Joshua Linn)
Presentations
Innovative Uses of the National Household Travel Survey for Transportation Research Board Annual
Meeting, Washington D.C., 2016. “Weather, Traffic Accidents and Climate Change”
The Economics of Low-Carbon Markets, University of de Sao Paulo, December 2015. “Fuel Prices,
Economic Activity, and the Rebound Effect for Heavy-Duty Trucks”
The Economics of Low-Carbon Markets, University of de Sao Paulo, December 2015. “New Markets for
Pollution and Energy Efficiency: Credit Trading under Automobile Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy
Standards”
MIT CEEPR Workshop, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2015. Session 3: Reducing the Footprint of
Transportation: An Assessment of Policy Options. “New Markets for Pollution and Energy Efficiency:
Credit Trading under Automobile Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards”
AERE Summer Conference, Banff, Canada, June 2013. “How Do Consumers Value Fuel Economy?
Evidence from a Random Coefficients Discrete Choice Model”
2nd Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics, Cornell University, May
2013. “Who Undervalues Energy Costs? Evidence from a Random Coefficients Discrete Choice Model”
EAERE Summer Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2012. “Designing Efficient Markets for
Carbon Offsets with Distributional Constraints”
AERE Summer Conference, Asheville, North Carolina, June 2012. “Designing Efficient Markets for
Carbon Offsets with Distributional Constraints”
EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School, Venice, Italy, July 2011. “Designing Efficient Markets
for Carbon Offsets with Distributional Constraints”
Eastern Economics Association Meetings, New York City, February 2011. “Should Carbon Offsets Be
Included in Cap-and-Trade Programs?”
1616 P St. NW • Washington, D.C.
(202) 328-5189 • leard@rff.org
Benjamin P. Leard
United Nations Conference of Parties Climate Change (COP16) Conference, Agricultural and Rural
Development Day, Ideas marketplace Presentation, Cancun, Mexico, December 2010. “Can Carbon
Offsets Lower the Costs of Cap-and-Trade Programs? Opportunities and Challenges”
Referee Experience
Climate Policy, Economic Inquiry, Energy Journal, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of
Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research
1616 P St. NW • Washington, D.C.
(202) 328-5189 • leard@rff.org