Billy Pizer | Scholars@Duke

Billy Pizer
Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Billy Pizer joined the faculty of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University in the fall of 2011. He also was appointed a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, a nonpartisan institute at Duke that focuses on finding solutions to some of the nation's most pressing environmental challenges. His current research examines how we value the future benefits of climate change mitigation, how environmental regulation and climate policy can affect production costs and competitiveness, and how the design of market-based environmental policies can address the needs of different stakeholders. He has been actively involved in creation of an environmental program at Duke Kunshan University in China, a collaborative venture between Duke University, Wuhan University, and the city of Kunshan.

From 2008 to 2011, Pizer was deputy assistant secretary for environment and energy in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he created and led a new office responsible for the department’s role in the domestic and international environment and energy agenda of the United States. Prior to that, Pizer was a researcher at Resources for the Future (RFF), a nonpartisan think tank, for more than a decade. He served as senior economist for the environment at the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2001 to 2002.

Pizer's academic experience includes visiting professorships at The Johns Hopkins University (1997-1999) and Stanford University (2000-2001). He has published more than fifty peer-reviewed articles and books and holds a PhD and MA in economics from Harvard University and BS in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2021
Susan B. King Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2017
Research Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2021
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative, Initiatives 2012
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014

Contact Information

278 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
billy.pizer@duke.edu (919) 613-9286
current CV

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Harvard University 1996
- B.S., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1990
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor in the Department of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2021
- Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2014 - 2021
- Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2014 - 2021
- Faculty Fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative, University Institutes and Centers 2015 - 2021
- Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Duke Kunshan University, DKU Faculty, Duke Kunshan University 2016 - 2021
- Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2017 - 2020
- Faculty Fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative, University Institutes and Centers 2011 - 2016
- Associate Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2011 - 2014
- Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2014
- Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2011 - 2014
- Visiting Associate Prof in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2011
Recognition
In the News
- OCT 2, 2019 Sanford School of Public Policy
  
  Billy Pizer on the Best of New Public Policy Ideas on Climate Change
- DEC 26, 2018
  
  As Temps Heat Up, Chinese Residents Will Ramp Up Electricity Use
- JUL 28, 2016
  
  The Politics of Climate Change
- JUL 25, 2016
  
  The Politics of Different Approaches to Climate Change Policies
- OCT 9, 2015 Duke Today
  
  Energy Initiative, Nicholas Institute help Duke connect on climate issues in China
- SEP 28, 2015 Mother Jones
  
  Billy Pizer comments: China will pony up $3.1 billion to help poor countries fight climate change
- JUN 15, 2015 Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Joy Cardin Show"
  
  Billy Pizer: Comparing and assessing efforts to limit emissions
- JUN 4, 2015 The Hill
  
  Commentary: The case for the Green Climate Fund
- JUN 4, 2015 The Hill
  
  The Case for the Green Climate Fund
- FEB 4, 2015
  
  The Pros and Cons of Taxing Climate Change
- JAN 23, 2015
  
  Balancing Carbon Emissions and Prices for Cap-and-Trade Programs
- JAN 8, 2015
  
  Examining the Economics of Climate Change
Awards & Honors
- Researcher (NBER Family Members). National Bureau of Economic Research. 2011
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
- Teaching
  - China (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Collaborative Research: Implications of Solar Radiation Management for Strategic Behavior and Climate Governance awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2023
- Proposal for a Nicholas Institute Roundtable: Environmental integrity in the Context of a Carbon Fee awarded by Environmental Defense Fund 2016
- Background Assessment of Options for Pricing Carbon awarded by World Resources Institute 2014 - 2015
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Clean Energy for All? Creating A North Carolina Policy Roadmap to a Just and Clean Energy Transition awarded by Duke Office of the Provost 2021
External Relationships
- Resources for the Future (RFF)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Grubb, M., N. D. Jordan, E. Hertwich, K. Neuhoff, K. Das, K. R. Bandyopadhyay, H. Van Asselt, et al. Carbon Leakage, Consumption, and Trade. Vol. 47, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-120820-053625.
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- Academic Articles
  - Li, Q., Y. Zhou, W. A. Pizer, and L. Wu. “The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors.” Iscience 26, no. 1 (January 20, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105597.
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  - Rennert, Kevin, Frank Errickson, Brian C. Prest, Lisa Rennels, Richard G. Newell, William Pizer, Cora Kingdon, et al. “Comprehensive evidence implies a higher social cost of CO₂.” Nature 610, no. 7933 (October 2022): 687–92. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05224-9.
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  - Wang, B., W. A. Pizer, and C. Munnings. “Price limits in a tradable performance standard.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 116 (October 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102742.
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  - Newell, R. G., W. A. Pizer, and B. C. Prest. “A discounting rule for the social cost of carbon.” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 9, no. 5 (September 1, 2022): 1017–46. https://doi.org/10.1086/718145.
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  - Rennert, K., B. C. Prest, W. A. Pizer, R. G. Newell, D. Anthoff, C. Kingdon, L. Rennels, et al. “The Social Cost of Carbon: Advances in Long-Term Probabilistic Projections of Population, GDP, Emissions, and Discount Rates.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2021-Fall (September 1, 2021): 223–305. https://doi.org/10.1353/eca.2022.0003.
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  - Li, Q., and W. A. Pizer. “Use of the consumption discount rate for public policy over the distant future.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 107 (May 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102428.
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  - Wiener, J., J. Aldy, T. Felgenhauer, M. Borsuk, W. Pizer, M. Tavoni, M. Belaia, and A. Ghosh. “Social Science Research to Inform Solar Geoengineering.” Science 374, no. 6569 (2021): 815–18.
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  - Pizer, W. A., and B. C. Prest. “Prices versus quantities with policy updating.” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 7, no. 3 (May 1, 2020): 483–518. https://doi.org/10.1086/707142.
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  - Pizer, William A. “Valuing the Greenland ice sheet and other complex geophysical phenomena.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116, no. 25 (June 2019): 12134–35. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906927116.
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  - Cao, J., M. S. Ho, Y. Li, R. G. Newell, and W. A. Pizer. “Chinese residential electricity consumption: Estimation and forecast using micro-data.” Resource and Energy Economics 56 (May 1, 2019): 6–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2017.10.003.
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  - Newell, R. G., W. A. Pizer, and D. Raimi. “U.S. federal government subsidies for clean energy: Design choices and implications.” Energy Economics 80 (May 1, 2019): 831–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.02.018.
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  - Deryugina, T., D. Fullerton, and W. A. Pizer. “An introduction to energy policy trade-offs between economic efficiency and distributional equity.” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 6, no. S1 (March 1, 2019): S1–6. https://doi.org/10.1086/701515.
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  - Fischer, C., and W. A. Pizer. “Horizontal equity effects in energy regulation.” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 6, no. S1 (March 1, 2019): S209–37. https://doi.org/10.1086/701192.
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  - Pizer, W. A., and S. Sexton. “The Distributional Impacts of Energy Taxes.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 13, no. 1 (February 1, 2019): 104–23. https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/rey021.
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  - Li, Yating, William A. Pizer, and Libo Wu. “Climate change and residential electricity consumption in the Yangtze River Delta, China.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116, no. 2 (January 2019): 472–77. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804667115.
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  - Bielen, D. A., R. G. Newell, and W. A. Pizer. “Who did the ethanol tax credit benefit? An event analysis of subsidy incidence.” Journal of Public Economics 161 (May 1, 2018): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.03.005.
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  - Iyer, G., K. Calvin, L. Clarke, J. Edmonds, N. Hultman, C. Hartin, H. McJeon, J. Aldy, and W. Pizer. “Implications of sustainable development considerations for comparability across nationally determined contributions.” Nature Climate Change 8, no. 2 (February 1, 2018): 124–29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0039-z.
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  - Pizer, William A. “What's the damage from climate change?” Science (New York, N.Y.) 356, no. 6345 (June 2017): 1330–31. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan5201.
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  - Aldy, J. E., and W. A. Pizer. “Alternative metrics for comparing domestic climate change mitigation efforts and the emerging international climate policy architecture.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 10, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 3–24. https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/rev013.
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  - Aldy, J., W. Pizer, M. Tavoni, L. A. Reis, K. Akimoto, G. Blanford, C. Carraro, et al. “Economic tools to promote transparency and comparability in the Paris Agreement.” Nature Climate Change 6, no. 11 (November 1, 2016): 1000–1004. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3106.
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  - Dietz, S., B. Groom, and W. A. Pizer. “Weighing the costs and benefits of climate change to our children.” Future of Children 26, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 133–55. https://doi.org/10.1353/foc.2016.0007.
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  - Buntaine, M. T., and W. A. Pizer. “Encouraging clean energy investment in developing countries: what role for aid?” Climate Policy 15, no. 5 (September 3, 2015): 543–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2014.953903.
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  - Murray, B. C., W. A. Pizer, and M. T. Ross. “Regulating existing power plants under the U.S. Clean Air Act: Present and future consequences of key design choices.” Energy Policy 83 (August 1, 2015): 87–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.03.028.
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  - Pizer, W. A., and A. J. Yates. “Terminating links between emission trading programs.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 71 (May 1, 2015): 142–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2015.03.003.
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  - Pizer, W., M. Adler, J. Aldy, D. Anthoff, M. Cropper, K. Gillingham, M. Greenstone, et al. “Using and improving the social cost of carbon.” Science 346, no. 6214 (December 5, 2014): 1189–90. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1259774.
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  - Newell, R. G., W. A. Pizer, and D. Raimi. “Carbon markets: Past, present, and future.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 6, no. 1 (October 5, 2014): 191–215. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-100913-012655.
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  - Cropper, M. L., M. C. Freeman, B. Groom, and W. A. Pizer. “Declining discount rates.” American Economic Review 104, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 538–43. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.5.538.
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  - Arrow, K. J., M. L. Cropper, C. Gollier, B. Groom, G. M. Heal, R. G. Newell, W. D. Nordhaus, et al. “Should governments use a declining discount rate in project analysis?” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 8, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 145–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/reu008.
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  - Newell, R. G., W. A. Pizer, and D. Raimi. “Carbon market lessons and global policy outlook.” Science 343, no. 6177 (January 1, 2014): 1316–17. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1246907.
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  - Newell, R. G., W. A. Pizer, and D. Raimi. “Carbon markets: Effective policy? - Response.” Science 344, no. 6191 (January 1, 2014): 1460–61. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6191.1460-c.
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  - Newell, R. G., W. A. Pizer, and D. Raimi. “Carbon markets 15 years after Kyoto: Lessons learned, new challenges.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27, no. 1 (December 1, 2013): 123–46. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.27.1.123.
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  - Arrow, K., M. Cropper, C. Gollier, B. Groom, G. Heal, R. Newell, W. Nordhaus, et al. “Determining benefits and costs for future generations.” Science 341, no. 6144 (January 1, 2013): 349–50. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1235665.
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  - Kerr, Suzi, Catherine Leining, Justine Sefton, Juan-Pablo Montero, Sebastian Vicuna, Jose Eduardo Sanhueza, Michael Grasty, et al. “Roadmap for Implementing a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System in Chile: Core Design Options and Policy Decision-Making Considerations.” Motu Working Paper, no. 12 (December 31, 2012).
  - Ghosh, Arunabha, Benito Muller, William A. Pizer, and Gernot Wagner. “Mobilizing the Private Sector: Quantity-Performance Instruments for Public Climate Funds,” September 2012.
  - Branstetter, Lee, and William A. Pizer. “Facing the Climate Change Challenge in a Global Economy,” July 2012.
  - Fell, H., I. A. MacKenzie, and W. A. Pizer. “Prices versus quantities versus bankable quantities.” Resource and Energy Economics 34, no. 4 (2012): 607–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2012.05.004.
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  - Pizer, W. A., R. Morgenstern, and J. S. Shih. “The performance of industrial sector voluntary climate programs: Climate Wise and 1605(b).” Energy Policy 39, no. 12 (December 1, 2011): 7907–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.040.
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  - Aldy, J. E., A. J. Krupnick, R. G. Newell, I. W. H. Parry, and W. A. Pizer. “Designing climate mitigation policy.” Journal of Economic Literature 48, no. 4 (December 1, 2010): 903–34. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.48.4.903.
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  - Blackman, A., B. Lahiri, W. Pizer, M. Rivera Planter, and C. Muñoz Piña. “Voluntary environmental regulation in developing countries: Mexico's Clean Industry Program.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 60, no. 3 (November 1, 2010): 182–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2010.05.006.
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  - Pizer, W., J. N. Sanchirico, and M. Batz. “Regional patterns of U.S. household carbon emissions.” Climatic Change 99, no. 1 (February 1, 2010): 47–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-009-9637-8.
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  - Pizer, William A., Michael Batz, and Jim Sanchirico. “Regional Patterns of Household Carbon Emissions.” Climatic Change 99, no. 1–2 (2010): 47–63.
  - Bennear, L. S., and S. M. Olmstead. “Information Disclosure and Drinking Water Quality.” Resources Magazine, October 2009.
  - Aldy, J. E., and W. A. Pizer. “Issues in designing U.S. climate change policy.” Energy Journal 30, no. 3 (January 1, 2009): 179–210. https://doi.org/10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol30-No3-9.
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  - Hall, D. S., M. A. Levi, W. A. Pizer, and T. Ueno. “Policies for developing country engagement,” January 1, 2009, 649–81. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511813207.022.
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  - Pizer, Joseph E Aldy and William A. “Issues in Designing U.S. Climate Change Policy” Volume 30, no. Number 3 (2009).
  - Murray, B. C., R. G. Newell, and W. A. Pizer. “Balancing cost and emissions certainty: An allowance reserve for cap-and-trade.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 84–103. https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/ren016.
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  - Newell, R. G., and W. A. Pizer. “Carbon mitigation costs for the commercial building sector: Discrete-continuous choice analysis of multifuel energy demand.” Resource and Energy Economics 30, no. 4 (December 1, 2008): 527–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2008.09.004.
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  - Pizer, W. A., and D. Popp. “Endogenizing technological change: Matching empirical evidence to modeling needs.” Energy Economics 30, no. 6 (November 1, 2008): 2754–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2008.02.006.
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  - Gillingham, K., R. G. Newell, and W. A. Pizer. “Modeling endogenous technological change for climate policy analysis.” Energy Economics 30, no. 6 (November 1, 2008): 2734–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2008.03.001.
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  - Newell, R. G., and W. A. Pizer. “Indexed regulation.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 56, no. 3 (November 1, 2008): 221–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2008.07.001.
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  - Morgenstern, R. D., and W. A. Pizer. “Concluding observations: What can we learnfrom the case studies?,” January 22, 2007, 166–85. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781936331123.
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  - Parry, Ian W. H., and William A. Pizer. “Combating Global Warming.” Regulation 30, no. 3 (2007).
  - Pizer, W. A. “Practical global climate policy,” January 1, 2007, 280–340. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511802027.008.
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  - Pizer, W. “Climate policy design under uncertainty” 9780521866033 (January 1, 2007): 305–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511619472.030.
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  - Pizer, William A., Jospeh Kruger, and Wallace Oates. “Decentralized in the EU ETS and Lessons for Global Policy.” Review of Environmental Econimics and Policy 1, no. 1 (2007): 112–33.
  - Pizer, W. A. “The evolution of a global climate change agreement.” American Economic Review 96, no. 2 (May 1, 2006): 26–30. https://doi.org/10.1257/000282806777211793.
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  - Pizer, William A. “The Evolution of a Global Climate Change Agreement.” American Economic Review 96, no. 2 (May 2006): 26–30.
  - Shih, J. S., W. Harrington, W. A. Pizer, and K. Gillingham. “Economies of scale in community water systems.” Journal / American Water Works Association 98, no. 9 (January 1, 2006): 100–108. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1551-8833.2006.tb07757.x.
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  - Pizer, W. A. “Setting energy policy in the modern era: Tough challenges lie ahead.” The Rff Reader in Environmental and Resource Policy: Second Edition, 2006, 171–74. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781936331642.
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  - Pizer, W., D. Burtraw, W. Harrington, R. Newell, and J. Sanchirico. “Modeling economy-wide vs sectoral climate policies using combined aggregate-sectoral models.” Energy Journal 27, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 135–68. https://doi.org/10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol27-No3-8.
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  - Pizer, W. A., and R. Kopp. “Chapter 25 Calculating the Costs of Environmental Regulation.” Handbook of Environmental Economics 3 (December 1, 2005): 1307–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1574-0099(05)03025-1.
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  - Newell, R., W. Pizer, and J. Zhang. “Managing permit markets to stabilize prices.” Environmental and Resource Economics 31, no. 2 (June 1, 2005): 133–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-005-1761-y.
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  - Pizer, W. A. “The case for intensity targets.” Climate Policy 5, no. 4 (January 1, 2005): 455–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2005.9685570.
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  - Kruger, J. A., and W. A. Pizer. “Greenhouse gas trading in Europe: The new grand policy experiment.” Environment 46, no. 8 (October 1, 2004): 8–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139150409604401.
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  - Pizer, William A., Richard Newell, and Jiangfeng Zhang. “Managing Permit Markets to Stabilize Prices.” Environment and Resource Economics 32, no. 2 (2004).
  - Newell, R. G., and W. A. Pizer. “Uncertain discount rates in climate policy analysis.” Energy Policy 32, no. 4 (January 1, 2004): 519–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-4215(03)00153-8.
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  - Parry, I. W. H., W. A. Pizer, and C. Fischer. “How Large are the Welfare Gains from Technological Innovation Induced by Environmental Policies?” Journal of Regulatory Economics 23, no. 3 (May 1, 2003): 237–55. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023321309988.
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  - Fischer, C., I. W. H. Parry, and W. A. Pizer. “Instrument choice for environmental protection when technological innovation is endogenous.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 45, no. 3 (January 1, 2003): 523–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0095-0696(03)00002-0.
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  - Pizer, W. A., and A. Marcu. “Special Supplement on Defining and Trading Emission Targets.” Climate Policy 3 (January 1, 2003): S3–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clipol.2003.10.009.
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  - Pizer, William A., and Andrei Marcu. “Defining and Trading Emission Targets.” Climate Policy 3, no. S2 (2003): S3–6.
  - Pizer, William A., and Richard Newell. “Uncertain Discount Rates and Climate Policy Analysis.” Energy Policy 32, no. () (2003): 519–29.
  - Newell, R. G., and W. A. Pizer. “Discounting the distant future: How much do uncertain rates increase valuations?” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 46, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 52–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0095-0696(02)00031-1.
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  - Newell, R. G., and W. A. Pizer. “Regulating stock externalities under uncertainty.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 45, no. 2 SUPPL. (January 1, 2003): 416–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0095-0696(02)00016-5.
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  - Morgenstern, R. D., W. A. Pizer, and J. S. Shih. “Jobs versus the environment: An industry-level perspective.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 43, no. 3 (January 1, 2002): 412–36. https://doi.org/10.1006/jeem.2001.1191.
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  - Pizer, W. A. “Combining price and quantity controls to mitigate global climate change.” Journal of Public Economics 85, no. 3 (2002): 409–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00118-9.
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  - Pizer, William A., Richard Morgenstern, and Jhih-Shyang Shih. “Jobs versus the Environment: Is There a Trade-Off?” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 43, no. 3 (2002): 412–36.
  - Newell, R., and R. Pizer, W. “Discounting the Benefits of Climate Change Policies Using Uncertain Rates.” Resources, no. 146 (January 1, 2002): 15–20.
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  - Clark, J. S., S. R. Carpenter, M. Barber, S. Collins, A. Dobson, J. A. Foley, D. M. Lodge, et al. “Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 293, no. 5530 (July 2001): 657–60. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.293.5530.657.
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  - Morgenstern, R. D., W. A. Pizer, and J. S. Shih. “The cost of environmental protection.” Review of Economics and Statistics 83, no. 4 (2001): 732–38. https://doi.org/10.1162/003465301753237812.
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  - Pizer, W. A. “The optimal choice of climate change policy in the presence of uncertainty.” Resource and Energy Economics 21, no. 4 (January 1, 1999): 255–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0928-7655(99)00005-6.
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  - Pizer, William A. “Optimal Choice of Policy Instrument and Stringency under Uncertainty: The Case of Climate Change.” Resource and Energy Economics 21, no. (3-4) (1999): 255–87.
  - Pizer, W., and M. Sefton. “Solutions: Derivation of the OLS Estimator Without Using Calculus.” Econometric Theory 12, no. 2 (January 1, 1996): 395–96. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266466600006708.
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  - Parry, Ian W. H., William A. Pizer, and Carolyn Fischer. “How Important is Technological Innovation in Protecting the Environment?,” n.d.
- Book Sections
  - Pizer, W. A. “Combining price and quantity controls to mitigate global climate change.” In Climate Change, 391–416, 2017.
  - Aldy, J. E., and W. A. Pizer. “Comparing countries' climate mitigation efforts in a post-Kyoto world.” In Implementing a US Carbon Tax: Challenges and Debates, 233–52, 2015.
  - Pizer, W. A. “Setting energy policy in the modern era: Tough challenges lie ahead.” In The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resource Policy: Second Edition, 171–74, 2006. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781936331642.
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  - Wiener, J. “Making Markets for Global Forests Conservation.” In Painting the White House Green: Environmental Economics in the White House, 119–40, 2004.
- Scholarly Editions
  - Aldy, Joseph E., William A. Pizer, and Keigo Akimoto. “Transparency, Policy Surveillance, and the Comparison of Mitigation Efforts,” November 7, 2016.
  - Aldy, J. E., and W. A. Pizer. “The competitiveness impacts of climate change mitigation policies,” December 1, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1086/683305.
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  - Aldy, Joseph E., and William A. Pizer. “Comparability of Effort in International Climate Policy Architecture,” February 13, 2014.
  - Arrow, Kenneth J., Maureen Cropper, Christian Gollier, Ben Groom, Geoffrey M. Heal, Richard G. Newell, William D. Nordhaus, et al. “How Should Benefits and Costs Be Discounted in an Intergenerational Context? The Views of an Expert Panel,” December 19, 2013.
  - Aldy, Joseph E., and William A. Pizer. “The Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies,” December 2011.
  - Aldy, Joseph E., Alan J. Krupnick, Richard G. Newell, Ian W. H. Parry, and William A. Pizer. “Designing Climate Mitigation Policy,” December 2010.
  - Aldy, Joseph E., Alan Krupnick, Richard G. Newell, Ian W. H. Parry, and William A. Pizer. “Designing Climate Mitigation Policy,” June 2009.
  - Tatsutani, Marika, and William A. Pizer. “Managing Costs in a U.S. Greenhouse Gas Trading Program: A Workshop Summary,” July 15, 2008.
  - Pizer, William A. “A U.S. Perspective on Future Climate Regimes,” February 1, 2007.
  - Pizer, William A. “Economics versus Climate Change,” June 20, 2006.
  - Goulder, Lawrence H., and William A. Pizer. “The Economics of Climate Change,” January 2006.
  - Pizer, William, and Richard Newell. “Carbon Mitigation Costs for the Commercial Sector: Discrete-Continuous Choice Analysis of Multifuel Energy Demand,” June 6, 2005.
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  - Newell, Richard G., and William A. Pizer. “Discounting the Distant Future: How Much Do Uncertain Rates Increase Valuations?,” May 2001.
  - Aldy, Joseph E., and William A. Pizer. “The Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies,” n.d.
  - Aldy, Joseph E., and William A. Pizer. “The Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies,” n.d.
  - Goulder, Lawrence H., and William A. Pizer. “The Economics of Climate Change,” n.d.
  - Murray, Brian C., Richard Newell, and William A. Pizer. “Balancing Cost and Emissions Certainty: An Allowance Reserve for Cap-and-Trade,” n.d.
  - Newell, Richard G., and William A. Pizer. “Regulating Stock Externalities under Uncertainty,” n.d.
  - Newell, Richard, and William A. Pizer. “Indexed Regulation,” n.d.
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  - Pizer, William A., Jhih-Shyang Shih, and Richard D. Morgenstern. “Are We Overstating the Economic Costs of Environmental Protection?,” n.d.
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  - Pizer, William A., and Xiliang Zhang. “China’s New National Carbon Market.” In Aea Papers and Proceedings, 108:463–67. American Economic Association, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20181029.
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