Carolyn Fischer

Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Center for Climate and Electricity Policy

202-328-5012

fischer@rff.org

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RESEARCH TOPICS

Climate, Development and Environment, Ecosystems, Energy, International, Policy and Analysis

AWARDS

Fellow, Norwegian Academy of Sciences, Center for Advanced Study on Environmental Economics, 2005.

Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Award, Resources for the Future, 1996 - 1997.

Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1995 - 1996.

Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics, University of California at Berkeley, sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation, Summer, 1996.

Third-Year Paper Prize, University of Michigan, Department of Economics, 1994.

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship, Universitat Regensburg, Germany, Summer 1992.

International Relations Senior Class Valedictorian, University of Pennsylvania, 1990.

Benjamin Franklin Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, 1986 - 1990.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Fellow, Resources for the Future, 1997 - present.

Instructor, Johns Hopkins University, 1999.

Research and teaching assistant, University of Michigan, Department of Economics, 1992 - 1996.

Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisors, 1994 - 1995.

Intern for Land, Capital Assets, and Global Change Branch of USDA's Economic Research Service, Resources and Technology Division, Summer 1992.

Economic Analyst for World Service division of The WEFA Group, 1990 - 1991.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Committees:

AERE Program Committee, 2005-2008.

Reviewer:

Climate Policy

Ecological Economics

Environment and Development Economics

Environmental and Resource Economics

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Journal of Public Economics

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Resource and Energy Economics

Featured Publications

A Theory of Multi-Tier Ecolabels

Carolyn Fischer

134th EAAE Seminar on “Labels on sustainability: an issue for consumers, producers, policy makers, and NGOs” | European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) | Paris, France | March 22, 2013

Environmental and Technology Policy Options in the Electricity Sector: Interactions and Outcomes

Carolyn Fischer

Seminar, The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment | London School of Economics | London, UK | January 16, 2013

Comparing Policies to Combat Emissions Leakage: Border Tax Adjustments versus Rebates

Carolyn Fischer and Alan K. Fox

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | September 2012 | Vol. 64, No. 2. | pp. 199–216 | Related Discussion Paper 09-02

Climate Policy, Uncertainty, and the Role of Technological Innovation

Carolyn Fischer and Thomas Sterner

Journal of Public Economy Theory | March 2012 | Vol. 14, No. 2 | pp. 285-309.

Alternative Climate Policies and Intertemporal Emissions Leakage

Carolyn Fischer

ASSA Meetings | American Economic Association | Chicago, IL | January 6, 2012

Emissions Targets and the Real Business Cycle

Carolyn Fischer and Michael Springborn

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | November 2011 | Vol. 62, No. 3, | 352–366 | Related Discussion Paper 09-47 REV

Cost-Effective Unilateral Climate Policy Design: Size Matters

Cristoph Bohringer, Carolyn Fischer, Knut Einar Rosendahl

RFF Discussion Paper 11-34 | July 2011

The Role of Trade and Competitiveness Measures in US Climate Policy

Carolyn Fischer and Alan K.Fox

American Economic Review | May 2011 | Vol. 101, No. 3 | pp. 258–62

Emissions Targets and the Real Business Cycle: Intensity Targets versus Caps or Taxes

Carolyn Fischer, Michael R. Springborn

RFF Discussion Paper 09-47 REV | April 2011