Carolyn Fischer
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Carolyn Fischer is Research Manager for Sustainability and Infrastructure in the Development Research Group at the World Bank in Washington, DC. She holds appointments as a professor of environmental economics at the Vrije Universiteit – Amsterdam and as a Canada 150 Research Chair in Climate Economics, Innovation and Policy at the University of Ottawa, from which she is currently on leave. Carolyn joined RFF in 1997 and maintains her affiliation as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow. She is also a research fellow of the European Institute of Environmental Economics (EIEE), the Tinbergen Institute, and the CESifo Research Network. She is currently a Council Member for the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), serves on expert advisory boards for research institutes in Europe and in North America, and is co-editor of Environmental and Resource Economics. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor in 1997. Carolyn is an expert on numerous topics in environmental and resource economics; a current area of focus is addressing issues of technical change, trade, and carbon leakage in environmental policy instrument design.
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Journal Article — Nov 22, 2022
How is the US Pricing Carbon? How Could We Price Carbon?
This journal article summarizes the remarks of Joe Aldy, Dallas Burtraw, Carolyn Fischer, Meredith Fowlie, Rob Williams, and Maureen Cropper on carbon pricing in the United States during a 2022 conference panel session.
Working Paper — Oct 13, 2022
How Is the US Pricing Carbon? How Could We Price Carbon?
This working paper summarizes the remarks of Joe Aldy, Dallas Burtraw, Carolyn Fischer, Meredith Fowlie, Rob Williams, and Maureen Cropper on carbon pricing in the United States during a 2022 panel convening.
RFF Live — Sep 22, 2022
The Global Climate Policy Partnership: Decarbonizing Global Manufacturing
At the launch event of the Global Climate Policy Partnership, experts from around the world delve into a crucial component of the climate challenge—the manufacturing sector.
Common Resources — Feb 16, 2022
Consumers in Sweden Will Experience Low Costs When Industry Goes to Zero Emissions
As Sweden aims for zero carbon emissions by 2045, the rest of the world can draw lessons from the country’s efforts.
Journal Article — Nov 22, 2022
How is the US Pricing Carbon? How Could We Price Carbon?
This journal article summarizes the remarks of Joe Aldy, Dallas Burtraw, Carolyn Fischer, Meredith Fowlie, Rob Williams, and Maureen Cropper on carbon pricing in the United States during a 2022 conference panel session.
Working Paper — Oct 13, 2022
How Is the US Pricing Carbon? How Could We Price Carbon?
This working paper summarizes the remarks of Joe Aldy, Dallas Burtraw, Carolyn Fischer, Meredith Fowlie, Rob Williams, and Maureen Cropper on carbon pricing in the United States during a 2022 panel convening.
Journal Article — Jan 5, 2022
Potential Impacts and Challenges of Border Carbon Adjustments
This article for Nature Climate Change examines the potential impacts of border carbon adjustments on leakage, competitiveness, and cooperation.
Working Paper — Jan 5, 2022
Intensity-based Rebating of Emissions Pricing Revenues
This working paper examines the incentives created by two novel forms of rebating that reward emission intensity reductions.
RFF Live — Sep 22, 2022
The Global Climate Policy Partnership: Decarbonizing Global Manufacturing
At the launch event of the Global Climate Policy Partnership, experts from around the world delve into a crucial component of the climate challenge—the manufacturing sector.
RFF Live — Nov 9, 2021
Carbon Border Measures: Policies to Combat Leakage and Encourage Climate Ambition
A panel discussion will explore recent border measure proposals in the European Union and United States
RFF Live — Nov 3, 2021
Carbon Border Measures: What Happens with Ambitious Climate Policies?
Examining whether net-zero policies cause emissions leakage—and how effectively border measures can mitigate it
Workshop — May 7, 2013
What is the Value of Being First? Perspectives from the California and Sweden Experiences
What is the Value of Being First? Perspectives from the California and Sweden Experiences
Common Resources — Feb 16, 2022
Consumers in Sweden Will Experience Low Costs When Industry Goes to Zero Emissions
As Sweden aims for zero carbon emissions by 2045, the rest of the world can draw lessons from the country’s efforts.
Common Resources — Jun 12, 2017
Putting Coal Jobs in Perspective
For every one to two jobs a non miner dies each year. If you open the papers it seems like the current administration thinks that coal is the next ...
Common Resources — Oct 31, 2014
Canada–Renewable Energy: Implications for WTO Law on Green and Not-So-Green Subsidies
In the Canada–Renewable Energy/Feed-In Tariff case of 2013, the European Union (EU) and Japan brought a case to the World Trade Organization (WTO) ...
Common Resources — Apr 17, 2014
Mixing and Matching Electricity Sector Policies
A number of concerns have emerged over the last decade about climate change, energy security, and energy efficiency, inspiring an equally long list...
Media Highlight — Mar 22, 2021
The US Wants the EU to Delay Imposing Trade Penalties on Carbon-Intensive Imports, But Is Considering Imposing Its Own
The US Wants the EU to Delay Imposing Trade Penalties on Carbon-Intensive Imports, But Is Considering Imposing Its Own
Press Release — Feb 25, 2019
How to Achieve Fairness on the Carbon Reduction Field
a new study has been published by the Oxford University Press Review of Environmental Economics and Policy that addresses this issue directly by presenting an in-depth analysis of utilizing a border carbon adjustments.
Press Release — Feb 6, 2019
Can the Success of Green Research Spread?
Can the Success of Green Research Spread?
Media Highlight — May 9, 2018
U.S. and U.K. Political Climates Are Driving Scholars to Canada
U.S. and U.K. Political Climates Are Driving Scholars to Canada