Winston Harrington
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Winston Harrington's research interests include urban transportation, motor vehicles and air quality, and problems of estimating the costs of environmental policy. He has worked extensively on the economics of enforcing environmental regulations, the health benefits derived from improved air quality, the costs of waterborne disease outbreaks, endangered species policy, federal rulemaking procedures, and the economics of outdoor recreation.
Harrington has written or coauthored five books and numerous book chapters. In October 2000, he won the Vernon Award of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management for a paper he coauthored, "On the Accuracy of Regulatory Cost Estimates."
Harrington has served as a consultant to U.S. state and federal governments, the World Bank, and the Harvard Institute for International Development and has worked in Lithuania, Mexico, and Poland. He also is on the adjunct faculty at Georgetown University.
Education
- PhD in city and regional planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985
- MA in mathematics, Cornell University, 1970
- AB in mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968
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Working Paper — Oct 22, 2015
Expected versus Actual Outcomes of Environmental Policies: The Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Expected versus Actual Outcomes of Environmental Policies: The Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Media Highlight — Jun 19, 2015
The EPA Thinks Truckers Aren't Doing Enough to Save Fuel. How Can That Be?
The EPA Thinks Truckers Aren't Doing Enough to Save Fuel. How Can That Be?
Media Highlight — May 12, 2014
It's Time to Raise the Gas Tax
It's Time to Raise the Gas Tax
Common Resources — Mar 14, 2014
Gauging the Distributional Consequences of Public Policies
Although we know that public policies have different effects across a population, examination of the distributional effects has been largely neglec...
Working Paper — Oct 22, 2015
Expected versus Actual Outcomes of Environmental Policies: The Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Expected versus Actual Outcomes of Environmental Policies: The Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Working Paper — Mar 13, 2014
Distributional Consequences of Public Policies: An Example from the Management of Urban Vehicular Travel
Distributional Consequences of Public Policies: An Example from the Management of Urban Vehicular Travel
Working Paper — Jan 26, 2014
Cheaper Fuels for the Light-Duty Fleet: Opportunities and Barriers
Cheaper Fuels for the Light-Duty Fleet: Opportunities and Barriers
Working Paper — Mar 28, 2012
Improving Fuel Economy in Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Improving Fuel Economy in Heavy-Duty Vehicles