Theda Skocpol on Federal Carbon Policy Design
Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2013-01-19
Summary:
Harvard’s Theda Skocpol provides a compelling narrative and analysis of why Waxman-Markey didn’t become law. In terms of my own empirical work, Kotchen and I document using Google Trends that interest in “global warming” fell in states with rising unemployment rates. Gurney, Zhou, Michael Cragg and I document that Conservative Representatives from high carbon and [...]