Energy Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Feb 2020
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Honoring a Legend

Inventions at Georgia Tech’s ATDC incubator, with a mission to commercialize a set of scientific breakthroughs for improving silicon photovoltaics. Through his Freeing Energy Project, Nussey is writing a book to help people outside the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Student Clubs | MBA

Christian Fellowship Club Basketball Coffee and Tea Club Conservative Club Consulting for Impact Club Crimson Parents D Democrats, Liberals, Progressives Club E Education Club Energy & Environment Club Entertainment & Media Club... View Details

03 Oct 2019
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Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

reunions about what everyone needs to know before getting involved in the business of outer space. READ MORE The following is an edited transcript of a Skydeck Live podcast recording. Julia Hanna: So do you think just more broadly that there’s a tipping point in terms... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

01 Mar 2009
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The Myth of Laissez-Faire

fellow at the New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, means big. He wants an American federal government that raises taxes on almost everyone and everything to fund up to $500 billion annually in projects and programs... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

17 Nov 2015
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Carbon Neutral

to drive a cheaper car, or insulate their house and be a little more energy efficient,” says Minnick. At the same time, however, the plan would use the extra revenues generated from the carbon fee to issue a tax credit to middle-class... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding

01 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond

they want to put their energy and focus their career.” BEI was founded in 2010 to connect and engage faculty, students, alumni, and practitioners on environment-focused research, teaching, and discourse. Its mission: to deepen the... View Details

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Leaders Program

whether it’s national security or immigration or healthcare, all had climate implications and required climate considerations. So, for my next role, I joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and worked on a climate... View Details

30 Apr 2025
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A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2014
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Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

income to achieve desired levels of redistribution without harming saving; and a carbon tax to correct for externalities associated with energy consumption. In short, no tax expenditures that litter the code with preferences and that... View Details

Keywords: ask the expert; Finance

January 2001 (Revised May 2010)
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BP Amoco (B): Financing Development of the Caspian Oil Fields

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane

British Petroleum and Amoco were the two largest members of the Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC), an 11-firm consortium that was spending $10 billion to develop oil fields in the Caspian Sea. As of March 1999, AIOC had completed a $1.9 billion development... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Policy; Capital Budgeting; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom; Europe

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September 2010 (Revised March 2012)
Teaching Note

China "Unbalanced" (TN)

By: Diego A. Comin and Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for 711010. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Growth and Development Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Policy; Trade; Currency Exchange Rate; Energy; Investment; China; United States

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28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

company's commitment to sustainability mean that firms that ignore this do so at their own risk. BMW Group has been a leader in recognizing this. Several years ago, it issued a Sustainable Value Report detailing energy consumed, water... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog

Refer to the GEO website for full details on IFCs and be sure you understand the Course Policies and Course Fee & Financial Aid . Visit IFC Financial Aid for a quick assessment to determine your eligibility and process or contact... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Three Promoted to Full Professor

Reinhardt is currently studying the relationships between business behavior and environmental quality, particularly in the energy industry and the food and agribusiness sector. His research focuses on the relationship between... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Profiles from the Class of 2006

economics course, the premed student — whose third language is English, after Russian and Armenian — was instantly heading in a new direction. “I just fell in love,” she says. “I did some research on education policy and its impact, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, LLC, who has pledged $1 billion of his own wealth to fighting climate change through the Grantham Foundation. “Time is not on our side. We should act as if we are desperate,” he said. “We are desperate—but we act blasé.” At the... View Details

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

by maintaining a relatively large balance sheet, even when policy rates have moved well away from the zero lower bound (ZLB). In so doing, it can help ensure that there is an ample supply of government-provided safe short-term... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2007
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Mead Treadwell

sciences, climate, biology, and human development. While we focus on research goals, our advice is tied to major policy issues as well. For example, the commission advocates ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

products. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and... View Details