Areas of Research

Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy

Publications: Books, monographs, and chapters in books

Kosobud, Richard F. Editor. 1999. Emissions Trading: Environmental Policy's New Tool. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Kosobud, Richard F. And L. Peter Alonzi, editors and contributors. 1997. Market Tools for Green Goals. A publication of The Chicago Board of Trade and The Workshop on Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy.

Kosobud, Richard F. and Jennifer M. Zimmerman. 1997. Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold & Co.

Kosobud, Richard F. "Econometrics and Environmental Policy Analysis," Invited chapter in M. Dutta, editor, Economics, Econometrics and The Link: Essays in Honor of Lawrence R. Klein, (NY: North Holland, 1995).

Kosobud, Richard F. senior editor and contributor, Cost Effective Control of Urban Smog,

(Chicago, IL; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, November 1993).

_______, "A Linear Programming Approach to China's Long-Run Energy Resource Allocations" (with Zhang, R.) in Asian Economic Research, Volume II (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1989).

_______, "Long-Run Greenhouse Effects and Developing Economies,"editorial board and contributor, Asian Economic Research Volume I (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1988).

_______, "Rational Security Expectations of Stability in Northeast Asia," (with A. Cyr), in M.Dutta, editor, Asia Pacific Economies: Promises and Challenges, (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1987).

_______, editor and contributor, Northeast Asia: Defense Partnerships and Trade Rivalries (Chicago: Chicago Council of Foreign Relations, 1984).

_______, and R. Resek, editors and contributors, The Midwest Economy: Issues and Policy (Urbana, IL: Bureau of Economics and Business Research, 1983).

_______, consulting editor and contributor, Studies in the United States-Asia Economic Relations.(,Durham, NC: The Acorn Press, 1983).

_______, and R. Minami, editors and contributors, Econometric Studies of the Contemporary Economy of Japan (Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1977).

_______, and J. N. Morgan, contributors and editors, Consumer Behavior of Individual Families Over Two and Three Years, (Ann Arbor, MI: Survey Research Center, 1965).

Katona, George, R.F. Kosobud, and C. Lininger, The 1963 Survey of Consumer Finances, (Ann Arbor, MI: Survey Research Center, 1964).

Journals and Related Articles

Kosobud, Richard F. "Environmental Controls; Market Incentives vs. Direct Regulation". Proceedings of the Twenty Fourth Annual Illinois Energy Conference. 1997. 31 pages.

Kosobud, Richard F. "Tradable Cumulative CO₂ Permits and Global Warming Control," The Energy Journal, Vol 15, No. 2 (1994), pp. 213-232.

______, (with J. Braden and N. Netusil), "Incentive-Based Nonpoint Source Pollution Abatement in a Reauthorized Clean Water Act," Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp 781-789, October, 1994.

_____, "The Problem of Climate Change Benefit-Cost Analyses" in Global Climate Change: Social and Economic Research Issues, Midwest Consortium for International Security Studies, February 1992, pp. 5-25.

_____ "Tradeable CO2 Emission Permits For Cost-Effective Control of Global Warming", Proceedings of The International Association for Energy Economics, 20 pages, November 1991.

Kosobud, R. F., T. A. Daly and K. G. Quinn, "Tradeable Permits for Global Warning Control", Proceedings of the American Power Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 1 1991, 18 pages.

Kosobud, R. F. "Economic Analysis of Greenhouse Effect Policy Issues: East and West," The Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Working Paper No. 10, November 1989, 35 pages.

_______, CO2-Induced Climate Change and the Great Lakes Region," National Academy of Science Colloquium, (Chicago, IL: Field Museum, March 18, 1988), 13 pages.

_______, "The Relative Income Hypothesis," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economic Theory and Doctrine (New York: The Macmillan Press Ltd., 1987).

_______, "Modeling Energy Resource Allocations," Faculty Institute on Energy Policy Publications, Argonne National Laboratory (1986), pp. 31-41.

_______ and T. A. Daly, "How Should CO2 Forecasting and Control Models be Compared?" in Baier, Mark, editor Energy and Economy: Global Interdependencies, Volume 9, Papers presented at the Seventh Annual International Conference of the IAEE, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany, June 3-5, 1985, pp.123-139.

_______, "International Conflict or Cooperation Over the CO2 Climate Impact," Kyklos, Volume 37, Fasc. 4 (1984), pp. 638-659.

Daly, T. A., N. Goto, R.F. Kosobud, and W. D. Nordhaus, "CO2 Forecasting and Control; A Mathematical Programming Approach," in Weyant, John P. and Dorothy B. Sheffield, editors, The Energy Industries in Transition (Washington, DC: Westview Press, Inc., 1984),pp.547-563.

Kosobud, Richard F., Daly, T. A., and Chang, Y.I., "Decentralized CO2 Abatement Policy and Energy Technology Choices in the Long-Run," in Itteilag, R., editor, Government and Energy (Washington, DC: Westview Press, Inc., 1983).

Daly, T. A. and R. F. Kosobud, "Sensitivity of Fossil Fuel Tax Rates and Energy Technology Choices to Alternate CO2 Environmental Damage Functions," Proceedings of the Illinois Economic Association, October 28 and 29, 1983.

Kosobud, Richard R., Daly, T. A., and Chang, Y.I., "Role of the Breeder in Long-Term Energy Economics," Proceedings of the Associated Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Los Angeles, August 1982.

_______, "The Inefficient and Unstable Crude Oil Market and Importer-Exporter Negotiations," International Journal of Policy and Information, Vol. 6, No. 1 (June 15, 1982), pp. 71-85.

_______, "On the Dependence of Population Growth on Income: New Results in a Ricardian- Malthus Model," De Economist 129, NR.2 (1981), pp. 206-224.

_______ and H. H. Stokes, "OPEC Short-Run Market Share Behavior: Implications, Theories, and Facts, Energy Economics, Vol, 2. No. 2 (April 1980), pp.66-80.

_______ and H.H. Stokes, "Simulation of World Oil Market Shocks: A Markov Analysis of OPEC and Consumer Behavior," The Energy Journal, Vol. 1, No.2 (April 1980), pp,55-84.

_______, "Implications of the Iranian Revolution for U.S. Energy Security," Commerce, Vol. 76, No. 2 (March 1979), pp 54-88.

_______ and H. H. Stokes, "Oil Market Share Dynamics: A Markov Analysis of Consumer and Producer Adjustments," Journal of Empirical Economics, Vol. 3, No 4, (1978), pp.253-275.

_______, Appraising the Short-Run Predictive Value of Econometric Models," Journal of Business, Fall 1978, pp.323-328.

_______ and H. H. Stokes, "Economic Analysis of OPEC Using a Markov Chain Model," Journal of Energy and Development (Spring 1978), 21 pages.

_______, "International Cartelization to Prevent Nuclear Weapons Proliferation," Journal of International Studies, (Seoul) (Spring 1978), 17 pages.

_______, "Measured Productivity Change in Japan, 1952-1968," Japanese Economic Studies (Spring 1974), pp. 80-118.

_______ and H. H. Stokes, 'Trade Peace in the Pacific by Means of a Free Trade Area?", Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 1 (1974), pp. 54-66.

_______ and W. D. O'Neill, "A Growth Model with Population Endogenous," American Economic Review, Vol. LXIV, No. 2 (May 1974), pp. 27-32.

_______, "The Role of International Transfer of Technology in Japan's Economic Growth," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 5 (1973), pp. 395-406.

_______ and W. D. O'Neill, "A Cross-Section Model of Economic Growth Reexamined," The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. LIV, No. 4 (November 1972), pp. 467-470.

_______ and W. D. O'Neill, "Stochastic Properties of an Orbitally Stable Non-Linear Business Cycle Model," Econometrica, Vol. XL (January 1972), pp.69-86.

_______, "Forecasting Accuracy and Uses of an Econometric Model," Applied Economics, Vol. 2 (1970), pp.253-263.

_______ and John Forsythe, "Reinterview Revisions and The Quality of Survey Data on Savings," Proceedings of the International Statistical Institute (September 1969), pp. 44-46.

Theil H., and R. F. Kosobud, "How Informative are Consumer Purchases Intentions?", Review of Economics and Statistics (February 1968), pp. 50-59.

Kosobud, Richard F., "Effects of Alternate Measurement of Wealth and Income Variables Upon Consumer Saving Relationships: Some Evidence From a Panel," Proceedings of the American Statistical Association (1964), pp.36-38.

_______, "A Statistical Appraisal of the Forecasting Value of Selected Federal Government Budget Estimates of Expenditures," Proceedings of the American Statistical Association (1963), pp.374-382.

_______, Forecasting Public Education Expenditures," Papers and Proceedings of the Regional Science Association, Vol. XI (1963), pp 253-284.

_______, "A Problem Caused by Assignment of Missing Data in Sample Surveys," Econometrica (April 1963).

_______, "Reconciliation Problems Among the Social Accounts," Proceedings of the American Statistical Association (1961), pp 222-227.

Klein, L. R. and R. F. Kosobud, "Some Econometrics of Growth," Quarterly Journal of Economics (April 1961).

Research Support

Urban Deconcentration and Diversity Valuation, Illinois Conservation Foundation, 1997

Recipient of a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to organize a Workshop on Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy, 1992-1995.

Control of Global Climate change by Market-Based Methods, Argonne National Laboratory, 1989-1992.

Tradeable CO2 Emission Permits for Greenhouse Effect Policy? AmeriTech Research Fellowship 1991-1992.

CO2 Induced Climate Change and the Great Lakes Region, Canadian Studies Faculty Research Award, 1987-1988.

CO2 Policy Choices: Climate and the Economy; National Science Foundation, 1984-1988.

Climate, Economy and Energy Technology Choices, Argonne National Laboratory, 1981-1984.

Economic Growth and Demographic Interrelationships; U.S. National Institute of Health, 1973-1979.

Macroeconomic Policy and Technological Change in Japan; Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. 1970-1971.

University of Illinois Campus Research Board, various dates.

Aggregate Consumption Functions and Expectations; National Science Foundation, 1965-1967.

Employment

University of Illinois at Chicago Professor 1968-(Department of Economics) Head: 1970-72, 1977-82

University of Illinois at Chicago Associate Dean 1987-90 (College of Business Administration)

Wayne State University Associate Professor, 1964-67(Department of Economics) Survey Research Center Study Director, 1961-1964

University of Michigan

University of Michigan Lecturer, 1961-64 (Department of Economics)

University of Pennsylvania Instructor, 1958-61 (Department of Economics, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce)

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