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Research is at the heart of PERC's work

The core of PERC's research is understanding why people act the way they do and applying that understanding to environmental issues. This philosophy leads PERC to explore fundamental questions such as: What is the link between economic growth and environmental quality?


Listing of Research Studies

Lone Mountain Forum
Property Rights, Institutions, and North American Indian Economies
PERC has fostered research on property rights in general and on how property rights relate to natural resource use on Native American lands. This forum will focus on “The Role and Institutions of in North American Indian Economies.”
August 2010

FME: Exploring the Tough Questions
PERC Workshop IV
Young scholars from various discipline challenge the PERC founders of free market environmentalism on what works, what could work in the future and how to address large scale problems such as climate change, and also when markets are not the so. They will also discuss situations where markets might not work best or might not work at all.
June 2010

New Frontiers in Western Land Institutions
PERC Workshop
A PERC Workshop with scholars presenting papers on on land use conflicts in the West and raising questions about the governing institutions.
April 2010

Environmental Kuznets Curves, Carbon Emissions, and Public Choice
Environmental Kuznets Curves for carbon emissions raise doubts about the feasibility of reducing global carbon emissions..
March 2010 [PDF]

National TV Broadcasting and the rise of the regulatory state
The rise of national markets associated with national TV networks led to the expansion of federal social regulation and a simultaneous decline of federal economic regulation.
March 2010

Innovations in Property Rights for Fisheries Management
PERC Workshop
PERC Workshop at UC Santa Barabara presenting research on innovations in property rights management for fisheries. Discussion and papers.
October 2009

Water Markets: Why Not More?
PERC Workshop
At the PERC workshop, scholars presented papers examining why water markets have not developed further than they have and explored how institutional and political barriers might be lowered.
September 2009

South Carolina's Jocassee Gorges
Private Vice or Public Virtue?
August 2002 [PDF]

Cleaning Up Mining Waste
November 2001 [PDF]

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