F. Andrew Hanssen is professor of economics at Clemson University and a 2016 Lone Mountain Fellow at PERC. His areas of research include institutions, law and economics, political economy, and industrial organization. Before getting a Ph.D., he was a management consultant, working in Europe, Latin America, and the Far East.
Originally published in Environmental Policy in the Anthropocene (PERC, 2016). Download this full chapter here. Even without knowing what environmental changes the Anthropocene will bring,…
A new volume aims to foster an engaging discussion about the future of environmental policy in this human-dominated era.
The authors explore the history of eminent domain in the United States—a history characterized by periodic public backlash.
Environmentalists, politicians, and scholars express concern about a "race to the bottom" in environmental policy. Yet economic theory indicates that a race to the bottom in environmental policy is highly unlikely, and there is little evidence that such races have, in fact, occurred.