Economics for everybody : The environmental issue in the US by Côme Billard, Anna Creti and Antoine Mandel

In November 2020, the U.S. federal government formalized its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Following this, some American governors decide to take action against global warming through the adoption of environmental policies at the state level.

This graph by Côme Billard, Anna Creti and Antoine Mandel illustrates the diffusion of environmental policies between American states.

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Côme Billard is in charge of European negotiations at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty. His doctoral research at the university of Paris Dauphine-PSL (Climate economics Chair) focused on the economics of the environment, the economics of networks, and the dynamics of dissemination of environmental policies. His most recent work focuses on the climate economy and energy transition.

Anna Creti is professor at the university of Paris Dauphine-PSL, director of the Climate Economics Chair at Dauphine and of Economics of Gas Chair. She is a research fellow at the École polytechnique and external affiliate with the Siebel Institute, Berkeley. She has extensively studied the competition and regulation of network utilities, as well as the link between energy, climate and environmental regulation.

Antoine Mandel is professor at the Paris School of Economics and at the university Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is also research fellow at the CNRS.

Based on the work:
Billard C., Creti A. & Mandel A., 2020, How Environmental Policies Spread? A network approach to diffusion in the U.S., Working Paper, Climate Economics Chair, University Paris Dauphine-PSL.

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