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EERC ~ Faculty Associate - Robert A. Bohm
Ph.D., Economics, Washington University. A.M., Economics, Washington University. A.B., Economics, Colgate University. Dr. Bohm has been with EERC since its founding in 1973, serving in several capacities, including acting director, while holding a professorship in the economics department. His research interests include: the use of environmental taxes as an instrument of environmental policy, particularly among state governments in the United States as well as provincial and regional governments in developing countries; factors affecting the decision by a firm to generate hazardous waste and the impact that the generation of such waste has on public policy; economies-of-scale and sustainability of solid-waste recycling programs; economic issues surrounding the valuation of human life and environmental degradation. Dr. Bohm is a member of the American Economic Association and the National Tax Association. His hobbies include hiking, reading, cooking, and gardening. Selected Publications Robert A. Bohm, "Prospective and Retrospective on Energy, Environment and Economy," in Twenty Years After the Energy Crisis: How Far Have We Come? ed. D.L. Feldman (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996). Robert A. Bohm, J. H. Peretz, B.E. Tonn, S.R. Elliot and H. Hwang, "Hazardous Waste Capacity Assurance Planning: Volumes for One Time Remediation," Remediation, Autumn 1994. Robert A. Bohm, William F. Fox, and Timothy Essenberg, "Sustainability of Potable Water Services in the Philippines," Water Resources Research, 1993. Robert A. Bohm and Michael P. Kelsay, "State and Local Government Initiatives to Tax Solid and Hazardous Waste," in Thomas P. Pogue, ed., State Taxation of Business (NY: Praeger Publishers, 1992). |
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