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Joint Center Update 01-07
June 6, 2001 UPCOMING EVENT June 19, 2001--U.S. CLIMATE POLICY: WHAT'S NEXT? The Joint Center has assembled a team of experts to share their views on sensible climate policies in a post-Kyoto world. For agenda and registration, see http://www.aei.brookings.org/events/default.asp NEW FROM THE JOINT CENTER WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY, OR HOW NOT TO DEREGULATE. May 2001. A new book by acclaimed scholar Alfred Kahn assesses the current status of the public utility deregulation movement in the United States. http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.asp?pID=142 CONGRESS' PLAN TO REDUCE FLIGHT DELAYS IS NOT AIRWORTHY. Policy Matters 01-15, May 2001. Dorothy Robyn discusses the pitfalls of granting airlines antitrust immunity and offers alternative solutions to help reduce flight delays. http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/policy/policy_01_15.asp ENERGY PRICE CONTROLS: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. Policy Matters 01-14, May 2001. Robert Litan and Philip Verleger advocate a temporary windfall profits tax instead of price controls in the face of rising energy prices. http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/policy/policy_01_14.asp GETTING THE FACTS STRAIGHT ON MICROSOFT: A REPLY TO STELZER. Policy Matters 01-13, May 2001. Albert Nichols squares off with Irwin Stelzer on the Microsoft debate and claims that Microsoft's decisions did not violate antitrust laws. http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/policy/policy_01_13.asp ASSESSING BENEFITS OF GROUND-LEVEL OZONE: WHAT ROLE FOR SCIENCE IN SETTING NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS? Regulatory Analysis 01-04, May 2001. Randall Lutter and Howard Gruenspecht urge the EPA to get independent scientific advice about cancer risk from reduced ground-level ozone levels. http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.asp?pID=139 ALSO OF INTEREST ON THE EXERCISE OF MARKET POWER THROUGH STRATEGIC WITHHOLDING IN CALIFORNIA. Scott Harvey and William Hogan. Related Publication, May 2001. http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.asp?pID=143 June 18-19, 2001. CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN RISK ASSESSMENT. Organized by the Society for Risk Analysis. For information, see http://www.sra.org/june01_forum.pdf --- You are currently subscribed to aei-bi_updates as: [klay@enron.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-aei-bi_updates-4602E@www.brook.edu
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