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Featured Theme & Topic

EPIC research is uncovering the policies, prices and information needed to help energy markets work efficiently.

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Featured Program

The EPIC Air Quality Fund aims to expand access to air quality data to 1 billion people by 2030.

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Featured Publication

Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India

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Themes & Topics

Energy Markets

Well-functioning markets are essential for providing access to reliable, affordable energy. EPIC research is uncovering the policies, prices and information needed to help energy markets work efficiently.

Climate Change

Climate change is an urgent global challenge. EPIC research is helping to assess its impacts, quantify its costs, and identify an efficient set of policies to reduce emissions and adapt to a changing world.

Environment

Producing and using energy damages people’s health and the environment. EPIC research is quantifying the social costs of energy choices and uncovering policies that help protect health while facilitating growth.

Initiatives, Programs, and Labs

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Public Opinion on Energy & Climate

How important is fighting climate change to the American public? An annual poll released with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research gives insight.

Social Cost of Carbon

EPIC is working to develop one global estimate of the social cost of carbon and to justify its use throughout the regulatory process.

Hydraulic Fracturing

EPIC research is assessing the costs and benefits of hydraulic fracturing at a local level.

Featured Publications

Working Paper·Jan 13, 2025

The Cost of Species Protection: The Land Market Impacts of the Endangered Species Act

National Bureau of Economic Research
Topics: Conservation Economics, Environment