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Markets vs. Mandates is based on the Hoover Institution’s founding principle of generating ideas that advance healthy and free societies. The research program evaluates when, if, and how institutions and policies can improve environmental quality while also promoting economic prosperity and individual freedom. It does so by conducting research that analyzes the incentives that policies create, rather than hopes that inspired them.

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Environmental markets should guide federal land use

The free-market idea that environmentalists should be allowed to bid for leases on federal land — competing in a market against cattle ranchers, loggers and oil companies, but aiming to conserve landscapes — was once considered fringe. 

Jul 14, 2023
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Terry Anderson Do Environmental Quality And Economic Prosperity Have To Be Mutually Exclusive

Hoover Institution fellow Terry Anderson discusses whether environmental quality and economic prosperity have to be mutually exclusive.

Mar 21, 2024
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Allow “nonuse rights” to conserve natural resources

“Use-it-or-lose-it” requirements should be reconsidered. Watch the PolicyEd video.

Aug 26, 2021
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Adapt And Be Adept

The key to successfully responding to climate change? Harnessing the power of the market.

Apr 9, 2021
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The Hoover Enviropreneur Fellowship Program is a nonresidential, project-based fellowship tailored for mid-career professionals committed to exploring innovative market approaches to solving environmental challenges. Fellows will collaborate with Hoover Institution scholars and Stanford faculty, drawing on their extensive knowledge in business, finance, law, and environmental strategy.

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Markets Vs. Mandates: Promoting Environmental Quality And Economic Prosperity

On April 8, 2024, the Hoover Institution will host its second annual one-day conference on Markets vs. Mandates: Promoting Environmental Quality and Economic Prosperity. Building on Hoover’s founding principles of generating ideas that define healthy and free societies, the program will evaluate when, if, and how institutions and policies can improve environmental quality while also promoting economic prosperity and individual freedom.

April 8, 2024
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Speakers Cover Wide Range Of Global Challenges At Hoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp
September 25, 2024

via Hoover Daily Report

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Indigenous Students From Around The Globe Forge New Paths To Economic Resilience At Hoover
September 4, 2024 with Terry Anderson, Dominic Parker

via Hoover Daily Report

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May 2023 | Class on Environment and Energy

The Hoover Institution has established a new two-week visiting program, the Campbell Visiting Fellows. The goal of the program is to bring a set of researchers as visitors who are all focused on research in one general topic area to be present at Hoover during a single two week period, exchanging ideas, interacting with each other, working collaboratively if they wish, and also interacting with other scholars in their field at Hoover at Stanford more broadly.

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Economic Potential Of Wind And Solar In American Indian Communities

Could renewable energy development on American Indian Reservations alleviate poverty? This Article combines data on wind and solar endowments, reservation characteristics and utility-scale renewable energy projects to offer three insights. 

August 23, 2024 By Dominic Parker , Sarah Johnston , Bryan Leonard , Daniel Stewart , Justin B. Winikoff

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Environmental Incentives vs. Environmental Mandates: Lessons for Educational Policy
November 19, 2024 By Terry Anderson, Dominic Parker

via The Education Futures Council

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The Creation and Extent of America's First Environmental Agencies
November 20, 2024 By Dominic Parker, Dean Lueck

via The University of Chicago Press

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