At $2 a gallon, should I stop writing papers about the Prius? I don't think so. You wouldn't want to read my papers about the financial crisis. I am a fan of creative destruction and would ask the Obama Administration to sit back and let the chips land where they land. But, they wouldn't listen to me. I vote for decentralizing power rather than having Washington D.C seize it. So, permit me to keep writing about the Prius.


Dear colleagues,

I recently published a new article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Contributions), and thought you might enjoy reading it. You are invited to download the full text at no charge from the journal's website; feel free to forward this along to any other colleagues who may be interested.

Kahn, Matthew E. and Vaughn, Ryan K. (2009) "Green Market
Geography: The Spatial Clustering of Hybrid Vehicles and
LEED Registered Buildings," The B.E. Journal of Economic
Analysis & Policy: Vol. 9 : Iss. 2 (Contributions), Article
2. DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2030 Available at:
http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol9/iss2/art2

This paper uses zip code level data to investigate the spatial distribution of two major "green" products. Using data from California, we document where hybrid vehicles cluster within the state. Using data for the entire nation, we study where LEED registered buildings cluster. By creating a novel measure of community environmentalism based on revealed preference political data, we document that green products cluster in environmentalist communities.

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