Publications

Research and Non-Academic Papers

Several articles have been written by or about VCEMS and its faculty members that are of general interest to the business and academic community. Many of these articles are "non-academic" and appeal to broader audiences.

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"Climate Change: The Equity Problem" by Michael P. Vandenbergh and Brooke A Ackerly, Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 26, (2007) Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1024173
"Legitimacy, Selectivity, and the Disunitary Executive: A Reply to Sally Katzen" by Michael P. Vandenbergh and Lisa Bressman,105 Michigan Law Review 1511 (2007)
"The Carbon-Neutral Individual," by Michael P. Vandenbergh and Anne Steinemann, 82 New York University Law Review (forthcoming 2007)
"The New Wal-Mart Effect: The Role of Private Contracting in Global Governance," by Michael P. Vandenbergh, 54 UCLA Law Review 913 (2007)
"Inside the Administrative State: A Critical Look at the Practice of Presidential Control," by Michael P. Vandenbergh and Lisa Bressman, 105 Michigan Law Review 1 (2006)
"The Private Life of Public Law," by Michael P. Vandenbergh, 105 Columbia Law Review 2029 (2005)
“Order Without Social Norms: How Personal Norm Activation Can Protect the Environment,” by Michael P. Vandenbergh , 99 Northwestern University Law Review 1101 (2005)
"A Risk Assessment Methodology for Intentional Chemical and Biological Contamination of Distribution Systems," by Spradley, L., M. Abkowitz, and J. Clarke, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Vol. 3 : Iss. 3, Article 2, August 2006. (also presented at Society for Risk Analysis Annual Conference, December 2005).
"Determinants of Environmental Innovation in U.S. Manufacturing Industries," by Brunnermeier, Smita and Mark A. Cohen, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 45(2): 278-93 (March 2003).
"From Smokestack to SUV: The Individual as Regulated Entity in the New Era of Environmental Law," by Michael P. Vandenbergh 57 Vanderbilt Law Review 515 (2004)
"Beyond Elegance: A Testable Typology of Social Norms in Corporate Environmental Compliance," by Michael P. Vandenbergh, 22 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 55 (2003)
White Paper on March 2002 Summit Proceedings - Environmental Risk Communication: What Is It and How Can It Work?, by Mark D. Abkowitz. (August 2002).
Some Key Environmental Issues Facing Tennessee in the Coming Decade: A Series of Three White Papers, by Linda Breggin, Mark A. Cohen, Meghan Lockman, Ann Olsen, and Kristen Shepherd. (July 2002).
“Transparency after 9/11: Balancing the “Right-to-Know” with the Need for Security,” by Mark A. Cohen; Corporate Environmental Strategy, 9(4): 368-74 (2002).
“Online Corporate Environmental Reporting: Improvements and Innovation to Enhance Stakeholder Value,” by Kristen Shepherd, Mark Abkowitz, and Mark A. Cohen. Corporate Environmental Strategy, 8(4): 1-9(December 2001).
"Does the Market Value Environmental Performance?" by David W. Case; Environmental Law Reporter, vol. 31, pp. 10773-10789 (July 2001).
The Law and Economics of Environmental Information as Regulation, by David W. Case; Environmental Law Reporter, vol. 31, pp. 10773-10789 (July 2001).
“Information as a Policy Instrument in Protecting the Environment: What Have We Learned?” by Mark A. Cohen Environmental Law Reporter 31: 10425-31 (April 2001).
Legal Considerations In Voluntary Corporate Environmental Reporting, by David W. Case; Environmental Law Reporter, vol. 30, pp. 10375-10382 (May 2000).
Empirical Research on the Deterrent Effect of Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement, by Mark A. Cohen; Environmental Law Reporter, vol. 30, pp. 10245-52 (April 2000).
Why do Firms Pollute (and Reduce) Toxic Emissions?by Mark A. Cohen and Shameek Konar. (Working Paper, March 2000).
Environmental Information Disclosure and Stakeholder Involvement: Searching for Common Ground, by Mark D. Abkowitz, Susan Sakura Buck, David W. Case, Mark A. Cohen, and Patricia A. Drake; White Paper summarizing the one-day summit hosted by VCEMS on March 3, 1999 to discuss the growing trend toward information disclosure as an environmental policy tool (1999). Paper published in Corporate Environmental Strategy, 6(4): 415-24 (December 1999).
Monitoring and Enforcement of Environmental Policy, by Mark A. Cohen; forthcoming, International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, Volume III, edited by Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmer; Edward Elgar publishers, (1999).
Environmental and Financial Performance:Are They Related? by Mark A. Cohen, Scott A. Fenn, and Shameek Konar. (Working Paper, 1997)
“Information as Regulation: The Effect of Community Right to Know Laws on Toxic Emissions,” by Mark A. Cohen, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 32(1): 109-124(1997).
“Environmental Sentencing Guidelines or Environmental Management Guidelines: You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too!”, by Mark A. Cohen, Federal Sentencing Reporter, 8: 225-9 (February 1996)..
Lead On or Look On: The Corporate Environmental Dilemma, by Mark A. Cohen, (Insight, Spring 1994).