Download or read book Evaluating Options for U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Mitigation Using Multiple Criteria written by Nicholas Burger and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choosing policy responses to mitigate greenhouse gases (GHGs) is one of the great challenges that the United States faces. It will require balancing cost-effectiveness and other objectives that reflect the institutional and political realities of passing major federal legislation with widespread impacts on U.S. producers and consumers. This paper develops a framework for evaluating U.S. GHG-mitigation policy that balances several criteria.