West specializes in public, environmental and urban economic policies and issues. Her research on using market incentives to control car pollution was funded by the Public Policy Institute of California. She is also interested in congestion, policies to contain urban sprawl and water management. EDUCATION: B.A., Macalester College M.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin West has been teaching at Macalester since 1999.
Journal Articles
Optimal taxation and cross-price effects on labor supply: Estimates of the optimal gas tax (with Roberton C. Williams), Journal of Public Economics (2007)
Estimates from a Consumer Demand System: Implications for the Incidence of Environmental Taxes (with R. Williams), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2004)
Distributional Effects of Alternative Vehicle Pollution Control Policies, Journal of Public Economics (2004)
Can Taxes on Cars and on Gasoline Mimic an Unavailable Tax on Emissions (with Don Fullerton), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2002)
An emissions tax is efficient, but measurement of every car’s emissions would be inaccurate and...
Books
Public Finance Solutions to Vehicle Emissions Problems in California (with Don Fullerton), Don Fullerton (2003)
All urban centers in California violate the Federal standard for ozone. So far, the State...
Market Opportunities for Recycling in Texas, Volume II: Texas Manufacturers’ Demand for Inputs (with M. Mohammadioun, S. Ahmed, and B. Palifka) (1997)
Contributions to Books