Science and R&D

2010

Federal Climate Change Programs: Funding History and Policy Issues
March 2010pdfblog post

 

2009

The Costs of Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
November 23, 2009pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Pharmaceutical R&D; and the Evolving Market for Drugs
October 26, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

The Distribution of Revenues from a Cap-and-Trade Program for CO2 Emissions
May 7, 2009htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the United States
May 2009htmlpdfblog post

Background Paper: How CBO Estimates the Costs of Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
April 2009pdfblog post

The Budgetary Implications of NASA's Current Plans for Space Exploration
April 2009htmlpdf

Flexibility in the Timing of Emission Reductions Under a Cap-and-Trade Program
March 26, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

The Distributional Consequences of a Cap-and-Trade Program for CO2 Emissions
March 12, 2009htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

The Army's Wireless Communications Programs
February 12, 2009pdf
Letter to the Honorable Neil Abercrombie

 

2008

An Analysis of NASA's Plans for Continuing Human Spaceflight After Retiring the Space Shuttle
November 3, 2008htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Dave Weldon, M.D.

U.S. Policy Regarding Pandemic-Influenza Vaccines
September 2008htmlpdfblog post

Nuclear Power's Role in Generating Electricity
May 2008htmlpdfadditional infoblog post

 

2007

Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Issues and Options for an Expanded Federal Role
December 2007htmlpdfblog post

Issues in Climate Change
November 2007pdfaudio
Opening statement by CBO Director Peter Orszag at the 2007 Director's Conference on Climate Change

Costs of Reprocessing Versus Directly Disposing of Spent Nuclear Fuel
November 14, 2007htmlpdfwebcast
Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate

Testimony on the Federal Government's Liabilities Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
October 4, 2007htmlpdfwebcast
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Federal Support for Research and Development
June 2007htmlpdf

 

2006

Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
October 2006pdf

Alternatives for Future U.S. Space-Launch Capabilities
October 2006pdf

 

2005

Small Bidders in License Auctions for Wireless Personal Communications Services
October 2005pdf

Background Paper: R&D; and Productivity Growth
June 2005pdf

Testimony on CBO's Comments on H.R. 1071, a Bill on Subsidizing New Desalination Facilities
May 24, 2005htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Water and Power, Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives

Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Prices Versus Caps
March 15, 2005htmlpdf

Uncertainty in Analyzing Climate Change: Policy Implications
January 2005htmlpdf

 

2004

A Budgetary Analysis of NASA's New Vision for Space Exploration
September 2004htmlpdfadditional info

Copyright Issues in Digital Media
August 2004htmlpdf

Testimony on Economic and Budgetary Issues with Cash Prizes to Achieve NASA's Objectives
July 15, 2004htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives

 

2003

The Army's Bandwidth Bottleneck
August 2003htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Ted Stevens regarding NASA's space flight operations contract and other technologically complex government activities conducted by contractors
July 29, 2003htmlpdf

Addressing the Uncertain Prospect of Climate Change
April 25, 2003htmlpdf

The Economics of Climate Change: A Primer
April 2003htmlpdf

The Budgetary Treatment of Leases and Public/Private Ventures
February 2003htmlpdf

 

1999

Current Investments in Innovation in the Information Technology Sector: Statistical Background
April 1999htmlpdf

 

1998

The Economic Effects of Federal Spending on Infrastructure and Other Investments
June 1998htmlpdf

 

1997

Federalism and Environmental Protection: Case Studies for Drinking Water and Ground-Level Ozone
November 1997htmlpdf

 

1995

Federal Financial Support of Business
July 1995htmlpdf

Budgetary Treatment of NASA's Advance Commitments to Purchase Launch Services
June 1995htmlpdf

Testimony on Restructuring NASA
March 16, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1994

How Health Care Reform Affects Pharmaceutical Research and Development
June 1994htmlpdf

Reinventing NASA
March 1994htmlpdf

 

1993

Reinventing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Performance
October 13, 1993pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Space, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

A Review of Edwin Mansfield's Estimate of the Rate of Return From Academic Research and Its Relevance to the Federal Budget Process
April 1993pdf

 

1992

Large Nondefense R&D; Projects in the Budget: An Update
March 1992pdf

 

1991

Testimony on Encouraging Private Investment in Space Activities
July 16, 1991pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

Large Nondefense R&D; Projects in the Budget: 1980-1996
July 1991htmlpdf

Targeting Emerging-Technology Industries
March 1991pdf

Encouraging Private Investment in Space Activities
February 1991pdf

Testimony on the Budgetary Issues Raised by the Report of the Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program
January 31, 1991pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1990

Using R&D; Consortia for Commercial Innovation: SEMATECH, X-ray Lithography, and High-Resolution Systems
July 1990pdf

 

1989

Preliminary Analysis of NASA Commercialization Initiatives
February 1989pdf

 

1988

Risks and Benefits of Building the Superconducting Super Collider
October 1988htmlpdf

The NASA Program in the 1990s and Beyond
May 1988pdf

Using Federal R&D; to Promote Commercial Innovation
April 1988pdf

Economic and Budgetary Aspects of the Superconducting Super Collider
March 1988htmlpdf

 

1987

The 1988 Budget and the Future of the NASA Program
March 1987htmlpdf

 

1986

Setting Space Transportation Policy for the 1990s
October 1986htmlpdf

Budget Effects of the Challenger Accident
March 1986htmlpdf

 

1985

Federal Financial Support for High-Technology Industries
June 1985pdf

Testimony on Space Shuttle Pricing Policy
March 27, 1985pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate

Testimony on Space Shuttle Pricing Policy
March 5, 1985pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

Pricing Options for the Space Shuttle
March 1985pdf

 

1984

The Extension of the Research and Development Tax Credit
August 2, 1984pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means

Federal Support for R & D and Innovation
April 1984pdf

Research and Development Funding in the Proposed Fiscal Year 1985 Budget
March 1984pdf

Federal Support of U.S. Business
January 1984pdf

 

1983

Energy Research and Development Policy
June 22, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications, Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1981

Testimony on Industrial Policy
June 1, 1981htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1977

Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercialization
January 1977pdf