2019

Host Daniel Raimi talks with Robert Stavins, the A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Daniel and Rob discuss the role that economics has played in shaping environmental policy, both in...

Seventy leading faculty, doctoral students, and post-doctoral researchers from 22 institutions across the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions shared their research and insights last week at the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental...

The paper, by Robert Stavins, Todd Schatzki, and Rebecca Scott, is titled “Transitioning to Long-Run Effective and Efficient Climate Policies.” The paper argues that – because climate-change itself is a long-term problem – policies are needed to reduce...

Three former Pre-Doctoral Fellows with the Harvard Environmental Economics Program recieved their Ph.D.'s on Thursday, May 30 th, 2019 and have accepted new positions. Daniel Velez-Lopez recieved his Ph.D. in Public Policy and has accepted a position as...

The Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics will be held at Harvard University on June 13-14. You can find more information on the workshop website found here. This workshop is supported by the Harvard University Center for the...

CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Harvard Environmental Economics Program has, for the tenth consecutive year, awarded three prizes to Harvard University students for the best research papers addressing a topic in environmental, energy, or natural-resource economics –...

Joseph Aldy , who has been a Faculty Fellow of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP) since 2009, has been appointed Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced the appointment...

Jeffrey Holmstead, former Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Air and Radiation (OAR), visited Harvard Kennedy School on April 8, 2019 – hosted by the Harvard Environmental Economics Program and its Director, Robert...

Dale W. Jorgenson is the Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University. He was awarded the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal by the American Economic Association in 1971 and served as President of the Association in 2000. Jorgenson has...

Kate Sims, former Visiting Scholar and Pre-Doctoral Fellow with the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, is co-lead of a new study describing how land conservation in New England impacts local economies by increasing employment rates. Kate is...