Edward Elgar Publishing released – in February 2019 – Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings, Seventh Edition, edited by Robert Stavins, HEEP Director. Since the first edition was published in 1972, Economics of the Environment has been a very important resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and others concerned with environmental challenges. The seventh edition includes 34 papers written by prominent environmental economists on a range of key economic concepts and environmental issues. More than half of the papers are new...

Rohini Pande, the Rafik Hariri professor of international political economy at Harvard Kennedy School and co-director of Evidence for Policy Design, has been honored with the 2018 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award for advancing the status of women in...

Scholars Gather to Celebrate and Honor Eminent Economist Martin L. Weitzman as He Retires From Harvard University

Written by Doug Gavel for the Harvard Environmental Economics Program

A recording of the symposium can be found by clicking here.

Many of the world’s most eminent economists and climate scientists gathered Thursday, October 11 at...

As part of the 2018 Deep Dive, Professor Robert Stavins of the Harvard Kennedy School further explained the economic implications of climate change. Stavins explained the rationale behind viewing the climate change crisis from an...