Associate Scholars

Catherine Wolfram is a Professor of Energy Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was previously the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley – and was...

Ujjayant Chakravorty is a professor of economics at Tufts University and at the Center for International Environment and Resource policy at the Fletcher School. He is a Research Associate at the Toulouse School of Economics and Distinguished Visiting...

Paul L. Joskow is the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, Emeritus, in the MIT Department of Economics.  He was the president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 2008 through 2017 and is now President, Emeritus.  Professor Joskow was...

Jing Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Tufts University. Jing's research interests lie in energy economics and industrial organization, focusing on development and adoption of new technologies. In recent work, Jing has...

Robert S. Pindyck is also a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and he has been a Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University, Harvard University, and Columbia University. Professor Pindyck's research and writing have covered topics in microeconomics and...

Richard Schmalensee is the former Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. He served as the John C Head III Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management from 1998 through 2007. He was the Member of the President's Council of...

Gilbert (Gib) Metcalf's research focuses on policy evaluation and design in the areas of taxation, energy, and climate change. During 2011 and 2012, Metcalf served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of...

Steve Cicala is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Tufts University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His work focuses on the economics of regulation, particularly with respect to...

Christopher Knittel's research focuses on understanding how consumers and firms respond to changes in energy prices and energy-related policies, and to use these findings to inform us on the costs and benefits of environmental polices. His research has...