Richard Sweeney is Associate Professor in the Economics Department at Boston College. His research interests lie at the intersection of industrial organization, environmental economics and energy policy. Rich's interests typically lie at the intersection of environmental economics and energy policy. He graduated from Boston College in 2004 with a B.S. in Economics and Political Science, and then studied post-Communist transition at C.E.R.G.E. in the Czech Republic on a Fulbright scholarship. Rich also spent two years as a research assistant at Resources for the Future, where his research involved electricity regulation, climate policy design and the economics of renewable energy.