NBER New Program on Environmental and Energy Economics

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has launched a new "Program on Environmental and Energy Economics." Martin Feldstein, NBER President, has announced the election of six new NBER Research Associates as part of the program, including two Faculty Fellows of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP): Robert Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at the Kennedy School, and Martin Weitzman, Professor of Economics. The other newly appointed NBER Research Associates are Maureen Cropper (World Bank), Charles Kolstad (University of California, Santa Barbara), Matthew Kahn (University of California, Los Angeles), and Kerry Smith (Arizona State University). Fifty-four other NBER Research Associates are also affiliated with the new program, including HEEP Faculty Fellows David Bloom (Harvard School of Public Health) and Richard Zeckhauser (Kennedy School). The new NBER program is directed by Professor Don Fullerton of the University of Texas. For more information, click here.