Richard D. MorgensternRichard D. Morgenstern is a senior fellow at the Resources for the Future (RFF) in Washington, D.C. Before joining RFF in the year 2000, he had built a career as an academic and a policy maker. He was a tenured economics professor at Queens College of the City University of New York in the 1970s and has taught at American University, Yeshiva University, the University of Pennsylvania and Oberlin College. Morgenstern first joined the federal government as an analyst at the Congressional Budget Office before being named Deputy Assistant Administrator of Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment. Subsequently, he served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he held various positions, including Director of the Office of Policy Analysis. He served (briefly) as the Agency’s Acting Deputy Administrator in 1993.
At RFF, Morgenstern’s research focuses on the economic analysis of environmental issues with an emphasis on the costs, benefits, evaluation, and design of environmental policies, especially economic incentive measures. His analysis also focuses on climate change, including the design of cost-effective policies to reduce emissions in the United States and abroad.
Morgenstern received his A.B. degree in economics at Oberlin College and his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan. He has published dozens of articles on environmental economics and policy and he has authored/edited of several books, including New Approaches on Energy and the Environment: Policy Advices for the President (with Paul R. Portney) and Reality Check: “The Nature and the Performance of Voluntary Environmental Programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan” (with William A. Pizer).
Website
http://www.rff.org/Researchers/Pages/ResearchersBio.aspx?ResearcherID=47&Tab=Profile (Official website at RFF)
Audio and Video Clips
http://www.rff.org/Researchers/Pages/ResearcherSpotlightMorgenstern.aspx (An interview)
Contact Information
Richard D. Morgenstern
Resources for the Future
1616 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036Email: morgenstern@rff.org
Telephone: (202) 328-5037
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