Jan K. Brueckner | |
|---|---|
| Born | Berkeley, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, academic, author and researcher |
| Awards | Richard Musgrave Prize, National Tax Association Fellow, Regional Science Association International Walter Isard Award, North American Regional Science Council John M. Quigley Medal, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Fellow, Air Transport Research Society |
| Academic background | |
| Education | A.B., Economics, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of California, Irvine, 2005-present University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976-2005 |
Jan K. Brueckner is an American economist, academic, author and researcher. He is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine.[1] Brueckner has published over 150 papers. His research interests fall into areas encompassing urban economics, public economics, and real estate finance. He has also worked extensively in the field of industrial organization, focusing particularly on the economics of the airline industry. He is also the author of a textbook entitled Lectures on Urban Economics.[2]
Brueckner is a fellow of the Regional Science Association International,[3] and of the Air Transport Research Society.[4] He served as editor of the Journal of Urban Economics from 1991 until 2007.[5]