Martin Weitzman | |
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Born | Meyer Levinger April 1, 1942 New York City, U.S. |
Died | August 27, 2019 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 77)
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Jennifer Bäverstam Weitzman |
Academic career | |
Field | Environmental economics |
Institution | Harvard University |
School or tradition | Environmental economics |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University Swarthmore College |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Solow |
Doctoral students | Nat Keohane, Andrew Metrick, Gernot Wagner |
Awards | Top 15 Financial Times-McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 for Climate Shock[1] |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Martin Lawrence Weitzman (April 1, 1942 – August 27, 2019) was an economist and a professor of economics at Harvard University. He was among the most influential economists in the world according to Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). His latest research was largely focused on environmental economics, specifically climate change and the economics of catastrophes.