Paul Joskow

Paul L. Joskow
Born (1947-06-30) June 30, 1947 (age 77)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
EducationCornell University
Yale University
Academic career
FieldMicroeconomics
Political economics
Environmental economics
InstitutionAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
Doctoral
advisor		John Joseph
Herbert McGowan
Alvin K. Klevorick
Richard R. Nelson
Doctoral
students		Nancy Rose[1]
Judith Chevalier[2]
InfluencesRonald Coase
Oliver E. Williamson
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Paul Lewis Joskow (born June 30, 1947) is an American economist and professor. He became President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on January 1, 2008.[3] He is also the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, Emeritus at MIT.[4] He has served on the MIT faculty since 1972. From 1994 through 1998 he was Head of the MIT Department of Economics. From 1999 through 2007 he was the Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.[5] Since rejoining in 2018 from his 1988-2007 term, Professor Joskow is Research Associate on the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).[5]

In his research and teaching, Joskow focuses on industrial organization, government regulation of industry, competition policy, and energy and environmental economics.[5]

  1. ^ Rose, Nancy L. (1985). The incidence of rents in the regulated trucking industry (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ Chevalier, Judith A. (1993). Capital structure and product market competition : an empirical analysis of the supermarket industry (PDF) (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects New President" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-18. Retrieved 2010-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b c Joskow. "Paul Joskow-CV-May 2018".