LAWRENCE H. GOULDER
Professor and Shuzo Nishihara Chair in Environmental and Resource Economics

Ph.D. Stanford University (Economics); A.B. Harvard University (Philosophy).

Research Interests: Environmental economics, public economics, applied general equilibrium analysis.

Current Research: Economic and environmental effects of environmental policies, implications of environmental policy for technological innovation.

Representative Recent Publications: (1) “Are We Consuming Too Much?” (with Kenneth Arrow, Partha Dasgupta, and others) Journal of Economic Perspectives, forthcoming; (2) “The Substantial Bias from Ignoring General Equilibrium Effects in Estimating Excess Burden, and a Practical Solution” (with Roberton Williams III), Journal of Political Economy, August 2003; (3) “The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Instruments for Environmental Protection in a Second-Best Setting,” (with Ian Parry, Roberton C. Williams III, and Dallas Burtraw), Journal of Public Economics, May 1999; (4) “Revenue-Raising vs. Other Approaches to Environmental Protection: The Critical Significance of Pre-Existing Tax Distortions,” (with Ian Parry and Dallas Burtraw), RAND Journal of Economics, Winter 1997; (5) “Optimal Environmental Taxation in the Presence of Other Taxes: General Equilibrium Analyses,” (with A. Lans Bovenberg), American Economic Review, September, 1996.

Teaching Interests: Environmental economics, public economics.

Professional Affiliations: AEA, NBER, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, National Tax Association.