Ste p he n P. A . Brown Nonresident Fellow 702.895.3191 spa.brown@unlv.edu
Energy: Coal, Energy Security, Natural Gas, Oil, Shale Gas Policy and Analysis: Markets, State and US Regional Policies, Subsidies
Steve Brown, who joined RFF in 2009 as its first nonresident fellow, has conducted inquiries into domestic and international energy markets, energy security policies, climate policy, public finance, government performance, and regional economic growth. Prior to joining RFF, Brown had 27-year career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, where he retired as director of energy economics and microeconomic policy analysis. In addition to being a nonresident fellow at RFF, Brown is a professor of economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Education • PhD in economics, University of Maryland, 1979 • MA in economics, University of Maryland, 1977 • BS in economics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1972 Selected Publications Energy and Natural Resources (with J. Darmstadter), in Megatrends in Global Interaction, 1st edition, Bertelsmann Foundation (ed.), 2012. Energy Security and Climate Change Protection: Complementarity or Tradeoff? (with H.G. Huntington), Energy Policy, Sep. 2008. Deliverability and Regional Pricing in US Natural Gas Markets (with M.K. Yücel), Energy Economics, Sep. 2008. The Private Sector Impact of State and Local Government: Has More Become Bad? (with L.L. Taylor), Contemporary Economic Policy, 2006.
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