Richard D. Morge n ste rn Senior Fellow 202.328.5037 morgenstern@rff.org
Expertise Air Quality: Air Pollution Climate: Cap and Trade, Carbon Pricing, Climate Change, Global Trade, State and US Regional Policies International: China, Mexico Policy and Analysis: Emissions Pricing, Regulation, Taxes Transportation: Alternative Fuels and Vehicles
Dick Morgenstern is an expert on the economics of environmental issues and on the use of economic incentives to address air pollution, global climate change, and other problems. He has conducted design and evaluation studies, including benefit–cost analyses, in the United States and abroad. He has been involved in the design and evaluation of an international climate change regime for more than 20 years. Recently, Morgenstern has been analyzing competitiveness and trade issues at international, national, and state levels, as well as approaches to cost management under a domestic cap-and-trade regime. He also has worked in China on establishing an emissions trading system and has advised the Colombian and Mexican governments on a range of environmental management issues. Education • Postdoctoral studies, Columbia University School of Business, 1974 • PhD in economics, University of Michigan, 1970 • AB in economics, Oberlin College, 1966
Resources for the Future
Selected Publications Climate Policy Design with Correlated Uncertainties in Offset Supply and Abatement Cost (with H. Fell, D. Burtraw, and K. Palmer), Land Economics, Aug. 2012. The Impact on Japanese Industry of Alternative Carbon Mitigation Policies (with M. Sugino and T. Arimura), RFF Discussion Paper 12-17, Jul. 2012. Reforming Institutions and Managing Extremes: US Policy Approaches for Adapting to a Changing Climate (with D.F. Morris, M.K. Macauley, and R.J. Kopp), RFF Report, May 2011.
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