Robert Stavins

Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government
Environment and Natural Resources Program,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Office Address
Littauer-306
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 11
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-1820
Fax: 617-496-3783
Email: robert_stavins@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Jason Chapman (617-496-8054)
Robert Stavins

Profile

Robert N. Stavins is Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Director of Graduate Studies for the Doctoral Programs in Public Policy and in Political Economy and Government, Cochair of the MPP/MBA and MPA/ID/MBA Joint Degree Programs, and Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a University Fellow of Resources for the Future, former Chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Environmental Economics Advisory Board, and a member of the editorial councils of scholarly periodicals. His research has examined diverse areas of environmental economics and policy and has appeared in a variety of economics, law, and policy journals, as well as several books. Stavins directed Project 88, a bipartisan effort cochaired by former Senator Timothy Wirth and the late Senator John Heinz to develop innovative approaches to environmental problems. He has been a consultant to government agencies, international organizations, corporations, and advocacy groups. He holds a BA in philosophy from Northwestern University, an MS in agricultural economics from Cornell, and a PhD in economics from Harvard.

 

Courses

Spring

  • API-135 Environmental and Resource Economics and Policy

Year

  • API-905Y Seminar on Environmental Economics and Policy

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Stavins, Robert N. "Addressing Climate Change with a Comprehensive Cap-and-Trade System." The Oxford Review of Economic Policy 24.2 (2008): 298-321.
    • Stavins, Robert N., Carlo Carraro, and Charles Kolstad. "Introduction to the Issue." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 2.1 (Winter 2008): 1-3.
    • Stavins, Robert N., Carlo Carraro, and Charles Kolstad. "Introduction to the Issue." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 2.2 (Summer 2008): 149-151.
    • Reinhardt, Forest L., Robert N. Stavins, and Richard H.K. Vietor. "Corporate Social Responsibility through an Economic Lens." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 2.2 (Summer 2008): 219-239.
    • Stavins, Robert N. "A Meaningful U.S. Cap-and-Trade System to Address Climate Change." Harvard Environmental Law Review 32.2 (2008): 293-371.
    • Lubowski, Ruben N., Andrew J. Plantinga, and Robert N. Stavins. "What Drives Land Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions." Land Economics 84.4 (November 2008): 529-550.
  • Book Chapters
    • Stavins, Robert N. "A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol." The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take on Today's Problems. Ed. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, and J. Bradford DeLong. Columbia University Press, 2008, 28-36.
    • Stavins, Robert N. "An International Policy Architecture for the Post-Kyoto Era." Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto. Ed. Ernesto Zedillo. Brookings Institution Press, 2008, 145-153.
    • Stavins, Robert N. "Environmental Economics." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Ed. Lawrence Blume and Steven Durlauf. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
  • Edited Volumes
    • Aldy, Joseph E., and Robert Stavins., eds. Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Summary for Policymakers. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
    • Aldy, Joseph E., and Robert N. Stavins, eds. Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement. Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Reinhardt, Forest L., Robert N. Stavins, and Richard H.K. Vietor. "Corporate Social Responsibility through an Economic Lens." Resources for the Future Discussion Papers, HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, and NBER Working Papers (08-12, RWP08-023, and 13989), April 2008.
    • Jaffe, Judson, and Robert N. Stavins. "Linkage of Tradable Permit Systems in International Climate Policy Architecture." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series and NBER Working Papers (RWP08-053 and 14432), October 2008.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Stavins, Robert N. "Enviro Justice and Cap-and-Trade." The Environmental Forum. May/June 2008, 20.
    • Stavins, Robert N. "Corporate Social Responsibility through an Economic Lens." The Environmental Forum. July/August 2008, 16.
    • Stavins, Robert N. "Ongoing Drivers of Wetlands Depletion." The Environmental Forum. September/October 2008, 16.
    • Stavins, Robert N. "Land-Use Change and Carbon Sinks." The Environmental Forum. November/December 2008, 16.
    • Stavins, Robert N. "Is Benefit-Cost Analysis Helpful for Environmental Regulation?" Environmental Leader. August 2, 2009.
  • Op-Eds
    • Stavins, Robert N. "Inspiration for Climate Change." Boston Globe, November 12, 2008.
    • Stavins, Robert N. "AB 32 / Combating Global Warming: Addressing Change Will Not Be Cheap or Easy." The San Diego Union-Tribune, December 11, 2008.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Jaffe, Judson, and Robert N. Stavins. "Linking a U.S. Cap-and-Trade System for Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Opportunities, Implications, and Challenges." AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Working Papers 08-01, January 2008.
    • Arrow, Kenneth J., William J. Baumol, Jagdish Bhagwati, Michael J. Boskin, Robert W. Crandall, Maureen L. Cropper, Michael Greenstone, Robert W. Hahn, David Harrison, R. Glenn Hubbard, Alfred E. Kahn, Robert E. Litan, Paul W. Macavoy, James C. Miller, Albert L. Nichols, William A. Niskanen, Roger G. Noll, Wallace E. Oates, Peter Passell, Sam Peltzman, Paul R. Portney, Harvey S. Rosen, Milton Russell, Thomas C. Schelling, Richard Schmalensee, Charles L. Schultze, V. Kerry Smith, Vernon L. Smith, Robert N. Stavins, W. Kip Viscusi, Lawrence J. White, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Clean Water Act Brief." Reg-Markets Center Brief 08-03, July 2008.