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The School of Economics presents Dr. Alan Krupnick as part of the weekly seminar series. Krupnick will be speaking on "The Shale Gas Debate: Information, Public Attitudes and Willingness to Pay to Reduce Risks." The event will be at 2:00 pm in room G10 of the Old CE Building. The event is free and open to the public.
About the speaker:
Alan Krupnick is Director of Resources for the Center for Energy Economics and Policy and a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future. As the director, Alan works with the full complement of Center researchers to establish and carry out the Center’s research agenda.
Alan’s own research focuses on analyzing environmental and energy issues, in particular, the benefits, costs and design of pollution and energy policies, both in the United States and in developing countries. He was lead author for the Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options study, examining the costs and cost-effectiveness of a range of federal energy policy choices in both the transportation and electricity sectors. His primary research methodology is in the development and analysis of stated preference surveys, but he has also undertaken research on natural gas supply and impact on energy prices and policies; the costs and benefits of converting the U.S. heavy-duty truck fleet to run on liquefied natural gas; and the costs and benefits of expanded regulation around deepwater oil drilling.
He is a regular member of expert committees from the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. EPA. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland.
