Noah Kaufman’s CV (click here for PDF version)
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Texas at Austin, May 2011 (expected)
-Dissertation: Essays on the Optimal Policy Response to Climate Change
-Subject Fields: Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Development/International Economics
M.S. Economics, University of Texas at Austin, May 2009
B.S. Economics, Duke University, May 2004
Publications:
-Energy Efficiency Program Evaluations: Opportunities for Learning and Inputs to Incentive Mechanisms (with Karen Palmer)
-Forthcoming in the journal Energy Efficiency (June 2011)
-Published in the RFF Discussion Paper Series (April 2010)
-The Bias of Integrated Assessment Models that Ignore Climate Catastrophes
-Forthcoming in the journal Climatic Change (July 2011)
Working papers:
-Overcoming the Barriers to the Market Performance of Green Consumer Goods (job market paper)
-Encouraging the Market Performance of Green Products when Environmental Quality and Life-cycle Costs are Uncertain
Academic Conferences/Presentations:
-The CU-Boulder Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop in Vail, CO (Sept 2010)
-The Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists in Montreal, QC (June 2010)
-The CU-Boulder Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop in Vail, CO (Sept 2009)
-Economics for Equity and the Environment Graduate Student Workshop (Jan 2009)
Professional Experience
Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
-Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (Spring 2008, 2009, 2010, Fall 2010)
-Environmental Resources and Economic Growth (Fall 2008)
-Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (Summer 2010)
-Microeconomic Theory (Fall 2009)
-Principles of Microeconomics (Fall 2007)
Research Intern, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC (Summer 2008, Summer 2009)
Associate Analyst, Securities & Finance Group, NERA Economic Consulting, New York, NY (2006-2007)
Analyst, Corporate Finance Department, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, New York, NY (2004-2006)
