Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
I am a Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton. My research and teaching focuses around energy and environmental economics. My recent research has a particular emphasis on unintended consequences of environmental legislation, electricity markets, carbon markets, vehicle policy, and biodiversity and land protection. I am the Faculty Co-Director of Wharton’s Climate Center. Before pursuing my doctoral studies at Stanford, I worked in various roles at Royal Dutch Shell, including in corporate strategy as an energy economist in the Long-Term Energy Scenarios Team.
Teaching and research in energy and environmental economics, Business Economics and Public Policy department. Designed and taught courses for undergraduate, MBA and executive MBA students. Faculty co-director of the Wharton Climate Center.
Teaching and research in energy and environmental economics, Business Economics and Public Policy department. Designed and taught courses for undergraduate, MBA and executive MBA students. Faculty co-lead of Wharton's Business, Climate and Environment Lab.
Teaching and research in energy and environmental economics, Business Economics and Public Policy department. Designed and taught courses for undergraduate, MBA and executive MBA students.
Areas of specialization: energy & environmental economics, public finance.
Part of the Shell Scenario Team in the corporate strategy division, involved in producing Shell's “World Energy Model” and the Long-Term Energy Scenarios. Work included research in energy economics, energy demand estimation, support for the Chief Economist’s office and the businesses.
Research on European natural gas markets and valuation of new investments. Projects on carbon trading, gas demand forecasting and power price forecasting.
Research involved application of real options theory to the question when and how to invest in a large-scale hydrogen infrastructure for road transport, and the impact of government intervention.
Trading of Dutch stocks listed on foreign stock exchanges in Europe and the United States; currency trades to hedge exchange rate risk; assistance of daily market making operations.