Matthew Kahn

Professor
Institute of the Environment, Department of Public Policy, Department of Economics
La Kretz Hall, Ste 300
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1496
Campus mailcode: 149605
Tel: (310) 794-4904
mkahn@ioe.ucla.edu
mek1966.googlepages.com

Area of Expertise: Air Pollution, Economics, Public Policy

B.A. Hamilton College
G.C. London School of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago

Areas of Expertise:

Urbanization, pollution caused by economic growth, energy demand, social networks, air pollution, regulation, climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Research

Professor Kahn's research focuses on measuring how environmental quality is affected by economic growth. Recently, he is conducting more research on the broad issue of climate change mitigation. A second general area of research focuses on measuring household demand for environmental quality.