Speaker Profile

Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard University Robert Stavins is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is Co-Chairman of the Harvard Business School-Harvard Kennedy School Joint Degree Programs, Director of Graduate Studies for the Doctoral Program in Public Policy and the Doctoral Program in Political Economy and Government, and Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a University Fellow of Resources for the Future, and a member of the Board of Directors of Resources for the Future, the Scientific Advisory Board of Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, the Board of Academic Advisors of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, and the editorial boards of several academic journals. He has applied his economic and statistical expertise in the contexts of a wide variety of engagements on behalf of government departments and agencies, international organizations, trade associations, and corporations. Professor Stavins has analyzed the market value of MLB and NFL tickets using advanced econometric methodologies. Professor Stavins received his Ph. D. in economics from Harvard University.