Researcher Profile

Alan J. Krupnick

Senior Fellow

202.328.5107 krupnick@rff.org

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Topics of Interest

• Air Quality
• Ecosystems
• Energy and Electricity
• Environmental Economics Topics
• International
• Risk and Uncertainty
• Transportation
• Alternative Fuels and Vehicles
• Benefit-Cost Analysis
• CAFE Standards and Fuel Efficiency
• China
• Clean Air Act
• Ecosystem Services and Management
• Fuel Taxes
• Latin America
• Natural Gas
• Oil
• Policy Instruments and Evaluation
• Risk Analysis
• Shale Gas
• Uncertainty
• Valuation
• Value of Statistical Life
• Vehicle Pollution

Alan Krupnick’s 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, with an emphasis on China. As head of RFF’s Center for Energy and Climate Economics, he leads RFF’s research on the risks, regulation, and economics associated with shale gas development and has developed a portfolio of research on issues surrounding this newly plentiful fuel.

Krupnick also served as senior economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers, advising the Clinton administration on environmental and natural resource policy issues. In 2011, he was elected president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) and earlier that year was named an AERE Fellow. He has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals.  He co-chaired a federal advisory committee counseling the US Environmental Protection Agency on the implementation of new ozone and particulate standards. Krupnick is a regular member of expert committees for the National Academy of Sciences, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and various Canadian government and nongovernmental institutions. He also consults with state governments, federal agencies, private corporations, the Canadian government, the European Union, the Asian Development Bank, the World Health Organization, and the World Bank. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Maryland in 1980.

Krupnick’s primary research methodology is in the development and analysis of stated preference surveys (such as contingent valuation and choice experiments), which include eliciting preferences for reductions in mortality risks, environmental risks, tradeoffs involved in improving community drinking water quality with respect to removal of carcinogens versus microbiological agents, and, most recently, the risks from shale gas development as seen by experts and the general public. His work has been published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Land Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics and Policy, Decision Analysis, Environment and Resource Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, as well as other scholarly journals and books.

Education

PhD in economics, University of Maryland, 1980
MA in economics, University of Maryland, 1974
BS in finance, Pennsylvania State University, 1969

Recent Work

• Resources Article

  North American Energy Outlook: Capitalizing on Cross-Border Collaboration

  Sep 28, 2017 | Alan J. Krupnick, Amin Asadollahi, Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Rius, Isabel Echarte

  How can Canada, Mexico, and the United States maximize the benefits of further cooperating on key environmental and fiscal policy areas related to oil and gas development across the continent?

  Energy and Electricity International
• Report

  North American Energy Integration: Assessing Oil and Gas Policy Issues ahead of NAFTA Renegotiation

  Aug 16, 2017 | Alan J. Krupnick, Amin Asadollahi, Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Rius, Kristin Hayes, Isabel Echarte, Philip Gass, Daniella Echeverria | 61 pp.

  Mexico, Canada, and the United States stand to benefit from increasing energy sector interconnectedness and coordination. What key environmental and fiscal policy areas related to oil and gas development provide opportunities for further harmonization?

  Climate Change Energy and Electricity International
• Report

  Comparing Policies to Reduce Methane Emissions in the Natural Gas Sector

  Jul 10, 2017 | Clayton Munnings, Alan J. Krupnick | 42 pp.

  We compare several polices aimed at reducing methane emissions from the natural gas sector, which threaten to erode the advantages that gas holds over coal in terms of climate change.

  Climate Change
• Report

  WHIMBY (What’s Happening in My Backyard?): A Community Risk-Benefit Matrix of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

  Jun 23, 2017 | Alan J. Krupnick, Isabel Echarte, Laura Zachary, Daniel Raimi | 15 pp.

  The Community Risk-Benefit Matrix illustrates and summarizes the literature on the community impacts of unconventional oil and gas development, specifically regarding the prevalence, consistency, and quality of findings across studies and regions.

  Energy and Electricity
• Report

  Induced Seismicity Impacts of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

  Jun 23, 2017 | Alan J. Krupnick, Isabel Echarte | 30 pp.

  This report provides an overview of the existing state of research on induced seismicity related to both unconventional and conventional oil and gas development in the United States.

  Energy and Electricity