Charles Kolstad

Charles D. Kolstad (born April 30, 1948) is an American economist, known for his work in environmental economics, environmental regulation, climate change and energy markets. He is professor and senior fellow at Stanford University (appointed in the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Precourt Institute for Energy and the Department of Economics).

Prior to his appointment at Stanford, he was professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), appointed to both the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Department of Economics. Kolstad was also chair of the UCSB Department of Economics and co-director of the University of California Center for Energy & Environmental Economics. Previously held academic positions in Economics include University of Illinois, Harvard University, Stanford University and MIT. Provided by Wikipedia