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Charles Kolstad

Charles D. Kolstad is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also Co-Director of the newly established University of California Center for Energy & Environmental Economics, a University Fellow at Resources for the Future, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is a former president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and has authored more than 100 publications, including the undergraduate textbook, Environmental Economics.