Dr. Gilbert E. Metcalf
Professor
Department of Economics
Tufts University
United States of America
Biography
Gilbert E. Metcalf is a Professor of Economics at Tufts University. In addition, he is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a University Fellow at Resources For The Future. Metcalf's primary research area is applied public finance with particular interests in taxation, energy, and environmental economics. His current research focuses on policy evaluation and design in the area of energy and climate change. He has frequently testified before Congress, served on expert panels for the National Academies of Sciences and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and served as a consultant to numerous other organizations. During 2011 and 2012, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of Treasury where he was the founding U.S. Board Member for the UN based Green Climate Fund. He has published extensively in academic journals and books on various topics including energy and tax policy. Metcalf received a B.A. in Mathematics from Amherst College, an M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.
Research Interest
Energy and environmental policy, tax policy, applied microeconomics
Publications
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"Paying for Greenhouse Gas Reducti ons: What Role for Fairness?" Lewis & Clark Law Review , 15:2 (2011): 393 - 415.
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Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing: A General Equilibrium Approach with Micro- Data for Households," Energy Economics , 33:S1(2011): 20-33 (with Sebastian Rausch and John M. Reilly).
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"Does the Indexing of Government Tran sfers Make Carbon Pr icing Progressive? American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 94:2(2012): 347-353 (with Don Fullerton and Garth Heutel).
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"Linking Policies When Tastes Differ: Globa l Climate Policy in a Heterogeneous World." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy , 6:1(2012): 110-129 (with David Weisbach).
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"The Economics of Energy Security," Annual Review of Resource Economics , 6(2014): 155-174.
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"Cursed Resources? Political Conditions and Oil Market Volatility," The Energy Journal , 36:3(2015): 331-357 (with Catherine Wolfram).
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“Using the Tax System to Address Co mpetition Issues with a Carbon Tax,†National Tax Journal , 67:4(2014): 779-806.
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The CO 2 Content of Consumption Across US Re gions: A Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) Approach," The Energy Journal , forthcoming (with Justin Caron and John Reilly).
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"Facilitating Linkage of Heterogeneous Re gional, National, and Sub-National Climate Policies through a Future In ternational Agreement," Climate Policy , forthcoming (with Daniel Bodansky, Seth Hoed l, and Robert Stavins).
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"Does Better Information Lead to Better C hoices? Evidence from Energy-Efficiency Labels," Journal of the Association of Envi ronmental and Resource Economists (JAERE) , forthcoming (with Lucas Davis).
