Matthew Kahn
Professor
Department of Public Policy, Department of Economics, Anderson School of Management
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
La Kretz Hall, Ste 300
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1496
Campus Mailcode: 149605
(310) 794-4904
mkahn@ioes.ucla.edu
B.A. Hamilton College
G.C. London School of Economics
Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago
Areas of Expertise
Urbanization, pollution caused by economic growth, energy demand, social networks, air pollution, regulation, climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Research
Professor Kahn’s research focuses on measuring how environmental quality is affected by economic growth. Recently, he is conducting more research on the broad issue of climate change mitigation. A second general area of research focuses on measuring household demand for environmental quality.