About the Authors

The Cost of U.S. Forest-based Carbon Sequestration

Robert N. Stavins
Harvard University

Robert N. Stavins is Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Chairman of the Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, and Director of the Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University.

He is a University Fellow of Resources for the Future, former Chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Economics Advisory Board, and a member of the editorial councils of scholarly periodicals. His research has examined diverse areas of environmental economics and policy and has appeared in a variety of economics, law, and policy journals, plus several books.

Stavins directed Project 88, a bipartisan effort co-chaired by former Senator Timothy Wirth and the late Senator John Heinz, to develop innovative approaches to environmental problems. He has been a consultant to government agencies, international organizations, corporations, and advocacy groups. He holds a BA in philosophy from Northwestern University, an MS in agricultural economics from Cornell, and a PhD in economics from Harvard.

Kenneth R. Richards
Indiana University

Kenneth Richards is Associate Professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Wharton School and a J.D. from the Law School, University of Pennsylvania. He holds an MSCE in Urban and Regional Planning, a BSCE in Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University, and a BA in Botany and Chemistry from Duke University.

Prof. Richards has served as an economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, the USDA Economic Research Service, and the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He also was the national energy planner for the Cook Islands from 1984 to 1986. In addition, he served as a member of the Environmental Commission for the City of Bloomington.

His research interests include climate change policy and environmental policy implementation. He has taught courses in environmental economics, cost-benefit analysis, law and public policy, applied math, climate change science and policy, public management and administration, and public management economics.