Michael Greenstone is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. In addition, he serves as faculty director of the interdisciplinary Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago and was recently announced as the founding director of the University’s new Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth.

Research

Research Areas

Climate Change and Social Cost of Carbon

Energy and Environment in Developing Countries

Costs and Benefits of Environmental Quality in the U.S.

Energy Supply and Demand in the U.S.

Value of a Statistical Life

Financial Markets

Moving Toward Evidence-Based Policymaking

Other

Recent Papers

Climate Change and Social Cost of Carbon

Climate Change Impacts on Global Agriculture Accounting for Adaptation

Resubmitted, Nature. December 2024

Andrew Hultgren, Tamma A. Carleton, Michael Delgado, Diana R. Gergel, Trevor Houser, Solomon Hsiang, Amir Jina, Robert E. Kopp, Steven B. Malevich, Kelly E. McCusker, Terin Mayer, Ishan Nath, James Rising, Ashwin Rode, Jiacan Yuan

Working Paper