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Prof. Christopher Roland Knittel

George P Shultz Professor of Applied Economics
Deputy Director for Policy, MIT Energy Initiative
Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)

Primary DLC

MIT Sloan School of Management

MIT Room: E62-524
(617) 324-0015
http://web.mit.edu/knittel/www/

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Applied Economics

Research Summary

Christopher Knittel is the William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy Economics in the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the faculty at MIT in 2011, having taught previously at UC Davis and Boston University. Professor Knittel received his B.A. in economics and political science from the California State University, Stanislaus in 1994 (summa cum laude), an M.A. in economics from UC Davis in 1996, and a Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley in 1999. His research focuses on environmental economics, industrial organization, and applied econometrics. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Productivity, Industrial Organization, and Energy and Environmental Economics groups. Professor Knittel is an associate editor of The American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, The Journal of Industrial Economics and Journal of Energy Markets. His research has appeared in The American Economic Review, The American Economic Journal, The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Journal of Industrial Economics, The Energy Journal and other academic journals.

Recent Work

  • Video

    2024 MIT Sustainability Conference: MIT Climate Project - Mission Directors

    October 22, 2024Conference Video Duration: 46:23

    The Climate Project at MIT is a major new effort to change the trajectory of global climate outcomes for the better over the next decade. It will focus MIT’s strengths on six broad climate-related areas where progress is urgently needed. The mission directors in these fields, representing diverse areas of expertise, will collaborate with faculty and researchers across MIT and each other to accelerate solutions that address climate change.

    This session will feature MIT Climate Mission Directors sharing their perspectives and near-term plans for impact.

    9.28.21-Energy-Webinar-Knittle

    September 28, 2021Conference Video Duration: 49:56

    Chris Knittel
    George P. Shultz Professor of Applied Economics
    MIT Sloan School of Management

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