Reed Walker

Reed Walker is a Transamerica Associate Professor of Business Strategy & Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on environmental economics, public economics, and labor economics. He is the faculty co-director of UC Berkeley’s Opportunity Lab - Climate and Environment Initiative. Walker is also a research associate at the Energy Institute at Haas, a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research fellow at IZA. His work has been supported by the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He received his PhD in economics from Columbia University in 2012.

Reed Walker is a Transamerica Professor of Business and Public Policy and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on Economics, Environmental Economics, and Public Economics, with a particular emphasis on the economic impacts of environmental regulations, pollution, and public policy. His work explores how environmental policies such as the Clean Air Act influence health outcomes, labor markets, and environmental justice. Walker's research also examines the relationship between pollution, economic activity, and health, using data from satellite-based air quality estimates and toxic plant operations. His studies highlight the long-term consequences of environmental regulations and their distributional effects across different populations.