Martin Weitzman

Martin Weitzman was a Research Professor of Economics at Harvard University until his passing on August 27, 2019. He previously held faculty positions at MIT and Yale. Weitzman was a fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He published extensively in leading economic journals and authored three books. His research interests included environmental economics, with a focus on climate change, the economics of catastrophes, cost-benefit analysis, long-run discounting, green accounting, biodiversity, and pollution control. He also engaged with the economics of global warming.

Martin Weitzman is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University, specializing in Environmental Economics. His research explores the economic implications of climate change, focusing on catastrophic risks and the valuation of future environmental damages. Weitzman's work includes the development of models to assess the economic impact of climate change and the evaluation of policy instruments such as greenhouse gas targets. He has also examined the role of uncertainty in economic decision-making, particularly in the context of fat-tailed distributions. His contributions span both theoretical and applied economics, with a strong emphasis on the intersection of environmental policy and economic theory.