Richard F. Kosobud
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1963
Phone: (312) 996-2266 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:kosobud@uic.edu
Homepage:http://www.uic.edu/~kosobud/
Fields of Interest: Environmental Economics and Policy Macroeconomics
Selected Research:
"Cost-Effective Control of Urban Smog: The Significance of the Chicago Cap-and-Trade Approach," with Houston H. Stokes, Carol D. Tallarico, and Brian L. Scott. London: Routledge, 2006.
“Emissions Trading: Environmental Policy’s New Approach,” New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
“Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy,” with Jennifer M. Zimmerman; editors and contributors; New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold & Co., 1997.
“Tradable Cumulative CO2 Permits and Global Warming Control,” Energy Journal, June 1994, pp. 213-232.
“Cost-Effective Control of Urban Smog,” Editor, (Chicago, IL: The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1993.
“International Conflict or Cooperation Over the CO2 Climate Impact?” Kyklos, 37, 1984, pp. 638-659.
Current Research Interests:
Market-based approaches to environmental policy
Other Significant Accomplishments:
Recipient of grants from the U.S. EPA and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to promote work on incentive approaches to improve air quality
Recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur grant to organize the Workshop on Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy, 1992-1995
National Science Foundation Grant SES-8408243, June 1984 through April 1988, "Climate and the Economy"
Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, 1990-1993
U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant, 1973-1979, "Economic Growth and Demographic Interrelationships"
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