Alexander Pfaff
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Sanford School of Public Policy
Schools
- Sanford School of Public Policy
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Biography
Sanford School of Public Policy
Alex Pfaff is a Professor of Public Policy, Economics and Environment. Trained as an economist, he is focused on how the environment and natural resources, economic development, and a range of policies influence each other.
Research accessible at AlexPfaff.com
He has studied: impacts on forests of protected areas, incentives, roads, railroads and concessions/certification (Brazil’s Amazon, Costa Rica, United States, Panama, Madagascar, Mexico, Peru, Cameroon, Bolivia); institutional responses to water shocks (Brazil’s Northeast, Colombia, Mexico); drivers of harmful exposures (groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh, stove emissions in China & Pakistan); and incentives for firms to self-audit and disclose (United States). This applied research aims to increase the chance that policies have their intended impacts upon not only the environment but also the people affected.
Areas of Expertise
- Climate change--Law and legislation
- Energy Policy
- Environmental Health
- Environmental policy--International cooperation
- Environmental Management
- Environmental policy--Brazil
- Environmental policy--Latin America
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1995)
B.A., Yale University (1988)
Videos
EFCI-Meeting: Keynote address by Alexander Pfaff, Day 1
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