Gernot Wagner
Gernot Wagner (1980 in Austria) is an Austro-American climate economist at Columbia Business School, where he is a tenured full professor. He holds an AB and a PhD in political economy and government from Harvard University, as well as an MA in economics from Stanford University. A founding co-director of Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program (2017-2019) he joined the faculty of New York University in 2019, moving to Columbia University in 2022. Wagner writes a monthly column for Project Syndicate, and is the co-author, with Martin L. Weitzman, of Climate Shock, a Top 15 Financial Times-McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015. He won the "Austrian of the Year" award in 2022, awarded by Austrian daily Die Presse.
Gernot Wagner | |
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| Born | 1980 Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian & American |
| Spouse | Dr. Siripanth Nippita (m. 2002) |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Columbia Business School |
| Field | climate economics |
| School or tradition | environmental economics |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert N. Stavins |
| Influences | Nat Keohane Martin Weitzman Richard Zeckhauser |
| Awards | Top 15 Financial Times-McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015; Austrian of the Year 2022 |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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