David Popp

Carolyn Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Degree

Ph.D., Yale University, 1997

Specialties

Environmental economics, economics of technological change

Personal Website

http://dcpopp.expressions.syr.edu/

Courses

Fall 2018

PAI 723.003 Economics for Public Decisions, MoWe 12:45-2:05, School of Management 304
PAI 723.001 Economics for Public Decisions, MoWe 3:45-5:05, Hall of Languages 211

Biography

David Popp is a Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Policy Research, and the Carolyn Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy. David is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Network Member in the Energy & Climate Economics Research Group of CESifo, and a co-editor for two journals: the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and Environmental and Resource Economics. David''s research interests are in environmental policy and the economics of technological change. Much of his research focuses on the links between environmental policy and innovation, with a particular interest in how environmental and energy policies shape the development of new technologies that may be relevant for combating climate change.  His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, and has been published in a variety of economics and policy journals, including American Economic Review, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Nature Energy, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.  His 2002 publication in the American Economic Review, “Induced Innovation and Energy Prices,” was one of two articles selected for the 2017 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Publication of Enduring Quality Award. Professor Popp has served on the U.S. General Accounting Office Expert Panel on Climate Change Economics, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis, and the Advisory Committee of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, and has consulted for the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development and the World Bank. David received a B.A. in Political Economy from Williams College in 1992, and Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1997. Full Biography

Publications

Selected Papers

Research Interests

Environmental Economics

Economics of Technological Change

Research Grants and Awards

“Program on Integrated Assessment Inter-Model Development, Testing, and Diagnostics,” US Department of Energy. August 2013-July 2016.

“Using Scientific Publications to Evaluate Government R&D Spending: The Case of Energy,” National Science Foundation grant.June 2011-May 2014.

“Integrated Assessment Model Development, Comparison, and Diagnostics Project,” US Department of Energy. September 2010-August 2013.

“DRU:  An Improved Model of Endogenous Technical Change Considering Uncertain R&D Returns and Uncertain Climate Response,” National Science Foundation grant. September 2008-August 2011.

“Knowledge Spillovers and the Opportunity Cost of Climate Mitigation R&D,” US Department of Energy grant. September 2004-August 2007.