Steven Cicala

Steve Cicala is a visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Harvard Kennedy School for the 2017-2018 year. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His work focuses on the economics of regulation, particularly with respect to environmental and energy policy.

Professor Cicala will Econometrics (Ec 2110) during Fall Term.

Steve's research focuses on the economics of environmental regulation. His current work studies the role that clean firms play in extending more stringent emissions standards to incumbent firms that have historically been exempt from some of the most burdensome environmental regulations. Steve received his A.B. in Economics with Honors--and Political Science-- from The University of Chicago in 2004, followed by two years as a research associate at the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory. Before taking up economics, Steve worked as a Protocol Consultant for the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.