Joseph S. Shapiro

Joseph S. Shapiro is Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in Agricultural
& Resource Economics and the Department of Economics. He also serves as Associate Editor of
the Journal of Political Economy, Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics, Research
Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Associate at the Energy
Institute at Haas. His research agenda focuses on three general questions: (1) How do globalization
and the environment interact? (2) What have been the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity impacts
of environmental and energy policies over the last half century, particularly for water, air, and
climate pollution? (3) How important are the investments that people make to protect themselves
against air pollution and climate change? Shapiro has received an Alfred P. Sloan Research
Fellowship, Kiel Institute Excellence in Global Affairs Award, and Marshall Scholarship. Shapiro
holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT, Masters degrees from Oxford and LSE, and a BA from
Stanford.