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Gilbert E. Metcalf

Title Professor of Economics
Expertise Applied Public Finance
Degrees Ph.D. Harvard University, M.S. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, B.A. Amherst College
Office 320 Braker Hall
8 Upper Campus Rd.
Medford, MA 02155-6722
Phone (617) 627-3685
E-mail gilbert.metcalf@tufts.edu
Links Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Gilbert E. Metcalf is a Professor of Economics at Tufts University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Metcalf has taught at Princeton University and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and has served as a Visiting Scholar at the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change at MIT. He has served as a consultant to various organizations including the Chinese Ministry of Finance, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and Argonne National Laboratory. Metcalf's primary research area is applied public finance with particular interests in taxation, energy, and environmental economics. His current research focuses on policy evaluation and design in the area of energy and climate change. He has published papers in numerous academic journals, has edited two books, and has contributed chapters to several books on tax policy. Metcalf received a B.A. in Mathematics from Amherst College, an M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

 

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