Allan Victor Kneese (5 April 1930,

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- 14 March 2001) was a pioneer in what came to be called environmental economics. He worked at

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from 1961 onwards. He earned a master's degree from the University of Colorado, and a Ph.D. in 1956 from Indiana University.. Kneese' research focussed on the integration of environmental pollution in economic models, and on the use of economic incentives to encourage environmental improvements.. Kneese was the first president of the

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, and was a founding editor of the

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and

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. With

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, he was the inaugural winner of the

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in 1990.

Publications

* * * * Kneese, Allan V., Robert U. Ayres and Ralph C. d'Arge (1970).
Economics and the Environment - A Materials Balance Approach
'. RFF Press * * * * * Kneese, Allan V. (1995).

'. Edward Elgar

References

Indiana University alumni University of Colorado alumni 1930 births 2001 deaths 20th-century American economists Environmental economists Resources for the Future {{US-economist-stub