James L. Sweeney
Member, Steering Committee
Co-Director, Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment Program
Senior Fellow, SIEPR
Fellow, California Council on Science and Technology

Sweeney is Professor of Management Science and Engineering. He has focused professional activities on the application of economics methods and mathematical modeling, particularly to natural resource issues, energy economics, environmental economics, competitive analysis, and policy analysis. His current research focuses on environmental and energy economics, particularly issues of global climate change.

Recent publications include:

• "Trade and Industry Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol", with W. David Montgomery, The Business Roundtable, October 1999
• "Natural Resource Economics," The Social Science Encyclopedia, Edition 2, Routledge, London 1996
• Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics, (with A.V. Kneese), North Holland, Volumes I and I, 1995, Volume III, 1993

Professor Sweeney's teaching interests include microeconomic analysis, and natural resource economics.