Lawrence H. Goulder
Co-Director, Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment Program
Senior Fellow, SIEPR

Lawrence H. Goulder is the Shuzo Nishihara Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Economic Policy Research, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a University Fellow of the non-profit research firm Resources for the Future. Goulder’s research examines the environmental and economic impacts of regional, national, and international environmental policies, including policies to deal with climate change and pollution from power plants and automobiles. He also is involved in developing more comprehensive national accounting methods for improved assessments of the long-run development prospects for various countries. Goulder has performed environmental policy analyses for various government agencies, business groups, and environmental organizations. He recently served as vice-chair of the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Market Advisory Committee to the California Air Resource Board, the committee charged with proposing the design of a “cap-and-trade” system to help meet the state’s targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. At Stanford Goulder teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental economics and policy, and co-organizes a weekly seminar in public and environmental economics.