Richard Carson — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego.
Author or editor of eight books and over a hundred journal articles.
His works have received over 4000 citations, including 'Contingent Valuation: A Practical Alternative When Prices Aren't Available'.
Consultant to organizations including the World Bank, U.S. EPA, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Serves as a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Holds a Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Biography

Richard T. Carson is a professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego. Born on February 24, 1955, in Jackson, Mississippi, he pursued a robust academic path, earning a B.

A. from Mississippi State University in 1977, an M.A.

in international affairs from George Washington University in 1979, and both an M.A. in statistics and a Ph.

D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985.