Karen Clay
Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
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- Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor of Economics and Public PolicyHeinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
BIO
Karen Clay is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.
She holds courtesy appointments at the Tepper School of Business and in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, is a Senior Fellow at the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon, is an affiliated faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, and is a research associate at the NBER.
Professor Clay's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Sloan Foundation. Her work has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, and American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings. Before coming to Carnegie Mellon, Karen Clay was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto.
She holds courtesy appointments at the Tepper School of Business and in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, is a Senior Fellow at the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon, is an affiliated faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, and is a research associate at the NBER.
Professor Clay's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Sloan Foundation. Her work has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, and American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings. Before coming to Carnegie Mellon, Karen Clay was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor of Economics and Public PolicyCarnegie Mellon University, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Tepper School of Business (courtesy), and Engineering and Public Policy (courtesy), Pittsburgh, United States2016 - present
- Research AssociateNational Bureau of Economic Research, Energy and Environmental Economics, Cambridge, United States1 Jan 2015 - present
- Senior FellowCarnegie Mellon University, Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2018 - present
- Affiliated FacultyUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2011 - present
- Visiting ScholarStanford Law School, Palo Alto, California, United States1 Jan 2008 - 1 Jan 2009
- Associate Professor of Economics and Public PolicyCarnegie Mellon University, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and Tepper School of Business (courtesy), Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2008 - 1 Jan 2016
- Assistant Professor of Economics and Public PolicyCarnegie Mellon University, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and Tepper School of Business (courtesy), Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 1999 - 1 Jan 2008
- Visiting Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 1998 - 1 Jan 1999
- Visiting Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 1997 - 1 Jan 1998
- Assistant Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Toronto, Department of Economics, Toronto, Canada1 Jan 1994 - 1 Jan 1999
DEGREES
- Ph.D., EconomicsStanford University, Stanford, United States1994
- B.A., Economics and MathematicsUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States1988
CAMPUS
- Pittsburgh
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 13 Climate Action
- 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- 3 Good Health and Well Being