Dr. Hahn is the Executive Director of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center and a Senior
Fellow of the AEI. He was also a senior staff member of the President's Council
of Economic Advisers for two years. He has served as a consultant to government
and industry on a variety of issues involving regulation and privatization.
Dr. Hahn has written numerous articles and frequently contributes to general-interest
periodicals and leading scholarly journals including the New York Times, the Wall
Street Journal, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Perspectives,
and the Yale Law Journal.
Most recently, he was the author of Reviving Regulatory Reform: A Global Perspective
and editor of Government Policy toward Open Source Software. In
addition, Mr. Hahn is the co-founder of the Community Preparatory School—an inner-city
middle school in Providence, Rhode Island, that provides opportunities for disadvantaged
youth to achieve their full potential.
Research Areas
Regulation, Energy, Environment, Internet Security and Privacy, Telecommunications
Professional Experience
- Research fellow, Harvard University, 1997-2002
- Adjunct Research Faculty, Harvard University, 1991-1994
- Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University, 1982-1997
- Co-chairman, U.S. Alternative Fuels Council, 1990-1992
- Senior staff economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1987-1989
Education
- Ph.D., M.S., California Institute of Technology
- M.A., B.A., Brown University
Website
http://www.aei-brookings.org/about/advisorybio.php?id=1
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Robert W. Hahn
Topic: How should we expand our energy conservation efforts?
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