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  • Robert W. Hahn Executive Director, AEI-Brookings Joint Center

    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

    Robert W. Hahn

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    Topic: How should we expand our energy conservation efforts?

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