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Robert Halvorsen

Professor Emeritus
Robert Halvorsen

Contact Information

halvor@uw.edu
206-543-5546
SAV 351

Fields of Interest

Applied Microeconomics Environmental Economics Resource Economics

Biography

Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1973
M.P.A., Harvard University, 1968
M.B.A., Harvard University, 1965
Curriculum Vitae (31.33 KB)
Research

Selected Research

  • Robert Halvorsen and David F. Layton, Handbook on the Economics of Natural Resources, (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015)
  • Ellis, Gregory M., and Robert Halvorsen. "Estimation of Market Power in a Nonrenewable Resource Industry." Journal of Political Economy 110.4 (2002): 883-99. Web.
  • Atkinson, Scott E., and Robert Halvorsen. "Parametric Tests for Static and Dynamic Equilibrium." Journal of Econometrics 85.1 (1998): 33-50. Web.
  • Halvorsen, Robert, and Tim R. Smith. "A Test of the Theory of Exhaustible Resources." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 106.1 (1991): 123-40. Web.
Courses Taught

Spring 2024

  • ECON 454 A: Cost-Benefit Analysis

Autumn 2023

  • ECON 435 A: Natural Resource Economics

Spring 2023

  • ECON 436 A: Economics of the Environment
Affiliations
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Economics
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