Will Rafey

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Will Rafey

Assistant Professor

Office: Bunche 8367

Personal Website: https://rafey.io/

Biography:

Will Rafey is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UCLA. His work focuses on the design and regulation of environmental markets. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his thesis studied how climate change can affect the value of new markets for river water, wetland conservation, and clean technologies.

Education:

Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.A., Mathematics, Trinity College, Cambridge University
B.A., Social Studies, Harvard College

Research Areas:

Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization

Selected Books and Publications

Research Interests

  • Steamboat inspection and the Eastland disaster; Lake Michigan passenger steamship lines.