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Paul Joskow

American economist and professor (born 1947)

Paul Lewis Joskow (born June 30, 1947) is an American economist and professor. He became President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on January 1, 2008.2

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Born Jun 30, 1947.1

About

He is also the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, emeritus, at MIT. He has served on the MIT faculty since 1972. From 1994 through 1998, he was Head of the MIT Department of Economics. From 1999 through 2007, he was the Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. Since rejoining in 2018 from his 1988–2007 term, Professor Joskow is a Research Associate on the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

In his research and teaching, Joskow focuses on industrial organization, government regulation of industry, competition policy, and energy and environmental economics.

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Companies

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

  • Exelon EXC80,018 shares16$3.4M at $43.09Apr 3, 2023

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

  • Mar 31, 2023Granted 1,027 shares at $40.18 of Exelon16
  • Dec 31, 2022Granted 936 shares at $41.42 of Exelon17
  • Sep 30, 2022Granted 845 shares at $45.84 of Exelon18
  • Jun 30, 2022Granted 842 shares at $46.01 of Exelon19
  • Mar 31, 2022Granted 889 shares at $43.60 of Exelon20
  • Dec 31, 2021Granted 719 shares at $53.91 of Exelon21
  • Sep 30, 2021Granted 776 shares at $49.91 of Exelon22

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedFrancis Lewis High School3
  • Date not recordedYale University3
  • Date not recordedCornell University3

Educational career

Upon completion of his PhD in economics at Yale University in 1972, Joskow began his career at MIT July 1, 1972 in the Economics Department. While teaching here, he received numerous awards – including honors from the Public Research Institution (1993), University of Florida, Best Paper Award (1993) International Association for Energy Economics, Edward A. Hewett Award for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (1995), and the Distinguished Service Award, MIT School of Humanities and Social Sciences (1998). From 1994 to 1998, Joskow served as the head of the MIT Department of Economics.

Among his many fellowships, Paul Joskow served in international organizations of his specialties in environmental and industrial economics. These include the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institut d'Economie Industrielle and the Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont in Toulouse, France, and as a chair of the National Academies Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy (STEP). Recently, Joskow has joined the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB).

He served as President of the Yale University Council from 1993 to 2006. Professor Joskow is a past-President of the International Society for New Institutional Economics, a Distinguished Fellow of the Industrial Organization Society, a distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Personal life and education

Joskow was born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens. His father, Jules Joskow, was also an economist; Jules received his PhD in economics from Columbia University, and co-founded NERA Economic Consulting. He graduated from Francis Lewis High School, as part of the school's second graduating class. Joskow received a BA from Cornell University in 1968, an MA in Philosophy and Economics in 1970 from Yale University, and a PhD in economics from Yale University in 1972. Joskow was also a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris–Dauphine in 2007.

In 1978 Joskow married Barbara Chasen, and the couple currently resides in both Boston and New York City. They have one daughter, Suzanne Zoe Joskow, born in 1983. She graduated from Yale College in 2005 and now works in Hollywood, California.

His nephew is the blogger Matthew Yglesias.

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Career

Occupation: economist.7

Personal life

  • BornJun 30, 1947, Brooklyn8
  • CitizenshipUnited States9

Awards

  • 1988Fellow of the Econometric Society10 11
  • Date not recordedDistinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association10
  • Date not recordedFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences10

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    Wikidata and SEC EDGARExelon, Board member
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