TPP
alumnus Juan-Pablo Montero
named
Chile’s Economist of the Year
By
Lois
Slavin, Communications Director,
MIT Engineering Systems Division –
December 7, 2007
Juan-Pablo
Montero, an expert in environmental
economics and an alumnus of ESD’s
Technology and Policy Program, was
recently named Chile’s Economist
of the Year. He was elected to this
honor via a poll of his peers in the
Chilean academic community.
Montero
earned a Master of Science in Technology
Policy from TPP in 1994, an MS in
Economics at MIT in 1996, and a PhD
in Industrial Economics from MIT in
1997. He is currently Associate Professor
of Economics at Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Chile and a Research
Associate of MIT’s Center for
Energy and Environmental Policy Research.
He is also a co-author of Markets
for Clean Air: The U.S. Acid Rain
Program with A. Denny Ellerman,
Paul L. Joskow, and former MIT Sloan
dean Richard Schmalensee.
According
to the Chilean newspaper, El
Mercurio*, Montero’s
honor marks the first time the award
has been given to a micro-economist.
The newspaper also noted that he is
the great grandson of former Chilean
president Juan-Esteban Montero (1931-1932).
El
Mercurio quoted MIT economist
Paul Joskow as saying “….Juan-Pablo
is an excellent young economist who
has heightened the interest level
in what is already a growing group
of first class Chilean economists.
We are very proud of him at MIT.”
TPP
founder Richard
de Neufville, Professor of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and
Engineering Systems, echoed Jaskow’s
sentiments. Noting that Montero initially
entered TPP with a background in civil
engineering, de Neufville said “we
were delighted to make it possible
for him to become an engineer who
can address the technical aspects
of economics and the environment.
TPP offers engineers a unique opportunity
to do this work and we are simply
thrilled about Juan-Pablo’s
honor.”
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