economics

Matthias Ruth: new faculty member in the Policy School

September 28th, 2012  

By Matt Collette | Northeastern News | September 18, 2012

Matthias Ruth had long been inter­ested in envi­ron­mental issues but found it hard to use his own discipline—economics —as a tool to unite eco­nomic deci­sion making with indus­trial and urban con­straints. "Econ­o­mists are really good at devel­oping models of things that are traded in mar­kets, but a lot of things we value—like the environment—have no market and no price,” said Ruth, who is joining Northeastern's fac­ulty this fall as a pro­fessor with joint appoint­ments in the School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs and the » Continue Reading

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