Fellow Arndt-Corden Division of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies

(College of Asia and the Pacific)

1994 PhD Boston University (USA)

1989 MSc London School of Economics (UK)

1988 BA Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

Professional Background

David Stern is an energy and environmental economist with an interdisciplinary background in geography and economics. His research has focused on understanding the relationship between resource use and economic growth and development. He has investigated both the role of energy and resources in economic growth and the determinants of environmental impacts, especially air pollution and climate change. He is currently working on a project funded by the Environmental Economics Research Hub titled: “Modelling the Global Diffusion of Energy Efficiency and Low-Carbon Technology”.For more information and a complete publication list please see Dr Stern’s website: http://www.sterndavidi.com

Research and Teaching Interests

Energy and economic growth, economic development and pollution emissions, climate change, applied time series econometrics, meta-analysis.

Notable publications

Ma C. and D. I. Stern (2008) China’s changing energy intensity trend: a decomposition analysis, Energy Economics 30(3), 1037-1053.

Stern D. I. (2007) The effect of NAFTA on energy and environmental efficiency in Mexico, Policy Studies Journal 35(2), 291-322.

Stern D. I. (2005) Beyond the environmental Kuznets curve: Diffusion of sulfur-emissions-abating technology, Journal of Environment and Development 14(1), 101-124.

Stern D. I. (2004) The rise and fall of the environmental Kuznets curve, World Development 32(8), 1419-1439.

Hay S. I., J. Cox, D. J. Rogers, S. E. Randolph, D. I. Stern, G. D. Shanks, M. F. Myers, and R W. Snow (2002) Climate change and the resurgence of malaria in the East African highlands, Nature 415(6874), 905-909.