Gilbert E. Metcalf

Gilbert E. Metcalf is a Professor of Economics at Tufts University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Metcalf has taught at Princeton University, Harvard University, and MIT. He has frequently testified before Congress and served on a number of expert panels including a National Academies of Sciences panel on energy externalities. In 2011 - 2012, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Metcalf's primary research area is applied public finance with particular interests in taxation, energy, and environmental economics. His current research focuses on policy evaluation and design in the area of energy and climate change. Metcalf received a B.A. in Mathematics from Amherst College, an M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.