School of Economics

Erik Johnson is Assistant Professor in the School of Economics.  He received his BA in mathematics and economics from St. Olaf College and his PhD in public policy and economics from the University of Michigan.  His teaching and research interests include environmental and energy economics, public economics, and applied microeconometrics.  His recent work has focused primarily on the cost of carbon dioxide abatement from using renewable electricity-generating technologies and using agent-based modeling in benefit-cost analysis.