Background
Manne, Alan S. was born on May 1, 1925 in New York City. Son of Isidor and Ruth (Liberman) Manne.
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In recent years a growing concern that the increasing accumulation of greenhouse gases will lead to undesirable changes in global climate has resulted in a number of proposals, both in the United States and internationally, to set physical targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But what will these proposals cost? Based on the authors' earlier ground-breaking work, Buying Greenhouse Insurance outlines a way to think about greenhouse-effect decisions under uncertainty. It describes an insightful model for determining the economic costs of limiting carbon dioxide emissions produced by burning fossil fuels and provides a solid analytical base for rethinking public policy on the farreaching issue of global warming.Manne and Richels present region-by-region estimates of the costs that would underlie an international agreement. Using a computer model known as Global 2100, they analyze the economic impacts of limiting C02 emissions under alternative supply and conservation scenarios. The results clearly indicate that a reduction in emissions is not the sole policy response to potential climate change.Following a summary of the greenhouse effect, its likely causes, and possible consequences, Manne and Richels take up issues that concern the public at large. They provide an overview of Global 2100, look at how the U.S. energy sector is likely to evolve under businessas-usual conditions and under carbon constraints, and describe the concept of "greenhouse insurance." They consider possible global agreements, including an estimate of benefits that might result from trading in an international market in emission rights. They conclude with a technical description directed toward modeling specialists.Alan Manne is Professor of Operations Research at Stanford University. Richard Richels is Director of the Energy Analysis and Planning Department at the Electric Power Research Institute.
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Manne, Alan S. was born on May 1, 1925 in New York City. Son of Isidor and Ruth (Liberman) Manne.
AB, Harvard University, 1943. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1950.
Instructor Economics, Harvard University, 1950-1952. Economics Analyst, Rand Corporation, 1952-1956. Association Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1956-1961.
Professor Business Economics and Oregon, Stanford University, 1961-1974. Professor Political Economics, Harvard University, 1974-1976;
Research Association, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA Center International Studies, New Delhi, India, 1963-1964. Economics Adviser, USAID, New Delhi, India,7.
Fellow, Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1970-1971. Economics, International Institute, Institution Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenberg, Austria,1974. Professor Oregon., Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, since 1976.
Editor, Journal of Development Economics, 1974-1976.
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During the past three decades I have worked succes-
sively in industrial planning, economic development and energy economics. I was fortunate to have been a student of Wassily Leontief, and he taught me the importance of quantitative analysis. I was also fortunate to have been a junior colleague of George Dantzig at Rand.
He, together with Harry Markowitz, stimulated my interest in linear programming as a method of analysing largescale economic systems. At Cowles, Jacob Marschak and Tj ailing Koopmans taught me the importance of simplicity in writing. The key ideas can usually be communicated without need for a great deal of jargon.
This is especially important when one is attempting to communicate across discipline boundaries — and I find that I have been doing this for much of my career.
In India I found two role models. One was Pitambar Pant, perspective planner. We enjoyed many good arguments over this or that aspect of India’s plans.
John Lewis, Director of the India Mission of United States Agency of International Development, taught me whatever I know about being an administrator. I hesitate to list the colleagues who have had a major influence upon me, and hope that those omitted will forgive me: Robert Dorfman, Hollis Chenery, Sukhamoy Chakravarty, Wolf Haefele, Herbert Scarf, Thomas Schelling, William Hogan, William Nordhaus, Gerard Debreu, Kenneth Arrow, Arthur F. Veinoot, Junior, Richard Cottle and Curtis Eaves. As one gets older, one depends increasingly upon one’s students (or ex-students) for ideas.
In the interest of brevity, let me name only a few: T.N. Srinivasan, Donald Erlenkotter, David Hopkins, Scott Rogers, Richard Richels, John Weyant and Hung-po Chao. It has been a pleasure to work with them over the years.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow Econometric Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jacqueline Copp, July 2, 1954. Children: Edward, Henry, Elizabeth.