Gazi J. Uddin

About Me: 

Greetings! I am an Economist interested in studying public policies in energy, and the environment to understand inequities in accessing them. I pursued a Ph.D.(ABD) in Resource Economics from UMASS Amherst. I developed skills in Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization, and empirical methods, investigating, how the policies to protect the environment, such as the CO2 market, may inadvertently worsen pre-existing inequities in pollution exposure among communities.

 I am on the Job Market in 2023/24. My job market paper titled Leaking Environmental Justice: Evidence from RGGI CO2 cap-and-trade program investigates how the environmental markets may unwantedly affect the distribution of pollution among heterogeneous communities of disadvantaged status. I look at both the Leakage and Environmental Justice effects of the environmental market using theoretical and empirical techniques. 

 I am also a Teaching Associate at UMass.  Currently (Fall 23), I teach the Hunger in Global Economy(Gen Ed: SBG) at UMass Amherst, a class of 48 students. I also taught Introductory Econometrics and helped as a teaching assistant for various graduate courses (Applied Microeconomic Theory II & Econometric Methods) and undergraduate classes (Econometrics, Intermediate Statistics for Business and Economics(Gen Ed: R2), Hunger in Global Economy, Public Policy in Private Markets). 

Honors and Awards:

• Research Engagement and Leadership Fellow, UMass, MA.

• Award for Excellence in Economics, UMB, MA.