Paul Joskow

Paul Lewis Joskow (born June 30, 1947) is an American economist and professor. He became President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on January 1, 2008. He is also the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, emeritus, at MIT. He has served on the MIT faculty since 1972. From 1994 through 1998, he was Head of the MIT Department of Economics. From 1999 through 2007, he was the Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. Since rejoining in 2018 from his 1988–2007 term, Professor Joskow is a Research Associate on the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

In his research and teaching, Joskow focuses on industrial organization, government regulation of industry, competition policy, and energy and environmental economics.