Allen Victor Kneese (5 April 1930, Fredericksburg, Texas - 14 March 2001) was an American economist. He was a pioneer in what came to be called environmental economics.. He worked at Resources for the Future from 1961 onwards. He earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos, master's degree in economics from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Ph.D. in 1956 from Indiana University Bloomington."Statement of Allen V. Kneese, Director, The Quality of the Environment Program for Resources for the Future, Inc.", Economic Analysis and the Efficiency of Government, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Economy in Government of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-First Congress, First Session, Part 1, August 12; September 16 and 19, 1969, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1970, page 342..
Kneese' research focussed on the integration of environmental pollution in economic models, and on the use of economic incentives to encourage environmental improvements..
Kneese was the first president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, and was a founding editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and Water Resources Research. With John V. Krutilla, he was the inaugural winner of the Volvo Environment Prize in 1990.
Publications
Kneese, Allan V., Robert U. Ayres and Ralph C. d'Arge (1970). Economics and the Environment - A Materials Balance Approach. RFF Press
Kneese, Allan V. (1995). Natural Resource Economics. Edward Elgar
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