David Popp is the Carolyn Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.  David is an environmental economist whose research focuses on the links between environmental policy and innovation, with a particular interest in how environmental and energy policies shape the development of new technologies needed to combat climate change.  His 2002 publication in the American Economic Review, “Induced Innovation and Energy Prices,” was one of two articles selected for the 2017 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Publication of Enduring Quality Award.  David is co-editor for two journals: the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and Environmental and Resource Economics.  He received a B.A. in Political Economy from Williams College in 1992, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 1997.

David Popp is a Global Fellow in the Global Fellows and Clean Innovation Research Program and a Research Partner in the Greening Growth Partnership project.