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| McKitrick has authored works about environmental economics and ones denying climate science.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rubenstein |first1=Madeleine |title=Who said what? Answering Ross McKitrick’s “Response to Misinformation from Deutsche Bank,” Part I |url=https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2010/10/28/who-said-what-answering-ross-mckitrick’s-“response-to-misinformation-from-deutsche-bank”/ |website=State of the Planet |publisher=Columbia Climate School}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mandel |first1=Kyla |date=13 January 2015 |title=Leading UK Sceptic Group Promotes Koch-Funded Canadian Climate Denier |url=https://thenarwhal.ca/leading-uk-sceptic-group-promotes-koch-funded-canadian-climate-denier/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The Narwhal |publisher=}}</ref> With Christopher Essex he co-authored the 2002 ''Taken by Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming'' a book that propagates ]{{Sfn|Dunlap|Jacques|2013|pp=713, 726}} and was a runner-up for the ].<ref>{{cite news | McKitrick has authored works about environmental economics and ones denying climate science.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rubenstein |first1=Madeleine |title=Who said what? Answering Ross McKitrick’s “Response to Misinformation from Deutsche Bank,” Part I |url=https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2010/10/28/who-said-what-answering-ross-mckitrick’s-“response-to-misinformation-from-deutsche-bank”/ |website=State of the Planet |publisher=Columbia Climate School}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mandel |first1=Kyla |date=13 January 2015 |title=Leading UK Sceptic Group Promotes Koch-Funded Canadian Climate Denier |url=https://thenarwhal.ca/leading-uk-sceptic-group-promotes-koch-funded-canadian-climate-denier/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The Narwhal |publisher=}}</ref> With Christopher Essex he co-authored the 2002 '']: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming'', a book that propagates ]{{Sfn|Dunlap|Jacques|2013|pp=713, 726}} and was a runner-up for the ].<ref>{{cite news | ||
| | title = Vancouver economist wins Donner Prize | | title = Vancouver economist wins Donner Prize | ||
| | work = The Globe and Mail | | work = The Globe and Mail | ||
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Canadian economist
| Ross McKitrick | |
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| Born | 1965 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | BA (Hons) (1988) economics, MA (1990) economics, PhD (1996) economics |
| Alma mater | Queen's University University of British Columbia |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Employer | University of Guelph |
| Organization(s) | Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C. Member of the academic advisory board of the Global Warming Policy Foundation |
| Notable work | Taken by Storm |
| Website | https://www.rossmckitrick.com/ |
Ross McKitrick (born 1965) is a Canadian economist specializing in environmental economics and policy analysis. He is a professor of economics at the University of Guelph, and a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute.
McKitrick has authored works about environmental economics and ones denying the scientific consensus on climate change, including co-authoring the book Taken by Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming, published in 2002. He is the author of Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy, published by the University of Toronto Press.
Biography
McKitrick gained his doctorate in economics in 1996 from the University of British Columbia, and in the same year was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph, Ontario. In 2001 he received an associate professorship and has been a full professor since December 2008. He has also been a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute since 2002. He is a member of the academic advisory board of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
Writing
McKitrick has authored works about environmental economics and ones denying climate science. With Christopher Essex he co-authored the 2002 Taken by Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming, a book that propagates climate change denial and was a runner-up for the Donner Prize. McKitrick was involved in disputing hockey stick graph temperature reconstructions.
References
- "Ross McKitrick". DeSmog.
- McKitrick, Ross (1996). The econometric critique of applied General Equilibrium modeling a comparative assessment with application to carbon taxes in Canada. Thesis (Thesis (PhD) ed.). PhD University of British Columbia 1996. ISBN 9780612147973.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Rubenstein, Madeleine. "Who said what? Answering Ross McKitrick's "Response to Misinformation from Deutsche Bank," Part I". State of the Planet. Columbia Climate School.
- Mandel, Kyla (13 January 2015). "Leading UK Sceptic Group Promotes Koch-Funded Canadian Climate Denier". The Narwhal. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- Dunlap & Jacques 2013, pp. 713, 726.
- "Vancouver economist wins Donner Prize". The Globe and Mail.
- "Row over climate 'hockey stick'". BBC. 16 March 2005.
- "Hockey Stick Hokum". Wall Street Journal. 14 July 2006.
Sources
- Dunlap, Riley E.; Jacques, Peter J. (June 2013). "Climate Change Denial Books and Conservative Think Tanks: Exploring the Connection". American Behavioral Scientist. 57 (6): 699–731. doi:10.1177/0002764213477096. ISSN 0002-7642.
External links
- McKitrick's publications and papers
- Ross McKitrick publications indexed by Google Scholar