Dr. Alfred Kahn

Dr. Alfred Kahn is the Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Cornell University and is a Special Consultant to NERA. Dr. Alfred Kahn has been Chairman of the NY Public Service Commission, Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, Advisor to the President (Carter) on Inflation, and Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability.

DDr. Alfred Kahn received his bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, and master's degree from New York University and earned his doctorate in economics from Yale University. Following service in the US Army, he served as Chairman of the Department of Economics at Ripon College in Wisconsin. Dr. Alfred Kahn later moved to the Department of Economics at Cornell University, where he remained until he took leave to assume the Chairmanship of the New York Public Service Commission. During his tenure at Cornell, Dr. Alfred Kahn served as Chairman of the Department of Economics, member of the Board of Trustees of the University, and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Throughout his career, Dr. Dr. Alfred Kahn has served on a variety of public and private boards and commissions, including the Attorney General's National Committee to Study the Antitrust Laws, the senior staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, the Environmental Advisory Committee of the Federal Energy Administration, the Board of Directors of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the National Commission for Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures, the New York State Council on Fiscal and Economic Priorities, the Research Council/Transportation Research Board Committee for a Study of Competition in the US Airline Industry, and as Chair of the Blue Ribbon Panel to Study Pricing in the California Electricity Market(2000), among many others.

Dr. Alfred Kahn has also served as a court-appointed expert in State of New York v. Kraft General Foods, Inc., et al., US District Court, SDNY, Advisor to New York Governor Carey on Telecommunications Policy, and has testified beofre US Senate and House Committees. Dr. Alfred Kahn has been a consultant to the Attorneys General of New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, the Ford Foundation, the National Commission on Food Marketing, the US Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, the US Department of Agriculture, and the City of Denver.

Dr. Alfred Kahn has received honorary degrees from several universities, as well as numerous awards for his work, including membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and being named Vice President of the American Economic Association.

Dr. Alfred Kahn is author of Whom the Gods Would Destroy, or How Not to Deregulate, Letting Go: Deregulating the Process of Deregulation, Great Britain in the World Economy, Fair Competition: The Law and Economics of Antitrust Policy (co-authored), Integration and Competition in the Petroleum Industry (co-authored), and The Economics of Regulation. He has written numerous journal articles, and for 15 years, he was a regular commentator on PBS's The Nightly Business Report.