A Foreword from the Editors

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Thomas W. Hertel
Niven Winchester

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Hertel, T. W., & Winchester, N. (2016). A Foreword from the Editors. Journal of Global Economic Analysis, 1(1), i-iii. https://doi.org/10.21642/JGEA.010100AF
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Niven Winchester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Niven Winchester is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. His research focuses on analyses of climate, energy and trade policies using applied general equilibrium models. Recent studies assess the effectiveness of border carbon adjustments, China’s trade-embodied CO2 emissions, the feasibility, costs, and environmental implications of large-scale biomass energy, and the economic and emissions impacts of US aviation biofuel goals.

Niven also has an interest in sports economics and his research on sports ranking systems was responsible for changing the bonus point system used in Super Rugby in 2016.