Allan Victor Kneese (5 April 1930, Fredericksburg, Texas - 14 March 2001) was a pioneer in what came to be called environmental economics.^[1] He worked at Resources for the Future from 1961 onwards. He earned a master's degree from the University of Colorado, and a Ph.D. in 1956 from Indiana University.^[2]

Kneese' research focussed on the integration of environmental pollution in economic models,^[2] and on the use of economic incentives to encourage environmental improvements.^[3]

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.^[2]

Publications

• Allen V. Kneese; Blair T. Bower (1968). Managing Water Quality: Economics, Technology, Institutions. Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future.
• Allen V. Kneese (1964). The Economics of Regional Water Quality Management. Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future.
• Ayres, Robert U.; Kneese, Allen V. (June 1969). "Production, Consumption, and Externalities". American Economic Review. 59 (3): 282–297. JSTOR 1808958.
• Kneese, Allan V., Robert U. Ayres and Ralph C. d'Arge (1970). Economics and the Environment - A Materials Balance Approach. RFF Press ISBN 9781315682136
• Kneese, Allen V. (May 1971). "Environmental Pollution: Economics and Policy". American Economic Review. 61 (2): 153–166. JSTOR 1816988.
• Kneese, Allen V. (December 1972). "Pollution and Pricing". American Economic Review. 62 (5): 958.
• Orris Clemens Herfindahl; Allen V. Kneese (1974). Economic theory of natural resources. Merrill. ISBN 978-0-675-08895-4.
• Löf, George; Kneese, Allen V. (1993). Economics of Water Utilization. RFF Press.
• Kneese, Allan V. (1995). Natural Resource Economics. Edward Elgar ISBN 9781858981734