Professor Heal's current research interests include modeling the impact of markets for derivative securities on the allocation of risks in the economy; modeling the pricing of derivatives in a general equilibrium framework; and studying ways of controlling the impact of economic activity on the environment and ways of valuing the economic services provided by environmental assets. Heal teaches the core course Managerial Economics.
Geoffrey M. Heal
Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility
Bernstein Faculty Leader
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics
BA, Cambridge University, 1966; MA, 1968; PhD, 1968
Joined CBS in 1983
Office
616 Uris
Phone
212-854-6459
E-mail
gmh1@columbia.edu
Fax
212-316-9219
Teaching and research interest
Memberships and Affiliations
Courses taught
- Spring 2009
New Developments in Energy Markets
- Fall 2008
Business in Society: Doing Well by Doing Good?
Managerial Economics - Spring 2008
Business in Society: Doing Well by Doing Good?
Managerial Economics - Spring 2007
Business in Society: Doing Well by Doing Good?
- Fall 2006
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Journal articles
Corporate Social Responsibility? An Economic and Financial Framework In Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice (2005) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal
Are We Consuming Too Much? In Journal of Economic Perspectives (2004) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal, Kenneth Arrow, Partha Dasgupta, Lawrence Goulder, Gretchen Daily, Paul Ehrlich, Simon Levin, Karl-Goran Maler, Stephen Schneider, David Starrett, Brian Walker
Books
When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line In (2008) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal
Environmental Markets: Equity and Efficiency In (2000) Coauthor(s): Graciela Chichilnisky, Geoffrey Heal
Nature and the Marketplace: Capturing the Value of the Ecosystem In (2000) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal
Valuing the Future: Economic Theory and Sustainability In (1998) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal
Working Papers
You Only Die Once: Managing Discrete Interdependent Risks In NBER Working Paper No. 9885 (2003) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal, Howard Kunreuther
Uncertainty and Climate Change In Working paper (2002) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal
Climate Change and Uncertainty In Working paper (2002) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal, Bengt Kristrom
Bundling Public and Private Goods In Working paper (2001) Coauthor(s): Geoffrey Heal