Kerry Krutilla

Kerry Krutilla is a Professor at Indiana University's Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a Faculty Affiliate of the Ostrom Workshop, specializing in benefit-cost analysis for environmental and energy policy applications including air pollution, climate regulations, and natural resource management.

His educational background includes:

• Ph.D., Duke University, 1988
• M.S., Duke University, 1985
• B.A., Grinnell College, 1977

Professor Krutilla's research addresses theoretical and practical challenges in intergenerational discounting, greenhouse gas pricing methodologies, and distributional accounting frameworks. He has expanded this work into cybersecurity investment principles and economic evaluation of seabed mining leases, bridging environmental economics with public finance and international development policy analysis.

He maintains extensive consulting engagements with the World Bank, Environmental Defense Fund, U.S. federal agencies (USAID, State, Energy, Agriculture), and international governments including Brazil's Ministry of Transportation and Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Development. His global teaching portfolio includes executive training at institutions across Brazil, Vietnam, Russia, and Spain, alongside regular graduate and undergraduate instruction at Indiana University.