Ashwin Rode is director, scientific research in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. At EPIC, he is working on the Global Climate Prospectus, a multidisciplinary endeavor that will assess climate change impacts around the world. His other research areas include the political economy of environmental and climate policy and natural resource management. Ashwin received an A.B. in Economics from the University of Chicago, an M.S. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Journal Article·Nov 12, 2025
Mortality impacts of rainfall and sea-level rise in a developing megacity
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Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits
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Estimating a Social Cost of Carbon for Global Energy Consumption
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Seminars·Sep 25, 2018
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