Richard O.
Zerbe, Jr., Ph.D.
Richard O. Zerbe is a Professor of Public Affairs and
Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Washington.
He specializes in benefit cost analysis, environmental
economics, and the organization of industry. He is
co-author of the world's best-selling textbook and
reference on benefit-cost analysis, Benefit-Cost Analysis
in Theory and Practice (Harper Collins, 1994). He is a
member of the executive committee of the Western Economics
Association and is editor of the Journal of Research in Law
and Economics. His extensive consulting and expert witness
testimony experience includes: serving as a consultant to
the Regional Commission for Airline Affairs, the Federal
Trade Commission, and the Regional Taxicab Association.
Professor Zerbe has taught at Northwestern University,
Roosevelt University, and the University of Chicago. He
received his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University and
was a Research Fellow in Law and Economics at the
University of Chicago.