Senior Staff
B. Kelly Eakin, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1986) is a Senior Vice President. Dr. Eakin is a specialist in the economic and financial aspects of competitive product pricing. In addition, he has experience with the organization and regulation of industries, and environmental economics. His major projects in the energy industry have included the development of innovative pricing and service designs, the assessment of customer price responsiveness and product choice, and analyses of competitive impacts of restructuring proposals. Dr. Eakin joined Christensen Associates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) where he developed expertise in environmental and resource economics. Prior to his service with USDA, Dr. Eakin was on the faculty at the University of Oregon for seven years. At the University of Oregon, Dr. Eakin was active in the graduate programs for the Economics Department and the College of Business. His scholarly writings have been published in a number of prestigious journals including The Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Human Resources, and Southern Economic Journal. Dr. Eakin also co-edited the book Pricing in Competitive Electricity Markets.
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