James L. Sweeney, Ph.D.

Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.

Energy, Electricity Regulation and Economics, Antitrust, High Technology, Intellectual Property, Complex Valuation, Damages

James L. Sweeney is a professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University , an affiliated faculty member of the Department of Economics at Stanford, a Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution.

Until September 1999, Professor Sweeney served as chairman of the Stanford Department of Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research and as member of the Executive Committee of the Stanford School of Engineering. He also was the Director of the Energy Modeling Forum, the Chairman of the Institute for Energy Studies, and the Director of the Center for Economic Policy research (now the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research). He has served on the editorial boards of The Energy Journal and Energy Economics . Professor Sweeney has been a member of several committees of the National Research Council, a Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology, and a Senior Fellow of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics. In the early 1970s, Professor Sweeney served as Director of the Office of Energy Systems Modeling and Forecasting of the U.S. Federal Energy Commission.

Professor Sweeney's research has appeared in numerous books and journals, including Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Urban Economics, Management Science, Resources and Energy, The Bridge, and The Energy Journal. Most recently, Professor Sweeney published a book entitled The California Energy Crisis , in which he analyzed the economic and policy issues underlying the California electricity crisis.

Professor Sweeney periodically is a consultant to energy companies, the federal government, and the State of California . He has been an expert witness in cases involving a wide range of economic issues, including energy, contract, and antitrust.

Professor Sweeney obtained a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Engineering-Economic Systems.