Dr. Robert Malina

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.), Muenster University, Germany, 2005
  • Diplom Economist (equivalent to M.Sc. in economics), Muenster University, Germany, 2001

Fields: Cost-benefit analysis, alternative fuels, air transportation markets

Lab Role: Associate Director

Email: rmalina@mit.edu

I come from Germany, where I worked six years as Associate Director of the Institute of Transport Economics at Muenster University before coming to MIT. My research at the Laboratory centers around the costs and benefits of pursuing various options for mitigating aviation’s environmental impact. I am currently focusing on alternative jet fuels, which is a promising but also challenging field because of the novelty of some of the technologies involved and the various trade-offs in terms of environmental and economic sustainability. Besides the environmental impact of aviation I have a strong research interest into the economics of transportation markets in general, and air transportation markets in particular.


Recent Publications and Presentations

Scheffler, R. / Hartwig, K.-H. / Malina. R. (2013): The effects of ownership structure, competition and cross-subsidisation on the efficiency of public bus transport: Empirical evidence from Germany, in: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Volume 47 (3), pp.  371-386.

Barrett, S. / Yim, S. / Gilmore, C. / Murray, L. / Kuhn, S. / Tai, A. / Yantosca, R. / Byun, S. / Ngan, F. / Li, X. / Levy, J. / Ashok, A. / Koo, J. / Wong, H. / Dessens, O. / Balasubramanian, S. / Fleming, G. / Pearlson, M. / Wollersheim, C. / Malina, R. / Arunachalam, S. / Binkowski, F. / Leibensperger, E. M. / Jacob, D. /  Hileman, J. / Waitz, I (2012): Public Health, Climate and Economic Impacts of Desulfurizing Jet Fuel, in: Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 46(8), pp. 4275-4282.

Malina, R. / McConnachie, D. / Winchester, N. / Wollersheim, C. / Paltsev, S. / Waitz, I. (2012): The Impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on US Aviation, in: Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 19, March 2012, p. 36-41.

Malina, R. / Albers, S. / Kroll, N. (2012): Airport Incentive Programs, A European Perspective, in: Transport Reviews, Volume 32, Number 4, pp. 435-453.

Malina, R. (2013): Recent advances in lifecycle greenhouse gas emission analysis for renewable jet fuels, CAAFI Environment Team Meetting, Jan 28-29, 2013, Washington, D.C.

Malina, R. (2012): HEFA and F-T jet cost analyses, Department of Energy Costing Workshop, Nov 27, 2012, Washington, D.C.

Malina, R. / Strzepek, K. (2012): Water footprint of alternative fuels for aviation, Lunch Seminar Series of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, June 1st, 2012, Cambridge, MA.

Malina, R. (2012): The impact of the EU Emissions trading Scheme on US Aviation, Presentation at MIT’s Global Airline Industry Consortium’s Executive Education Course, June 18-19 2012, Cambridge, MA.

Malina, R. (2011): Environmental and economic sustainability of alternative fuels for aviation, FRAPORT and Erich-Becker-Stiftung Conference, November 2011, Frankfurt, Germany.

 


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