Reason Foundation

Bio

Dr.. Ralph L.. Keeney is a professor of systems management at the University of Southern California. Previously,, Dr. Keeney has been a profesor in engineering and in management at MIT, a Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied System Analysis in Austria, and has consulted on such issues as energy policy and large--scale facility siting. He is the author of Value--Focused Thinking (Harvard University Press, 1992); Siting Energy Facilities (Academiic Prres, 1980); and "Estimating Fatalities Induced by the Economic Costs of Regulations" (Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997). Dr. Keeney's current research included quantitatively examining the implications of the “richer is safer” phenomenon.