Dr. Hochman received his Ph.D. in Economics at Columbia University in 2004, and joined Rutgers University in 2011 as an Associate Professor. While coming out of his Ph.D. he focused on international trade agreements and crony capitalism, the stay at UC Berkeley introduced him to energy and agricultural biotechnology. Dr. Hochman's current work focuses on the political economy of fuel policy, as well as the economics of renewable energy. His research shows the importance of modeling OPEC as a cartel-of-nations ...