Bio
R. Daniel (Danny) Bressler is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Bentley University since Fall 2025. He received his PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University in 2025.
He does research on environmental, health, and public economics. Here is his Google Scholar page and here is his CV. Here is a 2024 thread summarizing his research. His research has been cited by the Supreme Court and covered in outlets such as the NYTimes, NPR, Scientific American, and Vox.
From 2021-2022, he served as the Climate Staff Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
He previously worked for the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, as a management consultant for Altman Solon, Goldman Sachs, and The Onion (America’s Finest News Source). Outside of research, he enjoys listening to jazz, procuring vintage clothing, attempting to learn French, and competitive stair climbing.
Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions
Journal Articles
Bressler, R. D., Papp, A., Sarmiento, L., Shrader, J. G., Wilson, A. J. (2026). Occupation and temperature-related mortality in Mexico. Journal of Human Resources Stawasz, A., Bressler, R. D. (2025). Valuing statistical absences? Why benefit-cost analysis cannot avoid population ethics. Ecological Economics 108643. Bryant, A. K., Lewy, J. R., Bressler, R. D., Chopra, Z., Gyori, D. J., Bazzell, B. G., Moeller, J. A., Jacobson, S. I., Fendrick, A. M., Kerr, E. A., others, . (2024). Projected environmental and public health benefits of extended-interval dosing: an analysis of pembrolizumab use in a US national health system. The Lancet Oncology, (25) 6 802--810. Wilson, A. J., Bressler, R. D., Ivanovich, C., Tuholske, C., Raymond, C., Horton, R. M., Sobel, A., Kinney, P., Cavazos, T., Shrader, J. G. (2024). Heat disproportionately kills young people: Evidence from wet-bulb temperature in Mexico. Science Advances, (10) 49 eadq3367. Bressler, R. D., Shimberg, N., Gillingham, K. (2023). The Phantom Dismal Theorem: How Discounting and Mortality Valuation Interaction Can Cause Infinite Valuation of Future Lives. Available at SSRN 4579932 Bressler, R. D., Alstott, J. (2023). The International Panel on Global Catastrophic Risks (IPGCR). Intersections, Reinforcements, Cascades 233--247. Sharma, S., Bressler, R. D., Bhopal, A., Norheim, O. F. (2022). The global temperature-related mortality impact of earlier decarbonization for the Australian health sector and economy: a modelling study. Plos one, (17) 8 e0271550. Bressler, R. D., Heal, G. M. (2022). Valuing Deaths Caused by Climate Change. National Bureau of Economic Research Bressler, R. D. (2021). The mortality cost of carbon. Nature communications, (12) 1 4467. Bressler, R. D., Moore, F. C., Rennert, K., Anthoff, D. (2021). Estimates of country level temperature-related mortality damage functions. Scientific reports, (11) 1 20282. Book Chapters
Bressler, R. D. (2024). Science and challenges of sustainability . Service
Service: Department
Committee Member for Economics Seminar - Present
