Graciela Chichilnisky

Graciela Chichilnisky (born 1944)[1] is an Argentine American

Graciela Chichilnisky
mathematical economist. She is a professor of economics at
Columbia University and has expertise in climate change.[2][3]
She is also co-founder and former CEO of the company Global
Thermostat.[4]

Background and education

Chichilnisky was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the daughter
of Russian  Jewish immigrants. After a military coup, the
Argentine military violently closed scientific  faculties at the
University of Buenos Aires on July 29, and she left Argentina for
the United States, Supported by a fellowship from the Ford
Foundation,.[2] Chichilnisky matriculated in the doctoral program
in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
although without an undergraduate degree;[5] she moved to the
University of California, Berkeley in 1968, and completed her
Ph.D. in mathematics there in 1970, under the supervision of
Jerrold E. Marsden. She earned a second Ph.D. in economics in
1976 under the supervision of Gérard Debreu.[6] Born Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Career Nationality Argentina / United
States
After a postdoctoral position at Harvard University, she accepted
a position as an associate professor at Columbia University in Alma mater University of California,
1977, and received tenure there in 1979, and was named Berkeley (PhD)
UNESCO Professor of Mathematics and Economics from 1995 Known for Carbon credit
to 2008. She also held a chair in economics at the University of emissions trading
Essex from 1980 to 1981, and has additionally been a visiting (Kyoto Protocol)
professor at other universities including at Stanford in
Topological theory of
2017.[7][2][5]
social choice
In 2010 Chichilnisky, together with Peter Eisenberger and Edgar Transfer paradox in
Bronfman Jr. formed Global Thermostat, a company that international
specializes in Direct air capture from a unit that extracts carbon development aid
dioxide directly from air. Awards UNESCO
Professorship
Research Scientific career
Fields Environmental
Chichilnisky is the author of over 17 books and over 330
economics
scientific research papers. She is best known for proposing and
designing the carbon credit emissions trading market underlying Development
economics
International
the Kyoto Protocol which was international law since 2005, and economics
was a lead author on the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Welfare economics
Climate Change that won the 2007 Nobel Prize.[8] (Social choice)
Mathematical
In the theory of international trade, she constructed an example of
economics
a "transfer paradox", where a transfer of goods from a donor to a
recipient can render the recipient worse off and the donor better Mathematics
off. She constructed examples where export-led growth strategies (Algebraic topology)
for developing countries could result in paradoxically poor Institutions Columbia University
results, because of increasing returns to scale in the technologies
Doctoral Jerrold E. Marsden
of the developed countries.
advisor (first Ph.D.)
In welfare economics and voting theory, particularly in the Gérard Debreu
specialty of social choice theory, Chichilnisky introduced a (second Ph.D.)
continuous model of collective decisions to which she applied Influences Kenneth J. Arrow
algebraic topology; following her initiatives, continuous social Geoffrey M. Heal
choice has developed as an international subdiscipline. During
Stephen Smale
the 1980s and 1990s some of Chichilnisky's research was done in
collaboration with mathematical economist Geoffrey M. Heal, Influenced Geoffrey M. Heal
who has been her colleague at Essex and Columbia. Website https://chichilnisky.com/

Litigation
In 1994 Chichilnisky sued two other economics professors, accusing them of stealing her ideas.
Chichilnisky was countersued and dropped her lawsuit. The subject matter of the controversy was
described in contemporaneous news reports as "distinctly small-time stuff, at least according to most
experts."[9] In 1991 and 2000 Chichilnisky sued her employer Columbia University alleging gender
discrimination, pay inequality, and attempts by the university to dissolve her endowed chair. The latter suit
was settled in 2008 under undisclosed terms;[5][10][11] The New York Sun reported that Chichilnisky
received $200,000. According to Columbia's spokesperson, "Chichilnisky signed a statement that her salary
was not discriminatory".[12]

Selected publications

Peer-reviewed articles
Chichilnisky, Graciela (1994). "North-South Trade and the Global Environment". The
American Economic Review. 84 (4): 851–874. JSTOR 2118034 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/
2118034).
Chichilnisky, Graciela (1996). "An axiomatic approach to sustainable development". Social
Choice and Welfare. 13 (2): 231–257. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.321.9924 (https://citeseerx.ist.psu.e
du/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.321.9924). doi:10.1007/BF00183353 (https://doi.org/10.10
07%2FBF00183353). ISSN 0176-1714 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0176-1714).
S2CID 189901443 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:189901443).
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Heal, Geoffrey (February 1998). "Economic returns from the
biosphere". Nature. 391 (6668): 629–630. Bibcode:1998Natur.391..629C (https://ui.adsabs.h
arvard.edu/abs/1998Natur.391..629C). doi:10.1038/35481 (https://doi.org/10.1038%2F3548
1). ISSN 0028-0836 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0028-0836). S2CID 4322093 (https://api.
semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4322093).
 Chichilnisky, Graciela (2000). "An axiomatic approach to choice under uncertainty with
catastrophic risks". Resource and Energy Economics. 22 (3): 221–231. doi:10.1016/s0928-
7655(00)00032-4 (https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fs0928-7655%2800%2900032-4). ISSN 0928-
7655 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0928-7655).
Chichilnisky, Graciela (August 1980). "Social choice and the topology of spaces of
preferences" (https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/8006/1/MPRA_paper_8006.pdf) (PDF).
Advances in Mathematics. 37 (2): 165–176. doi:10.1016/0001-8708(80)90032-8 (https://doi.
org/10.1016%2F0001-8708%2880%2990032-8). ISSN 0001-8708 (https://www.worldcat.or
g/issn/0001-8708).
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Heal, Geoffrey (October 1983). "Necessary and sufficient conditions
for a resolution of the social choice paradox" (https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/8495/1/MPR
A_paper_8495.pdf) (PDF). Journal of Economic Theory. 31 (1): 68–87. doi:10.1016/0022-
0531(83)90021-2 (https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0022-0531%2883%2990021-2). ISSN 0022-
0531 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0022-0531). S2CID 54989387 (https://api.semanticschol
ar.org/CorpusID:54989387).
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Heal, Geoffrey (April 1994). "Who should abate carbon emissions?"
(https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0165-1765%2894%2990119-8). Economics Letters. 44 (4): 443–
449. doi:10.1016/0165-1765(94)90119-8 (https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0165-1765%2894%29
90119-8). ISSN 0165-1765 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0165-1765). S2CID 154675305 (h
ttps://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154675305).
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Heal, Geoffrey; Beltratti, Andrea (August 1995). "The Green Golden
Rule" (https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0165-1765%2895%2900662-y). Economics Letters. 49
(2): 175–179. doi:10.1016/0165-1765(95)00662-y (https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0165-1765%2
895%2900662-y). ISSN 0165-1765 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0165-1765).
S2CID 154964259 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154964259).
Beltratti, Andrea; Chichilnisky, Garciela; Heal, Geoffrey (December 1994). "The environment
and the long run: a comparison of different criteria" (https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/7907/
1/MPRA_paper_7907.pdf) (PDF). Ricerche Economiche. 48 (4): 319–340.
doi:10.1016/0035-5054(94)90011-6 (https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0035-5054%2894%299001
1-6). ISSN 0035-5054 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0035-5054). S2CID 154694271 (https://
api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154694271).
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Gruenwald, Paul F. (June 1995). "Existence of an optimal growth
path with endogenous technical change" (https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/8394/1/MPRA_p
aper_8394.pdf) (PDF). Economics Letters. 48 (3–4): 433–439. doi:10.1016/0165-
1765(94)00594-r (https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0165-1765%2894%2900594-r). ISSN 0165-
1765 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0165-1765).

Book chapters
Beltratti, A., Chichilnisky, G. and Heal, G., 1998. Sustainable use of renewable resources (htt
ps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-4892-4_3). In Sustainability: Dynamics
and Uncertainty (pp. 49–76). Springer Netherlands.

Books
Chichilnisky, Graciela (1998). Mathematical economics (https://books.google.com/books?id=
uOO6AAAAIAAJ). Vol. One. E. Elgar Pub. ISBN 978-1858982601.
Chichilnisky, Graciela (1998). Mathematical Economics (https://books.google.com/books?id
=XeS6AAAAIAAJ). Vol. Two. E. Elgar Pub. ISBN 978-1858982601.
Chichilnisky, Graciela (1998). Mathematical Economics (https://books.google.com/books?id
=VOW6AAAAIAAJ). Vol. Three. E. Elgar Pub. ISBN 978-1858982601.
 Chichilnisky, Graciela (2009). Saving Kyoto (https://archive.org/details/isbn_978184773431
0). New Holland Publisher (UK) Ltd. ISBN 978-1847734310.
Chichilnisky, Graciela (1998). Topology and Markets (https://books.google.com/books?id=P
MvMHBHyldMC). American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0821871300.
Chichilnisky, Graciela (2007). The Economics of the Global Environment: Catastrophic
Risks in Theory and Policy. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319319414.
Chichilnisky, Graciela (2017). Encyclopaedia of Econometrics: Theory and Applications.
Blackwells Koros Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1785694646.
Oil and the International Economy (1991) ISBN 978-0198285175
The Evolving International Economy (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-evolving-inter
national-economy-graciela-chichilnisky/1117322007?ean=9780521267168) (1987)
ISBN 978-0521267168
Sustainability, Dynamics and Uncertainty (https://www.springer.com/us/book/978940106051
6) (1998) ISBN 978-9401060516
Markets, Information and Uncertainty: Essays in Economic Theory in Honor of Kenneth J.
Arrow (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/markets-information-and-uncertainty-graciela-chi
chilnisky/1100947891?ean=9780521553551) (1999) ISBN 978-0521553551
Catastrophe or new society?: A Latin American world model (1976) ISBN 978-0889360839
Development and Global Finance: The Case for an International Bank for Environmental
Settlements (1997) ISBN 978-9211260649
Environmental Markets: Equity and Efficiency (2000) ISBN 978-0231504478
The Economics of Climate Change (2010) ISBN 978-1847207678
Reversing Climate Change (https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9765)
(2020) ISBN 978-9814719353
Handbook on the Economics of Climate Change (2018) ISBN 978-0857939050

Awards and recognition

Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky was selected by IAIR (International Alternative Investment Review) as the 2015
CEO of the Year in Sustainability.[13]

References
1. Birth year from German National Library catalog data (http://d-nb.info/gnd/114886105),
retrieved 2019-09-22
2. Curriculum vitae (http://econ.columbia.edu/files/econ/gc_cv_may_2015_final_0.pdf)
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20180219070715/http://econ.columbia.edu/files/econ/
gc_cv_may_2015_final_0.pdf) 2018-02-19 at the Wayback Machine from Columbia
University, May 2010, retrieved 2017-04-23.
3. Faculty listing (http://econ.columbia.edu/graciela-chichilnisky), Columbia Economics
Department, retrieved 2017-04-23.
4. "Global Thermostat" (https://globalthermostat.com/graciela-chichilnisky/).
5. Fogg, Piper (October 17, 2003), "A Lone Woman Takes on Columbia" (http://chronicle.com/a
rticle/A-Lone-Woman-Takes-on-Columbia/35883), Chronicle of Higher Education.
6. "Chichilnisky's CV" (https://web.archive.org/web/20180219070715/http://econ.columbia.edu/
files/econ/gc_cv_may_2015_final_0.pdf) (PDF). Archived from the original (http://econ.colum
bia.edu/files/econ/gc_cv_may_2015_final_0.pdf) (PDF) on 2018-02-19. Retrieved
2016-10-12.
 7. "Graciela Chichilnisky | SIEPR" (https://siepr.stanford.edu/events/speakers/graciela-chichilni
sky). siepr.stanford.edu. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
8. Siegle, Lucy (14 November 2010). "Graciela Chichilnisky's innovation: carbon capturing" (htt
ps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/nov/14/graciela-chichilnisky-carbon-capture-gl
obal-thermostat). The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
9. Warsh, David (May 5, 1996), "A bitter battle illuminates an esoteric world", Boston Globe.
Reprinted (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-05-06/business/9605060088_1_economi
cs-mathematical-professor) by the Chicago Tribune, May 6, 2006.
10. Chichilnisky v. Columbia University (http://www.aauw.org/act/laf/cases/chichilnisky.cfm)
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20120306002330/http://www.aauw.org/act/laf/cases/c
hichilnisky.cfm) 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, American Association of University
Women, retrieved 2011-01-17.
11. Strauss, Valerie (December 3, 2007), "Taking on the Economics of Gender Inequity",
Washington Post.
12. Goldberg, Ross (July 1, 2008), "Columbia, Prof. Reach Second Gender Dispute Settlement"
(http://www.nysun.com/new-york/columbia-and-a-professor-reach-second-gender/81030/),
New York Sun.
13. "Graciela Chichilnisky Selected As 2015 CEO of the Year" (https://www.businesswire.com/n
ews/home/20150427006074/en/Graciela-Chichilnisky-Selected-2015-CEO-Year). Retrieved
2018-04-17.

External links
Graciela Chichilnisky (https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=32165) at the Mathematics
Genealogy Project
Official website (http://www.chichilnisky.com/)

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