Alfred E. Kahn is the Robert Julius Thorne Professor, Emeritus, of Political Economy at Cornell University. He was Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, 1977-78 and advisor to President Jimmy Carter on deregulation. He was a former Chairman of the New York Public Service Commission. He is the author of The Economics of Regulation: Principles and Institutions, among many other books and articles. He is a Special Consultant to NERA Economic Consulting. Political economy was the original term for the study of production, the acts of buying and selling, and their relationships to laws, customs and government. ... This is about the university. ... Governments have played an important part in shaping air transportation. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ...

Professor Kahn received his Bachelor's (summa cum laude) and Master's degrees from New York University and a Doctorate in Economics from Yale University. Following service in the US Army, he served as Chairman of the Department of Economics at Ripon College, Wisconsin. He moved to Cornell University, where he served as Chairman of the Department of Economics, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University and as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He has also received numerous awards for his work in economics, regulation and deregulation. New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... Yale redirects here. ... Ripon College is also the name of a college in Yorkshire, England. ... This is about the university. ...