RSC's Finn Dobkin Wins 2026 Ellig Award


May 27, 2026

Finn Dobkin presents research at the 2026 Annual Conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis

The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis has selected RSC Senior Policy Analyst Finn Dobkin as the winner of its 2026 Jerry Ellig Award for Best Student Paper.  Dobkin presented his paper, 'Capitalization of Climate Mitigation in Housing Markets: Evidence from California’s Residential Construction Requirements' at the society's annual conference in Washington, DC. The Ellig Award honors the legacy of RSC economist Jerry Ellig and recognizes the best student paper presented at the conference which applies economic, law, political science, policy analysis, and/or public administration concepts to real policy problems. Congrats, Finn!