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With Pitzer Since: 2021
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Kevin Berg Grell is an economist and educator whose work bridges sustainability, innovation, and strategic decision-making. He teaches at Pitzer College, where he leads courses in environmental economics, corporate finance, and managerial economics, with a strong emphasis on the green transition and long-term resilience. Kevin’s research explores how uncertainty, policy signals, and learning shape private investment behavior—particularly in climate-relevant sectors such as regenerative agriculture, agrivoltaics, and clean technology. He is also actively engaged in applied research, including collaborative projects on the social acceptance of sustainable viticulture, and real options in capital-intensive innovation (e.g. exploring the opportunity for agrivoltaics in the Inland Empire). Finally, he is currently working on a book that rethinks California as a case study in sustainable economic transformation.
PhD Business Economics (finance), University of Southern Denmark
MS Mathematics and Economics (financial engineering), University of Southern Denmark
BS Mathematics and Economics (operations research), University of Southern Denmark
Corporate Finance With Green Applications (ECON 175)
Environmental Economics (ECON 172)
Managerial Economics (ECON 171)
Intro To Environmental Economics (EA 112)
Sustainable Futures (FYS 050)
- Christian Riis Flor, Kevin Berg Grell, Subsidizing uncertain investments: The role of production technology and imprecise learning, Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 94, 2025, ISSN 0929-1199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2025.102829
- Christian Riis Flor, Kevin Berg Grell, Venture capital budgeting — Carry and correlation, Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 21, 2013, Pages 216-234, ISSN 0929-1199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.02.004.
- Book: “Crowdfunding: The Corporate Era”, with Dan Marom and Richard Swart, Elliott & Thompson, November 1, 2015, ISBN-10: 1783961619, ISBN-13: 978-1783961610,