Allen Victor Kneese (5 April 1930, Fredericksburg, Texas - 14 March 2001) was an American economist.
He earned a bachelor of science in economics from Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos, master's degree in economics from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Ph.D. in 1956 from Indiana University Bloomington.
[2][3] Kneese' research focussed on the integration of environmental pollution in economic models,[3] and on the use of economic incentives to encourage environmental improvements.
[4] Kneese was the first president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, and was a founding editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and Water Resources Research.
With John V. Krutilla, he was the inaugural winner of the Volvo Environment Prize in 1990.