Robin Cantor, Ph.D.

Dr. Cantor specializes in applied economics, environmental and energy economics, statistics, risk management, and insurance claims analysis. Prior to joining Exponent, she led the Liability Estimation practice at Navigant Consulting and assisted companies and financial institutions with analysis to better understand asbestos and other product liability exposures. Other positions she has held include: Principal and Managing Director of the Environmental and Insurance Claims Practice at LECG, LLC, Program Director for Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences, a research program of the National Science Foundation, and senior research appointments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Cantor has a faculty appointment in the Graduate Part-time Program in Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University. She was the President of the Society for Risk Analysis in 2002, and from 2001-2003, she served as an appointed member of the Research Strategies Advisory Committee of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board. She is a member of the Executive Committee for the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment. Dr. Cantor's testimonial experience includes product liability estimation in bankruptcy matters and insurance disputes, statistical analysis of asbestos settlements, analysis of premises and product claims, cost contribution allocation in Superfund disputes, analysis of derailment risks, reliability of statistical models and estimation methods, and economic analysis of class certification issues. She has prepared expert reports that address economic issues in antitrust, intellectual property, employment discrimination, false advertising, regulation, and other areas of product and market analysis. Dr. Cantor has submitted analysis, testimony and affidavits in federal arbitration, regulatory and Congressional proceedings, and state and federal courts. Dr. Cantor's publications include refereed journal articles, book chapters, expert reports, reports for federal sponsors, and a book on economic exchange under alternative institutional and resource conditions.

Cantor RA, Lyman M, Reiss R. Asbestos claims and litigation. John Liner Rev 2009; 23(2): 28-38.

Cantor RA, Hlavin A, Katofsky R, McDonald C. Current perspectives on trading environmental attributes. In: Energy and Environmental Trading: U.S. Law and Taxation. Kramer A, Fusaro P (eds), Cameron May, 2008; 183–235.

Cantor RA. Enterprise risk management perspectives on risk governance. In: Global Risk Governance: Concept and Practice using the IRGC Framework. Renn O, Walker K (eds), Springer Press, 2008.

Nieberding J, Cantor RA. Price dispersion and class certification in antitrust cases: An economic analysis. J Legal Econ 2007; 14(2):61-84.

Bunting C, Renn O, Florin M-V, Cantor RA. Introduction to the IRGC risk governance framework. John Liner Rev 2007; 21(2):7-26.

Cantor RA, Lyman M. Asbestos and state tort reforms. John Liner Rev 2007; 20(4):39-45.

Cantor RA, Cook M, Lyman M. Is the end in sight? Global Reinsurance 2006; September, 45-46.

Cantor RA, Cook M, Lyman M. After the FAIR Act. Run Off Business 2006; 17:34-36.

Cantor RA, Cook M. A chink in the FAIR Act. Global Reinsurance 2006; April, 9.

Morgan MG, Cantor RA, Clark B, Fisher A, Jacoby J, Janetos T, Kinzing, Melillo J, Street R, Wilbanks T. Learning from the U.S. national assessment of climate change impacts. Environ Sci Technol 2005; October.

Nieberding J, Cantor RA. Price dispersion, the “Bogosian Short Cut,” and class certification in antitrust cases. ABA Antitrust Law, Economics Committee Newsletter 2004; 4(1):5-9. Also reprinted in Texas Business Litigation 2005; 23-25.

Zimmerman R, Cantor RA. State of the art and new directions in risk assessment and risk management: Fundamental issues of measurement and management. In: Risk Analysis and Society: An Interdisciplinary Characterization of the Field. McDaniels TL, Small MJ (eds), Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Cantor RA. Introduction to the 2001 best paper special issue. Risk Anal 2003; 23(6):1209-1210.

Adams GD, Cantor RA. Risk, stigma, and property values: What are people afraid of? pp. 175-186. In: Risk, Media and Stigma. Flynn J, Kunreuther H, Slovic P (eds), pp. 175–186, Earthscan Publications, Ltd., 2001.

Cantor RA, Rayner S, Henry S. Markets, distribution & exchange after societal cataclysm, Books for Business, December 2000.

Cantor RA. Discussion paper on net environmental benefits assessment for restoration projects after oil spills, or some reflections on the decision process. pp. 145-152. In: Restoration of Lost Human Uses of the Environment. Cecil G (ed), SETAC Press, 1999.

Cantor RA, Yohe G (eds). Economic analysis. pp. 1-93. In: Human Choice and Climate Change: An International Assessment, Volume 3: Tools for Policy Analysis. Rayner S, Malone EL (eds), Battelle Press, 1998.

Cantor RA (contributor), Jaeger CC, Renn O, Rosa EA, Webler T, McDonell G, Sergen G (eds.) Decision analysis. pp. 141-2216. In: Human Choice and Climate Change: An International Social Science Assessment State of the Art Report, Volume 3. Rayner S, Malone EL (eds), Battelle Press, 1998.

Cantor RA. Rethinking risk management in the federal government. Ann Am Acad Political Social Sci 1996; 545:135-143.

Cantor RA. Estimating externalities of coal fuel cycles, Lee R (ed.), Report 3, Utility Data Institute, McGraw-Hill, Washington, DC, 1994.

Cantor RA, Rayner S. Changing perceptions of vulnerability. In: Industrial Ecology and Global Change. Socolow R, Andrews C, Berkhout F, Thomas V (eds), Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Cantor RA, Schoepfle M. Risk, rationality, and community: Psychology, ethnography, and transactions in the risk management process. The Environmental Professional 1993; 15:293-303.

Cantor RA, Henry S, Rayner S. Making markets: An interdisciplinary perspective on economic exchange, Greenwood Press, Delaware, 1992.

Fulkerson W, Jones J, Delene J, Perry AM, Cantor RA. The potential role of nuclear power in controlling CO2 emissions. In: Limiting the Greenhouse Effect: Options for Controlling Atmospheric CO2 Accumulation. Pearman GI (ed), John Wiley and Sons, 1992.

Cantor RA, Schoepfle M, Szarleta E. Sources and consequences of hypothetical bias in economic analysis of risk behavior. In: The Analysis, Communication, and Perception of Risk. Garrick BJ, Gekler WC (eds), Plenum Press, New York, 1991.

Cantor RA. Applying construction lessons to decommissioning estimates. Energy J 1991; 12:105-117.

Cantor RA, Rizy C. Biomass energy: Exploring the risks of commercialization in the United States of America. Bioresource Technol 1991; 35(1):1-13.

Cantor RA, Krupnick A, Rizy C. Beyond the market: Recent regulatory responses to the externalities of energy production. pp. 51-61. Proceedings, 1991 Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, 1991.

Cantor RA, Rayner S. Thinking the unthinkable: Preparing for global disaster. In: New Risk: Issues in Management. Ricci P (ed), Plenum Press, New York, 1990.

Cantor RA, Jones D, Lieby P, Rayner S. Policies to encourage private sector responses to potential climate change. In: Energy Markets in the 1990s and Beyond. Finizza A, Weyant JP (eds), IAEE, Washington, DC, 1989.

Cantor RA, Hewlett J. The economics of nuclear power: Some new evidence on learning, economies of scale, and cost estimation. Resources Energy 1988; 10:315-335.

Rayner S, Cantor RA. Quand le risque acceptable est-it socialement justifie. In : La Societé Vulnerable, Fabiani J-L, Theys J (eds), Presses De L’École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1987.

Cantor RA, Rayner S, Braid RB. The role of liability preferences in societal technology choices: Results of a pilot study. In: Risk Assessment and Management. Lave L (ed), Plenum Press, New York, 1987.

Rayner S, Cantor RA. How fair is safe enough? The cultural approach to societal technology choice. Risk Anal 1987; 7(1):3-9.

Cantor RA, Rayner S. The fairness hypothesis and managing the risks of societal technology choices. ASME, paper 86-WA/TS-5, December 1986.

Cantor RA. Regulatory trends and practices related to nuclear reactor decommissioning. In: The Energy Industries in Transition 1985-2000. Weyant JP, Sheffield DB (eds), IAEE, Washington, DC, 1984.

Other Publications

Cantor RA, Patrick B. Commercialization of nanotechnology: Enterprise risk management issues. Background Paper presented to the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Nanotechnology Panel, 36th Annual Conference on Environmental Law, Keystone, CO, March 8-11, 2007.

Cantor RA, Zimmerman R. First World Congress on Risk “Risk and Governance” conference highlights. Risk Newsletter 2003; 23(4):1-10.

Cantor RA. Risk analysis in an interconnected world. RISK Newsletter 2001; 21(3):1-3.

Cantor RA, Zimmerman R. Risk and governance: An international symposium. RISK Newsletter 2001; 21(1):20-21.

Cantor RA. Book review of Public Reactions to Nuclear Waste by Riley E. Dunlap, Michael E. Kraft, and Eugene A. Rosa. Science 1994; 266:145.

Cantor RA. News from Washington. Human Dimensions Quarterly 1994; 1(2):20-21.

Cantor RA. Book review of The Risk Professionals by Thomas M. Dietz and Robert W. Rycroft. Environmental Professional 1989; 11(4):458-459.

Cantor RA. Decommissioning: The Next chapter in the nuclear saga. FORUM 1988; 3(3):105-106.

Technical Manuscripts

Analysis of the Estimated Production Cost Savings From Replacing the Dollar Note with the Dollar Coin. Final report of analysis submitted to Congressional Record, June 12, 2000 (with Jessica B. Horewitz and Robert N. Yerman).

Rebuttal Verified Statement with Gordon C. Rausser for CSX Corporation and CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Corp., and Norfolk Southern Railway Co., Control and Operating Leases/Agreements, Conrail Inc. and Consolidated Rail Corp., Railroad Control Application, Applicants’ Rebuttal Vol. 2B of 3, December, 1997.

Community Preferences and Superfund Responsibilities. Prepared for the USEPA under Interagency Agreement 1824-B067-A1 with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 1993.

The U.S.-EC Fuel Cycle Study: Background Document to the Approach and Issues. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/TM-2500, November, 1992 (with L. W. Barnthouse, D. Burtraw (Resources for the Future), G. F. Cada, C. E. Easterly, A. M. Freeman (Bowdoin College), W. Harrington (Resources for the Future), T.D. Jones, R. L. Kroodsma, A. J. Krupnick (Resources for the Future), R. Lee, H. Smith (DOE), A. Schaffhauser, and R. S. Turner).

What are the Problems of Equity and Legitimacy Facing a Management Strategy for the Global Commons? Managing the Global Commons: Decision Making and Conflict Resolution in Response to Climate Change, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/TM-11619, July, 1990 (with Roger Kasperson in Steve Rayner, Wolfgang Naegeli, and Patricia Lund).

Markets, Distribution, and Exchange after Societal Cataclysm, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL-6384, November 1989 (with S. Rayner and S. Henry).

Information. Chapter 5 of A Compendium of Options for Government Policy to Encourage Private Sector Responses to Potential Climate Change, DOE/EH-0102, Report to Congress, October, 1989 (with G. G. Stevenson and P. J. Sullivan).

Agriculture and Forestry. Chapter 10 of A Compendium of Options for Government Policy to Encourage Private Sector Responses to Potential Climate Change, DOE/EH-0102, Report to Congress, October, 1989 (with W. Naegeli and A. F. Turhollow, Jr.).

Evaluation of Implementation, Enforcement and Compliance Issues of the Bonneville Model Conservation Standards Program, Vol. I and II, ORNL/CON-263, July 1989 (with Steve Cohn).

Gas Furnace Purchases: A Study of Consumer Decision Making and Conservation Investments. ORNL/TM-10727, October 1988 (with David Trumble).

An Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant Construction Costs. DOE/EIA-0485, 1986 (with J. G. Hewlett and C. G. Rizy).

Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning: A Review of the Regulatory Environments. ORNL/TM-9638, 1986.

Nuclear Power Options Viability Study, Vol. I, Executive Summary, ORNL/TM-9780/1, 1986 (with D. B. Trauger et al.).

Nuclear Power Options Viability Study, Vol III, Nuclear Discipline Topics. ORNL/TM-9780/3, 1986 (with D. B. Trauger et al.).

Clinch River Breeder Reactor: An Assessment of Need for Power and Regulatory Issues, ORNL/TM-8892, September 1983 (with D. M. Hamblin et al.).

Selected Presentations

Cantor RA. Evaluating vulnerabilities and identifying emerging risks. Invited presentation, The Conference Board EHS Legal Counsel Meeting, Houston TX, January 15–16, 2009.

Cantor RA. Using exposure science to ascertain asbestos liabilities. Invited CLE presentation, Business Valuation Resources, LLC Teleconference, November 18, 2008.

Cantor RA. Weather and temperature: Emerging health issues for US companies. REBEX 2008, Wheeling IL, October 23–24, 2008.

Cantor RA. Asbestos risk transfers: Unlocking value by walling off asbestos liabilities. Invited CLE session at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY, June 4, 2008.

Cantor RA. The future of asbestos—New techniques for unlocking value by selling liabilities to investors. Mealey’s™ Teleconference, March 25, 2008.

Cantor RA. Update on other U.S. long-tailed product liabilities. Invited presentation, 4th International Asbestos Claims & Liabilities Conference: The Practical Guide to Litigating, Settling and Managing Asbestos Claims, London, January 30-31, 2008.

Cantor RA. Tax or cap: What are the real differences for carbon policy in the US? Invited session and presentation, McDermott Will & Emery 10th Annual Energy Conference, Washington DC, October 9-10, 2007.

Cantor RA. Managing nanotechnology’s life cycle risks responsibly. Invited ALI-ABA teleconference, June 27, 2007.

Cantor RA. Carbon emissions—Planning for the change. Invited teleconference, Environmental Law Network, June 15, 2007.

Cantor RA. Liability estimation and the historical future. Invited presentation, Mealey’s™ Asbestos Bankruptcy Conference, Chicago, IL, June 7-8, 2007.

Cantor RA. Renewables and the value proposition for carbon credits. Invited presentation, McDermott Will & Emery 9th Annual Energy Conference, Washington DC, October 19-20, 2006.

Cantor RA. The ABCs of the value proposition for carbon credits. Invited presentation, the Environmental Trading Congress, New York, NY, July 24-25, 2006.

Cantor RA, Lyman M. Liability estimation in U.S. bankruptcy cases. London Underwriting Centre, London, UK, January 10, 2006.

Cantor RA, Lyman M. The status of the FAIR Act. London Underwriting Centre, London, UK, January 10, 2006.

Cantor RA. Economic appraisal of ecological assets. Invited presentation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board “Science and the Human Side of Environmental Protection” Series, Washington, DC, July 6, 2002.

Cantor RA. Scientists and Homeland Security—The relevance of risk analysis. Invited presentation, Council of Scientific Society Presidents, Washington, DC, May 2002.

Cantor RA. NRD rules and economics. Invited presentation, Environmental and Admiralty Law Committees of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, December 7, 2000.

Cantor RA. Revealed preferences and environmental risks: Lessons learned from two policy debates. Annual Meetings of the Society For Risk Analysis, Phoenix, AZ, December 8, 1998.

Cantor RA. Valuing environmental impacts: Lessons learned from the natural resource damage debate. Invited Paper, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19th Annual Meeting, November 19, 1998.

Cantor RA. How will climate change affect economics and politics? Invited panel speaker, Policy and Politics of Climate Change, ABA Section of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law Fall Meeting, October 8, 1998.

Cantor RA. Natural resource damage rules: A search for the path of least resistance in value disputes? George Washington University Seminar Series on Environmental Values and Strategies, September 1997.

Cantor RA. Rethinking the science of risk management: Changing paradigms of the process and function. Operations and Information Management Department Workshop, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, November 1995.

Cantor RA, Arkes H. Interdisciplinary perspectives on experimental methods. 1995 Meetings of the American Economic Association, January 1995.

Cantor RA. Risk management: Four different views. Invited presentation, The Conservation of Great Plains Ecosystems Symposium, April 1993.

Cantor RA. Human dimensions of global change: A white paper on the USGCRP research programs. National Academy of Sciences Board on Global Change, November 1993.

Cantor RA, Rayner S. Changing perceptions of vulnerability. Invited paper, NCAR/UCAR Summer Institute on Industrial Ecology and Global Change, July 17-31, 1992.

Cantor RA. Should economic considerations limit the conservatism of risk assessment? Invited paper, Workshop of the International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology on Risk Assessment and OMB’s Report on its Application in Regulatory Agencies, Washington, DC, June 11, 1991.

Cantor RA. Beyond the market: Recent regulatory responses to the externalities of energy production. Annual Meetings of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, Baltimore, MD, April 30, 1991.

Cantor RA. Understanding community preferences at Superfund sites. National Meeting of EPA Community Relations Coordinators, Chicago, IL, April 4-6, 1990.

Cantor RA. Methodological myths and modeling markets: A common framework for analyzing exchange. Second Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics, Washington, DC, March 1990.

Cantor RA, Schoepfle GM, Szarleta EJ. Sources and consequences of hypothetical bias in economic analyses of risk behavior. 1989 Meetings of Society for Risk Analysis, October 1989.

Cantor RA, Jones D, Lieby P, Rayner S. Policies to encourage private sector responses to potential climate change. 1989 Meetings of International Association of Energy Economists, October 1989.

Cantor RA, Szarleta EJ. The experimental approach in public policy analysis: precepts and possibilities. Public Choice Society and Economic Science Association Annual Meetings, Orlando, FL, March 17-19, 1989.

Cantor RA, Rayner S. Global disaster management: Developing principles for research. 1988 Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, October 1988.

Cantor RA. Implementation and enforcement issues from early adopter experience. Regional Evaluation Network, Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, OR, June 1988.

Cantor RA. Using information from toxic-tort litigation to value the health and safety consequences of regulatory decisions. Public Policy Workshop, the Department of Economics and Waste Management Research and Education Institute, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, February 1988.

Cantor RA, Bishop R, Jr. Valuing safety and health effects in regulatory decisions: A revealed-preference approach. 1987 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, November 3, 1987.

Cantor RA. Government intervention and technology prices: The CANDU example. Invited paper, WATTEC Conference, Knoxville, TN, February 19, 1987.

Cantor RA. Fairness hypothesis and managing the risks of societal technology choices. 1986 Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Anaheim, CA, December 10-12, 1986.

Cantor RA. A retrospective analysis of technological risk: The case of nuclear power. Invited paper, Center of Resource and Environmental Policy Workshop Series, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, December 4, 1986.

Cantor RA, Petrich C, Mercier J-R. Evaluation of a large-scale charcoal project in Madagascar: Attacking the deforestation problem from the supply side. 1986 IAEE North American Conference, Cambridge, MA, November 1921, 1986.

Cantor RA, Rayner S. Tools for the job: Choosing appropriate strategies for risk management. 1986 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, Boston, MA, November 9-12, 1986.

Cantor RA, Rayner S. Thinking the unthinkable: Preparing for global disaster. 1986 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, Boston, MA, November 9-12, 1986.

Cantor RA, Rayner S, Braid B. The Role of liability preferences in societal technology choices: Results of a pilot study. 1985 Annual Meetings of Society for Risk Analysis, Washington, DC, October 8, 1985.

• Managing Director, Navigant, 2004–2008
• Lecturer, Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University, Engineering and Applied Science Programs for Professionals, Program in Environmental Engineering, Science and Management, 1996–present
• Principal and Managing Director, LECG, 1999–2004
• Senior Managing Economist, LECG, 1999
• Managing Economist, LECG, 1996–1998
• Member, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board, Research Strategies Advisory Committee, 2001–2003
• Program Director, Decision, Risk, and Management Science, National Science Foundation,
  1992–1996
• Coordinator, NSF Human Dimensions of Global Change, 1992–1996
• Project Manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1990–1991
• Technical Assistant to the Associate Director, Advanced Energy Systems, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1989–1990
• Group Leader, Social Choice and Risk Analysis Group, Energy and Economic Analysis Section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 1987–1989
• Research Staff, Energy and Economic Analysis Section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 1982–1987
• Consultant, Indonesian Energy Project, Harvard Institute For International Development, July 1987
• Visiting instructor, North Carolina Central University, Spring 1982
  

• American Economic Association
• Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment
• Society for Risk Analysis
  – President, Society for Risk Analysis, 2002
  – President-Elect, Society for Risk Analysis, 2001
  – Councilor, Society for Risk Analysis, 1996–1999
• American Bar Association