Recent Publications

The faculty and students of ARE's program in environmental and resource economics are very active in publishing in academic journals. Members of the department are also frequent contributors to books, conferences, professional newsletters, and publications and events geared toward general audiences. The following is a brief list of some recent publications. For a more complete listing, please contact individual faculty members directly.

David Sunding and David Zilberman, "Environmental Regulation by Licensing: Economic Observations on Recent Changes to the Federal Wetland Permitting Program," Natural Resources Journal (2002): in press.

Peter Berck and Sandra Hoffman, "Assessing the Employment Impacts of Environmental and Natural Resource Policy," Environnmental and Resource Economics 22 (June 2002): 133-156.

Joshua Graff Zivin and David Zilberman, "Optimal Environmental Health Regulations with Heterogeneous Populations: Treatment versus 'Tagging,'" Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 43 (May 2002): 455-476.

Larry S. Karp, Sandeep Sacheti, and Jinhua Zhao, "Common Ground Between Free-traders and Environmentalists," International Economic Review, 42 (August 2001): 617-647.

Anthony Fisher, "Investment under Uncertainty and Option Value in Environmental Economics," Resource and Energy Economics 22 (July 2000): 197-204.

Gordon Rausser and Arthur A. Small, "Valuing Research Leads: Bioprospecting and the Conservation of Genetic Resources," Journal of Political Economy 108 (February 2000), 173-206.

W. Michael Hanemann, "Valuing the Environment through Contingent Valuation," Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings (Robert Stavins, ed.), New York and London: Norton (2000), pp. 268-294.

Viewpoints

Tony Fisher on Important and Emerging Areas in Environmental and Resource Economics.

David Zilberman on the Theory and Practice of Environmental Economics.

Advanced Graduate Students

Graduate students in ARE work on a wide variety of environmental and resource issues. The following is a list of the dissertation titles and research interests of our advanced graduate students in the field. Potential employers should visit our list of job market candidates for more information.

Holly Ameden. Dissertation: "International Trade and Pest Contamination," Gordon Rausser, chair. Interests: Structuring research partnerships, biotechnology, financial contracting, international trade.

Christopher Busch. Dissertation: "Technological Change in Southeastern Mexico: Implications for Land Use, Deforestation, and Climate Change Policy," Michael Hanemann and David Zilberman, co-chairs. Research interests: modeling changes in land use and land cover (esp. as related to tropical deforestation); human dimensions of global climate change; forestry, energy, and water policy.

Aya Ogishi. Dissertation: "Contracting and Animal Waste Regulations," David Zilberman, chair. Interests: environmental regulations, recycling issues, contracting.

Recent Dissertations

Camille Antinori, Vertical integration in Mexican common property forests (2000). Gordon Rausser, chair.
Christoper Costello, Renewable resource management with information on a random environment (2000). Peter Berck, chair.
Michael Roberts, Hotelling reconsidered: the implications of asset pricing theory on natural resource price trends (2000). Peter Berck, chair.
Zhihua Shen, Essays of empirical studies in agricultural and resource economics (2000).
Sylvia Brandt, Coase and the clams : constructing markets for property rights in fisheries (2001). Michael Hanemann, chair.
Ming Chen, Development and the environment (2001).
Hayley Chouinard, Repeated auctions, the right of first refusal, and the National Park Service (2001). Jeff Perloff, chair.
Peter Hess, Hedonic estimation and economic geography (2001). Peter Berck, chair.
Marita Laukkanen, Economic insight into fish wars : cooperation and conflicts in the management of shared fishery resources (2001). Larry Karp, chair.
Georgina Moreno, Water supply reliability and adoption of conservation technology : applications to California agriculture (2001). David Zilberman, chair.
Gautam Sethi, Fishery management under uncertainty (2001). Anthony Fisher, chair.
Nick Brozovic, Optimal Regulation under Heterogeneity (2002). David Sunding and David Zilberman, co-chairs.
Jay Shimshack, Case studies in the economics of domestic water quality (2002). Jeff LaFrance, chair.
Jiangfeng Zhang, Essays on dynamic regulation under uncertainty with learning (2002). Larry Karp, chair.
Sean Cash, Health Tradeoffs in Pesticide Regulation (2003). David Sunding and David Zilberman, co-chairs.
Wolfram Schlenker, Three Essays about the Optimal Pricing of Natural Resources (2003). Anthony Fisher, chair.
Anna Gueorguieva, Agricultural Intensification and Deforestation: Indonesia during the Asian Crisis (2004). Peter Berck, chair.
Yanhong Jin, Essays on Development and the Environment (2004). David Zilberman, chair.
Karina Schoengold, Natural Resource Pricing, Allocation, and Capital Investment (2005). David Sunding and David Zilberman, co-chairs.