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Edson Severnini was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and an associate professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz College), a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a research affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). His research interests lie at the intersection of energyContinue reading “Edson Severnini”

Renato Molina was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow as well as an engineer and economist specializing in environmental and resource economics. His work focuses on topics at the intersection between game theory, sustainability, and institutional settings. He currently holds a position as an assistant professor in Environmental and Resource Economics at the Rosenstiel SchoolContinue reading “Renato Molina”

Daniel Kaffine was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and is a professor in the Department of Economics and an institute fellow in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2007, and receivedContinue reading “Daniel Kaffine”

Yukiko Hashida was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. Yukiko’s research focuses on climate change adaptation and natural resource use. One main research interest is policy design which incorporates the interaction between human adaptation and natural systems. AnotherContinue reading “Yukiko Hashida”

Amy Hardberger was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and is the George W. McCleskey Professor of Water Law at Texas Tech School of Law, where she is also the Director of the Center for Water Law and Policy. Her academic writings focus on the energy-water nexus, water pricing, the human right to water, andContinue reading “Amy Hardberger”

David Finnoff was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow. He is interested in the interplay between humans and nature, how risk affects this interplay, and in working on projects that help inform policies aimed at this interface. In some of the work he has done with collaborators and graduate students, we have (1) developed modelsContinue reading “David Finnoff”

Tony Cookson was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and an associate professor of Finance, co-director of the Center for Consumer Financial Decision Making, and faculty director for the MS in Finance program at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder. Tony is a Montana native. After earning his bachelor’s degree in economicsContinue reading “Tony Cookson”

Daniel Brent was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, & Education (AESE) at Pennsylvania State University. His primary field is environmental economics with a focus on water resources. He uses causal inference, nonmarket valuation, field experiments, and the econometric analysis of observational toContinue reading “Daniel Brent”

Linus Blomqvist was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, specializing in Environmental Economics and Science. His research interests include land use and agriculture, with ongoing projects on tropical deforestation policies, economic impacts of U.S. public lands, and conservation auctions. Linus was formerly the directorContinue reading “Linus Blomqvist”

Elinor Benami was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and an assistant professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on the social and environmental profile of producers and production systems, asking questions such as: How do we detect change in the foundational links of global supply chains, alleviate the welfareContinue reading “Elinor Benami”