Andrew Plantinga is a Professor of Resource Economics and Land Use Economics in the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at University of California Santa Barbara. His research focuses on the economics of land use, climate change, and forests. Particular emphasis is given to the development of methods for econometrically modeling land-use decisions, theContinue reading “Andrew Plantinga”
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Robert Keiter
Professor Keiter is the Wallace Stegner Professor of Law, Director of the Wallace Stegner Center of Land, Resources, and the Environment, and a distinguished professor in the College of Law at University of Utah. He holds a J.D. degree with honors from Northwestern University School of Law and a B.A. with honors from Washington University.Continue reading “Robert Keiter”
Daniyar Zhumadilov
Daniyar Zhumadilov is a PhD student in Economics at NC State University. His primary research interests are natural resource, agricultural, and environmental economics. Daniyar is currently studying the effects of emergency price controls on rental prices. He is also researching effects of the energy sector and labor policies on agricultural output. Before coming to NCContinue reading “Daniyar Zhumadilov”
Leslie Sanchez
Leslie Sanchez is a Ph.D. candidate in the Agriculture, Food, and Environment Program at the Friedman School at Tufts University. Her dissertation research tests for determinants of Native American reserved water right adjudication in the Western U.S. and measures subsequent impacts on reservation agriculture in the Colorado River Basin. She has worked for four yearsContinue reading “Leslie Sanchez”
Elise Breshears
Elise Breshears is a Ph.D. student in the economics department at Michigan State University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of economics and environmental issues. In particular, Elise is interested in energy efficiency, motivated by her work with Energy Trust of Oregon, a nonprofit organization that helps utility ratepayers reduce energy consumption through energyContinue reading “Elise Breshears”
Lowell E. Baier
Lowell E. Baier is an attorney and a legal and environmental historian and author. He has worked in Washington, D.C., throughout his 56-year career as a tireless advocate for natural resources and wildlife conservation. Throughout his career, he has observed and documented wildlife and its habitats on extensive treks and expeditions in the mountains andContinue reading “Lowell E. Baier”
Catherine Kling
Catherine L. Kling is a Tisch University Professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Faculty Director at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. She is past Director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University where she also held the President’s Chair in Environmental Economics. She was elected toContinue reading “Catherine Kling”
Sara Sutherland
Sara Sutherland is a PERC senior research fellow, external research coordinator, and co-director of the PERC Graduate Fellowship program. She is also a lecturer in agricultural and resource economics at the University of California Davis. Previously, she worked as a faculty member at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University and as aContinue reading “Sara Sutherland”
Nathan Chan
Nathan W. Chan is an assistant professor in the resource economics department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research combines theoretical, empirical, and experimental methods to tackle problems at the intersection of environmental and behavioral economics. Chan’s research covers a wide array of topic areas. He has a number of active projects on green markets, recreation and environmentalContinue reading “Nathan Chan”
Robert E. Wright
Robert E. Wright is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is the author of 18 books, including a new book on financial exclusion published by AIER. Wright currently has four projects in progress, including The Quest for Resources: An Economic History of North America, a chapter of whichContinue reading “Robert E. Wright”