Tate Watkins

Tate Watkins

Publications Fellow, Research Fellow

Tate Watkins is a research and publications fellow at PERC. He is also managing editor of PERC Reports. He previously worked with small-scale farmers in the Haitian coffee sector, where he helped set up an initiative to boost growers’ production, quality, and livelihoods. Prior to that, he worked as a freelance journalist reporting on economic development and foreign aid.

Watkins earned M.A. and B.A. degrees in economics from Clemson University, served in the Peace Corps in Senegal, and spent two years researching economics and public policy in Washington, D.C. He is a native of Nashville, Tennessee.

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Articles by Tate Watkins

The Trump Administration Takes a Step Toward Better Protecting Endangered Species

Shawn Regan, Tate Watkins

Improving incentives for landowners is a more effective way to conserve habitat than imposing burdensome regulatory mandates on them.

Our Environmental Paradox

Tate Watkins

If you care about conservation and recreation, there’s plenty of reason to ask our policymakers to resolve the tension between funding and fossil fuels.

A Different Shade of Green

Shawn Regan, Tate Watkins

Markets and property rights are working to solve a variety of environmental problems.

The Most Famous Butterfly Underlines the Importance of Incentives for Endangered Species

Tate Watkins

The sooner government policy can make rare species an asset rather than a liability for private citizens, the better the prospects will be for the butterfly and other imperiled species.

During a Quiet National Park Week, Recreationists Still Have a Role to Play

Tate Watkins

When budgets get tight, park funding usually gets squeezed. Park users can provide relief.

There’s a Better Way to Fund Outdoor Recreation—Do It Ourselves

Shawn Regan, Tate Watkins

As recreation and conservation funding realities evolve in the 21st century, public funding streams should evolve along with them.

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