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Joint Economics Dept. — Bren School Faculty

Christopher Costello

Renewable Resources, Information and Uncertainty

Robert Deacon

Political Economy, Resources, Deforestation

Gary Libecap

Property Rights, Corporate Environmental Management

Charles Kolstad

Regulation, Uncertainty, Climate

Matthew Kotchen

Voluntary Environmental Protection

Other Relevant Faculty

Applied Micro-theory, Public Finance, Evolutionary Theory, Economic Anthropology

Frank Davis

Landscape Ecology, Conservation Planning

Olivier Deschenes

Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics

Jeff Dozier

Earth System Science, Snow Hydrology

Thomas Dunne

Hydrology, River Systems

Catherine Gaultier

Meteorology, Earth System Science

Patricia Holden

Microbiology

Arturo Keller

Hydrology, Water Chemistry, Pollution Fate and Transport

Bruce Kendall

Mathematical Ecology

Hunter Lenihan

Applied Marine Ecology

John Melack

Limnology

Joel Michaelsen

Climatology, Meteorology, Marine Science

David Siegel

Oceanography, Marine Science

Douglas Steigerwald

Econometrics, Environmental and Resource Economics

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Emmon Chu

BA in mathematics and economic, Grinnello College, Iowa. Research interest: asymmetric information, property rights, and collective action.

Heather Coleman

BS in marine biology and atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental science, UCLA, Los Angeles. Conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the restoration of Istanbul's Golden Horn estuary. Current research interest: the effects of Santa Barbara’s natural offshore oil seeps on marine populations and communities.

Greg DeAngelo

BS in economics, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. Greg is funded largely through a prestigious fellowship from the United States Department of Homeland Security. Research focus: optimal law-enforcement effort; determining the effect of law enforcement on public safety—particularly through the lens of roadway safety.

BA, University of Oklahoma; MESc, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Doris Duke Conservation Fellow. Research focus: effects of property-rights regimes on allocation of natural resources and water markets in the western United States.

Bachelor's degree in forestry science, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; master's in forest economics, Virginia Tech. Research focus: the economics of environmental certification schemes, as well as the purchase choices of individuals to provide public goods—particularly in forest products, fisheries, and in mitigating climate change.

MS, applied economics, University of Minnesota; BA, economics and German, Concordia College, Minnesota. Spent summer of 2006 as a "Transatlantic Intern" at Ecologic, a European environmental policy think tank in Berlin. Research focus: estimating impact of redistricting on environmental legislation in California. For his dissertation, Corbett is examining the incidence of environmental regulation, with a focus on applications to California climate policy.

BS, mathematics and MS, geophysics (hydrology emphasis), Boise State University. Works with Professor Matthew Kotchen to determine effect of Daylight Saving Time on residential electricity consumption. Research interests: time discounting, both theoretically and empirically, as it pertains to long-term environmental and resource planning decisions and inter-/intra-generational equity. Two potential applications are water-resource management and climate-change mitigation policies.

BA, Harvard College, economics. Worked for an investment banking division at a large commercial bank. Research interests: ecology, energy, and natural-resource management.

BA, economics, The College of William and Mary. Research interest: micro-finance and the role of reputation in decision-making.Researched impact of weather shocks on loan repayment (NRSP) while working in micro-finance division for the National Rural Support Programme in Islamabad, Pakistan.

BA, mathematics; BA, economics, University of Kansas. As part of the EES program, Erin spent one summer working in the National Center of Environmental Economics at the EPA, and another at UCSB learning about the biology of vector-borne diseases. Research focus: estimating the overall economic impact of an increase in Onchocerciasis (river blindness) infection rates and studying the ecological dynamics of vector-borne disease prevention.

Born in Colombia; BA, applied economics, College of St. Scholastics, Duluth, Minnesota. Spent a semester interning for FINCA International, a micro-finance organization in Washington D.C, and studying economic policy at American University. Current research interests: water markets, environmental valuation, and urban planning, particularly in developing countries.

MS, applied economics, Montana State University. Served as a researcher at the Property & Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana; consultant for the Public Utilities Board of Singapore; consultant for KPMG LLP in Portland, Oregon. Research focus: private-land conservation, economic development on American Indian reservations, and the economics of public bureaucracies (with a specific interest in those that manage natural resources).

BA, economics, The College of William and Mary. Received Robert A. Barry Award in 2005, given to the top economics student. Bonnie published an honors thesis on the impact of historical areas on housing prices. Research interest: environmental and developmental economics.

BA, economics and environmental studies, Yale University. Served as research assistant at Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. Senior research project modeled impacts of environmental regulation on air-pollution control in post-World War II Japan. Current research interests: water-resource management, green markets, and incentives for the provision of corporate social responsibility.

SB, environmental engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, minor in political science. Has worked for Homeland Security Institute, the Department of Homeland Security's think tank. Currently research interests: a wide range of issues in environmental economics, including natural-resource economics and questions pertaining to climate change.

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PhD, Economics Department, 2008. Dissertation: "Essays in Environment and Development." Upon graduating, Nick took a job as an associate economist for the RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C.

PhD, the Bren School, 2008. Dissertation: "Three Essays on the Economics of Nature Conservation." Jonah went to work for Conservation International's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science in Washington D.C. as a Post-doctoral Fellow in economics, focusing on climate change and biodiversity.

PhD, the Bren School, 2008. Took a position as a a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University.

PhD, Bren School, 2008. Dissertation, "Legislative Voting and Environmental Policy."  After graduating, Allison went to work as an economist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

PhD, the Bren School, 2007. Assumed a position as assistant professor at Colorado School of Mines, Division of Economics and Business.

PhD, Economics; MA, marine ecology, 2008. John tppl a position as an assistant professor of economics at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.

PhD, the Bren School 2007. Went to work as a senior consultant in transfer pricing for Ernst & Young. Dissertation focused on patterns of collective action to coordinate the use of natural resources within communities.

PhD, the Bren School, 2008. Dissertation: "Policies and Processes of Environmental Risk." Mike took a job as assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University California, Davis.

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