THE BREN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Presents

“Where the Grass is Greener:

The value of lawn premiums in the American West”

Part of a seminar series in Environmental Economics

presented by the Economics and Environmental Science PhD training program

Research Interests

• Third-party issues and the water market
• Economic development (growth and development strategies, water and development, infrastructure)
• Food and agriculture (international commodity markets, supply chain competitiveness)

Ellen Hanak is a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, with a background in the economics of natural resource management and agricultural development. She was a principal investigator of the PPIC study, California 2005: Taking on the Future, which examines the growth and infrastructure challenges facing the state. Her other work at PPIC has focused on California water policy. She has a Ph.D in economics from the University of Maryland.

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