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MATTHEW KOTCHEN
Assistant Professor (Economics)
Mailing Address: Office Location:
4420 Donald Bren Hall
Phone:805-893-8668 Email: kotchen%20at%20bren.ucsb.edu |
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A. Biography
Matthew Kotchen is an assistant professor in the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also holds an affiliated appointment in the Department of Economics at UCSB and is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA. From 2003 to 2005, Kotchen was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan, where he also earned a MS in Resource Policy and Behavior from the School of Natural Resources & Environment. He also holds a MS in Resource Economics and Policy from the University of Maine and a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont.Kotchen's primary research interests lie in the fields of public and environmental economics. Much of his current work relates to voluntary approaches for environmental protection. Using both theoretical and empirical methods, Kotchen explores the different ways that economic incentives for private provision of public goods can advance our understanding of environmentally related behaviors and public policies. Other ongoing research relates to the effect of daylight saving time on energy consumption, corporate social responsibility, and volunteerism in National Parks. Further details about Kotchen's background and research can be found in his complete CV.
Curriculum Vitae in pdf format.
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B. Links
- 2007-2008 Seminar Series in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
- Ninth Occasional California Workshop on Environmental and Resource Economics
- UCSB Department of Economics
- Economics and Environmental Science PhD Trainning Program
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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C. Selected Publications
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"Equilibrium Existence and Uniqueness in Impure Public Good Models,"
Economics Letters, forthcoming. - "An Economics Perspective on Treating Voluntary Programs as Clubs,"
in Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective, Potoski and Prakash (eds.), MIT Press, forthcoming, with K. van 't Veld. - "Conservation: From Voluntary Restraint to a Voluntary Price Premium,"
Environmental and Resource Economics, forthcoming, with M. R. Moore. - "Should We Drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? An Economic Perspective,"
Energy Policy, 35 (2007) 4720-4729, with N. E. Burger. - "Private Provision of Environmental Public Goods: Household Participation in Green-Electricity Programs,"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 23 (2007) 1-16, with M. R. Moore. - "Relating Environmental Attitudes and Contingent Values: How Robust Are Methods for Identifying Preference Heterogeneity?"
Environmental and Resource Economics, 37 (2007) 757-775, with G. Aldrich, K. Grimsrud, and J. Thacher. - "Meeting the Challenges of the Anthropocene: Toward a Science of Coupled Human-Biophysical Systems,"
Global Environmental Change, 17 (2007) 149-151, with O. R. Young. - "Green Markets and Private Provision of Public Goods,"
Journal of Political Economy, 114 (2006) 816-834. - "Explaining the Appearance and Success of Voter Referenda for Open-Space Conservation,"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 52 (2006) 373-390, with S. M. Powers. - "Environmental Constraints on Hydropower: An Ex-Post Benefit-Cost Analysis of Dam Relicensing in Michigan,"
Land Economics, 82 (2006) 389-403, with M. R. Moore, F. Lupi, and E. Rutherford. - "Impure Public Goods and the Comparative Statics of Environmentally Friendly Consumption,"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 49 (2005) 281-300. - "Internal and External Influences on Pro-Environmental Behavior: Participation in a Green Electricity Program,"
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23 (2003) 237-46, with C. F. Clark and M. R. Moore. - "Environmental Voluntary Contracts Between Individuals and Industry: An Analysis of Consumer Preferences for Green Electricity,"
in Environmental Voluntary Contracts: Comparative Approaches to Regulation Innovation in the United States and Europe, E. Orts and K. Deketelaere (eds.), London: Kluwer Law International (2001) 409-23, with M. R. Moore and C. F. Clark. - "Environmental Attitudes, Motivations, and Contingent Valuation of Nonuse Values: A Case Study Involving Endangered Species,"
Ecological Economics, 32 (2000) 93-107, with S. D. Reiling. - "Do Reminders of Budget Constraints and Substitutes Influence Contingent Valuation Estimates? Another Comment,"
Land Economics, 75 (1999) 478-82, with S. D. Reiling. - "Incorporating Resistance in Pesticide Management: A Dynamic Regional Approach,"
in Regional Sustainability: Applied Ecological Economics Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Social Sciences, I. Ring, B. Klauer, F. Watzold, and B. Mansson (eds.), New York: Springer Verlag (1999) 126-35. - "Estimating and Questioning Economic Values for Endangered Species: An Application and Discussion,"
Endangered Species Update, 15:5 (1998) 9-15, with S. D. Reiling.
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D. Working Papers
- "Voluntary Provision of Public Goods for Bads: A Theory of Environmental Offsets," 2006.
- "Corporate Social Responsibility for Irresponsibility," with Jon Junbien Moon, 2007.
- "Grades, Course Evaluations, and Academic Incentives," with D. A. Love, 2007.
- "Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater: Behavior, Preferences, and Willingness to Pay for a Disposal Program," with Kallaos, Wheeler, Wong, Zahller, 2007.
- "The Effect of Channel Restoration on Streamflow and Groundwater in a Snow-Melt Dominated Watershed," with C. Tague and S. Valentine, 2007.
- "The Effects of Environmental Conditions and Reef Structure on Coral Bleaching," with H. Lenihan, M. Adjeroud, J. Hench, T. Nakamura, 2007.
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