Economics
Our faculty conduct research in a range of economics fields, including land use change, government regulations, and environmental planning, at the micro and macro levels.
Our students’ scholarship is fostered by our faculty whose impactful research has been recognized worldwide through:
- Publications: Our faculty’s research has been published in leading journals like the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy and the Review of Economics and Statistics, to name a few.
- Leadership: Several faculty hold editorial positions or leadership positions with the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics and the EPA's Science Advisory Board and Environmental Economics Advisory Committee.
- Funding: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, to name a few, have funded faculty research through grants.
- Collaboration: Our faculty’s collaborations with economists worldwide at organizations like the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Central Bank of Luxembourg provide important connections between the university and professional organizations.
Submissions from 2025
Cooperative agreement between countries of the North Atlantic Ocean reduces marine plastic pollution but with unequal economic benefits, Nicola J. Beaumont, Tobias Börger, James R. Clark, Nick Hanley, Robert Johnston, Keila Meginnis, Christopher Stapenhurst, and Frans P. de Vries
The value of a value: The benefits of improved decision making informed by non-market valuation, David J. Pannell, Robert Johnston, Michael P. Burton, Md Sayed Iftekhar, Abbie A. Rogers, and Cheryl Day
Submissions from 2024
Evaluating blockchain technology adoption in multi-tier supply chains from an institutional entrepreneurship theory perspective, Sang Hoo Bae, Sara Saberi, Mahtab Kouhizadeh, and Joseph Sarkis
Supply chain interactions and strategic product deletion Decisions: A Game-Theoretic analysis, Sang Hoo Bae, Qingyun Zhu, and Joseph Sarkis
Circular Migration, Marriage Markets, and HIV: Long-Run Evidence from Mozambique, Jon Denton-Schneider
Understanding Public Preferences for Molluscan Shellfish Aquaculture: The Role of Production Technology and Environmental Impacts, Giulio Farolfi and Robert Johnston
When Do Firms Shift Production across States to Avoid Environmental Regulation?, Wayne B. Gray and Ron Shadbegian
Consequences of omitting non-lethal wildlife impacts from stated preference scenarios, Robert J. Johnston, Tobias Börger, Nick Hanley, Keila Meginnis, Tom Ndebele, Ghamz E. Ali Siyal, Nicola Beaumont, and Frans P. de Vries
Do numerical probabilities promote informed stated preference responses under inherent outcome uncertainty? Insight from a coastal adaptation choice experiment, Christos Makriyannis, Robert J. Johnston, and Ewa Zawojska
Decomposition Analysis of Racial Income Inequality in the United States, Rabia Manzoor and Wayne B. Gray
Estimating round-tripping FDI from firm-level data in China, Zeyi Qian, Junfu Zhang, and Qiangyuan Chen
How Important Are Labor-Market Gender Gaps in the South Caucasus?, Marc Teignier and David Cuberes
The effect of crime on mental health in South Africa, Magda Tsaneva and Lauren-Kate LaPlante
Mapping the dynamics of FDI in China: Convergence, divergence, and policy insights within free trade zones and beyond, Yujie Zeng, Tsun Se Cheong, Michal Wojewodzki, and Xing Shi
Submissions from 2023
Impact of Air Pollution on Mental Health in India, Uttara Balakrishnan and Magda Tsaneva
Equity preferences and abatement cost sharing in international environmental agreements, Tobias Börger, Nick Hanley, Robert J. Johnson, Keila Meginnis, Tom Ndebele, Ghamz E. Ali Siyal, and Frans De Vries
Biophysical Measures to Support Analysis and Communication of Existence Values, James Boyd, Robert Johnston, and Paul Ringold
An unobserved components model of total factor productivity and the relative price of investment, Joshua C.C. Chan and Edouard Wemy
The aggregate gains of eliminating gender and ethnic gaps in the Malaysian labor market, David Cuberes, Achim Schmillen, and Marc Teignier
How social structure shapes female competition throughout her lifetime, Jeffrey Flory, Kenneth L. Leonard, Magda Tsaneva, and Kathryn Vasilaky
Value transfer in ecosystem accounting applications, I. Grammatikopoulou, T. Badura, R.J Johnston, D.N Barton, S. Ferrini, M. Schaafsma, and A. La Notte
Preventing construction deaths: The role of public policies, Wayne B. Gray and John Mendeloff
Environmental Regulation and Labor Demand: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?, Wayne B. Gray, Ron Shadbegian, and Ann Wolverton
Hydro-bio-geo-socio-chemical interactions and the sustainability of residential landscapes, Peter M. Groffman, Amanda K. Suchy, Dexter H. Locke, Robert J. Johnston, David A. Newburn, Arthur J. Gold, Lawrence E. Band, Jonathan Duncan, Morgan J. Grove, Jenny Kao-Kniffin, Hallee Meltzer, and Tom Ndebele
Spatial dimensions of water quality value in New England river networks, Robert J. Johnston, Klaus Moeltner, Seth Peery, Tom Ndebele, Zhenyu Yao, Stefano Crema, Wilfred M. Wollheim, and Elena Besedin
Modeling transaction costs in household adoption of landscape conservation practices, Robert J. Johnston, Tom Ndebele, and David A. Newburn
Locally-weighted meta-regression and benefit transfer, Klaus Moeltner, Roshan Puri, Robert Johnston, Elena Besedin, Jessica A. Balukas, and Alyssa Le
Modeling multi-scale influences on household lawncare decisions: Formal and informal neighborhood conforming effects on fertilizer use, David A. Newburn, Colin Polsky, Robert Johnston, Haoluan Wang, and Tom Ndebele
Output measurement and technological shocks in business cycles, Irina Panovska and Edouard Wemy
JUE Insight: Measuring the Stringency of Land Use Regulation Using a Shadow Price Approach, Junfu Zhang
Submissions from 2022
Involvement, Engagement, and Community: Dimensions and Correlates of Parental Participation in a Majority–Minority Urban School District, John C. Brown, Erin M. Graves, and Mary A. Burke
How Does State-Level Carbon Pricing in the United States Affect Industrial Competitiveness?, Brendan Casey, Wayne B. Gray, Joshua Linn, and Richard D. Morgenstern
Size-Dependent Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurship: The Case of Chile, David Cuberes and Marc Teig-Nier
Deworming as HIV Prevention for Young Women: Evidence from Zimbabwe, Jon Denton-Schneider
Barriers to cover crop adoption: Evidence from parallel surveys in Maryland and Ohio, Joshua M. Duke, Robert J. Johnston, Amy L. Shober, and Zhongyuan Liu
Improving targeting of farmers for enrollment in agri-environmental programs, Joshua M. Duke, Robert J. Johnston, Amy L. Shober, and Zhongyuan Liu
Super bowl participation and the local economy: Evidence from the stock market, Rui Du and Junfu Zhang
Labour market conditions and adult health in Mexico, Pinar Mine Gunes and Magda Tsaneva
An ecosystem services approach to natural resource and environmental economics, Robert J. Johnston
City size, family migration, and gender wage gap: Evidence from rural–urban migrants in China, Chunbing Xing, Xiaoyan Yuan, and Junfu Zhang
Submissions from 2021
The Trade Disruption Hypothesis Fails for State-Sponsored Genocides and Mass Atrocities: Why It Matters, Charles H. Anderton and Roxane Anderton
Is Imitation Bad for the Production of Creative Works?, Sang Hoo Bae and Kyeongwon Yoo
Air pollution and academic performance: Evidence from India, Uttara Balakrishnan and Magda Tsaneva
Socioecological Factors and Farmer Perceptions Impacting Pesticide Use and Pollinator Conservation on Cucurbit Farms, Elias H. Bloom, Dana Marie Bauer, Abigail Kaminski, Ian Kaplan, and Zsofia Szendrei
Urban growth shadows, David Cuberes, Klaus Desmet, and Jordan Rappaport
Do women give up competing more easily? Evidence from speedcubers, Chao Fang, Ernest Zhang, and Junfu Zhang
Land conversion across cities in China, Shihe Fu, Xiaocong Xu, and Junfu Zhang
Is shoreline armoring a response to marsh migration? Modeling relationships between coastal marshes and private adaptation decisions, George Gardner and Robert J. Johnston
Subways and Road Congestion†, Yizhen Gu, Chang Jiang, Junfu Zhang, and Ben Zou
Guidance to Enhance the Validity and Credibility of Environmental Benefit Transfers, Robert J. Johnston, Kevin J. Boyle, Maria L. Loureiro, Ståle Navrud, and John Rolfe
Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient, Abigail Kaminski, Dana Marie Bauer, Kathleen P. Bell, Cynthia S. Loftin, and Erik J. Nelson
Hukou status, housing tenure choice and wealth accumulation in urban China, Yu Liao and Junfu Zhang
The re-occurrence of violations in occupational safety and health administration inspections, John Mendeloff, Wayne B. Gray, Philip Armour, and Frank Neuhauser
Local Labor Markets and Child Learning Outcomes in India, Magda Tsaneva and Uttara Balakrishnan
The effect of a large-scale workfare program on child marriage in India, Magda Tsaneva and Ashley O’Donoghue
Capital-labor substitution elasticity: A simulated method of moments approach, Edouard Wemy
Submissions from 2020
Understanding Recent Growth Dynamics in Small Urban Places: The Case of New England, David Cuberes and Richard Ramsawak
What does it cost to ensure salt marsh migration? Using hedonic modeling to inform cost-effective conservation, George Gardner and Robert J. Johnston
Spatial Dimensions of Stated Preference Valuation in Environmental and Resource Economics: Methods, Trends and Challenges, Klaus Glenk, Robert J. Johnston, Jürgen Meyerhoff, and Julian Sagebiel
The effects of teenage childbearing on education, physical health, and mental distress: Evidence from Mexico, Pinar Mine Gunes and Magda Tsaneva
Using Meta-Analysis for Large-Scale Ecosystem Service Valuation: Progress, Prospects, and Challenges, Robert J. Johnston and Dana Marie Bauer
Valuing non-market valuation studies using meta-analysis: A demonstration using estimates of willingness-to-pay for water quality improvements, Stephen C. Newbold and Robert J. Johnston
Equilibrium and A-efficient fertility with increasing returns to population and endogenous mortality, Robert Tamura and David Cuberes
The Effect of Weather Variability on Child Marriage in Bangladesh, Magda Tsaneva
The effect of violent crime on teenage pregnancy in Mexico, Magda Tsaneva and Pinar Mine Gunes
Commodity Consistent Meta-Analysis of Wetland Values: An Illustration for Coastal Marsh Habitat, Hermine Vedogbeton and Robert J. Johnston
Submissions from 2019
Classifying private landowners to improve understanding of management decisions and conservation opportunities in urbanizing forested landscapes, Jessica A. Balukas, Kathleen P. Bell, and Dana Marie Bauer
How Costly Are Labor Gender Gaps? Estimates by Age Group for the Balkans and Turkey, David Cuberes, Ana Maria Munoz-Boudet, and Marc Teignier
The determinants of entrepreneurship gender gaps: A cross-country analysis, David Cuberes, Sadia Priyanka, and Marc Teignier
Household location in English cities, David Cuberes, Jennifer Roberts, and Cristina Sechel
Walled cities and urban density in China, Rui Du and Junfu Zhang
The impacts of lower natural gas prices on jobs in the U.S. manufacturing sector, Wayne Gray, Joshua Linn, and Richard Morgenstern
Managing groundwater in a mining region: an opportunity to compare best-worst and referendum data, Darla Hatton MacDonald, John M. Rose, Robert J. Johnston, Rosalind H. Bark, and Jodie Pritchard
Does one size really fit all? Ecological endpoint heterogeneity in stated preference welfare analysis, Anne Kejser Jensen, Robert J. Johnston, and Søren B. Olsen
Modeling Distance Decay Within Valuation Meta-Analysis, Robert J. Johnston, Elena Y. Besedin, and Benedict M. Holland
Special Flood Hazard Effects on Coastal and Interior Home Values: One Size Does Not Fit All, Robert J. Johnston and Klaus Moeltner
Loan relation with foreign banks and information asymmetry: evidence from earnings management by local firms in Korea, Sangwook Lee, Sang Hoo Bae, and Inshik Seol
Valuing non-market economic impacts from natural hazards, Abbie A. Rogers, Fiona L. Dempster, Jacob I. Hawkins, Robert J. Johnston, Peter C. Boxall, John Rolfe, Marit E. Kragt, Michael P. Burton, and David J. Pannell
The Effect of a Workfare Programme on Psychological Wellbeing in India, Magda Tsaneva and Uttara Balakrishnan
The effect of violent crime on female decision-making within the household: evidence from the Mexican war on drugs, Magda Tsaneva, Marc Rockmore, and Zahra Albohmood
Coastal dynamics and adaptation to uncertain sea level rise: Optimal portfolios for salt marsh migration, Orencio Duran Vinent, Robert J. Johnston, Matthew L. Kirwan, Anke D. Leroux, and Vance L. Martin
The labour income share and the relative price of investment in the US: an empirical investigation, Edouard Wemy
Evaluating willingness to pay for the temporal distribution of different air quality improvements: Is China's clean air target adequate to ensure welfare maximization?, Liuyang Yao, Junfeng Deng, Robert J. Johnston, Imran Khan, and Minjuan Zhao
Submissions from 2018
Finance and urbanization in early nineteenth-century New York, Howard Bodenhorn and David Cuberes
Macroeconomic costs of gender gaps in a model with entrepreneurship and household production, David Cuberes and Marc Teignier
Using Ecosystem Service Values to Evaluate Tradeoffs in Coastal Hazard Adaptation, Robert J. Johnston, Christos Makriyannis, and Adam W. Whelchel
Benefit transfer of environmental and resource values: Progress, prospects and challenges, Robert J. Johnston, John Rolfe, and Ewa Zawojska
Are Choice Experiment Treatments of Outcome Uncertainty Sufficient? An Application to Climate Risk Reductions, Christos Makriyannis, Robert J. Johnston, and Adam W. Whelchel
Benefit relevant indicators: Ecosystem services measures that link ecological and social outcomes, Lydia P. Olander, Robert J. Johnston, Heather Tallis, James Kagan, Lynn A. Maguire, Stephen Polasky, Dean Urban, James Boyd, Lisa Wainger, and Margaret Palmer
The effects of climate variability on psychological well-being in India, Sharon Pailler and Magda Tsaneva
Submissions from 2017
The economics of conflict, production, and exchange, Charles H. Anderton and Roxane A. Anderton
The Effect of Piracy and Digital Rights Management on Vertically Related Content Industries, Sang Hoo Bae, Myungsup Kim, and Kyeongwon Yoo
Deep-rooted determinants of the fertility transition across countries, Alberto Basso and David Cuberes
Managing small natural features: A synthesis of economic issues and emergent opportunities, Dana Marie Bauer, Kathleen P. Bell, Erik J. Nelson, and Aram J.K. Calhoun
Do exurban communities want more development?, Dana Marie Bauer, Stephen K. Swallow, Pengfei Liu, and Robert J. Johnston
Measuring the stringency of land use regulation: The case of China's building height limits, Jan K. Brueckner, Shihe Fu, Yizhen Gu, and Junfu Zhang
Effects of New Grocery Store Development on Inner-City Neighborhood Residential Prices, Belkis Cerrato Caceres and Jacqueline Geoghegan
The effect of the Spanish Reconquest on Iberian cities, David Cuberes and Rafael González-Val
Two-Stage Determinants of the Organic Food Retailing Landscape: The Case of Manhattan, New York, Carolyn Dimitri, Jacqueline Geoghegan, and Stephanie Rogus
Carbon tax competitiveness concerns: Assessing a best practices carbon credit, Wayne B. Gray and Gilbert E. Metcalf
