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 2004
'Optimal' pollution abatement-whose benefits matter, and how much?, Wayne B. Gray and Ronald J. Shadbegian
Integrated analysis of ecosystem interactions with land-use change: The southern Yucatán peninsular region, Deborah Lawrence, Henricus F.M. Vester, Diego Pérez-Salicrup, J. Ronald Eastman, B. L. Turner, and Jacqueline Geoghegan
Modeling the determinants of semi-subsistent and commercial land uses in an agricultural frontier of southern Mexico: A switching regression approach, Colin Vance and Jacqueline Geoghegan
Submissions from 2003
Environmental Regulation, Investment Timing, and Technology Choice, Wayne B. Gray and Ronald J. Shadbegian
Plant vintage, technology, and environmental regulation, Wayne B. Gray and Ronald J. Shadbegian
Modeling and managing urban growth at the rural-urban fringe: A parcel-level model of residential land use change, Elena G. Irwin, Kathleen P. Bell, and Jacqueline Geoghegan
What determines environmental performance at paper mills? the roles of abatement spending, regulation, and efficiency, Ronald J. Shadbegian and Wayne B. Gray
Submissions from 2002
Enforcement of pollution regulations in a declining industry, Mary E. Deily and Wayne B. Gray
The value of open spaces in residential land use, Jacqueline Geoghegan
Economic costs and consequences of environmental regulation, Wayne B. Gray
The cost of regulation: OSHA, EPA and the productivity Slowdown, Wayne B. Gray
Environmental regulation, investment timing, and technology choice, Wayne B. Gray and Ronald J. Shadbegian
Pollution abatement costs, regulation, and plant-level productivity, Wayne B. Gray and Ronald J. Shadbegian
Deforestation and land use change: Sparse data environments, Gerald C. Nelson and Jacqueline Geoghegan
Temporal and spatial modelling of tropical deforestation: A survival analysis linking satellite and household survey data, Colin Vance and Jacqueline Geoghegan
Submissions from 2001
Theory, data, methods: Developing spatially explicit economic models of land use change, Elena G. Irwin and Jacqueline Geoghegan
Submissions from 2000
A strong test of the von Liebig hypothesis, Peter Berck, Jacqueline Geoghegan, and Stephen Stohs
Submissions from 1999
Economic activity in the shadow of conflict, Charles H. Anderton and Roxane A. Anderton
Submissions from 1997
Spatial landscape indices in a hedonic framework: An ecological economics analysis using GIS, Jacqueline Geoghegan, Lisa A. Wainger, and Nancy E. Bockstael
Can government facilitate cooperation? An informational model of OSHA enforcement, John T. Scholz and Wayne B. Gray
Submissions from 1996
Compliance and enforcement: Air pollution regulation in the U.S. steel industry, Wayne B. Gray and Mary E. Deily
Submissions from 1991
Enforcement of pollution regulations in a declining industry, Mary E. Deily and Wayne B. Gray
Analyzing the Equity and Efficiency of OSHA Enforcement, Wayne B. Gray and John T. Scholz
Submissions from 1990
OSHA enforcement and workplace injuries: A behavioral approach to risk assessment, John T. Scholz and Wayne B. Gray
