Teaching
Current courses
AFRE 923: Advanced Environmental Economics. Advanced economic theory of environmental management and policy. Treatment of externalities and market and non-market approaches to environmental improvement. Applications to research and policy.
EC 491 (Advanced Topics in Economics): Energy Economics and Policy. This course explores the economics of energy production and consumption, as well as various government interventions in energy markets aimed at correcting market failures. Likely topics include: energy demand; major sources of energy supply; electricity; energy transportation and storage; energy spot and future markets; the economics of exhaustible resources; monopoly and antitrust; deregulation and restructuring in energy industries; energy tax policy; climate change and other environmental impacts of energy; command-and- control and market-based policies for managing environmental externalities; and energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.
EC 422: Advanced Data Analysis in Economics. Analysis and interpretation of large-scale economic data using statistical programming tools and econometric methods.
Past courses
EC 420: Introduction to Econometric Methods. Specification, estimation, and interpretation of econometric models. Evaluation of current quantitative work in economics.
AFRE 829: Economics of Environmental Resources. Economic principles, theoretical models, and empirical methods related to environmental problems and policy interventions. Applications to air, land, water, forests, energy, fish and wildlife, and climate change, including in developing countries.