Welcome to Resource Economics
At the Department of Resource Economics, we tackle complex questions about how to use our environmental, natural and human resources. By researching important societal problems and gathering and analyzing data, we offer policy solutions that move the needle on today’s most pressing issues. Our undergraduate and graduate programs focus on industrial organization, environmental economics, natural resource economics, and consumer and family economics. And our award-winning faculty produces groundbreaking research that impacts how we approach our world.
Resource Economics Seniors Andrew Mack and Brendan Moore to Enter Peace Corps
Two outstanding seniors, both resource economics majors, have plans to enter the Peace Corps starting this summer.
Andrew Mack and Brendan Moore, two students with similar career aspirations, will be tasked with two very different areas of work over the next two years. Mack, who is majoring in both resource economics and nutrition, will be traveling to Belize to become a Health Resource Advisor, working with administrative health and schools to educate them about non-communicable diseases. Moore, on the other hand, will be going to Africa to teach secondary math…in French! >> More
Graduate Awards Ceremony
Abdul Kidwai is this year's recipient of the Carolyn Harper Fellowship. Tyler Besse, Eric Koegler and Kelly Miller received The Vijay Bhagavan Teaching Assistant of Distinction Award. Lawrence De Geest received the first annual Department Outstanding Service Award. Congratulations to all and thanks for your many contributions! >>View Slide Show
(Photo from left: Lawrence De Geest, Abdul Kidwai, Kelly Miller, Eric Koegler and Tyler Besse)
Volunteer for Upcoming Experiments
Register for experiments conducted at Willis Experimental Economics Laboratory. Participants will be compensated, and no prior economics training is necessary.
To register please visit the Experimental Economics Online Recruitment System.
For more information and to access the Willis Lab FAQs, please visit the Experimental Economics Program.
Seminars, Fall 2016
For more information contact Emily Wang (emilywang "at" resecon.umass.edu, 545-5741).
The Freedman Panel: “We Wanted Workers” – A Discussion of the Economic Impacts of Immigration
September 29, 5:00 pm • Bernie Dallas Room, Goodell Hall
George Borjas, Labor Economist, Harvard University; Jenny Hunt, Professor of Economics, Rutgers University; Arin Dube, Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst
(This talk is part of the Social Science Matters: Perspectives on Migration Series)
Mob Lab demonstration
Friday September 23, 3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Doug Norton , Florida State University
Strategic Thinking in Public Goods Games with Teams
>>download pdf here
Friday September 30, 3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Brock Stoddard , University of South Dakota
TBA
Friday October 14, 3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Marco Palma, Texas A&M University
TBA
Friday October 21, 3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Rong Rong, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Temperature and Human Capital: Short-and Long-run Evidence from India
Friday November 11, 3:30-5:00 PM • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Vis Taraz, Smith College
Jamie Mullins Uses Clues From London's Great Smog in Research Study
In a recently published summary piece, Jamie Mullins explains how air pollution exposure in early life leads to higher incidence of asthma during both childhood and adulthood. >>More
