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.
Graduate Awards Ceremony
Lawrence De Geest is this year's recipient of the Carolyn Harper Fellowship. Abdul Kidwai and Alyssa Danilow received The Vijay Bhagavan Teaching Assistant of Distinction Award. Madeline Cyr and Irene Mussio received the Department Outstanding Service Award. Congratulations to all and thanks for your many contributions!
(Photo from left: Lawrence De Geest, Abdul Kidwai, Alyssa Danilow, Madeline Cyr and Irene Mussio)
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 Website.
Position Announcement
Resource Economics has a Junior Year Writing Lecturer Position >>More
Seminars
For more information contact Emily Wang (emilywang "at" resecon.umass.edu, 545-5741).
Fall 2017:
TBD
September 15
3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Dr.Tobias Rötheli, University of Erfurt
SPRING 2017:
An Empirical Model of R&D Procurement Contests: An Analysis of the DOD SBIR Program
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April 26 2:00-3:30 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Vivek Bhattacharya, MIT Department of Economics
Attaining food and environmental security in an era of globalization
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April 28 10:00-11:30 am • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Dr. Thomas Hertel, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University
Demand for Giving to Multiple Charities: Theory and Experiments
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April 28 1:00-2:30 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Neslihan Uler, University of Maryland
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
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Friday September 30, 3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Brock Stoddard , University of South Dakota
Self-Control: Skill, Knowledge, or Perishable Resource? >>pdf
Friday October 14, 3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Marco Palma, Texas A&M University
Friday October 14, 3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Marco Palma, Texas A&M University
Intra-household time preference: an artefactual field experiment
Friday October 21, 3:30-5:00 pm • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Rong Rong, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Welfare Costs of Climate Change: Evidence from Test Scores in India
Friday December 2, 3:30-5:00 PM • 303 Stockbridge Hall
Vis Taraz, Smith College