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Ground-level ozone continues to damage health, even at low levels: An essay in The Conversation by Jamie Mullins
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, and natural resource economics. And our award-winning faculty produces groundbreaking research that impacts how we approach our world.
Job Openings
Download the job descriptions below to apply.
Ezgi Cengiz, Manuel Estay Montecinos and Felipe Quezada Escalona win Vijay Bhagavan and Carolyn Harper Graduate Student Awards
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Ezgi Cengiz (left) received the Vijay Bhagavan Teaching Assistant of Distinction Award for being a model teaching assistant. Manuel Estay Montecinos (center) and Felipe Quezada Escalona (right) were awarded the Carolyn Harper Fund and Fellowship for scholarly achievement and exemplifying concern for social and environmental issues, and racial and gender justice.
New Economic Inquiry Study Finds Marijuana Access Leads to Reductions in Opioid-related Deaths
A new study led by Nathan Chan finds that access to marijuana reduces opioid-related deaths.
The study examined how the changing legal status of marijuana has impacted mortality in the United States over the past two decades. Investigators found that legalization and access to recreational marijuana reduced annual opioid mortality in the range of 20% to 35%, with particularly pronounced effects for synthetic opioids (e.g., fentanyl).
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.
Fall 2019 Seminars
For more information contact Christoph Bauner (cbauner "at" resecon.umass.edu, 545-5719).
The Impact of a Merit-Based Incentive Payment System on Quality of Healthcare: A Framed Field Experiment
Friday September 20, 2019
10:30-12:00 | 303 Stockbridge Hall
Ellen P. Green, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University
Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics
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Multilateral Bargaining on a Loss Domain
Friday September 27, 2019
2:00-3:30 | 303 Stockbridge Hall
Duk Gyoo Kim, Department of Economics, University of Mannheim
Public Economics and Political Economy
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Dynamic Model of Mergers and Pricing in the Beer Industry
Friday October 4, 2019
10:30-12:00 | 303 Stockbridge Hall
Timothy Richards, Morrison School of Agribusiness, Arizona State University
Econometrics, Food Policy, Food Systems, and Agricultural Economics
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Technology Adoption as Climate Adaptation: Evidence from US Air Conditioning Penetration
Friday October 18, 2019
10:30-12:00 | 303 Stockbridge Hall
Erin Mansur, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
Industrial Organization and Environmental Economics
Price Discrimination in International Airline Markets
Friday November 1, 2019
10:30-12:00 | 303 Stockbridge Hall
Charles Murry, Department of Economics, Boston College
Industrial Organization
Improving Water Quality: Are Economics and the Environment Always at Odds?
Friday November 15, 2019
10:30-12:00 | Hadley Room, Campus Center, 10th Floor
Catherine Kling, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Applied Economics and Policy, Environmental, Energy and Resource Economics and Policy
