Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
- dca@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-5143
- Address
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9-23 Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H4
Overview
About
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta. I received my PhD from the University of Maryland. Please see my personal website for recent research updates.
Research
Primary Fields:
Environmental and Resource Economics, Sustainable Development, Public Economics
Publications:
“Default Risk, Productivity, and the Environment: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing.” Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020, vol. 75(4): 677-710
"Do Tax Cuts Encourage Rent Seeking by Top Corporate Executives? Theory and Evidence." Contemporary Economic Policy, 2019, vol. 37 (2): 219-235 (with Ramón López)
“The Role of Adolescent Health in Adult SES Outcomes.” B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018, vol. 18 (2) (with Pinar Mine Gunes)
"Accounting for Loss of Variety and Factor Reallocations in the Welfare Cost of Regulations." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, vol. 88: 69-94
"Do Credit Constraints Favor Dirty Production? Theory and Plant-level Evidence." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, vol. 84: 189-208
"Credit Constraints, Technology Upgrading, and the Environment." Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2016, vol. 3 (2): 283-319
Teaching
ECON 566: Environmental Economics
ECON 467: Environmental and Resource Policy
ECON 366: Energy Economics
Graduate Mathematics and Statistics Review
Courses
ECON 467 - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
Environmental and natural resource law; domestic and global policy issues related to renewable and non-renewable resources. Prerequisites: ECON 109, ECON 281, and MATH 154 or equivalent. Not open to students with credit in ECON 466 or ENCS 473.
ECON 566 - Environmental Economics
Economic theory and policy relating to environmental problems; welfare and public policy issues in environmental decision making. Environmental law; transboundary pollution; economic instruments for pollution control.