Professor Rob Johnston presents Ecosystem Service Valuation: What is the Economic Value of Nature Thursday, Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. JC 215 Economic valuation quantifies the social value provided by ecosystem services, along with tradeoffs in these values associated with regulatory alternatives, investments in protection and restoration, and other types of management or policy actions.…
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Campus News & Events, Student News
Economics Society presents “An Introduction to American Think Tanks” by Professor. Zhang, March 20
Are you interested in “Think Tanks”? Want to learn more about them? Clark Economics Society presents: “An Introduction to American Think Tanks” by Professor Junfu Zhang from the Economics department March 20; 4 to 6 p.m. Grace Conference Room Refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!
Campus News & Events, Faculty and Staff Notes
Gray reports on job effects of environmental regulation
Economics professor Wayne Gray ‘s co-authored essay, “Do the Job Effects of Regulation Differ with the Competitive Environment?,” has recently been published in Does Regulation Kill Jobs? (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014). Manufacturing companies frequently oppose government imposition of environmental regulations on the grounds that such regulations will jeopardize jobs and stifle productivity. In this…
Faculty and Staff Notes
Economics professors Geoghegan, Johnston honored for work at Agricultural & Resource meeting in June
The Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) has recognized Professors Jacqueline Geoghegan and Robert Johnston, both of the Economics Department, for outsanding contributions to the group’s annual meeting in June. “Jackie was recognized for planning, organizing, and arranging our 2012 Annual Meeting,” said NAREA President Jill L. Caviglia-Harris. “We are certainly lucky to have…
