This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Environmental Policy and Development, MSc in Environment and Development and MSc in Environmental Policy, Technology and Health (Environment and ...

William Nordhaus can recall the precise moment when he became interested in what is now known as “green accounting,” a type of accounting that factors environmental costs and benefits into measures of ...

George S. Tolley, the noted economist who led groundbreaking research on resource use, farm labor migration, urban economics, and environmental economics, died Aug. 31 at the age of 95. A professor ...

In the fall of 2016 an environmental struggle in rural North Dakota made headlines worldwide. The local Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and climate activists were pitted against the corporate and government ...

Degraded natural wealth is not just an environmental problem, it is also an economic liability. But achieving economic growth without harming the environment is not only possible but has already been ...

Environment and Development Economics, Vol. 21, No. 5 (October 2016), pp. 626-648 (23 pages) Our study examines the effect of water utilization together with the effect of water quality on economic ...

The terminator gene can render seeds sterile, so forcing farmers to purchase fresh seed every year. It is a technological solution to the problem of market failure that could increase the ...

In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...

Dr. Ruohan Wu earned her B.A. in Economics from Peking University in China and her Ph.D. in Economics from The Ohio State University. She joined the Department of Economics & Finance at the Mike ...