2023 PERC Fellows
Lone Mountain Fellows
Elinor Benami
Virginia Tech University
Research Topic: Climate-smart agricultural practice adoption
Linus Blomqvist
U.C. Santa Barbara
Research Topic: Designing conservation auctions
Daniel Brent
Pennsylvania State University
Research Topic: Water pricing in California and economic implications of water investment transactions in the West
Tony Cookson
University of Colorado, Boulder
Research Topic: Underinsurance, person-to-person giving, and wildfire recovery
David Finnoff
University of Wyoming
Research Topic: Can management policies be complementary to natural system disease mediation in the management of wildlife disease in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Amy Hardberger
Texas Tech University
Research Topic: First in time and prior appropriation in water allocation
Yukiko Hashida
University of Georgia
Research Topic: An econometric analysis of prescribed fire as a climate adaption tool
Daniel Kaffine
University of Colorado, Boulder
Research Topic: How policymakers with a revenue-maximization mandate should consider competing use-based and non-use-based bids
Renato Molina
University of Miami
Research Topic: Water market dynamics in the presence of environmental variability
Edson Severini
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Topic: Industrial activity and land degradation
Temple Stoellinger
University of Wyoming
Research Topic: Conservation leasing on state trust lands
Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes
University of Oxford
Research Topic: Wildlife trade and conservation
Graduate Fellows
Justine Lang
U.C. Santa Barbara
Research Topic: Assessing the impacts of feed ground closure on brucellosis transmission risk in elk to cattle in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Anna Papp
Columbia University
Research Topic: Are plastic bag regulations effective at reducing marine debris? Evidence from over 100,000 coastal clean-ups
Xiaochen Sun
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Topic: Renewable Generation Interconnection: A common pool challenge
Sam Tucker
Michigan State University
Research Topic: No Net Loss, But There’s a Catch: An economic analysis of wetlands and mitigation