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Harvard PhD Students in Environment and Development: A Sampling of Past and Present Student Research Alumni PhD students

and their dissertations* Allcott, Hunt. 2009. Consumer Behavior and Firm Strategy in Energy Mar ets. H!S "u#lic "olicy. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, &illiam Hogan, Sendhil Mullainathan. Bielic i, 'e((rey. 2009. )ntegrated systems Analysis and *echnological Findings (or Car#on Ca+ture and Storage ,e+loyment. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ &illiam Clar , %ichard -ec hauser, &illiam Hogan. Matus, !ira. 2009. .reen Chemistry$ A Study o( )nnovation (or Sustaina#le ,evelo+ment. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ &illiam Clar , &illiam Hogan, /en atesh 0arayanamurti, "aul Anastas 1reader22. Borc , 'onathan. 2003. Beyond Com+liance$ *hree Essays on /oluntary Cor+orate Environmentalism. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %ichard -ec hauser, Cary Coglianese, Erich Muehlegger, %o#ert Stavins. !ous y, Carolyn. 2003. %es+onding to %is $ )n(ormation and ,ecision Ma ing in the Flood+lains o( St. 4ouis County, Missouri. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %ichard -ec hauser, &illiam Clar , %o#ert Stavins. Sims, !atharine %.E. 2003. Balancing 4and Conservation and Economic ,evelo+ment$ *hree Essays$ "rotected Areas and 4ocal Economic ,evelo+ment5 "rotected Areas and Forest Fragmentation in 0orthern *hailand5 and 4ocal %egulation and 4and 6se Change$ &etlands Byla7s in Massachusetts. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, %ohini "ande, &illiam Clar , Erich Muehlegger. Smith, Elta. 2003. .overning %ice$ *he "olitics o( E8+erimentation in .lo#al Agriculture. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ Sheila 'asano((, Michael Fischer, Calestous 'uma, ,avid 4a9er. S9le9: , 0icole. 2003. .lo#al Health in the Ma ing$ China, H)/;A),S and the .lo#al Fund to Fight Aids, *u#erculosis and Malaria. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ Sheila 'asano((, &illiam Clar , Anthony Saich. Cao, 'ing. 200<. Essays on Environmental *a8 "olicy Analysis$ ,ynamic Com+uta#le .eneral E=uili#rium A++roaches A++lied to China$ A +er(ect (oresight dynamic .CE analysis o( environmental ta8 re(orm in China5 >Co?#ene(its@ o( greenhouse gas mitigation +olicies in China$ An integrated to+?do7n and #ottom?u+ modeling analysis5 A dynamic com+ati#le general e=uili#rium analysis o( environmental ta8ation and >rural?ur#an@ migration distortions in China. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ ,ale &. 'orgenson, %o#ert 0. Stavins, "eter ". %ogers. Au, Fei. 200<. *hree Essays in Environmental Economics$ %evisiting the environmental !u9net@s curve$ ,o +ollution levels tend to converge to +redicta#le +atterns5 "artici+ation o( (irms in voluntary environmental +rotection +rograms5 An analysis o( cor+orate social res+onsi#ility and measuring #ene(its to interventions to

reduce indoor air +ollution in rural China. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, ,ale 'orgenson, Cary Coglianese. /argas, 'uan Carlos. 2003. "artici+atory 4andsca+e "lanning using "orta#le .eos+atial )n(ormation SAS*EMS and *echnologies$ *he Case o( the Bsa %egion o( Costa %ica. .S,. Committee$ Carl Steinit9, &illiam Clar , %o#ert France, Hashim Sar is, Mi e Fla8man 1M)*2. &ang, %ui. 2003. Autos, *ransit, and Bicycles$ *ransit Choices in Chinese Cities. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ 'osC A. .Dme9?)#:Ee9, Arnold M. Ho7itt, "eter ". %ogers. -hang, Fan. 200<. Essays on Environmental, Energy, and 0atural %esource Economics$ ,oes electricity restructuring #ene(it the environmental theory and evidence o( intertem+oral emission trading in the 6S SB2 allo7ance mar et5 ,oes electricity restructuring 7or F Evidence (or the 6S nuclear energy industry5 Conservation reconsidered$ A modi(ied in+ut?out+ut analysis o( the economic im+act o( China@s land conversion +olicy. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ &illiam Hogan, ,ale 'orgenson, %o#ert Stavins. 'ac , ,ar#y. 200G. Household Behavior and Energy ,emand$ Evidence (rom "eru. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, %o#ert 'ensen, Mar %osen97eig. *horton, %e#ecca. 200G. )ncentives and )n(ormation in ,evelo+ing Countries. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ Michael !remer, ,avid Cutler, %o#ert 'ensen, Sendhil Mullainathan. Anderson, Steven. 200H. Analy9ing Strategic )nteraction in Multi?Settlement Electricity Mar ets$ A Closed?4oo+ Su++ly Function E=uili#rium Model. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ &illiam Hogan, 'ose+h !alt, 0olan Miller. ,i, &enhua. 200H. Essays in Environmental Economics and "olicy$ 0umerical simulations o( air +ollution ta8es in China5 ,eterminants o( environmental +er(ormance in China@s cities5 "ollution a#atement cost savings and F,) in(lo7s to +olluting sectors in China. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, ,ale 'orgenson, Anthony Saich. Snyder, 4ori. 200H. Essays on Facility?4evel %es+onse to Environmental %egulation$ Are management?#ased regulations e((ective$ Evidence (rom state +ollution? +revention +rograms5 *he e((ect o( re+orting thresholds on the validity o( *%) data as measures o( environmental +er(ormance$ Evidence (or Massachusetts5 *he e((ect o( environmental regulation on technology di((usion in the chlorine manu(acturing industry. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, 0olan Miller, Cary Coglianese. Cavanagh, Sheila. 2002. Essays in Environmental Economics and "olicy$ Mu((led +rice signals$ Household 7ater demand under increasing?#loc +rices5 *hirty Colonias$ &ater service coverage in South *e8as5 0ational environmental +olicy during the Clinton years. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, 'ose .ome9?)#ane9, 'e((rey 4ie#man.

4u#o7s i, %u#en. 2002. ,eterminants o( 4and?6se *ransitions in the 6nited States$ Econometric Analysis o( Changes among MaIor 4and?6se. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, Andre7 "lantinga, Christo+her Avery. -7ane, Ali8 "eterson. 2002. Essays in Environment and ,evelo+ment$ ,oes +overty constrain de(orestationF Econometric evidence (rom "eru5 Assessing alternative +olicies to slo7 de(orestation$ Evidence (rom "eru5 Com+ensation (or meaning(ul +artici+ation in climate change control$ A modest +ro+osal and em+irical analysis. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, Asim !h7aIa, *heodore "anayotou, &illiam Hogan. Cash, ,avid. 200J. )ntegrating )n(ormation and ,ecision Ma ing in a Multi?4evel &orld$ Cross?Scale Environmental Science and Management. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ &illiam Clar , Alan Altshuler, Merilee .rindle. .ugerty, Mary !ay. 200J. Savings, Sanctions and Su++ort$ Essays on Collective Action and Community Brgani9ations in !enya. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ Merilee .rindle, Michael !remer, "eter *immer, %o#ert Bates. !eohane, 0athaniel. 200J. Essays in the Economics o( Environmental "olicy$ "rices, =uantitative and t7o?+art tari((s$ Environmental +olicy instruments 7ith endogenous technology change5 Environmental +olicy and a#atement techni=ue choice$ Evidence (or coal?(ired +o7er +lants5 Controlling stoc and (lo7s to +romote =uality$ *he environment 7ith a++lications to +hysical and human ca+ital. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, Christo+her Avery, Martin &eit9man "att, Anthony. 2000. Strategy and "sychology in Environmental Assessment$ E8treme outcomes5 Se+arating analysis (rom +olitics5 Communicating +ro#a#ilistic (orecasts to decision ma ers. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ &illiam Clar , ,aniel Schrag, %ichard -ec hauser. Fisher?/anden, !aren. J999. Structural Change and *echnological ,i((usion in *ransition Economies$ )m+lications (or Energy 6se and Car#on Emissions in China. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ ,ale 'orgenson, %o#ert Stavins, &illiam Hogan, Adam 'a((ee. Fernhol9, %osemary. J993. Sustained Farmer "artici+ation in Social Forestry$ Case Study in the "hili++ines. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ "eter *immer, Merilee .rindle, 'e((rey /incent. 'yoti, %oo+. J999. )nvestment A++raisal o( Management Strategies (or Addressing 6ncertainties in "o7er Su++ly in the Conte8t o( 0e+alese Manu(acturing Enter+rises. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ .len 'en ins, ,7ight "er ins, ..). Shu la. Schat9 i, Steven *odd. J993. A *heoretical and Em+irical E8amination o( 4and 6se Change under 6ncertainty. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, Christo+her Avery, &illiam Hogan. 0e7ell, %ichard. J99<. Environmental "olicy and *echnological Change$ *he E((ects o( Economic incentives and ,irect %egulation on Energy?Saving innovation. Committee$ %o#ert Stavins, Adam 'a((ee, Martin &eit9man.

&right, 'anice. J99<. )nvestments that Save 4ives$ *he 0orms o( Environmental and Medical ,ecision Ma ing. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ 'ohn .raham, &illiam Hogan, Alan *arlov. 0or#erg?Bohm, /ic i. J99G. *echnological Change (or Sustaina#le ,evelo+ment$ 4essons (rom the Electric "o7er Sector in Me8ico. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ &illiam Clar , Merilee .rindle, "eter *immer. Bloc , Steven. J99K. Agricultural "roductivity in Su#?Saharan A(rica. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ "eter *immer, -vi .riliches, %ichard .oldman. 4o7ry, %o#ert. J99K. *he "olitical Economy o( Environmental Citi9en .rou+s. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ 'ose+h !alt, !enneth She+sle, %o#ert Stavins. Shu la, .angadhar. J99K. *a8ation o( E8hausti#le 0atural %esources 7ith Stochastic "rices. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ %o#ert 'en ins, 'ohn Montgomery, 6rIit "atel. Mitchell, %onald. J992. Mitchell, From "a+er to "ractice$ )m+roving Environmental *reaty Com+liance. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ A#ram Chayes, &illiam Clar , %o#ert !eohane. "arson, Ed7ard. J992. 0egotiating Climate Coo+eration$ 4earning From *heory, Simulations, and History. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %ichard -ec hauser, &illiam Clar , %o#ert !eohane. Hammitt, 'ames. J933. Butcome and /alue 6ncertainty in Environmental "olicy. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ Ho7ard %ai((a, 'ose+h !alt, 'ames Se#enius. .utiCrre9 de San MartLn, Ana *eresa. J93<. Agrarian %e(orm "olicy in the ,ominican %e+u#lic$ )ts E((ects on Bene(iciary Brgani9ation and Bene(iciary Survival Strategies. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Committee$ 'ohn Montgomery, 'ohn *homas. &einstein, Milton. J9<K. Bringing the Butside )nside$ .overnment ,ecision Ma ing (or the Environment. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Committee$ %ichard -ec hauser, &illiam Ca+ron, Ho7ard %ai((a. * A full list of HKS dissertations is available for the PhDs in Public Policy and Political Economy and overnment! A directory of Harvard faculty is available at https:""###!directory!harvard!edu"phoneboo$!

%urrent PhD students and their research interests** Acevedo, Maria Cecilia. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Microeconomic (oundations o( develo+ment. Human ca+ital investment, intra?household and s+atial allocation o( economic activity and mar et (ailures that +revent industry develo+ment in lo7 and middle income countries. %arran&a' Eliana. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. "olitical economy o( develo+ment, +articularly interested in studying the lin s among ine=uality, social e8+enditure, investment in human ca+ital and social mo#ility. %assaburi' (oren&o! FAS Economics. 6nderstanding the im+act o( environmental stress on agricultural dynamics in Su#?Saharan A(rica. the im+act o( environmental stress on (armersM decision ma ing in &estern !enya. Bther areas e8+lored include technology di((usion in social net7or s and a la# e8+eriment on the determinants o( +u#lic good +rovision. Chan, .a#riel. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Energy and environmental economics and +olicy 7ith a (ocus on climate change +olicy. "otential areas o( research include the interaction o( climate +olicy and international trade +olicy inducing emission lea age. %esearch e8tended to studying energy technology innovation, s+eci(ically government research and develo+ment +olicy. .anser, *im. H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. Ho7 institutions a((ect economic develo+ment. )n +articular, the microeconomic e((ects o( institutions in a develo+ment conte8t and 7hy land titling +rograms have not led to im+roved access to +rivate?sector credit (or the (ormer s=uatters. .rillos, *ara. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Environmental and develo+ment economics, evaluation o( +olicies to +romote sustaina#le develo+ment and valuation o( e8ternalities 1eg$ ecosystem services that are disru+ted due to de(orestation2. )ac$' *roo$e Kelsey. H!S "u#lic "olicy. )ncentives (or sustaina#le community develo+ment 7ith a (ocus on t7o s+eci(ic =uestions. First, ho7 can national and international +olicies #e tailored to local conditionsF Second, ho7 can #etter methods (or valuing ecosystem services in(orm more e((ective +olicyF !an9, Martin H!S "olitical Economy and .overnment. *he role o( ethnicity and institutions in the +olitical economy o( A(rican develo+ment5 a++lications o( models o( collective choice to the +olitical economy o( develo+ment5 e8amination o( ho7 domestic +olitical alignments and institutional choices a((ect the (oreign +olicy #ehavior o( states. Kishore' Avinash .H!S "u#lic "olicy. Energy and environment +olicy economics (or develo+ing countries 7ith a (ocus on sustaina#le develo+ment in rural areas. +ee$s' Robyn. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Current research interests include trans#oundary 7aters, integrated 7ater resource management, and community resource management. +oon' Suerie. H!S "u#lic "olicy. *he role o( civil society in glo#al economic governance5 access to medicines, H)/;A),S and the +harmaceutical industry5

the &*B, glo#ali9ation and transnational organi9ing5 trans+arency and accounta#ility in trade negotiations5 im+act o( civil society in com#ating H)/;A),S5 glo#al social Iustice cam+aigns5 and legitimacy and governance o( 0.Bs. %anson, Matthe7. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Environmental economics, #ehavioral economics, and +u#lic +olicy. %esearch interests include the economic and +olicy im+lications o( individual decisions that are su#?rational or that are made 7ith limited in(ormation??(or e8am+le, the e((ects o( irrational #ehaviors on revealed and stated +re(erence estimates o( the value o( environmental goods. %osta+shova, Blga. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Climate change +olicy, econometric modeling, electricity and rene7a#le energy, sustaina#le develo+ment and international environmental legislation. Shrum, *risha. H!S "u#lic "olicy. *he issues o( climate change and energy through the lenses o( environmental and #ehavioral economics. By integrating #ehavioral economics 7ith e8isting research on individualsM res+onse to car#on +ricing mechanisms, one can #etter understand ho7 to design the most e((ective +olicies that 7ill ma8imi9e consumer res+onse 7hile minimi9ing the additional +rice #urden. *his 7ill also lead to a #etter estimation o( car#on mitigation costs S7eeney, %ichard. H!S "u#lic "olicy. *he intersection o( environmental and energy economics and +u#lic +olicy. *he choice #et7een mar et and non?mar et regulatory mechanisms. &hile the theoretical Iusti(ication (or government intervention is o#viously im+ortant, ty+ically dra7n to7ards understanding ho7 s+eci(ic +olicies 7ould 7or in +ractice. Environmental regulations o(ten overla+ 7ith other ty+es o( regulation at #oth the state and (ederal level, +otentially s e7ing the intended #ehavioral res+onse. Evaluation o( e8isting +olicies and =uanti(ying their #ene(its. 1Are solar su#sidies 7orth itF ,o state rene7a#le energy standards add anything #ut #ureaucracyF ,o e((iciency su#sidies alter #ehavior or sim+ly trans(er 7ealth to +eo+le 7ho 7ould have consumed e((icient goods any7ayF2 *ai, 4aurence. H!S "u#lic "olicy. )nterested in sustaina#le energy in light o( glo#al climate change (rom an environmental economics +ers+ective5 +olicies (or the 6.S. electricity industry at the state level, #ecause o( the role states currently +lay in regulating this energy source. &al er, Eli9a#eth. H!S "u#lic "olicy. Environmental economics, develo+ment economics, and #ehavioral economics. %esearch on environmental +olicies in lesser develo+ed countries, +articularly land use and climate change in A(rica. ** A full list of current student research topics is available for the PhDs in Public Policy and Political Economy and overnment! 4ast u+dated 09J209

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