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Pierce w88 mobile

Assistant Professor of w88 mobile

Summary

Pierce w88 mobile is working on problems involving endangered species conservation, land use, and climate change. Within these settings, his research emphasizes sustainable ecological-economic systems. He has developed cost-effective management plans for riparian species interaction and hydropower generation in the Grand Canyon ecosystem, bycatch management in California, and emissions abatement at a global scale.

Professor Donovan teaches environmental w88 mobile and econometrics. In the former, students learn how to apply the principles of w88 mobile towards the design of sound environmental policy. In the latter, students study the fundamentals of empirical research in w88 mobile, and focus on finding those special occasions where correlation does imply causation.

Research interests

  • Bioeconomics
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  • Land use
  • Mathematical modeling
  • Dynamic optimization
  • Causal inference

Selected publications

  • Pierce Donovan and Michael Springborn (2022). "Balancing conservation and commerce: A shadow value viability approach for governing bycatch." Journal of Environmental w88 mobile and Management, 114, 102689.
  • Pierce Donovan, Lucas Bair, Charles Yackulic and Michael Springborn (2019), "Safety in numbers: cost-effective endangered species management for viable populations." Land w88 mobile 95 (3), 435-453

Courses taught

  • ECON 307: Environmental w88 mobile
  • ECON 441: Introduction to Econometrics

Education

  • Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource w88 mobile, University of California, Davis, 2020
  • B.S. Physics and w88 mobile, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2015