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Kurt Schwabe
Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy
Academic Degrees:
- North Carolina State University, Ph.D. (Economics)
- Duke University, M.S. (Economics)
- Macalester College, B.A. (Mathematics/Economics)
Specialization:
- Water Economics
- Alternative Policy Instruments for Pollution Control
- Salinity and Drainage Management and Policy
- Wildlife and Fisheries Management
- Valuing Ecosystem and Forest Services
- Revealed and Stated Preference Valuation Methods
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Undergraduate Students
Representative Publications:
- Connor, J. M. Kirby, K. Schwabe, A. Lukasiewicz, and D. Kaczan. In Press. The Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Lower Murray Irrigation. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
- Knapp, K.C. and K.A. Schwabe. 2008. Spatial Dynamics of Water and Nitrogen Management in Irrigated Agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90(2): 524-539.
- Schwabe, K.A., Kan, I., and K.C. Knapp. 2005. Drainwater Management to Reduce Salinity Problems in Irrigated Agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88(1): 133-149. 2006.
- Schuhmann, P., and K.A. Schwabe. 2004. Modeling the Dynamics of Fishery Stock Recovery: Implications for the Assessment of Natural Resource Damages, Natural Resource Modeling 17(2): 191-212.
- Schwabe, K.A., and P. Schuhmann. 2004. An Analysis of Congestion Measures and Heterogeneous Angler Preferences in a Random Utility Model of Recreational Fishing, Environmental and Resource Economics, 27: 429-450.
Courses Taught:
- ENSC/ECON 006 - Introduction to Environmental Economics
- ENSC/ECON 143A - Environmental Economics
- ENSC/ECON 143C - Ecological Economics and Environmental Valuation
- ENSC 191 - Professional Development
- ECON 209 - Environmental and Natural Resource Valuation
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Honors and Awards
- Kenneth R. Keller Research Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research. North Carolina State University, 1996.
- Best Teaching Practices Award Recipient. Center for Teaching Excellence. Ohio University, 1998.
- Editor's Citation for Excellence in Manuscript Review Award. Journal of Environmental Quality. 2002.
- 2002 Outstanding Journal Article Award for "Microeconomics of Irrigation with Saline Water," (with I. Kan and K. Knapp). Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
- Flagship Fellowship. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Australia. 2007-2008.
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