Current working papers and forthcoming articles:
- *Mihiar, C., and D.J. Lewis. 2019. Climate, adaptation, and the value of forestland: A national Ricardian analysis of the United States. Working Paper. (PDF version).
- Dundas, S.J., and D.J. Lewis. 2019. Estimating option values and spillover damages for coastal protection: Evidence from Oregon’s Planning Goal 18. Working Paper. (PDF version).
- *Hashida, Y., Withey, J., Lewis, D.J., Newman, T., and J. Kline. 2019. Evaluating changes in wildlife habitat induced by private forest owners’ adaptation to climate change and carbon policy. Working Paper.
- *Long, D., Langpap, C., and D.J. Lewis. 2019. Negative traffic externalities and infant health: The role of income heterogeneity and residential sorting. Working Paper.
Note: * above signifies a paper written with a graduate student as part of their research.
Current project: The economics of climate adaptation in forestry
How can forest landowners adapt their management to climate change, and what are the resulting impacts of this adaptation on the provision of forest ecosystem services and the economic value of forests? How can conservation agencies design policy to efficiently provide ecosystem services from forests when the climate is changing?
This project examines these research questions by focusing on the development of empirical evidence using micro-econometric tools, microeconomic theory, spatial simulation, and integrated economic-ecological analysis.
Highlighted finding: West Coast forest landowners will plant less Douglas-fir in warming climate, model shows
Current project: The economics of recovering threatened salmon
What are the non-market benefits associated with investing in natural capital that increases the abundance of threatened salmon? How do habitat investments influence the abundance of salmon, and what is the economic value of such habitat investments?
This project examines these research questions by developing empirical evidence from choice experiment surveys and integrated ecological production functions.
Highlighted finding: Helping threatened coho salmon could generate hundreds of millions in non-market economic benefits
