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Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor of Forest Policy & Professor of Economics

Professor Mendelsohn studies a range of environmental economic issues including the damages from air pollution and hazardous waste, to the economic value of nontimber forest products and old growth forests. Professor Mendelsohn is currently researching the impacts of global warming and the role of adaptation in the United States, Africa, Latin America, and most recently China.

Selected Books
Climate Change and Agriculture: An Economic Analysis of Global Impacts, Adaptation, and Distributional Effects (with A. Dinar), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009

Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa: Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies (with A. Dinar, R. Hassan, and J. Benhin), EarthScan, 2008

Selected Articles
"The Social Cost of Trading: Measuring the Increased Damages from Sulfur Dioxide Trading in the United States" (with D. Henry and N. Muller), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 30, forthcoming

"How Chinese Farmers Change Crop Choice To Adapt To Climate Change" (with J. Wang, A. Dinar and J. Huang), Climate Change Economics, forthcoming

"Development and the Impact of Climate Change on Energy Demand: Evidence from Brazil" (with G. De Paula), Climate Change Economics, forthcoming

"Environmental Accounting: Methods with an Application to the United States Economy" (with N. Muller and W. Nordhaus), American Economic Review, forthcoming

"The Economic Valuation of Environmental Amenities and Disamenities: Methods and Applications" (with S. Olmstead), Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 34, 325-347, 2009

"Efficient Pollution Regulation: Getting the Prices Right" (with N. Muller), American Economic Review, Vol. 99, 1714-1739, 2009

"Land Use and Climate Change Interactions" (with A. Dinar) Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 1, 309-332, 2009

Education
PhD Yale University, 1978
BA Harvard University, 1973