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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, forthcoming

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

The Impact of Climate Change on Regional Systems: A Comprehensive Analysis of California (with J. Smith, ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006

Selected Articles
"Measuring The Aggregate Damages of Air Pollution in the United States" (with N. Muller), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 54, 1-14, 2007

"Measuring Climate Impacts With Cross-Sectional Analysis: An Introduction," Climatic Change, Vol. 81, 1-7, 2007

"The Impacts of Climate Change and Its Policy Implications," Ambio, Vol. 35, 273, 2006

"The Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Non-Market Lands in Singapore" (with W. Ng), Ambio, Vol. 35, 289-296, 2006

"Will African Agriculture Survive Climate Change?" (with P.R. Kurukulasuriya, J. Hassan, M. Benhin, H.M. Diop, K.Y. Eid, G. Fosu, S. Gbetibouo, A. Jain, S. Mahamadou, S. El-Marsafawy, M. Ouda, I. Ouedraogo, N. Sène, D. Seo, Maddison and A. Dinar), World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 20, 367-388, 2006

"The Distributional Impact of Climate Change on Rich and Poor Countries" (with A. Dinar, and L. Williams), Environment and Development Economics, Vol. 11, 1-20, 2006

"An Integrated Assessment of the Spatial Variability of Ozone Impacts from Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides" (D. Tong, N. Muller and D. Mauzerall), Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 40, 1395-1400, 2006

Education
PhD Yale University, 1978
BA Harvard University, 1973