Research

Applied Microeconomics, Environmental Economics, Environmental Human Rights

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"Preference-Directed Regulation When Ethical Environmental Policy Choices Are Formed With Limited Information," forthcoming in Empirical Economics, PDF. "On the Natural and Economic Difficulties to Fulfilling the Human Right to Water Within a Neoclassical Economics Framework," with Farhed Shah, forthcoming in Review of Social Economy, PDF. "Constitutional Environmental Human Rights in India: Negating a Negating Statement," Inclusive: A Journal of the Kolkata Centre for Contemporary Studies, 1(2), 2012, PDF. "Information, Choice and Political Consumption: Human Rights in the Checkout Lane," with Lyle Scruggs, Shareen Hertel, Samuel J. Best, Human Rights Quarterly, 33(4), 2011, PDF.

"Constitutional Environmental Human Rights: A Descriptive Analysis of 142 National Constitutions," in Lanse Minkler, ed. The State of Economic and Social Human Rights: A Global Overview, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, PDF.
"Implementation of the Human Right to Social Security Around the World: A Preliminary Analysis of National Social Protection Laws," with Lyle Scruggs and Christian Zimmermann, in Lanse Minkler, ed. The State of Economic and Social Human Rights: A Global Overview, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.

"An Economic Model of the Potential Negative Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water in Pennsylvania," PDF.

"The Effects of Constitutional Environmental Rights Provisions on Environmental Rights Outcomes," with Lanse Minkler. "State-Level Constitutional Environmental Human Rights Provisions, Business Location Decisions, Health Outcomes, and Environmental Protection." "Food Choices and Economic Insecurity," with Joshua Berning. "Traditional vs. Real-Time Teaching Evaluations: An Exploration of Truth, Usefulness, and the Incentive Structure for Student Participation," with James Boudreau.

"Agriculture in Connecticut," with Marilyn Altobello, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Newsletter, 2011, PDF. "Should We Top Up the Winemaker's Cup?" with Dennis Heffey and Jeremy Jelliffe, The Connecticut Economy, Summer 2010, PDF. "Fast-Tracking the Due Diligence Process," with Alex Sutton, Asset Based Finance Journal, May/June 2010, PDF. "Connecticut Agriculture, 2007-2008," with Rigoberto Lopez, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Newsletter, April 2010, PDF. "The People's Budget Report: Preliminary Findings," Human Rights Budget Group c/o National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI), December 2010.