This week, the Lab hosted Andres de Loera, a PhD candidate in economics at Harvard University. Andres studies environmental and public economics with a focus on the governance of internationally shared ocean resources. He presented his job market paper, entitled "Climate Change and the Common Pool Problem in Fisheries". 

This week, ARE PhD candidate Bruno Pimenta presented his job market paper, entitled "The Differential Responses of Farmers on Private and Public Lands to Droughts in the Brazilian Amazon." 

This week, we had a busy lab seminar. First, three PhD students - Tom Cromsjo and Kevin Cao in ARE, and Wantong Yuan in ESP - presented 5 minute egg-timer style presentations detailing their in-progress work. These short talks were a resounding success, and we will continue this new Lab format with another egg timer session later in the quarter. 

ARE PhD students Matt Dudek and Mahdi Shams presented their respective research in the Lab this week. 
 

ARE PhD students Will Troske and Ignacio Oliva each presented ongoing work, titled "Global warming, inequality, and dependence on the environment" and "The Behavioral Impact of Sulfur Fuel Content Regulations in Maritime Shipping" respectively. 

ARE PhD candidate Bruno Pimenta presented his work on how deforestation in the Amazon responds to drought, and how this response differs between private and public land. Climate change has made drought events in the Amazon more frequent. Manmade deforestation can further deteriorate the region's climate, and weather conditions may also influence a farmer's decision to deforest. The Brazilian Amazon is a mosaic of public and private lands, and farmers in public lands may not have incentives to manage their lands sustainably.

ARE PhD students Stuart Morrison and Ignacio Oliva each presented ongoing work as a part of the 3rd Year Prospectus Brown Bag series, which allows ARE students to workshop the ideas that will (or may) make up their prospectus. 

UC Davis economics PhD student Matias Solorza presented his work on the regional economic impacts of natural disasters in Chile. Matias' work analyzes the macroeconomic responses of Chilean regions to extreme weather-related shocks, such as floods and wildfires, using local projections. Unlike the positive effects observed in some developed countries, his findings reveal a persistent decline in regional GDP and a temporary reduction in private consumption.

Devin Serfas presented his research on the effects of soil organic carbon (SOC) on crop yield and profitability in Saskatchewan, Canada. Soil is an important sink for atmospheric carbon but many farmers see little private benefit from preserving SOC on their fields.

Madeline Turland recently presented her job market paper, which explores the factors driving human migration in response to the threat of wildfires and how people's risk preferences impact their choice of where to live. Many individuals opt to move to areas with lower wildfire risk as a strategy for risk reduction. To measure the impact of changes in wildfire risk, she developed a novel data set by using a quirk of California insurance markets.