Maureen Cropper

Distinguished University Professor and Chair

Biography

Maureen Cropper received a B.A. in economics from Bryn Mawr College (summa cum laude, 1969) and a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University (1973). She is a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future and a former Lead Economist at the World Bank. Dr. Cropper has served as chair of the EPA Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory Committee and as past president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her research has focused on valuing environmental amenities (especially environmental health effects), on the discounting of future health benefits, and on the tradeoffs implicit in environmental regulations. Her current research focuses on energy efficiency in India, on the impact of climate change on migration, and on the benefits of collective action in pandemic flu control.

Areas of Interest:
valuing environmental amenities (especially environmental health effects), on the discounting of future health benefits, and on the tradeoffs implicit in environmental regulations

Published Papers

Date	Title
November 1, 2012	Public Transport Subsidies and Affordability in Mumbai, India with Soma Bhattacharya Urban Studies Research, vol. 2012, November 2012.
November 1, 2011	The Cost of Fuel Economy in the Indian Passenger Vehicle Market with Randy Chugh; Urvashi Narain Energy Policy 39(11), 7174-7183, November 2011.
July 1, 2011	The Political Economy of Health Services Provision in Brazil with Ahmed Mobarak; Andrew Sunil Rajkumar Economic Development and Cultural Change, 59(4), 723-751, July 2011.
January 1, 2011	Valuing Mortality Risks Reductions: Progress and Challenges with Lisa A. Robinson; James K. Hammitt Annual Review of Resource Economics, vol. 3, 313-336, 2011
May 1, 2010	Current Issues in China's Environmental Policy: Comments. Proceedings of the Lincoln Institute China Conference, Cambridge, MA, May 2010.
January 1, 2010	Climate Change Assessments: Review of the Processes and Procedures of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change. Inter-Academy Council. Amsterdam. 2010.
January 1, 2010	Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use. (co-author and Vice-Chair of Committee). National Research Council, 2010.
January 1, 2010	What are the Health Effects of Air Pollution in China? Is Economic Growth Sustainable? G.M. Heal (ed). London:Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010
April 1, 2008	Global Environment and Sustainability: Protecting the Commons Chapter 7 of the Global Monitoring Report 2008, Washington, DC: World Bank, April 2008.
January 1, 2008	A Cross-Country Comparison of Decontralization and Environmental Protection: Commentary Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies, G. Ingram and Y. Hong (eds.). Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Development 2008
January 1, 2008	Measuring the welfare effects of slum improvement programs: The case of Mumbai with Bento, Antonio; Takeuchi, Akie Journal of Urban Economics, 64 (2008), 65-84.
January 1, 2008	Why Have Traffic Fatalities Declined in Industrialised Countries? Implications for Pedestrians and Vehicle Occupants with Kopits, Elizabeth Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 42 (2008), 129-154.
January 1, 2007	The Impact of Policies to Control Motor Vehicle Emissions in Mumbai, India with Takeuchi, Akie; Bento, Antonio Journal of Regional Science, 47 (2007), 27-46.
January 1, 2007	The Value of Mortality Risk Reductions in Delhi, India with Bhattacharya, Soma; Alberini, Anna Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 34 (2007), 21-47.
September 1, 2006	Urban Poverty and Transport: The Case of Mumbai Policy Research Working Paper
February 1, 2006	The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs: The Case of Mumbai Policy Research Working Paper
January 1, 2006	The Demand for Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets with Whittington, D.; Lampietti, J.; Poulos, C.; Haile, M. Handbook of Contingent Valuation, Editors J. Kahn and A. Alberini, Edward Elgar (2006), 324-339.
January 1, 2006	Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions: Does Latency Matter? with Krupnick, Alan; Simon, Nathalie; Alberini, Anna Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 32 (2006), 231-245.
February 1, 2005	The Political Economy of Health Services Provision and Access in Brazil Policy Research Working Paper
January 1, 2005	Environmental Health and Traditional Fuel use in Guatemala with Ahmed, K.; Kojima, M.; Barnes, D.; Awe, Y. Washington, DC: World Bank (2005).
January 1, 2005	The Impact of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand in the United States with Bento, Antonio; Mobarak, Ahmed; Vinha, Katja The Review of Economics and Statistics, 87 (2005), 466-478.
January 1, 2005	Traffic Fatalities and Economic Growth with Kopits, Elizabeth Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37 (2005), 169-178.
January 1, 2004	Better Evaluation of Life-Saving Environmental Regulations New Approaches on Energy and the Environmental: Policy Advice for the President
January 1, 2004	Does the Value of a Statistical Life Vary with Age and Health Status? Evidence from the U.S. and Canada with Krupnick, Alan; Simon, Nathalie; Alberini, Anna Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 48 (2004), 769-792.
January 1, 2004	The Demand for a Malaria Vaccine: Evidence from Ethiopia with Poulos, Christine; Haile, Mitiku; Whittington, Dale; Lampietti, Julian Journal of Development Economics, 75 (2004), 303-318.
January 1, 2002	Age, Health and the Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions: A Contingent Valuation Survey of Ontario Residents with Krupnick, Alan; Simon, Nathalie; O'Brien, Bernie; Goeree, Ron; Heintzelman, Martin; Alberini, Anna Journal of Risk and Uncertainly, 24 (2002), 161-186.
January 1, 2002	Estimated the Public Health Benefits of Air Pollution Regulations National Research Council (2002).
January 1, 2001	Predicting the Location of Deforestation in North Thailand: The Role of Roads and Protected Areas with Griffiths, Charles; Puri, Jyotsna Land Economics, 77 (2001), 172-186.
January 1, 2000	Has Economic Research Answered the Needs of Environmental Policy? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 39 (2000), 328-350.
January 1, 2000	Public Choices Between Life-Saving Programs: The Tradeoff Between Qualitative Factors and Lives Saved with Subramanian, Uma Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 21 (2000), 117-149.
January 1, 2000	Sulfur Dioxide Control by Electric Utilities: What Are the Gains from Trade? with Carlson, Curtis; Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen Journal of Political Economy, 108 (2000), 1292-1317.
January 1, 1999	Environmental Federalism: Welfare Losses from Uniform National Drinking Water Standards with Dinan, Terry M.; Portney, Paul R. Environmental and Public Economics: Essays in Honor of Wallace E. Oates, Editors Arvind Panagariya, Paul Portney, and Robert M. Schwab, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Company (1999).
January 1, 1999	Roads, Population Pressures and Deforestation in Thailand, 1976-1989 with Mani, M.; Griffiths, C. Land Economics, 75 (1999), 58-73.
January 1, 1999	The Implications of Hyperbolic Discounting for Project Evaluation with Laibson, David Discounting Intergenerational Equity, Editors Paul R. Portney and John Weyant, Washington, DC: Resources for the Future (1999).
January 1, 1997	The Health Benefits of Air Pollution Control in Delhi with Simon, Nathalie; Sharma, P.K.; Alberini, Anna; Arora, Seema American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79 (1997), 1625-1629.
January 1, 1997	Valuing Health Effects of Air Pollution in Developing Countries: The Case of Taiwan with Harrington, Winston; Shaw, Daigee; Krupnick, Alan; Liu, Jin-Tan; Fu, Tsu-Tan; Alberini, Anna Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 34 (1997), 107-126.
January 1, 1996	Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental Health and Safety Regulation: A Statement of Principles with Stavins, R.N.; Hahn, R.W.; Lave, L.B.; Noll, R.G.; Eads, G.C.; Portney, P.R.; Russell, M.; Schmalensee, R.; Smith, V.K.; Arrow, K.J. AEI Press (1996).
January 1, 1996	Comment on Estimating the Demand for Public Goods: The Colective Choice and Contingent Valuation Approaches Using Contingent Valuation to Measure Non-Market Values, Editors D. Bjornstad and J. Kahn, London: Edward Elgar Publishers (1996).
January 1, 1996	Is There A Role for Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health and Safety Regulations with Arrow, K.J.; Stavins, R.N.; Smith, V.K.; Schmalensee, R.; Russell, M.; Portney, P.R.; Noll, R.G.; Lave, L.B.; Hahn, R.W.; Eads, G.C. Science, 272 (1996) 221-222.
January 1, 1996	Paying for Permanence: An Economic Analysis of EPA's Cleanup Decisions at Superfund Sites with Van Houtven, George; Gupta, Shreekant The RAND Journal of Economics, 27 (1996) 563-582.
January 1, 1996	The Determinants of Pesticide Regulation: A Statistical Analysis of EPA Decisionmaking with Ducla-Soares, Maria M.; Berardi, Stephen J.; Evans, William N.; Portney, Paul R. Journal of Political Economy, 100 (1992), 175-198. Reprinted in The Political Economy of Environmental Protection: Analysis and Evidence, Editor Roger Congleton, Ann Arbor: U. of Michigan Press (1996).
January 1, 1996	What is the Value of Reduced Morbidity in Taiwan? with Fu, Tsu-Tan; Krupnick, A.; Liu, Jin-Tan; Alberini, A.; Harrington, Winston; Shaw, Daigee The Economics of Pollution Control in the Asian Pacific, Editors R. Mendelsohn and D. Shaw, London: Edward Elgar Publishers (1996).
January 1, 1996	When is a Life Too Costly to Save? The Evidence from U.S. Environmental Regulations with Van Houtven, George L. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 30 (1996), 348-368.
January 1, 1995	Discussion: Valuing Food Safety: Which Approaches to Use? Valuing Food Safety and Nutrition, Editor Julie Caswell, Boulder, CO: Westview Press (1995).
January 1, 1995	Do Benefits and Costs Matter in Environmental Regulation? An Analysis of EPA Decisions Under Superfund with Van Houtven, George L.; Gupta, Shreekant Reauthorizing Superfund: Theoretical and Epirical Issues, Editors R. Revesz and R. Stewart, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future (1995).
January 1, 1994	Economic and Health Consequences of Pesticide Use in Developing Country Agriculture: Discussion American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 76 (1994), 605-607.
January 1, 1994	Preferences for Life-Saving Programs: How the Public Discounts Time and Age with Portney, Paul R.; Aydede, Sema K. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 8 (1994), 243-265.
January 1, 1994	The Interaction of Population Growth and Environmental Quality with Griffiths, Charles American Economic Review Proceedings, 84 (1994), 250-254.
January 1, 1993	The Estimation of Consumer Preferences for Attributes: A Comparison of Hedonic and Discrete Choice Approaches with McConnell, Ted; Deck, Leland; Kishor, Nalin Review of Economics and Statistics, 75 (1993), 225-232. Reprinted in Revealed Preference Approaches to Environmental Valuation: Volume II, Editors Joseph Herriges and Cathy Kling (2008).
January 1, 1992	Environmental Economics: A Survey with Oates, Wallace Journal of Economic Literature, 30 (1992), 675-740. Reprinted in Economics of the Environmen, Selected Readings, Fourth Edition, Editor Robert N. Stavins, New York: W.W. Norton (2000).
January 1, 1992	Pesticide Regulation and the Rule-making Process with Portney, Paul R.; Ducla-Soares, Maria M.; Berardi, Stephen J.; Evans, William N. Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 21 (1992), 77-82.
January 1, 1992	Rates of Time Preference for Saving Lives with Portney, Paul R.; Aydede, Sema K. American Economic Review Proceedings, 82 (1992), 469-472.
January 1, 1992	The Effect of Information on Health Risk Valuations with Krupnick, Alan J. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 5 (1992), 29-48.
January 1, 1991	Discounting Human Lives with Aydede, Sema K.; Portney, Paul R. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73 (1991), 1410-1415.
January 1, 1991	Valuing Environmental Health Effects with Freeman III, A.M. Measuring the Demand for Environmental Commodities, Editors John Braden and Charles Kolstad, Amsterdam: North-Holland (1991).
January 1, 1991	Wasteful Commuting: A Re-examination with Gordon, Patrice L. Journal of Urban Economics, 29 (1991), 2-13.
January 1, 1990	Discounting and the Evaluation of Life-Saving Programs with Portney, Paul R. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 3 (1990), 360-380.
January 1, 1990	Valuing Future Risks to Life with Sussman, Frances G. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 19 (1990), 160-174.
January 1, 1988	A Note on the Extinction of Renewable Resources Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 15 (1988), 64-70.
January 1, 1988	Families and the Economics of Risks to Life with Sussman, Frances G American Economic Review, 78 (1988), 255-260.
January 1, 1988	On the Choice of Functional Form for Hedonic Price Functions with Deck, Leland B.; McConnell, Kenneth E. Review of Economics and Statistics, 70 (1988), 668-675. Reprinted in Revealed Preference Approaches to Environmental Valuation: Volume II, Editors Joseph Herriges and Cathy Kling (2008).
January 1, 1981	Measuring Benefits from Reduced Morbidity American Economic Review Proceedings, 71 (1981), 235-240.
January 1, 1981	The Value of Urban Amenities Journal of Regional Science, 21 (1981), 359-374.
January 1, 1980	Inter-city Wage Differentials and the Value of Air Quality with Arriaga-Salinas, A.S. Journal of Urban Economics, 8 (1980), 236-254.
January 1, 1980	Pollution Aspects of Nuclear Energy Use Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 7 (1980), 334-352.
January 1, 1979	The Optimal Extinction of a Renewable Natural Resource with Lee, Dwight; Pannu, S.S. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 6 (1979), 341-349.
January 1, 1978	The Optimal Consumption of a Depletable Natural Resource: An Elaboration, Correction and Extension with Weinstein, Milton; Zeckhauser, Richard Quarterly Journal of Economics, 92 (1978), 337-344.
January 1, 1977	Health, Investment in Health, and Occupational Choice Journal of Political Economy, 85 (1977), 1273-1294.
January 1, 1976	A State Preference Approach to the Precautionary Demand for Money American Economic Review, 66 (1976) 388-394.
January 1, 1976	Regulating Activities with Catastrophic Environmental Effects Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 3 (1976), 1-15.
--	Contingent Valuation with Alberini, Anna The New Pelgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, Editor Peter Newman, London: Macmillan (1998).
--	Economic Incentives for Pollution Control Lecture Notes, American Mathematical Society Short Course on Environmental and Natural Resource Mathematics, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R.I. (1985).

Working Papers

Date	Title
October 1, 2012	How Should Benefits and Costs Be Discounted in an Intergenerational Context Resources for the Future Discussion Paper DP12-42, October 2012
June 1, 2012	The Health Effects of Coal Electricity Generation in India with Ian Partridge; Alex Limonov; Kabir Malik; Shama Gamkhar Resources for the Future Discussion Paper DP12-25, June 2012.
September 1, 2011	Estimating the Impact of Restructuring on Electricity Generation Efficiency: The Case of the Indian Thermal Power Sector with Kabir Malik; Anoop Singh; Alexander Limonov NBER Working Paper 17383, September 2011.
September 1, 2011	The Benefits of Achieving the Chesapeake Bay TMDLs with William Isaac Resources for the Future Discussion Paper DP11-31, September 2011.
July 1, 2011	Policy Response to Pandemic Influenza: The Value of Collective Action with Georgiy Bobashev; Joshua M. Epstein; D. Michael Goedecke; Stephen Hutton; Mead Over NBER Working Paper 17195
March 1, 2011	The Cost of Fuel Economy in the Indian Passenger Vehicle Market with Randy Chugh Resources for the Future Discussion Paper (also NBER Working Paper 16987, April 2011)
March 1, 2011	Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions: Progress and Challenges with Lisa A. Robinson; James K. Hammitt Resources for the Future Discussion Paper DP11-10 (also NBER Working Paper 16971, April 2011)
April 1, 2010	Getting Cars Off the Road: The Cost-Effectivemess of an Episodic Pollution Control Program with Patrick Baur; Yi Jiang; Anna Alberini Resources for the Future Discussion Paper DP10-25
April 1, 2010	Options for Energy Efficiency in India and Barriers to Their Adoption: A Scoping Study with Soma Bhattacharya Resources for the Future Discussion Paper DP11-10
June 1, 2009	The Value of Climate Amenities: Evidence from U.S. Migration Decisions with Paramita Sinha Mimeo
February 1, 2009	Valuing Mortality and Morbidity in the Context of Disaster Risks with Sebnem Sahin Policy Research Working Paper 4832
November 1, 2007	Public Transport Subsidies and Affordability in Mumbai, India with Soma Bhattacharya Policy Research Working Paper 4395
February 1, 2002	Improving Air Quality in Metropolitan Mexico City: An Economic Valuation Policy Research Working Paper 2785

Teaching - Spring 2012

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 422: Econometrics I
ECON 781: Environmental Economics

Teaching - Fall 2011

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 422: Econometrics I

Teaching - Spring 2011

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 423: Econometrics II
ECON 781: Environmental Economics

Teaching - Fall 2010

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 422: Econometrics I

Teaching - Fall 2009

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 422: Econometrics I

Teaching - Spring 2009

Course	Syllabus	WWW
ECON 423: Econometrics II
ECON 781: Environmental Economics

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Department of Economics
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