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 | Gloria Helfand
Visiting Associate Professor
Ph.D. Agricultural & Resource Economics, 1988, University of California, Berkeley
M.A. Technology and Human Affairs, 1981, Washington University
B.A. English Literature, 1978, Swarthmore College
Contact Information
University of Michigan
School of Natural Resources & Environment
The University of Michigan
3546 Dana Bldg. 440 Church St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
Phone: 734-764-6529
Fax: 734-936-2195
Email: ghelfand@umich.edu | | About Gloria Helfand
Research interests include the incentives associated with pollution policies in a variety of contexts, the distributional effects of environmental programs, policy analysis, and a range of environmental issues.
Awards & Grants:
Dr. Helfand serves on the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She is currently an Associate Editor of Land Economics, and she has served as Associate Editor for both the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Research Interests:
Much of my work has examined the effects of different pollution control instruments in various settings, ranging from theory to empirical applications, from agricultural runoff to ground-level ozone. My interests include the distributional effects of environmental policies, and I have at times dabbled in issues relating to management of federally owned lands. I have found economics a very useful paradigm for examining human behavior in relationship to the environment and for suggesting means to correct destructive activities.
Teaching Interests:
Environmental issues are issues because there are tradeoffs involved: there are winners and losers associated with environmental protection (or with not protecting the environment). In my courses and research supervision, I encourage students to think about the gains and losses associated with a proposed policy, as well as who gains and who loses. I also try to provide them with theories and quantitative methods to analyze these problems. Understanding all sides of an issue as well as the big picture improves the ability to find solutions to these problems.
Homepage
http://www.snre.umich.edu/contact/faculty-detail.php?people_id=100
Curriculum Vitae
http://www.snre.umich.edu/people/cv/ghelfandcv.pdf
Publications
Publications can be found at the following link - Publications
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