Brooks M. Depro


Contact Information:

RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Road
RTP, NC  27709

Office Phone: (919)-541-6729
E-Mail: bmd@rti.org

Links to Military Service

Curriculum Vitae (.pdf ) 

Education

  • Ph.D. Economics, expected Fall 2008, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  • M.E. Economics, 2003, North Carolina Statue University, Raleigh, NC
  • B.A. Economics, 1997, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Research Interests

  • Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconometrics

Dissertation Title

  • Essays in Environmental Migration

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

 

·         Depro, B.M., B. Murray, R.J. Alig, and A. Shanks. Forthcoming. “Public Land, Timber Harvests, and Climate Mitigation: Quantifying Carbon Sequestration Potential on U.S. Public Timberlands.” Forest Ecology and Management.

·         Hartman, D., and B.M. Depro. 2006. “Re-Thinking Sports-Based Community Crime Prevention.” Journal of Sport and Social Issues 30(2):180-196.

 

Book Chapters

 

·         Ross, M., B.M. Depro, S.K. Pattanayak. Forthcoming. “Assessing the Economy-Wide Effects of the PSA Program” In Ecomarkets: Costa Rica’s Experience with Payments for Environmental Services, G. Platais and S. Pagiola (eds.).

·         Pattanayak, S.K., and B.M. Depro. 2004. “Valuing Environmental Services from Agroforestry: Economics of Soil and Forest Conservation in Manggarai, Indonesia.” In Valuing Agroforestry Systems: Methods and Applications, J. Alavalapati and E. Mercer (eds.), The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

Selected Presentations

 

·         Van Houtven, G.L., S.K. Pattanayak, S.R. Patil, B.M. Depro, V. Smith, and N. Kuminoff. "Structural Benefits Transfer for Ecosystem Valuation: Preference Calibration and Structural Meta-Analysis." Presented at EPA Workshop "Valuation for Environmental Policy: Ecological Benefits", Arlington, VA, April 23, 2007

·         Ross, M.T., B.M. Depro, and S.K. Pattanayak. “Payments, Promises, and Protection: A General Equilibrium Assessment of Market Incentives for Forest Conservation in Costa Rica.” Presented at EcoMarkets Workshop, San Jose, Costa Rica, September 22, 2006.

·         Pattanayak, S.K., M.T. Ross, and B.M. Depro. “Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, and Infectious Diseases: Integrating Surveys with CGE Models.” Presented at Biodiversity and Human Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Examining the Links, Washington, DC, September 14, 2006.

·         Van Houtven, G.L., S.K. Pattanayak, and B.M. Depro. “Benefits Transfer of the Third Kind: Why Bother with Benefits Transfer?” Presented at the American Economics Association Meetings, Boston, MA, January 6-8, 2006.

·         Ross, M.T., B.M. Depro, and S.K. Pattanayak. “A General Equilibrium Assessment of Forest Protection in Costa Rica.” Presented at Camp Resources XIII, Wilmington, NC, August 11-12, 2005.

 

Working Papers

·         Depro, B.M. and S.K. Pattanayak.  2008.  “Large-Scale Direct-Payment Systems for Ecosystem Services: Can Interactions Within Vertically Related Markets Limit Their Effectiveness?”  Manuscript.

·         Depro, B. M.  and C. Timmins. 2007. “Which Freight Crossing Will They Choose Now? Measuring the Benefits of Border Facility Improvements Using Sorting Model Logic.” RTI International.  White Paper.

·         Depro, B.M., and A. Thomas. 2003. “Complementing Chalk and Talk: The Case of the Walrasian Auctioneer.” Economic Research Network Educator. http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=390780.

 

 

 



last updated January  9, 2008