Selected Presentations

Coqui Frogs and the Decline of Property Values on the Island of Hawaii, with Brooks Kaiser. Hawaii State Legislature, Joint Energy & Environmental Protection (EEP) and Agriculture (AGR) Information Briefing on the Economics of Invasive Species, January 30, 2007.

The Economics of Hawaii's Invasive Species,” Hawaii Preparatory Academy, February 17, 2006.


Translating Invasive Species Science into Policy,” Oahu Invasive Species Committee General Meeting, February 1, 2006.


2005 Economic Education Case Study Project: Lessons from the Field,” with Michael Kimmitt. 3rd Annual Economic and Financial Literacy Conference, Learning for Life, Honolulu, HI, November 8 2005.

Control of Invasive Species: Lessons from Miconia in Hawaii,” with Brooks Kaiser, Basharat Pitafi, and James Roumasset. Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 4-8 2005

Integrating Prevention and Control of Invasive Species: Brown Treesnake,” with Brooks Kaiser, Basharat Pitafi, and James Roumasset. Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 4-8 2005

Introductions of Invasive Species: Failure of the Weaker Link.” Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association’s Invasive Species Workshop, Annapolis, MA, June 14-15 2005

Environmental Resources and Economic Growth,” with James Roumasset and Hua Wang. China’s Economic Transition: Origins, Mechanism, and Consequences Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 5-7 2004.