John Lynham

I’m an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. In the Winter and Spring of 2011, I was a Visiting Professor in the Economics Department at Stanford University. I have an MA and PhD in Economics from the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). I also have a Masters degree in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology from UCSB. I did my undergraduate work at Trinity College, University of Dublin. My research interests are in environmental/resource economics, marine ecology and behavioral economics.

I’m currently a Pacific Century Fellow, class of 2012.

Welcome

Publications

1. • "Can Catch Shares Prevent Fisheries Collapse?" with Christopher Costello and Steven Gaines. (2008) Science, 321, 1678-1681.
   

2. • This paper was reviewed by Geoffrey Heal and Wolfram Schlenker in Nature. It was also chosen by the editors of Nature as their favourite Economics paper published in 2008.
   

3. • Selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology (http://www.f1000biology.com)
   

4. • You can read some coverage of this paper in the popular press here.
   

5. • You can read some important criticism of this paper in an article in Fisheries 34(6).
   

1. • “Diverse Fisheries Require Diverse Solutions: Response” with Christopher Costello, Steven Gaines, Quentin Grafton and Jeremy Prince. (2009) Science, 323, 338-339.
   

1. • “Betting on weight loss … and losing: personal gambles as commitment mechanisms” with Nicholas Burger. (2010) Applied Economics Letters, 17(12): 1161-1166.
   

2. • You can read some coverage of this paper in the popular press here.
   

1. • “Economic Incentives and Global Fisheries Sustainability” with Christopher Costello, Steven Gaines and Sarah Lester. (2010) Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2, 229-318.
   

1. • “The political economy of marine reserves: Understanding the role of opportunity costs” with Martin Smith, James Sanchirico and James Wilson. (2010) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(43), 18300-18305.
   

2. • Selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology (http://www.f1000biology.com)
   

1. • “Field and Online Experiments on Self-Control” with Nicholas Burger and Gary Charness. (2011) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 77(3), 393-404.