John Lynham

 

I’m an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. 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.

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Email: lynham@hawaii.edu

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Department of Economics, Saunders Hall 532,

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa,

2424 Maile Way,

Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: (808)-956-8280

Fax: (808)-956-4347


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  1. "Can Catch Shares Prevent Fisheries Collapse?" with Christopher Costello and Steven Gaines. (2008) Science, 321:5896.

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





  1. “Diverse Fisheries Require Diverse Solutions: Response” with Christopher Costello, Steven Gaines, Quentin Grafton and Jeremy Prince, Science, 323, 16 January 2009, 338-339.






  1. “Betting on Weight Loss … And Losing: Personal Gambles as Commitment Mechanisms” with Nicholas Burger, Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

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






  1. “The political economy of marine reserves: Understanding the role of opportunity costs” with Martin Smith, James Sanchirico and James Wilson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, forthcoming.






  1. “Economic Incentives and Global Fisheries Sustainability” with Christopher Costello, Steven Gaines and Sarah Lester, Annual Review of Resource Economics, forthcoming.