Dr. Yusuke Kuwayama
Associate Professor · Tenured
Department of Economics School of Public Policy
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
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About
Dr. Kuwayama’s research focuses on the economics of water resource management and the societal value of scientific information. Prior to joining the School of Public Policy faculty at UMBC, he spent nine years as an economist at Resources for the Future (RFF), a non-profit think tank in Washington, DC that seeks to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. He received his Ph.D. (2011) in Agricultural and Applied Economics and M.S. (2006) in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an A.B. in Economics from Amherst College (2004).Research interests
Environmental and natural resource economics; Water resource management; Integrated socio-environmental systems; Science policyTeaching interests
Statistics and econometrics; Benefit-cost analysis; Environmental economics and policyEducation
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Ph D, Agricultural and Applied Economics
— University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011) Properties of Natural Systems and the Efficiency of Market-Based Solutions to Environmental Externalities
- MS, Economics — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006)
- BA, Economics — Amherst College (2004)