Robert Mendelsohn

Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor of Forest Policy & Professor of Economics at Yale School of Management

Schools

  • Yale School of Management

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Biography

Yale School of Management

Robert Mendelsohn's research has focused on the valuation of the environment. He has developed methods to value natural ecosystems and pollution. His most recent work values the impacts of climate change around the world. He has also contributed to studies of nonrenewable resources, forest management, carbon sequestration in forests, and climate adaptation.

Education

  • PhD , Yale University, 1978
  • BA , Harvard University, 1973

Publications

2019 Journal Article Schiavo, J. G. and R. Mendelsohn. “The effect of domestic air pollution mitigation and fracking on retirements of coal power plants.” Climate Change Economics 10.2 (2019): 1950008. DOI: 10.1142/S201000781950008

Journal Articl Zhang, SH., R. Mendelsohn, C. Wang, and WJ. Cai. “Evaluating environmental tax rates for power plants in BTH area based on marginal damage estimation: An Integrated Assessment.” Energy Procedia 158 (2019): 3923-3929. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.851

2018 Journal Article Yoo, J.and R. Mendelsohn. “Sensitivity of Mitigation to the Optimal Global Temperature: An Experiment with Dice.” Climate Change Economics 9.2 (2018): 185003. DOI: 10.1142/S2010007818500033

Journal Article Massetti, E. and R. Mendelsohn. “Measuring Climate Adaptation: Methods and Evidence.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 12.2 (2018): 324-341. DOI: 10.1093/reep/rey007

2017 Journal Article Favero, A., R. Mendelsohn, and B. Sohngen. “Using forests for climate mitigation: sequester carbon or produce woody biomass?.” Climatic Change 144.2 (2017): 195-206. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-2034-9

Journal Article Ali Akram, A. and R. Mendelsohn. “Agricultural water allocation efficiency in a developing country canal irrigation system.” Environmental and Development Economics 22.5 (2017): 571-593. DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X17000171

Journal Article Mendelsohn, R. O. and E. Massetti. “The Use of Cross-Sectional Analysis to Measure Climate Impacts on Agriculture: Theory and Evidence.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 11.2 (2017): 280-298. DOI: 10.1093/reep/rex017

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