Lori S. Bennear, Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy

Environmental and natural resource economics, applied microeconomics, and empirical methods. Her research focuses on estimating the effect of different regulatory innovations on measures of facility-level environmental performance, such as pollution levels, chemical use, and technology choice. Recent work has focused on measuring the effectiveness of management-based regulations, which require each regulated entity to develop its own internal rules and initiates to achieve reductions in pollution, as well as the effectiveness of regulations that mandate public reporting of toxic emissions.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	A125 LSRC
Office Phone:	(919) 613-8083
Email Address:
Web Page:	www.duke.edu/lds5

Teaching (Fall 2012):

• PUBPOL 275.01, U S ENVIRONMENTAL POL Synopsis

  LSRC A156, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

  (also cross-listed as ENVIRON 212.01)

• ENVIRON 520.01, RESOURCE & ENVIRON ECON I Synopsis

  French Sci 2231, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ECON 530.01, PUBPOL 576.01)

• ENVIRON 521.01, RESOURCE & ENVIRON ECON II Synopsis

  French Sci 2231, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ECON 531.01, PUBPOL 580.01)

Education:

PhD	Harvard University
MA	Yale University
AB	Occidental College

Specialties:

Economics
environmental economics
Public Policy
environmental policy

Research Interests: Environmental Economics. Evaluation of effectiveness of environmental regulations

Curriculum Vitae

Working Papers   (More Publications)

1. L.S. Bennear, M. Baker-Goering, M. Lenox, The Effectiveness of Information Disclosure: An Examination of the TRI (2008)
2. M.B. Sullivan, L.S. Bennear, W.E. Painter, Jr., A Quasi-experimental Examination of Family Centered Treatment®: Outcomes for a Juvenile Delinquent Population (2008)
3. L.S. Bennear and K.L. Dickinson, The Role of Program Evaluation in Environmental Policy: A Critical Evaluation of the Incentives Created by GPRA and PART. (2008) [pdf]

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. L.S. Bennear, What Do We Really Know: The Effect Of Reporting Thresholds On Inference Using Environmental Right-To-Know Data, Regulation and Governance, vol. 2 no. 3 (2008), pp. 293-315 [x]
2. L.S. Bennear and S.M. Olmstead, The Impacts of the "Right to Know": Information Disclosure and the Violation of Drinking Water Standards, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 56 no. 2 (2008), pp. 117-130
3. L.S. Bennear and R.N. Stavins, Second-Best Theory and the Use of Multiple Policy Instruments, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 37 no. 1 (2007), pp. 111-129
4. L.S. Bennear, Are Management-Based Regulations Effective?, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 26 no. 2 (2007), pp. 327-348
5. L.S. Bennear, R.N. Stavins, A. Wagner, Private Options to Use Public Goods: Using Revealed Preferences to Estimate Environmental Benefits, Journal of Regulatory Economics, vol. 28 no. 2 (2005), pp. 157-180
6. Bennear, Lori S. and Cary Coglianese, Measuring Progress: Program Evaluation of Environmental Policies, Environment, vol. 47 no. 2 (2005), pp. 22-39
7. L.S. Bennear with Nolan Miller and Robert Stavins, The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, vol. 93 no. 2 (2003), pp. 431-435
8. L.S. Bennear with Tom Boer, James Sadd, and Manuel Pastor, Every Breath You Take: The Demographics of Toxic Air Releases in Southern California, Economic Development Quarterly, vol. 13 no. 2 (May, 1999)
9. L.S. Bennear with Tom Boer, James Sadd, and Manuel Pastor, Is There Environmental Racism: An Empirical Analysis of the Geographical Distribution of Hazardous Waste Facilities in Los Angeles County, Social Science Quarterly (December, 1997)
10. L.S. Bennear, Evaluating Management-Based Regulation: A Valuable Tool in the Regulatory Tool Box?, in Leveraging the Private Sector: Management-Based Strategies for Improving Environmental Performance, edited by Coglianese, Cary and Jennifer Nash (2006), Washington DC: Resources for the Future Press
11. C. Coglianses and L.S. Bennear, Program Evaluation of Environmental Policies: Toward Evidence-Based Decision Making, in Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities, edited by Brewer, G.D. and P.C. Stern (2005), National Academies Press, Washington, DC
12. L.S. Bennear, Katrina K Jessoe, and Sheila M. Olmstead, Sampling Out: Regulatory Design and the Total Coliform Rule, Environ Sci & Technol (Submitted, 2008)
13. L.S. Bennear, M. Baker-Goering, M. Lenox, The Effectiveness of Information Disclosure: An Examination of the TRI (2008)
14. M.B. Sullivan, L.S. Bennear, W.E. Painter, Jr., A Quasi-experimental Examination of Family Centered Treatment®: Outcomes for a Juvenile Delinquent Population (2008)
15. L.S. Bennear and K.L. Dickinson, The Role of Program Evaluation in Environmental Policy: A Critical Evaluation of the Incentives Created by GPRA and PART. (2008) [pdf]

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