Associate Professor, Baker School of Public Policy and Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Research
Manning uses optimization, simulation, and econometric methods to study how the economy interacts with natural capital, including land, soil, water, and biodiversity. He studies ways that environmental and natural resource policies can improve environmental resources, productivity, and well-being. His research often focuses on conservation and agriculture, the importance of non-market resources for the market economy and human well-being, and optimal responses to natural hazards. While he leverages natural experiments to identify causal relationships when possible, he also uses economic theory to guide empirical work while developing structural models of economic behavior to characterize policy impacts and the linkages between economic behavior and the natural world.
