Sh e ila M. Olm ste ad Fellow 202.328.5163 olmstead@rff.org
Climate: Climate Adaptation, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation Energy: Shale Gas Forests: Wildfire Management International: Asia Land Use: Green Infrastructure Policy and Analysis: Benefit–Cost Analysis, Information Disclosure, Regulation, Valuation Water: Clean Water Act, Drinking Water, Water Quality
Sheila Olmstead joined RFF as a fellow in 2010, after eight years on the faculty at Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Her research focuses on natural resource management and pollution control, with a particular emphasis on water resource economics. Her current research projects examine the environmental externalities associated with shale gas development in the United States, regulatory avoidance under the US Safe Drinking Water Act, the influence of federal fire suppression policy on land development in the American West, and free riding in dam placement and water withdrawals in transboundary river basins. Education • PhD in public policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2002 • MA in public affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 1996 • BA in political and social thought, University of Virginia, 1992 Selected Publications The Value of Scarce Water: Measuring the Inefficiency of Municipal Regulations (with E.T. Mansur), Journal of Urban Economics, Feb. 2012. An Expanded Three-Part Architecture for Post-2012 International Climate Policy (with R.N. Stavins), Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Dec. 2011. The Role of Land Use in Adaptation to Increased Precipitation and Flooding: A Case Study in Wisconsin’s Lower Fox River Basin (with C. Kousky, M.A. Walls, A. Stern, and M.K. Macauley), RFF Report, Nov. 2011.
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