Donna Ramirez-Harrington, an
Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics received her B.S. in
Economics (1996) from the University of the Philippines and Ph.D.
(2004) in Environmental, Natural Resource and Production Economics from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She comes to the
UVM Economics Department from the University of Guelph where she was an
Assistant Professor from September 2004 until August 2007.
Her research interests are in the field of environmental economics with
emphasis on firm strategy and the environment, specifically
game-theoretic modeling of oligopolistic competition, empirical
analysis of the environmental technology adoption and voluntary
environmental initiatives. Other research interests include
environmental information disclosure mechanisms for climate change and
resource policy, economic growth and sustainability, and corporate
environmental management.
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TEACHING
EC 133 Environmental Economics and Policy
Syllabus
12:30 - 1:10 MWF Fall 2007
EC 230 Cost-benefit Analysis
3:30 - 5:00 TR
Spring 2008
EC 12 Principles of Microeconomics
8:00 - 9:30 TR
Spring 2008
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS AND FORTHCOMING
CONTRIBUTIONS
D.R. Harrington, M. Khanna, G.
Deltas, "Striving to be Green: The Adoption of Total Quality
Environmental Management, Forthcoming at Applied Economics, 2007.
Brouhle, K. and D.R. Harrington,
"Firm Strategy and the Canadian Voluntary Climate Registry (VCR)",
Accepted at Business Strategy and
the Environment.
A.W. Ando and D.R. Harrington,
"Student-friendly TDP Game," Journal
of Economic Education, April 2006.
D.R. Harrington, M. Khanna and
D. Zilberman, "Conservation Capital and Sustainable Economic Growth," Oxford Economic Papers,
57(2):336-359, April 2005.
B.J. Deaton and D.R. Harrington,
"Natural Resources Policy: A Pragmatic Approach," in J.D. Ackerman and
W. Chesworth (eds), Health and the
Planet. Hammond Lecturer Series, Faculty of Environmental
Sciences, University of Guelph, December 2005.
M. Khanna and D.T. Ramirez, "Effectiveness of Voluntary Approaches:
Implications for Climate Change Mitigation," In Baranzini, A. and P.
Thalmann, (eds), Voluntary
Agreements in Climate Policies: An Assessment. Edward
Elgar, 2004.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Adoption of Pollution Prevention Techniques: The Role of Management
Systems, Demand-Side Factors and Complementary Assets (with M. Khanna
and G. Deltas), Under review
Green Management and the Nature of Technical Innovation (with M. Khanna
and G. Deltas), Under review
WORKING PAPERS
Adoption of Pollution Prevention Technologies: The Role of
Environmental, Technology and Management Policies on Environmental
Innovation.
Evaluating an Environmental Right: Public Comment and Government
Decision Making in Ontario (with B.J. Deaton and A. Lintner).
EU Agri-Environment Programmes and WTO Requirements for Payment
Calculations: Exploring Key Issues in a Transatlantic Context (with G.
Schwarz and F. Offermann).
Market with Environmentally Conscious Consumers, (with G. Deltas and M.
Khanna).
Environmental Subsidies with Firm Asymmetries, (with G. Deltas and M.
Khanna).
Seeking Proactive Compliance: Incentives for Environmental Audits,
(with W.Q. Anton).
TECHNICAL POLICY REPORTS
Use of Fuel Tax and Differentiation in
Vehicular Pollution Control in Metro Manila, (with R. Manasan, M. delos
Angeles, and A. Inocencio), 1998, ENRAP4 Policy Studies Report, United
States Agency for International Development, in cooperation with
Edgevale Associates and Resources, Environment and Economics Center for
Studies, Inc.
Alternative Policies to Control Lead
Emissions from Motor Vehicles in Metro Manila, (with R. Manasan, and
M.S. delos Angeles), 1998, ENRAP4 Policy Studies Report, United
States Agency for International Development, in cooperation with
Edgevale Associates and Resources, Environment and Economics Center for
Studies, Inc.
Alternative Policies to Control PM10 Emissions
from Motor Vehicles in Metro Manila, (with R. Manasan, and M.S. delos
Angeles), 1998, ENRAP4 Policy Studies Report, United States Agency for
International Development, in cooperation with Edgevale Associates and
Resources, Environment and Economics Center for Studies, Inc.'
