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Segerson, Kathleen |
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University of Connecticut |
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Human Environmental Sciences |
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Segerson examines incentive effects of alternative environmental policy instruments, with an emphasis on the application of legal rules and principles to environmental problems. |
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Kathleen Segerson's research has focused primarily on the incentive effects of alternative environmental policy instruments. She uses economic modeling and theory to evaluate alternative policy designs and develop prescriptions for policy improvements that will provide proper incentives for individuals and organizations to engage in environmentally-protective activities. Her research has included applications in a wide range of contexts, including agricultural nonpoint source pollution, groundwater contamination, hazardous waste management, industrial pollution, workplace accidents, land use regulation, protection of marine species, and climate change. She studies both tax and regulation-based policies, as well as the use of voluntary approaches (including payments for ecosystem services) and legal liability rules imposed through statute or judicial action. Her early theoretical work showed how ambient-based approaches can be used to control nonpoint pollution, which triggered a body of experimental work designed to test the theory using laboratory and field experiments. More broadly, her work has led to the development of a general theoretical framework for studying collective policy approaches that treat groups of individuals (such as landowners or fishers) or firms (within, for example, a given location or industry) as a single entity or collective for purposes of policy implementation, an approach that has wide applicability across a variety of contexts. |
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