Education
- DUKE UNIVERSITY – Durham, NC, USA
Nicholas School of the Environment
PhD. Environmental Science & Policy, 2011
Committee chair: Professor Randall A. Kramer - LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY – Appleton, WI, USA
BA (cum laude) in Mathematics-Economics with a minor in Governnment, 2005
Publications
- Marc F. Bellemare; Zachary S. Brown. On the (Mis)Use of Wealth as a Proxy for Risk Aversion. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010. 92(1): 273-282
Job market paper
- Zachary S. Brown. Modelling Pigovian subsidies for malaria prevention, using data from a discrete choice experiment in northern Uganda. October 31, 2010.
Working papers
- Zachary S. Brown; Katherine Dickinson; Randall A Kramer. The qualitative importance of fitness costs in the econonomic management of biocide resistance: An application to malaria control using insecticide spraying. July 2010.
- Zachary S. Brown; David Ocan; Christine Oryema; Daniela Miteva; Joseph Okello-Onen; Randall A. Kramer. A survey to assess household perceptions of indoor residual spraying programs to control malaria in Gulu and Oyam districts of Uganda. July 2010.
- Zachary S. Brown; K. Koelle; R. A. Kramer. Modelling the simultaneous impacts of insecticide and antimalarial resistance in the economic analysis of malaria control portfolios . June 2010.
- Zachary S. Brown; Daniela Miteva; Randall A. Kramer. Revisiting a continuous choice economic experiment to test the Independence Axiom and elicit risk preferences. March 2010.
- Zachary S. Brown. Fully characterizing the set of time consistent functions. January 2010.
Funded research proposals
- Principal Investgator Randall A. Kramer, Co-Principal Investigator Zachary S. Brown. The socio-behavioral determinants of indoor residual insecticide spraying in northern Uganda. National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant in Economics. Funding amount: $14,980.
- Principal Investgator Kramer, Randall A., Co-Principal Investigator Katia Koelle, Doctoral Student Zachary S. Brown. A Bioeconomic Approach to Managing Insecticide Resistance in Malaria Control. Amount: $34,690. Grant awarded on July 1, 2008 by the Center for Comparative Biology of Vulnerable Populations at Duke University.
Conference presentations
- 2010
- Parasite to Prevention, with Malaria Journal (Edinburgh, poster)
EcoHealth Meetings (London, poster)
Applied and Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting (Denver)
World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (Montreal)
Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources (Destin) - 2009
- Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources (Galveston)
Teaching activities
- Fellow. Preparing Future Faculty 2010. Duke University.
- Teaching Assistant. Integrating Environmental Science and Policy. Undergraduate level.
Professional appointments
- Pre-doctoral researcher . Summer 2009/2010. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Vienna, Austria.
- Intern. 2007. Resources for the Future.
- Intern. Fall 2005 - Summer 2006. Sustainable Communities Project. Student Conservation Association. Summersville, WV.
- Intern. Fall 2004. UN Commision for Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago, Chile.
- Biological technician. Summers 2002/2003. US Fish and Wildlife Service. Elkins, WV.
Honors awards and achievements
- Peccei Award 2009, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Professional associations
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
- Agriculutural and Applied Economics Association
Technical experience
- Research software: Mathematica, STATA, Matlab, Excel
References
- Randall A. Kramer. Dissertation advisor. Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University. Phone: (919) 613-8072 Email: kramer@duke.edu
- Martin D. Smith. Dissertation committee member. Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University. Phone: (919) 613-8028 Email: marsmith@duke.edu
Last updated: November 1, 2010
