New Issue of Positive Externalities
The new winter issue of our news about alumni and friends is now available from the newsletters page of the publications section.

New book from Professor Dean Lueck
Just published by RFF Press and available from routledge.com is Wildfire Policy: Law and Economics Perspectives, edited by Karen Bradshaw and AREC’s Professor Dean Lueck. This book reflects the first-ever forum for law and economics scholars to apply the analysis and methodologies of their field to the subject of wildfire. The only modern legal work on wildfire, the book brings together leading scholars to consider questions such as: How can public policy address the effects of climate change on wildfire, and wildfire on climate change? Are the environmental and fiscal costs of ex ante prevention measures justified? What are the appropriate levels of prevention and suppression responsibility borne by private, state, and federal actors? Can tort liability provide a solution for realigning the grossly distorted incentives that currently exist for private landowners and government firefighters? Do the existing incentives in wildfire institutions provide incentives for efficient private and collective action and how might they be improved? SBN-10: 1933115955 | ISBN-13: 978-1933115955

New book from Professor Bruce Beattie
AREC Professor Bruce Beattie has just published a new collection of papers suitable for use in senior-level undergraduate and beginning graduate courses in microeconomic theory, particularly production theory. Titled Readings in Production and Consumption Economics: Collected Papers of B.R. Beattie and Friends, the book may be freely downloaded and printed. It is also available for purchase.

Kevin Ray wins WSP Graduate Fellowship Award
Current AREC grad student Kevin Ray has just been selected to receive a Water Sustainability Program Graduate Fellowship Award. It is a competitive award funded through the University of Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund. Kevin joins fellow AREC grad student Todd Gaston in becoming a WSP graduate fellow. Todd was selected in 2010. Congratulations to both students!