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Meet our new faculty: Joseph Shapiro, resource economics

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Name: Joseph Shapiro
College: College of Natural Resources, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Degrees: B.A. in Economics, Stanford, 2003; M.Sc. in economics for development, Oxford, 2006; M.Sc. in statistics, LSE, 2007; Ph.D. in economics, MIT, 2013,
Research interests: My research investigates the efficiency and effectiveness of environmental policy. I particularly study the relationship of trade and the environment, and defenses people undertake to protect themselves against pollution and climate change.

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