I am an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, an NBER Faculty Research Fellow, an CERP Research Affiliate, and an affiliated faculty at the Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) at the University of Chicago. I work at the intersection of economics and conservation. My work addresses three broad questions: (i) how do natural inputs, namely animals, contribute to different production functions of interest, (ii) how do market dynamics reduce natural habitats and lead to declining wildlife population levels, and (iii) what are the costs, indirect ones in particular, of conservation policies.
These areas of research present a causal inference challenge as manipulating ecosystems and species at large scales is often infeasible. I draw on natural experiments from ecology and policy, and use econometric techniques to advance our understanding regarding the social cost of biodiversity losses.
Contact me:
Office 2057, Keller Center
1307 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Email: eyalfrank@uchicago.edu