Soren T. Anderson [curriculum vitae]
Contact Information
M106 Lorch Hall
611 Tappan Street [map]
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
Phone: 734-945-6921
Fax: 734-764-2769 (department)
E-mail: sorenta[at]umich.edu
Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~sorenta
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Economics, University of Michigan, 2003 - present
M.A., Economics, University of Michigan, 2005
B.A., Economics and Mathematics (minor), Macalester College, 2001
Undergraduate honors thesis: The Effect of Open Space on Residential Property Values in St. Paul, MN [*.pdf]
Fields of Interest
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Public Finance
Dissertation
Title: Three Essays on Emerging Markets for Biofuels [*.pdf abstract]
Chapter 1: The Demand for Ethanol as a Gasoline Substitute [*.pdf], January, 2008
Chapter 2: The Market for New Flexible-Fuel Vehicles, (with James Sallee)
Chapter 3: Chickens, Eggs, and Alternative Fueling Infrastructure
Experience
Research Assistant, Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2006 - present
Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, DC, 2005 - 2006
Research Assistant, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, 2001 - 2003
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Econometrics, Macalester College Department of Economics, 2000
Publications
Healthy Waters, Strong Economy: The Benefits of Restoring the Great Lakes Ecosystem [*.pdf], (with John C. Austin, Paul N. Courant, and Robert E. Litan), The Brookings Institution, September 2007, (Summary of detailed report titled, America's North Coast: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Program to Protect and Restore the Great Lakes [*.pdf])
Open Space, Residential Property Values, and Spatial Context [abstract][*.pdf pre-publication version], (with Sarah West), Regional Science and Urban Economics 36 (6): 773 - 789, 2006
Private Markets, Contracts, and Government Provision: What Explains the Organization of Local Waste and Recycling Markets? [abstract] (with Margaret Walls and Molly Macauley), Urban Affairs Review 40 (5), 2005
Prospects for Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies [*.pdf], (with Richard Newell), Annual Review of Environment and Resources 29: 109 - 142, 2004
Information Programs for Technology Adoption: The Case of Energy-Efficiency Audits [abstract], (with Richard Newell), Resource and Energy Economics 26 (1): 27 - 50, 2004
Simplified Marginal Effects in Discrete Choice Models [abstract][correction], (with Richard Newell), Economics Letters 81 (3): 321 - 326, 2003
The Effect of Open Space on Single Family, Residential Home Property Values [*.pdf], Macalester Journal of Economics, 2000
Work in progress
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Value of Open Space on the Urban Fringe, (with Sarah West)
The Value of Open Space: A Meta-Analysis, (with Margaret Walls and Rebecca Lewis)
Optimal Infection Control Policy, (with Ramanan Laxminarayan and Stephen Salant), August, 2004
Press Coverage
Running on Empty [*.pdf], Sally Pobojewski. M-LSA Magazine (University of Michigan alumni magazine), Fall 2007.
Presentations
The Demand for E85 Ethanol (research sketch), Workshop on Public Policy and the Environment, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Summer Institute, Cambridge, MA, 2007
E85 Customer Acceptance, Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA) Spring Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 2007
The Demand for E85 Ethanol, Annual Research Conference on Gasoline and Oil Markets, University of California Energy Institute (UCEI) Center for the Study of Energy Markets (CSEM), Berkeley, CA, 2006
Open Space, Residential Property Values, and Spatial Context, European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics, Venice, Italy, 2005
The Effect of Open Space on Residential Property Values in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Camp Resources X, Wilmington, NC, 2002
Fellowships, Grants, Awards, and Honors
Policy Research Grant, Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2007
Graduate Student Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2006
Participant and Scholarship Recipient, European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics, 2005
Environmental Protection Agency STAR Graduate Fellowship, 2004 - 2008
Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003 and 2004
Regents Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2003
Winner, Minnesota Economics Association Undergraduate Thesis Competition, 2001
Phi Beta Kappa, Macalester College, 2001
Magna Cum Laude, Macalester College, 2001
Mike McEwen Scholar-Athlete Prize in Economics, Macalester College, 2001
Editor, Macalester Journal of Economics, 2001
Winner, Minnesota Economics Association Undergraduate Term Paper Competition, 2000
John Dozier Prize for Excellence in Economics, Macalester College, 2000
Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honor Society, 2000 - 2001 Vice-President of Macalester Chapter
Pi Mu Epsilon, Mathematics Honor Society, 2000
National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist, 1997
Referee
Eastern Economic Journal, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Transportation Research Board