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  My research applies quantitative empirical and theoretical methods to study the design and evaluation of policy instruments for the conservation of natural resources. 

• Topics I work on include the management of marine populations and habitats, land-use, marine and terrestrial biodiversity conservation, invasive species management, provision of ecosystem services, and the design of market based policies, such as individual fishing quota systems.

• Tools I employ include optimal control theory, differential equations, and constrained optimization techniques, household surveys, spatial statistics, and time series and cross-sectional econometric techniques.

  An important part of my research philosophy is communicating the results of the research to non-academic audiences, such as in web commentaries, op-ed pieces, and articles in magazines.  My research has also been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Science News, National Public Radio Science Fridays, The Economist, and Greenwire News Service.

  Recently, I testified to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee for Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard. A copy of my testimony is available for download and a video is also available.  I also serve on NOAA's Science Advisory Board and on the editorial councils at the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

   Examples of recent publications (<2 years old) are (Click for a copy of CV):

• Holland, D., J.N. Sanchirico, R. Johnston and D. Kopklar. An Introduction to Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Based Coastal Management. Resources for the Future Press. Approx. 250 pages. Forthcoming 2009.

• Smith, M.., J. N. Sanchirico, and J.E. Wilen. The Economics of Spatial-Dynamic Processes: Applications to Renewable Resources. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Forthcoming 2009.

• Broad, K. and J.N. Sanchirico. Local perspectives on marine reserve creation in the Bahamas. Ocean and Coastal Management. Forthcoming 2008

• Sanchirico, J.N. and J.E. Wilen. Economically optimal management of a metapopulation. In Spatial Ecology (S. Cantrell, eds). Chapman and Hall. Forthcoming 2009.

• Armsworth, P. and J.N. Sanchirico. The Effectiveness of Buying Easements as a Conservation Strategy. Conservation Letters. Forthcoming 2008.

• Eagle, J., J.N. Sanchirico and B. Thompson. Ocean Zoning and Spatial Access Privileges: Rewriting the Tragedy of the Regulated Ocean. New York University Environmental Law Journal. Forthcoming, Nov. 2008.

• Harborne A. R., P. J. Mumby, C. V. Kappel, C. P. Dahlgren, F. Micheli, K. E. Holmes, J. N. Sanchirico, K. Broad, I. A. Elliott and D. R. Brumbaugh. Reserve effects versus natural variation in coral reef communities. Journal of Applied Ecology. (2008): 45:1010-1018

• Sanchirico, J.N. and J. Wilen. Sustainable use of Renewable Resources: Implications of Spatial-Dynamic Ecological and Economic Processes. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics (2007): 1:3567-405.

• Mumby PJ, Broad K, Brumbaugh DR, Dahlgren CP, Harborne AR, Hastings A, Holmes KE, Kappel CV, Micheli F, and Sanchirico JN. Coral reef habitats as surrogates of species, ecological functions and ecosystem services. Conservation Biology (2008): 22(4):941-951.

• Sanchirico, James N., M. Smith, and D. Lipton. An approach to ecosystem-based fishery management. Ecological Economics (2008): 64(13): 586-596.

• Newell, R., Papps, K., and J. N. Sanchirico. Asset Pricing in Created Markets for Fishing Quota. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 89(2) (May 2007): 259–272.

• Duce, R, N. Targett, D. Breitberg, D. Conover, C. Cooper, C. Ballard, G. Galloway, W. Kuperman, R. Lukas, J. Sanchirico, A. Solow, and D. Hawk. A review of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy. National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington D.C. 2007.

   I am also a University Fellow at Resources for the Future (Washington DC)  and a Research affiliate at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Institute (Wellington NZ).