The Center for Environmental and Resource Economics Policy (CEnREP) provides leadership in economic research and outreach programs to foster forward-thinking environmental policy for North Carolina and the nation. CEnREP accomplishes these objectives by fostering inter-disciplinary and policy-driven research to solve today’s most pressing environmental and natural resource problems.
CEnREP faculty are economists in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Department of Economics at NC State, who work on collaborative research with natural and social scientists throughout the Research Triangle and surrounding regions of North Carolina.
Faculty and students affiliated with CEnREP have interests in a variety of areas including:
- Agriculture and the environment
- Air quality
- Benefit-Cost analysis
- Commodity Market Analysis
- Dynamic Modeling of Natural Resource Systems
- Economic impacts of climate change
- Environmental valuation methods
- Futures and options markets
- Invasive species policy
- Land use policy
- Natural resources and public policy
- Program evaluation
- Risk analysis, valuation, and management
- Spatial economics
- Water demand management
- Water quality management
In addition to publishing high-quality policy research, CEnREP scholars advise and train policymakers and practitioners by organizing educational and training workshops, disseminating non-technical versions of our research in popular media outlets. In addition, faculty serve on advisory boards for organizations such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Water Resource Research Institute of North Carolina as well as the North Caroline Legislative Commission on Climate Change.
In addition to policy-engagement, our faculty publish in top economics journals and serve as co-editor or on the editorial board of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Environmental and Resource Economics, and Resource and Energy Economics.
CEnREP faculty receive support for their research projects from diverse sources including the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Hewlett Foundation, and the National Science Foundation.
