Two Applications Of Interdisciplinary Modeling In Environmental Economics

This dissertation is an investigation of two topics in environmental and natural resource economics. In the first two chapters, I use dynamic optimization and spatial modeling techniques to analyze wildlife disease management policies. In these chapters I integrate techniques from the ecology literature, including resource selection functions, into an economic valuation framework. In the third chapter, I develop an equilibrium model in which a subset of investors divest from companies based on environmental criteria. The model includes both investor behavior and firm production and abatement decisions, thereby linking green investing strategies to emissions outcomes. This approach bridges the gap between models of socially-responsible investing found in the finance literature and the environmental outcomes of interest to economists and policy makers.