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College / Department

School of Business Administration

Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Microeconomics, Environmental and Resource Economics

Research areas

Environmental and Resource Economics, Ecological Economics, Behavioral Economics

Education

PhD, Applied Economics, Cornell University, United States

Professional experience

Visiting Assistant Professor at Bates College, United States(2014 - 2015)

Research Associate at The Energy and Resources Institute, India(2004 - 2007)

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 4691

Dr. Adrian Lopes

Assistant Professor

PhD in Economics, Cornell University, USA

Before coming to AUS, Adrian Lopes taught at the Economics Department at Bates College in the US. There he taught courses on microeconomics, environmental economics and resource economics'all of which are also among his research interests. Dr. Lopes was awarded the Joseph Fisher Fellowship from Resources for the Future in Washington, DC, for his PhD dissertation research. A native of India, he worked as a consultant in environmental and developmental policy at The Energy and Resources Institute in India prior to his academic career.

Publications

Adrian Lopes, Shadi Atallah, Worshipping the Tiger: Modeling Non-use Existence Values of Wildlife Spiritual Services, Published, Environmental and Resource Economics, 76, 1, pp. 69-90, 2020

Adrian Lopes, Ajalavat Viriyavipart, Dina Tasneem, The role of social influence in crop residue management: Evidence from Northern India, Published, Ecological Economics, 169, pp. 106563, 2020

Adrian Lopes, Transnational links in rhino poaching and the black-market price of rhino horns, Published, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 63, 1, pp. 95-115, 2019

Jon Conrad, Adrian Lopes, Poaching and the dynamics of a protected species, Published, Resource and Energy Economics, 48, pp. 55-67, 2017

Adrian Lopes, Jon Conrad, Poaching and the Protection of an Endangered Species: A Game-Theoretic Approach, Published, Strategic Behavior and the Environment, 6, 1-2, pp. 37-72, 2016

Adrian Lopes, Organized Crimes Against Nature: Elephants in Southern Africa, Published, Natural Resource Modeling, 28, 1, pp. 86-107, 2015

Adrian Lopes, Civil unrest and the poaching of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India, Published, Ecological Economics, 103, pp. 20-28, 2014

Conference Presentations

Adrian Lopes, On Extrinsic And Intrinsic Incentives To Control Rice Straw Burning: Experimental Evidence From India, Behavioral Research in Economics Workshop, Ahmedabad, India, December, 2019

ADRIAN LOPES, Worshipping The Tiger For Its Own Sake, Southern Economics Association, Washington, DC, United States, November, 2018

Adrian Lopes, Transnational Links in Rhino Poaching and the Black Market Price of Rhino Horns, Congress of the International Society for Ecological Economics , Puebla, Mexico, September, 2018

ADRIAN LOPES, Worshipping The Tiger For Its Own Sake, Congress of the International Society for Ecological Economics , Puebla, Mexico, September, 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Faculty Research Grant (Small) One Year Award: FRG20-S-B79, American University of Sharjah, 2021

Faculty Research Grant (Regular) Two Year Award: FRG17-R-49, American University of Sharjah, 2019

Awards and Honors

Joseph Fisher Fellowship for PhD Dissertation, 2014

Richard Aplin Teaching Excellence Award, Cornell University, 2011

E. Ray Cowden Scholarship, University of Arizona, 2010

Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship, 2009

Other creative/research

Ganguly, Anirban, Adrian Lopes. "Participatory Forest Management in India: Benefit Flows and Equity." In Biodiversity conservation in India: Management practices, livelihood concerns and future options, edited by Bidhan Kanti Das, Ajit Banerjee,298. New Delhi: Concept Publishing, 2013.