Amy W. Ando
University Fellow
Amy W. Ando is a Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics. She earned a BA in economics from Williams College in 1990 and a PhD in economics from MIT in 1996. Before joining Illinois she worked as a Fellow in Resources for the Future, where she now serves as a University Fellow. Ando’s research focuses primarily on the economics of species and habitat conservation. That work includes research to inform optimal conservation planning, understand actual conservation behavior, improve aquatic habitat through better stormwater management policy, and develop planning tools reduce the uncertainty in conservation outcomes from climate change. She has also done research to estimate the values of environmental improvements and to improve urban stormwater management policy. Her research has been funded by grants from sources including the NSF, EPA, and USDA-NIFA and has been published in Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and numerous other scholarly journals and books. Ando has served as a handling editor for three major journals in her field, has twice served on the elected Board of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (currently as Vice President), and has worked on numerous review panels for the National Science Foundation. She has provided expert advisory service to agencies and NGOs including the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Agriculture, the City of Chicago, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Education
- PhD in economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996
- BA in economics, Williams College, 1990
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Journal Article — May 11, 2023
Riverine Nitrogen Flux and Its Response to Management, Climate, and Other Environmental Factors in Northeast and Midwest United States
In this paper, the authors investigate the individual effects of a set of management, technology, and policy mechanisms that alter total reactive nitrogen flux through rivers in the Northeast and Midwest of the United States.
Common Resources — Mar 29, 2023
Looking at Environmental and Natural Resource Economics through the Lens of Racial Equity
A new paper examines how research in environmental economics may systematically overlook issues of environmental and racial justice.
Working Paper — Mar 29, 2023
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Systemic Racism
A working paper examining the impacts of systemic racism on the field of environmental and resource economics, and what researchers can address the problem.
Common Resources — May 16, 2011
Next Generation Stormwater Management: Benefits, Costs, and Policy
Low-impact designs for stormwater management in urban environments can improve groundwater recharge and decrease runoff. The approach is a radical ...
Journal Article — May 11, 2023
Riverine Nitrogen Flux and Its Response to Management, Climate, and Other Environmental Factors in Northeast and Midwest United States
In this paper, the authors investigate the individual effects of a set of management, technology, and policy mechanisms that alter total reactive nitrogen flux through rivers in the Northeast and Midwest of the United States.
Working Paper — Mar 29, 2023
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Systemic Racism
A working paper examining the impacts of systemic racism on the field of environmental and resource economics, and what researchers can address the problem.
Working Paper — Jun 6, 2007
Fees in an Imperfect World: An Application to Motor Vehicle Emissions
Fees in an Imperfect World: An Application to Motor Vehicle Emissions
Working Paper — Oct 1, 2001
State-Level Variation in Land-Trust Abundance: Could it Make Economic Sense?
State-Level Variation in Land-Trust Abundance: Could it Make Economic Sense?
Common Resources — Mar 29, 2023
Looking at Environmental and Natural Resource Economics through the Lens of Racial Equity
A new paper examines how research in environmental economics may systematically overlook issues of environmental and racial justice.
Common Resources — May 16, 2011
Next Generation Stormwater Management: Benefits, Costs, and Policy
Low-impact designs for stormwater management in urban environments can improve groundwater recharge and decrease runoff. The approach is a radical ...
Resources Magazine — May 28, 2004
Land Trusts in the United States: Analyzing Abundance
Governments at all levels have taken steps to preserve millions of acres of land. However, citizen groups across the country, feeling that this is not enough, have formed large numbers of trusts to protect even more land.
Resources Magazine — Aug 1, 1998
On the Way to Retail Competition
The transition to retail competition in electricity is far from complete. It is encouraging (and perhaps not surprising) that the states that have decided to adopt competition thus far may be the ones that can benefit the most from having done so.