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Michael R. Moore
Professor of Environmental Economics
Professor Moore passed away unexpectedly on May 11, 2025.
Environmental Policy and Planning
Climate + Energy
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Michael Moore's teaching involves courses in microeconomics, environmental economics, and ecosystem services. His research interests include water resource economics and environmental economics. He has ongoing research to develop models of the environmentally responsible consumer (with applications to consumption of green electricity); to study land-use adaptation to weather risk and climate change; and to value water quality using the hedonic price method.
Publications
- 2020. Hedonic Price Estimates of Lake Water Quality: Valued Attribute, Instrumental Variables, and Ecological-Economic Benefits. With J. Doubek, H. Xu, and B. Cardinale. Ecological Economics.
- 2019. Farming Under Weather Risk: Adaptation, Moral Hazard, and Selection on Moral Hazard. With H.H. Huang. In Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior.
- 2019. Life Cycle Assessment and Spatio-Temporal Optimization of Deploying Dynamic Wireless Charging Technology for Electric Cars. With Z. Bi, G.A. Keoleian, Z. Lin, K. Chen, L. Song, and Z. Zhao. Transportation Research Part C.
- 2018. Optimizing Spatial Land Allocation to Balance Water Quality and Economic Returns in a Lake Erie Watershed. With H. Xu, D.G. Brown, and W.S. Currie. Ecological Economics.
- 2017. Green Electricity Markets as Mechanisms of Public-Good Provision: Theory and Experimental Evidence. With A. Mitra. Environmental and Resource Economics.
- 2017. Ecosystem Services in the Great Lakes. With A. Steinman and others. Journal of Great Lakes Research.
- 2016. Emission Reduction Benefits of Siting an Offshore Wind Farm: A Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Lake Michigan. With A.C. Chiang, G.A. Keoleian, and J.X. Johnson. Ecological Economics.
- 2015. Investment Cost and View Damage Cost of Siting an Offshore Wind Farm: A Spatial Analysis of Lake Michigan. With A.C. Chiang, J. Kelly, and G.A. Keoleian. Renewable Energy.
- 2013. Market Design in Cap and Trade Programs: Permit Validity and Compliance Timing. With S.P. Holland. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
- 2013. An Assessment of Two Environmental and Economic Benefits of ‘Cash for Clunkers.’ With S.M. Lenski and G.A. Keoleian. Ecological Economics.
- 2013. Record-setting Algal Bloom in Lake Erie Caused by Agricultural and Meteorological Trends Consistent with Expected Future Conditions. With A. Michalak and others. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- 2013. Economic Performance of Grid-Connected Photovoltaics in California and Texas (United States): The Influence of Renewable Energy and Climate Policies. With D. Sivaraman. Energy Policy.
- 2011. When to Pollute, When to Abate? Intertemporal Permit Use in the Los Angeles NOx Market. With S.P. Holland. Land Economics.
- 2011. Dividing the Waters: An Empirical Analysis of Interstate Compact Allocation of Transboundary Rivers. With D.L. Katz. Water Resources Research.
- 2011. Explaining the Differential Distribution of Clean Development Mechanism Projects Across Host Countries. With A.G. Winkelman. Energy Policy.
- 2010. Quantifying U.S. Aluminum In-Use Stocks and Their Relationship with Economic Output. With C.A. McMillan, G.A. Keoleian, and J.W. Bulkley. Ecological Economics.
- 2010. Markets for Renewable Energy and Pollution Emissions: Environmental Claims, Emission-Reduction Accounting, and Product Decoupling. With G. Lewis and D. Cepela. Energy Policy.
Research
- 2016-2018: Restoration Economics: Investigating the Effects of Area-of-Concern Remediation on Residential Housing Prices and Neighborhood Demographic Characteristics. P.I. Michael Moore Co-P.I. Robyn Meeks Award/Years: $224,180. Organization: Michigan Sea Grant (NOAA)
- 2012-2015: Advancing Offshore Wind Power Siting through Multi-criteria Assessment Integration P.I. Jarod Kelly Co-P.I. Michael Moore and others Award/Years: $299,933. Organization: National Science Foundation
- 2012-2014: Generating Revenue by Generating Green Electricity: Laboratory Experiments P.I. Michael Moore Co-P.I. Arnab Mitra Award/Years: $14,000. Organization: Erb Institute on Global Sustainable Enterprise (University of Michigan)
- 2011-2016: Extreme Events Impacts on Water Quality in the Great Lakes: Prediction and Management of Nutrient Loading in a Changing Climate P.I. Anna Michalak Co-P.I. Michael Moore (Social Science Lead P.I.) and others Award/Years: $4,992,854. Organization: National Science Foundation
- 2010-2011: Are Birds Good for the Economy? Linking Ecology and Economics to Assess TwentyFive Years of the Conservation Reserve Program P.I. Michael Moore Co-P.I. Johannes Foufopoulos Award/Years: $15,000. Organization: School of Natural Resources and Environment (University of Michigan)
Education
PhD, University of Michigan (Natural Resource Economics)
BA, University of Colorado (Economics)
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