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Mary F. Evans's primary research and teaching interests are in the field of environmental economics. In her research, she explores issues related to the enforcement of and compliance with environmental regulations. Her past research has examined how individual characteristics, in particular age, health status, and family structure, affect the willingness to pay for reductions in mortality risks associated with improved environmental quality.
Previously Dr. Evans was the Jerrine and Thomas Mitchell '66 Professor of Environmental Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow in the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College.
Her research has been published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, among other journals. Dr. Evans received the 2016 Ralph C. d'Arge and Allen V. Kneese Award for Outstanding Publication in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists for her paper "The Clean Air Act Watch List: An Enforcement and Compliance Natural Experiment." Her research has been funded by the EPA and the John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Dr. Evans is vice president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) and a features editor for the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP). She is also on the editorial board for the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM).