Research

Areas of Expertise/ Research Focus

Coastal and Marine Resources Management, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Natural Hazards and Decision Making, Applied Microeconometrics

Estimating the Economic Benefit and Impact of Artificial Reefs in Georgia.
Assessing the Economic Importance of For-Hire and Recreational Fishing in Georgia.
Benefit-Cost Analysis of Living Shoreline Investments: Application to Projects in Georgia.
Economic Value of Nongame Coastal Wildlife

Frimpong, E., Reilly, A., and Niemeier, D., 2022. Does Federal Flood Hazard Mitigation Assistance Affect Community Rating System Participation? Risk Analysis. doi: 10.1111/risa.14024. Download
Frimpong, E., Howard, G., and Kruse, J., 2022. Homeowner Preference for Household-level Flood Mitigation in US: Analysis of a Discrete Choice Experiment. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. doi:10.1017/aae.2022.5 . Download
Frimpong, E., Howard, G., and Kruse, J., 2022. "A longitudinal Survey of Homeowner Flood Mitigation Decisions: What are the Motivating Factors?" DesignSafe-CI. doi:10.17603/ds2-ebpq-6s93 . Download
Bagsit, F., Frimpong, E., Asch, R., and Monteclaro, H., 2021. Effects of a Seasonal Fishery Closure on Sardine and Mackerel Catch in the Visayan Sea, Philippines . Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.640772. Download
Frimpong, E., Petrolia, D., Harri A., and Cartwright, J., 2020. Flood Insurance and Claims: The Impact of the Community Rating System. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 42(2):245-262. Download
Frimpong, E., Kruse, J., Howard, G., Davidson, R., Trainor, J., and Nozick, L., 2019. Measuring Heterogeneous Price Effects for Home Acquisition Programs in At-Risk Regions. Southern Economic Journal 85(4): 1108–1131. Download

Using Subjective or Objective Risk Indicators as Hazard Risk Management Tools: What are the Policy Implications?
Effects of Hurricanes on Homeowners’ Willingness to Engage in Flood Risk Mitigation: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis