I am a Professor of Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Most of my research focuses on the theory and experimental evaluation of environmental and natural resource management. I am primarily interested in two areas: 1) the design of environmental and natural resource policies, and 2) the local governance of common pool natural resources in the developing world. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental and natural resource economics.
Selected recent publications, working papers, and works in progress are listed below. See my current research page and my publications page for full lists of what I'm working on now and my publications. You may also download by current CV or visit my Google Scholar profile. Visit my teaching page for my current courses.
The best way to contact me is by email, stranlund@resecon.umass.edu.
Selected recent publications, working papers, and works in progress
Chávez, Carlos A., James J. Murphy, and John K. Stranlund. 2025. Social Context, Framing, and Compliance with the Law: Experimental Evidence. Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 238, October.
Stranlund, John K., and Jeffrey Wagner. 2025. The Environmental Law and Economics of Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 12(4), 775-805.
Timothy Cason, John K. Stranlund and Frans de Vries. 2025. Technology Adoption under Emissions Taxes and Permit Markets with Price Collars. Working paper.
Timothy Cason, John K. Stranlund and Frans de Vries. 2023. Investment Incentives in Tradeable Pollution Markets with Price Floors. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 10(2), 283-314.
Chávez, Carlos A., James J. Murphy, Felipe J. Quezada, John K. Stranlund. 2023. The Endogenous Formation of Common Pool Resource Coalitions. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 211, 82-102.
Manuel Estay and John K. Stranlund. 2022. Entry, Location and Optimal Environmental Policies. Resource and Energy Economics, 70, 101326.
Chávez, Carlos A., James J. Murphy, and John K. Stranlund. Endogenous Common Pool Resource Coalitions and Ostracism: Experimental Evidence. In progress.
Estay, Manuel and John K. Stranlund. Environmental Policy and Urban Structure. In progress.