My research is at the intersection of environmental and behavioral economics. A primary focus has been the role of complexity in support for, or opposition to, policies designed to address externalities. Often,  prescriptions from environmental and public economic theory meet public rebuke. Understanding costs and frictions in reasoning can help us to develop better ways to measure true policy preferences and point the way to feasible, effective and efficient solutions. In the fall, I will join the faculty at the University of Wyoming.