Bio
Scott Lowe received his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara with specialties in environmental economics, applied microeconomics and urban economics. He also completed secondary fields in the fate and transport of pollutants, and geographic information systems. He has a MS in Economics from Oregon State University, and a BA in Economics and Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Lowe’s primary research interests relate to the influence of regulations on regional and local environmental and socioeconomic conditions. He has published articles and given presentations on the influence of the Clean Air Act on ambient particulate matter and ozone concentrations, on the political economy of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s RECLAIM program, and on the role of inclusionary zoning practices on housing growth in California. His current research addresses historical water use in the western United States.
Education
- PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
- MS, Oregon State University
- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
Select Publications
- “Climate Variability and Water Infrastructure: Historical Experience in the Western United States” (with Zeynep Hansen and Gary D. Libecap) 2011, in National Bureau of Economic Research The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present
- “City-Level Effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments” (with Maximilian Auffhammer and Antonio Bento), Land Economics 87(1) pp1-18 2011
- “Impact of Air Quality Regulations on Entrepreneurial Activity” (with Samia Islam), Southern Journal of Entrepreneurship. 2 pp71-95 2009
- “Housing Market Effects of Inclusionary Zoning” (with Antonio Bento, Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Arnab Chakraborty), Cityscape. 11(2) pp7-26 2009
- “Measuring the Effects of Environmental Regulations: The critical importance of a spatially disaggregated analysis” (with Maximilian Auffhammer and Antonio Bento). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 58 pp15-26 2009