Dominic Parker

Dominic Parker is a Professor in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). He serves as the Ilene and Morton Harris Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he co-directs the Hoover Project on Renewing Indigenous Economies with Senior Fellow Terry Anderson.

• Editorial roles at three leading journals in environmental and resource economics
• Lecturer for the Ronald Coase Institute and the Elinor Ostrom Workshop

His research spans environmental and development economics, focusing on topics like environmental markets, mining in Africa, oil booms and busts, land use, fishery and wildlife regulations, and renewable energy. His work on the unintended effects of US financial regulation on African mining economies and the impact of wolves on US deer-vehicle collisions has garnered significant media attention from outlets such as BBC News, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. Parker's findings have informed policy discussions at the US Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee and OECD advisory panels.

Scientific Awards:

• National Science Foundation Fellow in Environmental Economics & Science

His publications appear in venues including The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, AEA Papers & Proceedings, and Journal of Law & Economics. Parker holds a PhD from UC Santa Barbara, where he received NSF funding for environmental economics research.