Simanti Banerjee [email protected] http://simanti.banerjee.googlepages.com/home Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics (AEREC) Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (AERS) 308 Armsby, Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 EDUCATION Doctoral Candidate, Department of AERS, Pennsylvania State University

2005 – present

Masters in Economics, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, India

2004

Bachelors in Economics, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, India

2002

PUBLICATIONS & BOOK CHAPTERS Ready, Richard.C, S. Banerjee and Nga. P. Nguyen (2009). Spatial Models of Open Space Loss. Dynamics of land use and ecosystem interactions: A transatlantic, multidisciplinary and comparative approach. Edited by Floor Brouwer and Stephan Goetz. Springer (forthcoming) Banerjee, S and Asish. K. Ghosh (2007). An Environmental Valuation of an Urban Wetland: A Case Study of Jodhpur Park Lake. Discussion Paper No2/2007(30). Centre for Urban Economic Studies, Kolkata, West Bengal. WORKING PAPERS IN PREPARATION

2006 – present

Banerjee S, James Shortle and Anthony Kwasnica. “Performance of the Agglomeration Bonus in the presence of externalities: A case study of the Peak District” Banerjee S, James Shortle and Anthony Kwasnica. “Experimental analysis of reverse auctions for procurement of spatially coordinated habitat conservation behaviour on private land” Banerjee S, James Shortle. “Ethics of Benefit Cost Analysis in the implementation of Climate Change Policy. PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS & INVITED PRESENTATIONS Incentive mechanisms for landscape management and habitat conservation: the Agglomeration Bonus and the Agglomeration Reverse Auction. Presented at the Department of Economics, University of Stirling (UK) and Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK. 2008 Incentive mechanisms for landscape management: the Agglomeration Bonus with technological externalities in different neighborhoods. Presented at 10th Annual Bioecon Conference. 2008 Effectiveness of the Agglomeration Bonus in the presence of technological interdependencies: A case study of the Peak District (UK). Presented at the Annual NAREA/ CAES meetings. 2008 Spatial Models of Open Space loss in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. Presented at the Annual NAREA meetings. 2007 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE With James. S. Shortle – Penn State University

2006 – 2008

Spatially coordinated land management for conservation of natural habitats – Project funded by College of Agricultural Science Seed Grant Program, Pennsylvania State University.

Development of a Habitat Conservation Plan for the bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii) and other wetland species of concern in the Southern Portion of the Delaware West Recovery Unit, in Pennsylvania and Delaware – Multidisciplinary project funded by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission/US Fish and Wildlife Services Integrating Ethics into Environmental Education – Multidisciplinary project funded by the National Science Foundation. With Edward. C. Jaenicke – Penn State University

2007

Demand for Organic Food Products. USDA funded project on purchase behavior within the organic private label food categories in major markets in the US. With Joyashree Roy – Jadavpur University

2000 - 2002

Analysis of Water Quality Demand: a case study of the Dhakuria, Jadavpur area. Undergraduate research project. WORK EXPERIENCE

2004 - 2005

Administrative Assistant, Jadavpur University: with the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) Programme, Jadavpur University. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008

Teaching Assistantship for AEREC 597E – Course on Applied Microeconomics. Duties: Conducting lab sessions using Matlab and grading assignments & exams DISTINCTIONS College of Agricultural Sciences Travel Award, Penn State University 2008 Gamma Sigma Delta 2008 National Scholarship: National Scholarship Scheme, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. 1997-98, 2002-03 & 2003-2004 SKILLS Working knowledge of Matlab, STATA, R, Z-Tree and GIS. English, Hindi and Bengali, Assamese. Knowledgeable in French POSITIONS HELD Graduate Student Representative, AEREC, Department of AERS Association for India’s Development (AID) Penn State Chapter: Secretary: 2007 – 2008 & President:

2006 – 2008 2008 – 2009

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association Centre for Development

2006 – 2008 2003 – 2008

REFERENCES James S Shortle, Dept of AERS, Penn State University Tony Kwasnica, Dept of Insurance & Real Estate, Penn State University Edward C Jaenicke, Dept of AERS, Penn State University

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