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Department of Economics
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
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Department
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Arun S.
Malik
Associate
Professor of Economics
Arun
Malik joined the Department in 1992. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins
University. His
research is in the general area of applied microeconomic theory, with a focus
on environmental and resource regulation.
He is a participant in the Industrial
Economics and Policy Workshop sponsored by the Program in Industry Economics and Policy. In addition, he is affiliated with the School of Public Policy and Public
Administration.
Courses
Recently Taught
Honr 43 Honors Principles of Microeconomics (honors
undergraduate)
Econ 198 Proseminar in Economics (undergraduate)
Econ 136 Economics of Natural
Resources and the Environment (undergraduate); Readings: 1 2 3 4
Econ 237 Economics of the
Environment and Natural Resources (graduate—primarily for policy students)
Econ 101
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (undergraduate--standard course
without calculus)
Econ 11 Principles of
Microeconomics (undergraduate)
Econ 395.11 Environmental and Resource
Economics (graduate--economics students only); Readings 1
2
Selected
Publications
“Adjacency
Externalities and Forest Fire Prevention,” with Christian Crowley, Gregory Amacher and Robert Haight,
Land
Economics, forthcoming.
“Optimal Environmental Regulation Based on More than Just Emissions,” Journal of Regulatory Economics, vol.
32, pp 1-16 (2006).
“Not Getting Burned: The Importance of Fire Prevention in Forest
Management,” with Gregory Amacher and
Robert Haight, Land Economics, vol. 81, pp. 284-302
(2005).
“Pollution Taxes when Firms Choose
Technologies,” with Gregory Amacher, Southern
Economic Journal, vol. 68, pp. 891-906 (2002).
“Bargaining in Environmental Regulation and
the Ideal Regulator," with Gregory Amacher,
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , vol. 30, pp. 233-253
(1996).
“Enforcement Costs and the Choice of Policy
Instruments for Controlling Pollution," Economic Inquiry, vol. 30,
pp. 714-721 (1992).
“The Economics of Tax Amnesties," with
Robert Schwab, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 46, pp. 29-49 (1991).
“Avoidance, Screening and Optimum
Enforcement," Rand Journal of Economics, vol. 21, pp. 341-353
(1990).
Working
Papers
On-going
Research
“Permit Life in the Design of Marketable Permit
Programs"
“Optimal Stopping Games and Forest
Fire Prevention,” with Gregory Amacher
Economics
and Environment Links
TMC
Economics Guide to the Web
Steve Hackett's
Internet Resources (chock full of useful links)
Tom Tietenberg's
Homepage (good bibliographies)
Environmental Information
Resources
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
National
Center for Environmental Economics
Right-to-Know Network
How Economists Can
Get A life
Other
Links
GW
"Green" Course Catalog
Rough Guides to Music
Stereophile
Contact
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Department of Economics
George Washington University
Rm. 340, 2115 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
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Office: Room 305, Hall of Government
Phone: (202) 994-5471, Fax: (202) 994-6147
Office Hours: MW 4:30-6:00 pm
Email: amalik@gwu.edu
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