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National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC)

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Wine grape vineyard

Aaron Anderson, Economist

Contact information

Address: USDA, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521
Telephone: (970) 266-6264
Fax: (970) 266-6157
Email: aaron.m.anderson@aphis.usda.gov

NWRC Research Program: Economic Research or Human-Wildlife Conflicts: Methods and Applications

Aaron Anderson is an economist in NWRC’s Economic Research of Human Wildlife Conflicts project. His main research interests, publications, and presentations involve the economic impacts of wildlife on agricultural production systems. He is also an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University. 


Expertise Keywords: Agricultural economics, econometrics, regional economics, benefit-cost analysis


Taxonomic Groups of Interest: Feral pigs, vampire bats, European starlings

Areas of Expertise: Microeconomics and agricultural economics, econometrics, regional economic modeling

Current Research: Estimating the impact of bird damage to specialty fruit crops, economic evaluation of anti-microbial resistance, valuation methods for preventing bird strikes at airports, benefit-cost analysis of oral-rabies vaccination.

Education:

Ph.D., Colorado State University, "Economic Efficiency of US 2007 Heavy Duty Diesel Emission Standards"
M.S., Auburn University, Economics
B.S., Auburn University, Business Administration

Previous Positions:
Temporary Instructor, Colorado State University (2005-2010)

Publications:

Anderson, A., K. Kirkpatrick and S.A. Shwiff. 2012. The net benefits of controlling bird and rodent pests in wine grape and avocado production. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 25: 353-356.

Anderson A., Shwiff S., Gebhardt K., Ramirez A.J., Kohler D., and L. Lecuona. 2012. Economic Evaluation of Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) Rabies Prevention in Mexico. Transbound Emerg Dis. DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12007.

Shwiff, S.A., A.R. Anderson, B.P. Cullen, L. White, and S. S. Shwiff. 2012. Assignment of measurable costs and benefits to wildlife conservation projects. Wildlife Research Review
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR12102

Shwiff, S., K. Hampson, and A. Anderson. 2013. Potential economic benefits of eliminating canine rabies. Antiviral Research 98:352-356.


Last Modified: May 2, 2013