Shaun Tanger

Post Doctoral Fellow - Forest Policy and Economics

• BA Auburn University, Wildlife Management
• MS Auburn University, Economics
• PhD Auburn University, Forestry - Economics, Policy, and Finance

Experience

• Spring 2010- Present. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sciences School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University
• Fall 2009-Present. Instructor, Department of Economics and School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University
• Fall 2005-Fall 2009. Research and Teaching Assistant, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University
• CATO Institute Research Intern (2004) - Energy and the Environment

Research Interests

• Legislative Production/Public Policy
• Political Economy
• Environmental Ideology/Voting
• Forest Economics and Finance
• Ecosystem Services
• Costs/Benefits of environmental policy

Refereed Publications

• Tanger, Shaun M. and David N. Laband (2009). "An Empirical Analysis of Bill Co-sponsorship in the U.S. Senate: The Tree Act of 2007," Forest Policy and Economics 11(4): 260-265.
• Tanger, Shaun M. and David N. Laband (2008). "Attitudes About Children Learning to Hunt: Implications for Game Management," Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 13(4): 298.

Papers in Review

• Tanger, S.M., D.N. Laband and P.Zeng (2010). "Party Polarization: Congressional Divergence on Environmental Policy from 1970-2008," Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research (submitted)
• Tanger, S.M., Zeng, P., Morse, W., and D.N. Laband (2010). "Macroeconomic conditions: Do they affect environmental policy?" Ecological Economics (submitted).
• Tanger, S.M. and D.N. Laband (2010). "Factors that Influence Sales of the Alabama Forests Forever License Plate," Journal of Forestry (submitted)