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      Dr Tanya O'Garra

      ROLE: Lecturer in Economics
      SCHOOL: Business School
      DEPARTMENT: Economics
      EMAIL: T.Ogarra@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr Tanya O’Garra joined the Dept of Economics at Middlesex University in September 2016. She has a PhD in Environmental and Resource Economics from Imperial College London.
        Tanya’s research uses behavioural, experimental and environmental economics approaches to identify, develop and test interventions aimed at motivating environmentally and socially optimal behavior, particularly in rural developing country communities.
        Prior to joining Middlesex University, she was an Earth Institute Fellow at Columbia University. She has also worked at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, and the University of the Basque Country in Spain.
        Tanya leads the Sustainable Development Research Cluster at Middlesex University.

        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Teaching (from Sept 2016)

        Statistics and Inference (First Year BA/BSc Economics)

        Experimental Economics (MSc Behavioural Economics in Action)

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Publications

        O’Garra, T. (2012). Economic valuation of a traditional fishing ground on the Coral Coast of Fiji. Ocean and Coastal Management, 56, 44-55

        O’Garra, T. (2009). Bequest values for marine resources: how important for indigenous communities in less-developed economies? Environmental and Resource Economics, 44(2), 179-202

        O’Garra, T., Mourato, S. and Pearson, P. (2008). Investigating attitudes to hydrogen refuelling facilities and the social cost to local residents. Energy Policy, 36(6), 2074-2085

        O’Garra, T. and Mourato, S. (2007). Public preferences for hydrogen buses: comparing interval data, OLS and quantile regression approaches. Environmental and Resource Economics, 36(4), 389-411

        Publication Feed

        Communication, observability and cooperation: a field experiment on collective water management in India

        O'Garra, Tanya and Alfredo, Katherine Ann (2018) Communication, observability and cooperation: a field experiment on collective water management in India. Water Resources and Economics . ISSN 2212-4284 (Published online first)

        Are we willing to give what it takes? Willingness to pay for climate change adaptation in developing countries

        O'Garra, Tanya and Mourato, Susana (2016) Are we willing to give what it takes? Willingness to pay for climate change adaptation in developing countries. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 5 (3). pp. 249-264. ISSN 2160-6544

        Economic value of ecosystem services, minerals and oil in a melting Arctic: a preliminary assessment

        O'Garra, Tanya (2017) Economic value of ecosystem services, minerals and oil in a melting Arctic: a preliminary assessment. Ecosystem Services, 24 . pp. 180-186. ISSN 2212-0416

      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

      • Engagement &
        Impact

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