Martin D. Smith (environmental economist)

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Martin D. Smith
OccupationGeorge M. Woodwell Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics
Academic background
Education
Alma mater
  • Stanford University
  • University of California, Davis
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Sub-disciplineEnvironmental Economics, Marine Conservation
InstitutionsDuke University

Martin D. Smith (born September 12, 1970) is an American environmental economist and the George M. Woodwell Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.[1] He is known for his research on fisheries economics, marine conservation, seafood markets, and climate change impacts on coastal areas.

Education[edit]

Smith received his B.A. in Public Policy from Stanford University in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis in 2001. For his Ph.D thesis "Spatial Behavior, Marine Reserves, and the California Red Sea Urchin Fishery” he was awarded "outstanding dissertation" by the American Agricultural Economics Association.[2]

Career[edit]

Smith joined the faculty at Duke University in 2001 as an assistant professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment. He was promoted to associate professor in 2008 and full professor in 2011. In 2016, he was named the George M. Woodwell Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics.

Smith has held a number of leadership positions at Duke. He served chaired the Nicholas School's Education Committee from 2010-2014. He also holds a Secondary Appointment at Department of Economics.[3] He has served on several university committees including the Advisory Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure.

Research[edit]

Smith's research focuses on the economics of marine conservation and fisheries management. He has published extensively on topics such as marine protected areas, individual fishing quotas, climate change adaptation in coastal zones, and seafood markets.

His research has been published in leading journals including Science,[4][5][6][7] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,[8][9][10][11]Nature,[12] and the American Economic Review.[13]

Smith is known for combining economic theory and advanced econometric methods to analyze fisher behavior, evaluate policy impacts, and model coupled human-natural systems. His interdisciplinary approach integrates biology, ecology, and geoscience with economics.

Honors and awards[edit]

Smith has received national and international awards, including the Quality of Research Discovery from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association,[14] Outstanding Article in Marine Resource Economics, and an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship. In 2022 Martin Smith was named Fellow of the International Institute of Fisheries Economic & Trade (IIFET).[15]

His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, and the Research Council of Norway. Smith has served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Marine Resource Economics, Co-Editor of the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, and Co-Editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. He served as a member of the Scientific and Statistical Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and currently serves on the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit]

In addition to being a academic scholar, Smith is also a singer songwriter. Together with Peter Giuliano and Mehran Sahami, he forms the band The Gland, which has released the album Ode to Mern Blenston.[16] Smith is married to the history professor Kathleen Duval,[17] and together they have two boys, Quentin and Calvin.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Martin Smith". Nicholas School of the Environment. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  2. ^ "2002 AAEA Annual Award Winners | Agricultural & Applied Economics Association". www.aaea.org. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  3. ^ "People | Economics Department". econ.duke.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  4. ^ Smith, Martin D.; Roheim, Cathy A.; Crowder, Larry B.; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Turnipseed, Mary; Anderson, James L.; Asche, Frank; Bourillón, Luis; Guttormsen, Atle G.; Khan, Ahmed; Liguori, Lisa A.; McNevin, Aaron; O'Connor, Mary I.; Squires, Dale; Tyedmers, Peter (2010-02-12). "Sustainability and Global Seafood". Science. 327 (5967): 784–786. Bibcode:2010Sci...327..784S. doi:10.1126/science.1185345. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 20150469. S2CID 263415237.
  5. ^ Smith, Martin D.; Asche, Frank; Guttormsen, Atle G.; Wiener, Jonathan B. (2010-11-19). "Genetically Modified Salmon and Full Impact Assessment". Science. 330 (6007): 1052–1053. Bibcode:2010Sci...330.1052S. doi:10.1126/science.1197769. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 21097923. S2CID 43093636.
  6. ^ Asche, Frank; Yang, Bixuan; Gephart, Jessica A.; Smith, Martin D.; Anderson, James L.; Camp, Edward V.; Garlock, Taryn M.; Love, David C.; Oglend, Atle; Straume, Hans-Martin (2022-01-28). "China's seafood imports—Not for domestic consumption?". Science. 375 (6579): 386–388. Bibcode:2022Sci...375..386A. doi:10.1126/science.abl4756. hdl:11250/3091976. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 35084951. S2CID 246361589.
  7. ^ Smith, Martin D. (2019-04-05). "Subsidies, efficiency, and fairness in fisheries policy". Science. 364 (6435): 34–35. Bibcode:2019Sci...364...34S. doi:10.1126/science.aaw4087. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 30948543. S2CID 96434266.
  8. ^ Ferraro, Paul J.; Sanchirico, James N.; Smith, Martin D. (2019-03-19). "Causal inference in coupled human and natural systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (12): 5311–5318. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.5311F. doi:10.1073/pnas.1805563115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6431173. PMID 30126992.
  9. ^ Asche, Frank; Garlock, Taryn M.; Anderson, James L.; Bush, Simon R.; Smith, Martin D.; Anderson, Christopher M.; Chu, Jingjie; Garrett, Karen A.; Lem, Audun; Lorenzen, Kai; Oglend, Atle; Tveteras, Sigbjørn; Vannuccini, Stefania (2018-10-30). "Three pillars of sustainability in fisheries". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (44): 11221–11225. Bibcode:2018PNAS..11511221A. doi:10.1073/pnas.1807677115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6217440. PMID 30249663.
  10. ^ Smith, Martin D.; Lynham, John; Sanchirico, James N.; Wilson, James A. (2010-10-26). "Political economy of marine reserves: Understanding the role of opportunity costs". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (43): 18300–18305. doi:10.1073/pnas.0907365107. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2972936. PMID 20133732.
  11. ^ Smith, Martin D.; Oglend, Atle; Kirkpatrick, A. Justin; Asche, Frank; Bennear, Lori S.; Craig, J. Kevin; Nance, James M. (2017-02-14). "Seafood prices reveal impacts of a major ecological disturbance". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (7): 1512–1517. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.1512S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1617948114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5321038. PMID 28137850.
  12. ^ Birkenbach, Anna M.; Kaczan, David J.; Smith, Martin D. (2017). "Catch shares slow the race to fish". Nature. 544 (7649): 223–226. Bibcode:2017Natur.544..223B. doi:10.1038/nature21728. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 28379945. S2CID 4465710.
  13. ^ Huang, Ling; Smith, Martin D. (2014). "The Dynamic Efficiency Costs of Common-Pool Resource Exploitation". American Economic Review. 104 (12): 4071–4103. doi:10.1257/aer.104.12.4071. hdl:10161/9293. ISSN 0002-8282.
  14. ^ "2004 AAEA Annual Award Winners | Agricultural & Applied Economics Association". www.aaea.org. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  15. ^ "Dr. Martin Smith Named IIFET Fellow". The International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade. 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  16. ^ "The Gland". Spotify. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  17. ^ "Kathleen DuVal | Department of History". history.unc.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-14.