Biography |
Carmen Carrión Flores is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. Before joining Syracuse, she held faculty positions at Binghamton University and the University of Florida. She holds an undergraduate degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology (Mexico), a M.S. from The Ohio State University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Arizona.
Dr. Carrión Flores is an internationally recognized researcher in environmental, natural resources, energy efficiency, land use change, sustainability, innovation, and economic development. She uses spatial and dynamic econometric models to analyze the relevant effects of environmental, natural resources, energy, and climate policies on outcomes, such as energy use, sustainability, and pollution. A critical aspect of her research is to tackle relevant policy questions using an interdisciplinary approach. Dr. Carrión Flores has received funding for interdisciplinary research projects from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most recently, Carrion Flores is an investigator in a 60-million multi-university project that aims to increase supply and demand for climate-smart commodities produced and manufactured in New York state, supported by a grant from the USDA’s partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities. Her research has been published in disciplinary and interdisciplinary academic journals such as the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Ecological Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, and IZA Journal of Migration and Development Degrees and CredentialsDr. Carrión-Flores completed her undergraduate degree in economics at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), her M.S. in Agricultural Economics at The Ohio State University, and her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Arizona. She spent four years as assistant professor at the University of Florida and six years at Binghamton University, SUNY. She joined Syracuse University in Fall 2017.
Interests and Expertise✢ Environmental Economics
✢ Land Use Economics ✢ Urban Economics ✢ Energy Economics ✢ Applied Spatial Econometric Analysis ✢ Labor Economics |
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