Faculty
Christopher G. Goemans
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.: University of Colorado, Boulder
Location: B312 Clark Bldg.
Telephone: (970) 491-7261
E-mail:
Research Interests:
My research focuses on the allocation and management of scarce resources, specifically water. Past efforts include studies investigating the impacts associated with water transfers, the relationship between increased climatic variability and the effectiveness of various regional water management schemes, and optimal demand management strategies during periods of drought. More recently my work has dealt with understanding how information affects the decision making of residential water customers, specifically their understanding of their own water use and the rate structures they face. Moving forward I hope to further investigate how continued population growth and climate change will affect the management of resources such as water.
Courses:
AREC 202 - Agricultural and Resource Economics
AREC 342 - Economic Analysis - Water Resource Development
AREC 542 - Economics of Water Resource Planning
Selected Publications, Presentations and Projects:
Selected Publications
Residential Water Demand Management: Lessons from Aurora, Colorado, Journal of American Water Resource Association, forthcoming (with D. Kenney, R. Klein, J. Lowrey, and K. Reidy)
The Simple Analytics of Demand Hardening, Journal of American Water Works Association, forthcoming (with C. Howe)
“Water Transfers and Their Impacts: Lessons from Three Colorado Water Markets”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, October 2003 (with C. Howe)
“Effectiveness of Water Rate Increases Following Watering Restrictions”, Journal of the American Water Works Association, Oct 2002 (with Charles W. Howe)
Presentations
American Water Resources Association 2007 Annual Conference (Nov 2007), Residential Demand Management as a Drought Coping Tool: Lessons from Aurora, Colorado
2007 South Platte Forum (Oct 2007), Modeling the Future of Water Resources: An Overview and Results from the South Platte Regional Assessment Tool
2007 University of Colorado Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop (Sept 2007), Quantity Uncertainty: The Case of Water Smart Readers
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics & Department of Economics U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Spring 2007 Seminar Series (Feb 2007), Behavioral and Econometric Lessons from Urban Water Demand under Extreme Drought: Focus on Aurora, Colorado
Center for Science and Technology Policy Research Seminar Series (Mar 2007), Managing Residential Water Demand: Lessons from Aurora (with D. Kenney)
Colorado’s Future 2006 Water Conference (Oct 2006), Municipal Water Planning: Identifying which households respond to demand management programs and by how much
Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop (Sept 2006), Optimal Policy Instruments for Utilities Using Increasing Block Rate Pricing
Base Appointment:
Resident Instruction, Research, and Outreach