Boyd, James
James Boyd is an economist dedicated to improved conservation and environmental protection. His research emphasizes the need to objectively track and evaluate environmental outcomes and trends. Ways to measure ecosystem services, including development of a Green GDP, national indicator systems, and ecological assessment endpoints are his current research focus.
Boyd´s current research focuses on accounting for ecological and environmental public goods, in particular the appropriate economic definition of non-market commodities.
As a policy analyst, Boyd emphasizes the need to better coordinate economic and ecological research to improve the practical performance of green incentives, markets, and investments.
Boyd is a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future.
He has been a visiting professor at Stanford University and Washington University in St. Louis. Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Expertise/Research area:
- Environmental regulation,
- Non-market valuation, and
- Law and economics, focusing on the analysis of environmental institutions and policy.
- Water regulation,
- Environmental and product liability law,
- Incentive-based regulation,
- Ecological benefit and damage assessment
