Heres, David R.
David R. Heres is an Associate Professor of Economics and the Program Coordinator of the Master’s in Public Policy at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. David had previously been a Financial Sector Specialist at the Bank of Mexico, an Associate Professor at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), a Visiting Scholar at the University of Southern California, and a Researcher at the Basque Centre for Climate Change. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis (2009).
Research interests
David’s published and ongoing work deals with the economic evaluation of environmental policies and problems. Exploiting experimental and observational data, David has analyzed the performance, impact, and public acceptance of transferable permits, low carbon fuel standards, taxes, subsidies, green labeling, and urban development. In his research, David also analyzed the long-term relationship between global temperature and sea level, as well as the short-term impacts from temperature shocks on firms’ credit performance. As part of his research agenda, David has also estimated the economic value of pollution in Mexico City, identified the causes of deforestation, and evaluated the impact of communication strategies to modify behaviors that damage the environment and health.
Mentoring
Chaired 15+ graduate and undergraduate theses, including one Ph.D. and five Master’s.
Grants and consultancy
- Trade-related climate policies in Mexico, World Bank (2023).
- Indicators for the right to a healthy environment, Mexican National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL, 2018).
- Senior grant LACEEP: Exploring the role of trust, information and institutional reputation on the consumption of water in Mexico City (2017)
- Mobility plan proposal for the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, Centro Mario Molina (2016).
- Climate change and energy policies in Latin American and the Caribbean countries, The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (2014).
- Impact of natural disasters management policies in Mexico and Colombia, Inter-American Development Bank (2014).
- CONACYT-Grant: Carbon sequestration throough REDD+ in Mexico (2014).
- Evaluation of policies to reduce pollution emissions from freight transportation in Mexico, German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ, 2013).
Awards
- Mexican National System of Researchers (Level 1, January 2014-to date)
- Fulbright-García Robles Mexico Studies Chair Award (January-May 2019)
