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Email Address
jason.scorse@miis.edu
Phone Number
831.647.3548
Language(s)
Español
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Jason Scorse
Director, Center for the Blue Economy; Program Chair, International Environmental Policy; Associate Professor
I am passionate about: Living sustainably, not just preaching/teaching it.
What excites me about being a professor at MIIS: Seeing the amazing things our students are doing around the world. It is truly inspiring.
Jason Scorse received his Ph.D. in Agricultural & Resource Economics from UC-Berkeley in 2005. He is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the International Environmental Policy Program. Dr. Scorse has consulted for numerous environmental organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club, and he is currently the Lead Non-Market Economist for the National Ocean Economics Program. Professor Scorse is also the Director of the Center for the Blue Economy.
Dr. Scorse has published articles in American Economic Review, California Management Review, and for books published by the Brookings Institution and Routledge Press. His book, What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics, was released in 2010. Professor Scorse also sits on the board of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Activities Panel and The Otter Project. In addition to his scholarly work and consulting, he is a guest contributor for Grist, Environmental Economics, and Progressive Fix.
Recent Accomplishments
Professor Scorse’s major accomplishment this past year was to help secure $1 million in funding to establish the new Center for the Blue Economy, which will make the International Environmental Policy program at the Monterey Institute the premier destination for aspiring marine policy professionals. Professor Scorse is spending almost all of his time building the new center, including hiring new faculty and staff, developing the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management curriculum, securing research funding, expanding the Summer Fellows program, and mapping out a strategic plan for the years ahead.
Professor Scorse is also working on a new paper entitled “The Link Between the Environment and the Social Contract” which he will be presenting in a number of venues. The paper helps explain why the environmental movement in the U.S. has been unsuccessful in the past decade, and urges environmental groups to become much more involved in promoting overall economic security.
Expertise
Environmental and natural resource economics, international economics, behavioral economics, environmental policy, econometrics and statistics
Education
Ph.D. UC-Berkeley, M.S. UC-Berkeley; M.S. UC-Santa Cruz; B.A. UC-Santa Cruz
Publications
Scorse, Jason. What Environmentalists Need to Know about Economics. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010.
Scorse, Jason (2010). 
Freeing the Market to Address Climate Change. The Solutions Journal,1(6):29-32.
Harrison, Ann, and Scorse, Jason. (2010). Multinationals and Anti-sweatshop Activism, American Economic Review, 100(1): 247–273.
Scorse, Jason. (2009) 
Non-Market Valuation of Ocean Resources in the National Ocean Economics Report (Judy Kildow ed.), National Ocean Economics Program, Moss Landing, CA.
Harrison, Ann & Scorse, Jason. (2009).Do Foreign Firms Pay More? Evidence from the Indonesian Manufacturing Sector in Labour Markets and Economic Development, (Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar eds.), Routledge Press, New York.
Scorse, Jason. (2009).Making Matters Worse. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Response, 1(1):1-6 中文
Harrison, Ann & Jason Scorse. (2006).Improving the Conditions of Workers? Minimum Wage Legislation and Anti-Sweatshop Activism. California Management Review, 2 (48):144-160. (Also issued as a Harvard Business School case study) Harrison, Ann & Scorse, Jason. 2004.
Harrison, Ann & Jason Scorse. (2004). The Impact of Globalization on Compliance with Labor Standards: A Plant- Level Study in Brookings Trade Forum 2003 (Susan Collins and Dani Rodrik eds.), Brookings Institution Press, Washington D.C.
Scorse, Jason. (2001). Reflections on the Free Trade Debate. Economia Rural, 1 (12):8-11.
Working Papers
The WTO's Environmental Mandate,2011.
The Capitalist Conundrum, 2010.
Does Being a "Top 10" Worst Polluter Affect Facility Environmental Releases? Evidence from the U.S. Toxic Release Inventory, 2007. (Revised and resubmitted to Journal of Environmental Economics and Management)
Why Environmentalists Should Embrace Economics, 2006. 中文
Do Foreign Firms Pay More? Evidence from the Indonesian Manufacturing Sector 1990-1999. International Labor Organization, Working Paper No. 98, 2005 (coauthored with Ann Harrison and submitted).
Is There Acquiescence in Yes-No Questions? (coauthored with Michael Hanemann & Jon Krosnick), 2005.
Harrison, Ann & Jason Scorse. 2004. Moving Up or Moving Out? Anti-Sweatshop Activists and Labor Market Outcomes, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. w10492.
Other
Moving Beyond the Stale "Environment vs. Economy" Debate, 2010
Book review of Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy. Edited by David M. Driesen. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press, 2010.
Strong-Cvetich, Nikolas and Scorse, Jason. (2008). Ecotourism in Post-Conflict Peace-Building: A New Tool for Reconciliation? Ecoclub: International Ecotourism Magazine, 8 (96):10-17.
Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
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▹ indicates offered in the upcoming term[s]
ECPR 8500 - Economics Preparation-Micro ▹
This intensive course in introductory microeconomics places emphasis on the fundamental principles necessary for success in International Economics (IPOL 8520), Development Economics (IPOL 8551) and Environmental & Natural Resource Economics (IPOL 8542). This course will examine the allocation of resources in different kinds of economies. Topics include the production possibilities curve, competitive markets, elasticities, monopoly, market failures, and the role of government.
Summer 2011 - MIIS, Spring 2012 - MIIS, Summer 2012 - MIIS
IPOL 8542 - Envirn & Natural Resource Econ ▹
The purpose of this course is to develop competency in economic theory as it relates to environmental issues, and the analytical skills necessary to evaluate, as well as craft, effective, efficient, and just environmental policies. We will highlight policies that influence (both directly and indirectly) the environment and natural resource use, and analyze their implications. The emphasis will be on identifying and assessing the appropriate economic tools for addressing current environmental issues. Students will learn how to “think like an economist,” which may not make for great party conversation, but is essential for conversing intelligently about the world’s major environmental problems and developing solutions.
Fall 2009 - MIIS, Spring 2010 - MIIS, Fall 2010 - MIIS, Spring 2011 - MIIS, Spring 2012 - MIIS, Fall 2012 - MIIS
IPOL 8587 - CaseStudiesIn Sustnblty Ldrshp
The primary purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to hear firsthand accounts from sustainability leaders across a wide spectrum of organizations - businesses, NGOs, investment firms, R&D laboratories and community organizations -- and engage them in conversation in order to discover: 1. The characteristics that make for great sustainability leadership, 2. The cutting-edge opportunities for sustainable ventures and sustainable development in the U.S. and abroad, and 3. The risks and rewards of being a sustainability leader. Some of these talks will be more philosophical while others will be technical.
An essential element of the course will be an exploration of what the term "sustainability" means in different contexts, and how it can be made operational. The featured speakers will be interspersed with readings and lectures/discussions on the larger issues of sustainability, sustainable business, and sustainable development.
It is recommended that students also attend the workshop in Sustainable Investing as a complement to this course.
Fall 2009 - MIIS, Fall 2010 - MIIS
IPOL 8593 - GP&S Colloquium:EmergngMarkets
In the past two decades, emerging economies—including, but not limited to, the celebrated “BRICS” (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). This course will take on, and contribute to, debates surrounding these emerging markets. How have they become the darlings of international capital markets, regional economic and political leaders, and the brightest lights in a gloomy global economic landscape? Along with this rapid economic growth, these same countries are also experiencing dramatic social changes, environmental problems, political transitions and foreign policy frictions. How can these growing pains be effectively managed?
Today’s global challenges often require global solutions and a small number of developed countries ( such as G8) can no longer effectively coordinate policy solution to address global crises, including economic recession, financial crisis, and climate change negotiations. As such, the G20, including a number of the emerging economies in its membership, has risen to prominence as a new forum for global governance. The experiences of these countries also offer an opportunity to think about larger questions of global order and national development. What constitutes power in the global political economy and how is it/should it be/is it beginning to be (re)distributed? How can state and market work together to generate equitable and participatory growth? How should the BRICS and other emerging economies be factored into the 21st century’s policy challenges, such as climate change or reworking international financial institutions after the recent economic crisis? What do the experiences of the emerging markets mean for the many people who still lack access to the fruits of such growth--- including over a billion citizens of these countries themselves?
Spring 2010 - MIIS
IPOL 8663 - Ocean & Coastal Economics
The purpose of this course is to develop advanced economic skills applied to development and resource issues in the world’s oceans and coasts. The course will focus heavily on analytical and data-driven techniques that can help illuminate the costs and benefits of various policies in the ocean and coastal zones, using a variety of metrics, and incorporating environmental and social values. The course will be divided into two parts: Market economics and coastal planning with Prof. DePaolis and non-market economics with Prof. Scorse.
Student participation in both of these sections will be high, involving many in-class assignments, lab sessions, and extended discussions. Students will be expected to engage in original data collection, analysis, and research. This is an intensive course geared for people who want to pursue careers in marine-related fields, although the topics are more broadly applicable to a range of conservation and development-related careers.
Spring 2012 - MIIS
