WildfireSmokeintheUnitedStatesJacobGellmanandMatthewWibbenmeyerWorkingPaper24-04April2024AbouttheAuthorsJacobGellmanisapostdoctoralfellowintheDepartmentofEconomicsattheUniversityofAlaskaAnchorage.Hisresearchfocusesontheeconomicsofnaturaldisasters,climateadaptation,andpubliclands.Somecurrentprojectsinvestigatewelfaredamagesofwildfiresmokeforoutdoorrecreation,adaptationtoclimatechangeandnaturaldisastersinhomeownersinsurancemarkets,andtheeffectofnaturaldisasterforecastsandalertsonevacuations.GellmanholdsaPhDfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara.AsaresearcherattheEarthResearchInstituteinSantaBarbara,heworkedoninterdisciplinarywildfireissueswitheconomists,ecologists,meteorologists,andothernaturalscientists.Previously,Gellmanworkedasanenergyeconomicsconsultant,whereheadvisedutilitiesandtribesonenergydecisionsandproducedexpertwitnesstestimonyforentitiessuchastheUSDepartmentofJusticeandtheIllinoisAttorneyGeneral.MatthewWibbenmeyerisafellowatResourcesfortheFuture(RFF).HisresearchstudiesclimateimpactsandmitigationwithintheUSlandsector,withaspecialemphasisonwildfireimpactsandmanagement.USwildfireactivityhasacceleratedinrecentyears,leadingtoincreasesinpropertydamages,carbonemissions,andhealthimpactsduetosmoke.Wibbenmeyer’sresearchstudiestheimpactsofthesechangesforcommunities,howtheseimpactsaredistributed,andhowmana...
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