Christopher Edmonds
Department of Business Economics
Associate Professor
Email: cedmonds@tiu.ac.jp
Last updated: December 1, 2022 3:22 pm
⬛ Education
| 1998 Ph.D. - University of California โ Berkeley, Agriculture and Resource Economics |
| 1991 M.S. - University of California โ Berkeley, Agriculture and Resource Economics |
| 1988 M.S. - University of Chicago, Public Policy Studies |
| 1985 B.S. - Cornell University, Industrial and Labor Relations |
⬛ Teaching and Research Interests
Teaching: Development Economics (graduate & undergraduate), International Economics, International Environmental Policy, Macroeconomics, and Tourism. Research areas: Economics of Climate Change and Disasters, International Trade (applied), Rural Development, and Tourism Economics.
⬛ Academic Appointments
| 2011-2017 Senior Economist, Asian Development Bank (Pacific Department) |
| 2009-2011 Assistant Professor/Specialist (Economics), University of Hawaii-Mฤnoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources |
| 2006-2009 Senior Economist and Rural Development Economist, Asian Development Bank (Strategy and Policy Department and East Asia Department) |
| 2003-2006 Research Fellow, East-West Center |
| 2003-2004 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii-Mฤnoa (Economics Department) |
| 2000-2003 Economist, Asian Development Bank (Economics Research Department) |
| 1998-2000 Affiliate Scientist, International Rice Research Institute (Social Science Division) |
⬛ Fellowships & Grants
| 1998-2000 Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Agriculture |
| 1994-1995 Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship |
| 1994-1995 J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Fellowship for Dissertation Research |
| 1992-1993 Social Science Research Council International Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, |
| 1988 American Society for Public Administration, Chicago Chapter, Student of the Year |
| 1988 Awarded Presidential Management Internship |
| 1987-1988 Urban Policy Scholar, University of Chicago (full tuition/stipend) |
⬛ Selected Publications/Conference Papers
| โIncreasing Fiscal Resilience to Disasters in the Pacificโ With I. Noy. Natural Hazards, Vol. 97, Issue 3 (2019), pp.1375-1393. |
| โThe Economics of Disaster Risk and Impacts in the Pacific.โ With I. Noy. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Vol. 27, Issue 5 (2018), pp.478-494. |
| โAssessing the impact of Road Development on Household Welfare in Rural Papua New Guinea.โ With M. Wiegand, E. Koomen, M. Pradhan, and B. Andrรฉe. In Financing Infrastructure in Asia: Capturing Impacts and New Sources, published by the Asian Development Bank Institute (2018), 189-235. |
| โSustainability Implications of the Evolution of Rice Farming amid Rural Poverty: The Case of the Chhotanagpur Plateau in Eastern India.โ With P. Banik and N. Fuwa. Journal of Sustainable Development, 7 (Number 4, 2014): 282-297. |
| โEffect of Approved Destination Status on Mainland Chinese Travel Abroad.โ With S. Arita and S. LaCroix. Asian Economic Journal, 28 (Number 3, 2014): 217-237. |
| โA Cost Analysis of EPA and DHA in Fish, Supplements, and Foods.โ With C. Watters, L. Rosner, K. Sloss, and P.S. Leung. Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences, 2 (Issue 8, 2012): 2-8. |
| China Trade: Busting Gravityโs Bounds.โ With S. LaCroix and Y. Li. Journal of Asian Economics, 19 (November-December, 2008): 455-466. |
⬛ Institute for International Strategy
https://www.tiu.ac.jp/iis/members/edmonds.html
⬛ Personal Website
https://sites.google.com/hawaii.edu/christopher-edmonds/home