ANDREW YOUNG SCHOOL OF POLICY STUDIES
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Under the provisions of the regulations for the degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
on Friday, July 17, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
in Room 507 AYSPS Building, 14 Marietta Street
will be held the
DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEFENSE
FOR
Merlin M. Hanauer
The dissertation topic is:
Essays on the Evaluation of Environmental Programs:
Decomposing the Effects of Environmental Protected Areas on Social Welfare
and
Norms in The Commons: A Laboratory Experiment Investigating Social Norms
as a Non-Price Mechanism to Reduce Extraction
The Examiners are:
Dr. Paul J. Ferraro
Dr. H. Spencer Banzhaf
Dr. James C. Cox
Dr. Andrew R. Hanson
Dr. Laura O. Taylor
Dr. Jonathan Rork
Dr. Kurt E. Schnier
Faculty and doctoral students may wish to attend
this examination.