MARK GRIFFIN SMITH

OFFICE ADDRESS	Department of Economics and Business Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 U.S.A. Tel.: (719) 389-6411 Fax: (719) 389-6927 msmith@ColoradoCollege.edu
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EDUCATION

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, December 1987

Department of Economics and Department of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Duke University

Dissertation: Short-run water supply allocation under uncertainty: markets and market failure.

Concentration: Natural resource and environmental economics, water resource systems, public finance, industrial organization.

MASTER OF SCIENCE, May 1986

Department of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Duke University

Thesis: a spatial equilibrium model for water resources assessment: a case study of Cyprus.

BACHELOR OF ARTS, June 1979

Harvard University

Major: Economics

Honors: Cum laude with high honors in economics.

Senior thesis: Appropriate technology and economic cost-benefit analysis.

GRANTS & AWARDS

John and Beverly Knight Chair for the Study of Free Enterprise, 1999-2002 (first recipient)

RGK Foundation – Grant for wireless classroom initiative, 2000

Jackson Research Fellowship, The Colorado College – 1990, 1993

Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award – 1991 (first year award was given)

Travel Grant to Costa Rica, Associated Colleges of the Midwest - 1991

Resources for the Future Grant, Resources for the Future - 1989

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor of Economics, The Colorado College. 2002 – Present. Courses taught: environmental economics, resource economics, microeconomic theory, research methods, industrial organization, principles of economics, the Colorado River, water in the west, natural resource management. Advisor for the minor in resource systems in the American west and the minor in environmental issues. Assistant department chair, fall, 1993; acting department chair, spring 1994; assistant department chair 1996 to 2000. Chair, Faculty Executive Committee, 1999-2000. Department Chair, 2000 to 2003.

Associate Professor of Economics, The Colorado College. 1993 – 2002.

Project Manager/Research Scholar, Water Resources Project, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria. Researched use of economics instruments for water quality management in central and eastern Europe and helped develop water quality management software. Coordinated research efforts of a multi-national, multi-disciplinary team of eight research scholars. May 1994 – June 1996.

Assistant Professor of Economics, The Colorado College. 1988 – 1993.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Resource Economics and Water Resources Management, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Duke University. 1986-1988. Courses taught: hydrology, water resource systems, seminar in air and water resources.

Consultant. Water Supply and Sewerage Division, Europe, Middle East and North Africa Department, The World Bank. 1984-1986. Developed spatial equilibrium model for regional and national scale water resources assessment.

Coach. Department of Athletics, Duke University. 1984. Coached men’s crew team.

Research and Teaching Assistant, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Duke University. 1982 – 1986. Developed database for study on returns to research in southern forestry. Conducted weekly discussion sessions in resource economics. Lectured on water resource economics.

Research Assistant, Industrial Development and Finance Department, The World Bank. 1981 – 1982. Conducted research on the finance of food processing industries. Served as rapporteur for international conference on finance of small-scale industry in Asia.

Staff Assistant, The President’s Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee, 1991. Conducted research on the safety programs of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Research Assistant, Appropriate Technology International, 1979-1981. Appraised small-scale projects. Served as rapporteur for international conference on appropriate technology in Asia.

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REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Smith, M. G. “Field Trips: They’re Not Just for Geologists Anymore,” Journal of Economic

Education. (in review)

Klaassen, G.; Nentjes, A. and Smith, M.G. “Testing the Theory of Emissions Trading: Experimental

Evidence on Alternative Mechanisms for Global Carbon Trading,” Ecological Economics (forthcoming)

Smith, M. G., De Marchi, C. and Jolma, A. “Paddling Enforceable Approaches Upstream to EU

Standards?: Water Quality Management and Policy Implementation in Central and Eastern

Europe,” Water Science and Technology 40(10), 1999, pp. 73-79

De Marchi, C.; Ivanov, P.; Jolma, A.; Masliev, I.; Smith, M.G.; and Somlyódy, L “Innovative Tools

for Water Quality Management and Policy Analysis: DESERT and StreamPlan,” Water

Science and Technology 40(10), 1999, pp. 103-110.

De Marchi, C.; Jolma, A.; Smith, M.G.; Perera, B.J.C. and Somlyódy, L. “StreamPlan: A Support

System for Water Quality Management on a River Basin Scale,” Environmental Software

and Modeling, 12(4), 1997 pp. 275-284.

Smith, M.G. "Stnaje I Doseg Gospodarskih Mjera I institucija U Upravljanju Kvalitetom Voda (The State of the Art in Economic Instruments and Institutions for Water Quality Management)," Hrvatske Vode, 3(10-11), 1996, pp. 173-187, (translated into Croatian by Borivoj Glumbić).

Naeser, R.B. and Smith, M.G. "Playing with Borrowed Water: Conflicts of Instream Flows on the Upper Arkansas River," The Natural Resources Journal, 24 (Winter 1995), pp. 93-110.

Howe, C.W. and Smith, M.G. "The Value of Water Supply Reliability in Urban Water Systems, " Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 24 (1994): 19-30.

Howe, C.W. and Smith, M.G. "Incorporating Public Preferences in Planning Urban Water Supply Reliability," Water Resources Research 29 (October 1993): 3363 – 3369.

Smith, M.G. and Marin, C.M. "Analysis of Short-run Domestic Water Supply Allocation under Uncertainty," Water Resources Research 29 (August 1993): 2909 – 2916.

Marin, C.M. and Smith, M.G. "Water Resources Assessment: A Spatial Equilibrium Approach," Water Resources Research 24 (June 1988): 793 – 801.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Klaassen, G.; Nentjes, A. and Smith, M.G.. “Testing the Dynamic Theory of Emissions Trading: Experimental Evidence for Global Carbon Trading,” IR-01-063, Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, November 2001.

Naeser, R.B. and Smith, M.G. “Enforcing Property Rights in Western Water: Is it Better to Be Upstream with a Shovel or Downstream with a Model?” in T.L. Anderson and P.J. Hill, eds., The Technology of Property Rights, The Political Economy Forum Series, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001.

De Marchi, C.; Jolma, A.; Maslieve, I.; Perera, B.J.C.; Smith, M.G.; and Somlyódy, L. “StreamPlan User’s Manual,” Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, May 1996.

Klaassen, G. and Smith, M.G. (eds.) "Financing Environmental Quality in Central and Eastern Europe: An Assessment of International Support," IIASA Conference Paper, International Institute for Applied Systems analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, October 1995.

Klaassen, G.; Smith, M.G.; Zapfel, P.; Amann, M. "The Effectiveness of International Financial Instruments for Environmental Investment in CEE Countries: Recipients' Perspectives," Bundesministerium Für Umwelt, Österreich, and the UK Department of the Environment, Band 37/1995.

Feher, J.; Lence, B.; Masliev, I.; Smith, M.G. and Somlyódy, L “Systems Approaches for Analysis of Water Quality Management of the Sió, Kapos, Veszpremi-Sed, Malom, Nador and Gaja River System (Hungary),” IIASA Working Paper WP-95-111, Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, December 1995.

Smith, M.G. "The State of the Art in Economics Instruments and Institutions for Water Quality Management," in V. Novotny and L. Somlyódy, eds., Remediation and Management of Degraded River Basins, NATO Advanced Science Institute Series, Berlin: Springer, 1995.

Smith, M.G. "The Finance of Small-Scale Industry, "Proceedings of a conference held in Colombo, Sri Lanka by the Industrial Development and Finance Department, The World Bank, 1982.

Blush, S. and Smith, M.G. "Reactor Safety Programs of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," Report of the President's Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee, 1981.

Smith, M.G. "Appropriate Technology in Asia," Proceedings of a conference held in Bangkok, Thailand by Appropriate Technology International, 1980.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Economics Association, Association of Environmental

and Resource Economists, American Water Resources Association