Kent F. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Economist

EDUCATION:

University of California, Davis, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Davis, CA
Doctor of Philosophy, September 2006
Thesis title: Natural Amenity Benefits and the Residential Development Market

Vassar College, Economics, Poughkeepsie, NY
Bachelor of Arts, May 2000
General and Departmental Honors
Minors: Mathematics, Environmental Science

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:

October 2006-present
Economist, Northern Economics, Inc., Bellingham, WA

January 2006-September 2006
Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, CA

June 2004-September 2004
Intern: Economic Information Specialist, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC

June 2003-September 2003
Intern: Graduate Fellow, Property Rights and Environment Research Center, Bozeman, MT

September 2000-September 2001
Research Associate, The Economic Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

September 2002-December 2005
Teaching Assistant, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, CA
Classes: Intermediate Microeconomics-Consumer and Producer Theory, Intermediate Microeconomics-Industrial Organization and Game Theory, Financial Management I, Financial Management II, Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Economics

September 1999-June 2000
Statistics Intern/Computer Lab Assistant, Economics Department, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

SEMINARS

Texas A&M University, Kansas State University, University of Nevada-Reno, University of California-Davis, University of California-Santa Barbara, Environmental Protection Agency, Economic Research Service, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Property Rights and Environment Research Center

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Recreation at open space and residential development patterns”, 8th Occasional California Workshop on Environmental & Resource Economics, October 2005; and American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, July 2005

Discussant: “The Montreal Expos and The Market for Major League Sports Assets/Franchises” by Michael Farrell, Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, February 2004

“The Spatial Distribution of Public Open Space to maximize the Net Benefits from Recreation”, American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, July 2005; Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, February 2004; and PERC: The Center for Free Market Environmentalism, Summer 2003

“Open Space Allocation and Travel Costs” Selected Paper, American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, July 2003

PUBLICATIONS and WORKS IN PROGRESS

Kovacs, Kent F. and Douglas M. Larson. 2007. “The influence of recreation and amenity benefits of open space on residential development patterns”, Land Economics 83 (4), Forthcoming.

Kovacs, Kent F. and Douglas M. Larson. “Stated preference models for identifying individual discount rates”, Invitation to Revise and Resubmit, Land Economics

Kovacs, Kent F. and Douglas M. Larson. “Identifying Capitalized Recreation Benefits by the Hedonic Housing Price Method”, Working Paper, 2006

Kovacs, Kent F., Noelwah R. Netusil and Douglas M. Larson. “Recreation at Regional Parks and Urban Equilibrium in Portland, Oregon”, Working Paper, 2006

GRANTS

University of California Giannini Foundation Mini-Grant, 2006-2007: A Comparison of Farmland Conservation Programs in California

University of California Giannini Foundation Mini-Grant, 2004-2005: Land Use Change, Recreation, and Residential Development

Jastro-Shields Research Award, Spring 2003, 2004, and 2005

HONORS

UC Davis First-Year University Fellowship, 2001-2002

UC Davis Guaranteed Second-Year Department Assistantship, 2001

Vassar Fellowship, 2001

Twice awarded for employee excellence at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2000-2001

Student Employee of the Year, Spring 2000

Olive M. Lammert Book Prize for Excellence in Organic Chemistry, 1997

Vassar Scholarship, 1996-2000

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Staff Profiles:
[Patrick Burden] [Marcus Hartley] [Leah Cuyno]
[Mike Fisher] [Cal Kerr] [Kent Kovacs] [Diane Steele]
[Terri McCoy] [Jonathan King] [Bill Schenken]
[Don Schug] [Trina Wellman]

Staff Resumes:
[Patrick Burden] [Marcus Hartley] [Leah Cuyno]
[Mike Fisher] [Cal Kerr] [Kent Kovacs] [Diane Steele]
[Terri McCoy] [Jonathan King] [Bill Schenken]
[Don Schug] [Trina Wellman]


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