School of Economic Sciences WSU
Faculty
Ana Espinola-Arredondo
Professor and Associate Director
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
- M.Sc. Economics, University of Barcelona, Spain, 2002
- B.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Valparaiso with Honors, Chile, 1999
- B.A. Business Administration, University of Valparaiso with Honors, Chile, 1999
FIELDS OF INTEREST
- Environmental Economics and Game Theory
- Industrial Organization and Applied Microeconomics.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
- Co-Editor-in-chief International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, May 2022-
- Co-Editor, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2021-
- Co-Editor, Economic Inquiry, 2018-
- Editorial Board, PLOS ONE, 2019-2022.
- Guest Editor, Games (MDPI open access journal), 2020.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Pardini, C. and A. Espinola-Arredondo. 2023. Fungicide resistance and misinformation: A game theoretic approach. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 71, pp. 171-201.
- Kanjilal, K., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2022. Does the Presence of a Public Firm Facilitate Merger Approvals? Economics Letters, 219, 110841.
- Choi, P., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2022. Environmental policy helping antitrust decisions: socially excessive and insufficient merger approvals. Resource and Energy Economics, 67, 101267.
- Strandholm, J., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2021. Pollution Abatement with Disruptive R&D Investment. Resource and Energy Economics, 66, 101258.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A., E. Stathopoulou and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2021. Regulators and Environmental Groups: Better Together or Apart? Environment and Development Economics, 27(1), pp. 40-66
- Pardini, C. and A. Espinola-Arredondo. 2021. Violence, Coercion and Settler Colonialism. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 33(2), pp. 236-273.
- Garrido, D., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2020. Can Mandatory Certification Promote Greenwashing? A Signaling Approach. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 22(6), pp. 1801-1851.
- Strandholm, J. and A. Espinola-Arredondo. 2020. Investment in Green Technology and Entry Deterrence. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 20(2), 20180355.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A., F. Munoz-Garcia and I. Duah. 2019. Anticipatory Effects of Taxation in the Commons: When Do Taxes Work, and When Do They Fail? Ecological Economics, 166, 106433.
- Bayham, J., F. Munoz-Garcia and A. Espinola-Arredondo. 2019. International Coordination of Environmental Policies: Is it Always Worth the Effort? Environment and Development Economics, 24(3), pp. 294-316.
- Choi, P., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2018. Conservation Procurement Auctions with Bidirectional Externalities. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 92, pp. 559-579.
- Strandholm, J., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2018. Regulation, Free-Riding Incentives, and R&D investment with Spillover. Resource and Energy Economics, 53, pp. 133-146.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A., F. Munoz-Garcia and P. Tantihkarnchana. 2018. Information Transmission During the Trial: The Role of Punitive Damages and Legal Costs. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 20(2), pp. 136-155.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2016. Profit-Enhancing Environmental Policy: Uninformed Regulation in an Entry-Deterrence Model. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 50(2), pp. 146-163.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2015. Can Poorly Informed Regulators Hinder Competition? Environmental and Resource Economics, 61(3), pp. 433-461.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2015. Why do Firms Oppose Entry-Deterring Regulation? Environmental Regulation and Entry Deterrence.Environment and Development Economics, 20(2), pp. 141-160.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2015.The Signaling Role of Subsidies. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 15(1), pp. 157-178.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A., F. Munoz-Garcia and J. Bayham. 2014. The Entry-Deterring Effects of Inflexible Regulation. Canadian Journal of Economics, 47(1), pp. 298-324.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2013. Asymmetric Information may Protect the Commons: The Welfare Benefits of Uninformed Regulators.Economics Letters, 121 (3), pp. 463-67.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2013. When does Environmental Regulation Facilitate Entry-Deterring Practices? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 65(1), pp. 133-152.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2013. Don’t Forget to Protect Abundant Resources. Strategic Behavior and the Environment, 3(4), pp. 251-278.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and H. Zhao. 2012. Environmental Policy in a Linear City Model of Product Differentiation. Environment and Development Economics, 17(4), pp. 461-477.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2012. When do Firms Support Environmental Agreements? Journal of Regulatory Economics, 41(3), pp. 380-401.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2011. Can incomplete information lead to under-exploitation in the commons? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 62(3), pp. 402-413. [Technical Appendix]
- Espinola-Arredondo, A., E. Gal-Or and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2011. When should a firm expand its business? The Signaling Implications of Business Expansion. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 29 (6), pp. 729-745.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2011. Free-riding in International Environmental Agreements: A Signaling Approach to Non-Enforceable Treaties. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 23 (1), pp. 111–134.
- Free-riding and cooperation in environmental games. 2009. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 11 (1), pp. 119–158.
- Green Auctions: a biodiversity study of mechanism design with externalities. 2008. Ecological Economics, 67 (2), pp. 175-183.
For more on her research, visit her personal website
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. “Game Theory: An Introduction with Step-by-Step Examples.” Forthcoming Palgrave Macmillan, Fall 2023.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. “Common Pool Resources: Strategic Behavior, Inefficiencies, and Incomplete Information.” Cambridge University Press, October 2021.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Intermediate Economic Theory: Tools and Step-by-Step Examples. The MIT Press, November 2020.
- Dunaway, E., Strandholm, J., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Practice Exercises for Intermediate Economic Theory. The MIT Press, November 2020
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Editors of the volume dedicated to “Game Theory,” in the WSCP reference of natural resources and environmental policy in the era of global change, World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC)/Imperial College Press (IPC). October 2016.
- Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. 2013. “Environmental Negotiations under Uncertainty,” in Analyzing Global Environmental Issues: Theoretical and Experimental Applications and their Policy Implications, Ariel Dinar and Amnon Rapoport, eds. Routledge. February 14th, pp. 53-68.
- F. Munoz-Garcia and Espinola-Arredondo. “The Role of Information in the Tragedy of the Commons,” in Analyzing Global Environmental Issues: Theoretical and Experimental Applications and their Policy Implications, Ariel Dinar and Amnon Rapoport, eds. Routledge. February 14th, pp. 29-52.
- Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 8th edition. (Tom Tietenberg and Lynne Lewis), Prentice Hall, 2009.
AWARDS
- 2017-18 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant.
- The Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship. AAEA Foundation, 2010.
- Second Place in Research Medal Award of the Global Development Network (sponsored by International Development Research Center, Canada (IDRC) and the World Bank) with the paper “Free-riding and Cooperation in Environmental Games,” Kuwait, February 2009.
- Junta de Andalucia Research Fellowship, Spain, Summer 2009.
- Full tuition scholarship and stipend, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-Spring 2008
- Arts & Sciences Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Summer and Fall 2007
- Full tuition scholarship, University of Barcelona, Spain, 2001-Spring 2002
TEACHING MATERIALS
- Microeconomic Theory – EconS501 (Fall 2021)
- Environmental Economics – EconS582 (Fall 2021)
- All teaching materials are at Blackboard. For further information, please visit her Personal Website.
- Faculty Research Lightning Talk
- Seminar UAM
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CONTACT INFO
E-mail address:
anaespinola@wsu.edu
Office Location:
Hulbert 101B
Office Phone:
(509) 335-8494