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Faculty & Staff

Areas of Expertise

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Degrees

M.S. in Economic Policy & Planning Northeastern University
PhD in Economics, Northeastern University

Additional Information

Jennifer Clifford is an environmental and natural resource economist specializing in economic valuation, resource conservation, and incentive instruments. An economic consultant on environmental conservation projects Jennifer has worked on several water projects, including coastal zone and coral reef protection for the government of Belize, benefit cost analysis of the Charles River cleanup, and a contingent valuation study of the Miyun Reservoir for the Chinese government. Land use projects include an economic valuation and social welfare study of the American public lands and the existence value of American wild horses. She teaches semester-long courses in environmental economics, environmental policy, and economic theory at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, Harvard Summer School, and Harvard University extension school’s graduate program in Sustainability & Environmental Management and presents environmental economics seminars for intensive executive education programs at the Kennedy School of Government. Her topics include The Global Food Crisis: Market Failures & Distortions, Economic Incentives for Environmental Conservation, and Economic Valuation of Environmental Amenities. Jennifer was previously employed as a consultant at Harvard Institute for International Development, specializing in Central American environmental protection, and has taught environmental economics at Real Colegio- University of Madrid and Bentley College’s Environmental Management Program.  Academic interests include China’s environment, wildlife conservation, food resources, and the environmental & public health costs of livestock agriculture.