Jackson C. Somers

Assistant Professor

Agricultural and Resource Economics

University of Connecticut

My primary field is environmental economics, with a particular research focus on the waste industry, its history, and the environmental impacts.

My email is [first name].[last name]@uconn.edu

Works in Progress

Household Landfill Diversion and the Methane Emission Impacts [LINK] Revise & Resubmit

Gasoline Demand Response to Taxes Versus Embedded Cap and Trade Prices [LINK]

Consumer Response to Water Quality Violations   

Courses Taught 

Each fall I teach... 

• ARE 2525: Sustainability Policy & Management

Each spring I teach...

• ARE 2155: Imperfect Competition & Behavioral Economics

• ARE 6313: Applied Econometrics II