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Clarkson University professor to conduct environmental economics research in Canada as a recipient of a Fulbright Chair position

Posted 10/9/15

A Clarkson University professor will conduct environmental economics research in Canada this fall as a recipient of a Fulbright Chair position in Canada, according to university press release. …

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Clarkson University professor to conduct environmental economics research in Canada as a recipient of a Fulbright Chair position

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A Clarkson University professor will conduct environmental economics research in Canada this fall as a recipient of a Fulbright Chair position in Canada, according to university press release.

Associate Professor of Economics and Finance and Fredric C. Menz Scholar of Environmental Economics Martin Heintzelman was awarded a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair position in the environment and economy at the University of Ottawa's Institute of the Environment from November to April.

Heintzelman brings the number of Clarkson University faculty members to receive Fulbright Awards over the past seven years up to ten. In all, 38 members of the faculty have received Fulbright Awards.

Heintzelman, an environmental economist, will research the intersection of local policies, property values and new energy facilities.

In particular, he will focus on how property values are affected by new energy facilities, such as windfarms, pipelines or powerlines, and how increasing the amount of oil transported by rail is perceived by homeowners in light of well-publicized incidents, such as the rail disaster at Lac Megantic, Quebec.

An additional focus of the work is to take a comparative approach, looking at both sides of the U.S. and Canada border.

Heintzelman, who is also the director of the Center for Canadian Studies at Clarkson, said he looks forward to building connections across Canada.

"This will be an opportunity for me to network with the Institute of the Environment and build connections between myself and that organization, and between Clarkson and the University of Ottawa," he said.