Recruiting GRA
A current project examining the strategic plan to manage the state of Hawaii’s Na Ala Hele public trail system. Through the lens of environmental valuation, this research aims to quantify the economic, social, and ecological dimensions of recreational impacts, public perceptions of use management approaches, providing valuable insights for sustainable management and conservation strategies.
Recruting GRA Postion for Fall 2024
Media Attention on
Land Economics The Instagram Effect: Is Social Media Influencing Visitation to Public Land?
Public lands in the United States have recently experienced significant increases in visitation. Journalists and park managers suggest Instagram as a reason for the increase. We explore this issue in the Oregon State Park system by combining visitation data with park-specific georeferenced content and engagement indicators from Instagram. Using several empirical specifications, we show suggestive evidence that Instagram is not likely correlated to increased visitation everywhere, but only in a few locations generating high user participation within the app. We find no contemporary effect and a positive association with cumulative Instagram engagement indicators on visits at this subset of parks.
Published Paper
Olsen, Michael J., Jon Allan, Steven J. Dundas, Maria Krivova, Ben A. Leshchinsky, Andrew Senogles, Joanie Herrmann, Christopher Parrish, and Ashley Lowe Mackenzie. US Highway 101 Coastal Hazard Vulnerability and Assessment for Mitigation Prioritization, Oregon Department of Transportation Project, Federal Highway Administration, Final Report
Lowe Mackenzie, A., S. J. Dundas, and B. Zhao. The Instagram Effect: Is Social Media Influencing Visitation to Public Land? Land Economics
Working Paper
Lowe Mackenze, A.,Dugstad A. & Oleson K. Economic Value of Campsite Closures in Hawaii
Lowe Mackenze, A., Dundas SJ Is a Photo Worth 1,000 Likes? Visitation Modeling and The Influence of Instagram at National Parks
Lowe Mackenze, A., Dundas SJ & Dickson, C. The Effects of Public Health Advisories on the Value of Recreational Camping
Work in Progress
* Integrating spatial dynamics and recreational values from the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs to the Hawaiian Islands
* Non-market tourism values of coral reefs for the Hawaiian Islands
* Estimating the impacts of removing Oregon’s severance tax on large industrial timber harvesting in 1999.
Seminar
Forthcoming
AERE - Summer 2024
The Effects of Public Health Advisories on the Value of Recreational CampingMSEAS - Summer 2024
Integrating spatial dynamics and recreational values from the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs to the Hawaiian IslandsWEAI - Summer 2024 Economic Value of Campsite Closures in Hawaii Is a Photo Worth 1,000 Likes? Visitation Modeling and The Influence of Instagram at National Parks
Past Presentations
WEER @ University of Hawaii : Fall 2023
Professional Services
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AAEA Conference Reviewer
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Current & Past Projects
Oleson Lab on Ocean Acidfication - Ongoing
Environmental research specialist on an interdisciplinary team of ecological modelers, oceanographers, social scientists, and economists on a NOAA Ocean Acidification Program-funded project assessing vulnerability of Hawaiʻi’s people to future ocean acidification impacts.Graduate Research Assistant - OSU 2020-2021
Oregon Department of Transportation 2021
Project looked at potential impacts from highway
infrastructure failures stemming from coastal erosion and policy conflicts. My responsibility
included developing of a cost benefit framework which included both market and non-market valuation
methods to better understand potential adaptation strategies. Methods employed included travel cost,
emission through the social cost of carbon and permanent changes to ecosystem services to further
understand potential cost and benefits.
Instructor
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UPCOMING : NREM 691 Valuing Nature @ University of Hawaii Fall 2024
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UPCOMING: NREM 429 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business and Economic Analysis @ University of Hawaii Fall 2024
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NREM 494 Environmental Problem Solving @ University of Hawaii 2024
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AEC 253 Environmental Law, Policy and Economics @ Oregon State Unversity 2020
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SUS 390 Global Climate Change @ Western Oregon Unversity 2023
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SUS 390 Sustainability and Capitalism @ Western Oregon Unversity 2023
Graduate Teaching
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AEC 525 Applied Econometrics 2019
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AEC 447 Agriculture Price and Market Analysis 2020
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AEC/ECON 432 Environmental Law 2019
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AEC 388 Agricultural Law 2018
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AEC/ECON 352 Environmental Economics and Policy 2018
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SUS 350 Sustainable Communities 2020-2021
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AEC 253 Environmental Law, Policy and Economics 2019
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AEC 122 Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy 2021
Alma Mater
- Bachelor of Science in Economics (2011)
- Fields : Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Game Theory, History of Economic Thought, Institutional economics, Comparative economics, Statistics
- Minor in Philosophy
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