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Antonio Miguel R. Bento

Associate Professor

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

My research program is in the area of environmental economics and energy policy. At the present time, I am mostly focusing on the development of integrated frameworks to evaluate the overall costs, land use impacts and resulting GHG emissions from biofuels policies. |I am also developing methods to evaluate cost-effective solutions to reduce GHG emissions in NY

Educational Background

  • B.A., Economics. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, 1996.

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • Bento, Antonio, Charles Towe, and Jackie Geoghegan. December 2007. The Effects of Moratoria on Residential Development: Evidence from a Matching Approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89(5).
  • Bento, Antonio, Mark Jacobsen. January 2007. Ricardian Rents, Environmental Policy, and the "Double Dividend" Hypothesis. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 53(1).
  • Bento, Antonio, Sofia Franco, and Daniel Kaffine. January 2006. The Efficiency and Distributional Impacts of Anti-Sprawl Policies. Journal of Urban Economics 59(1).
  • Bento, Antonio, Maureen Cropper, Mushfiq Moborak, and Katja Vinha. August 2005. The Impact of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand in the United States. Review of Economics and Statistics 87(3).
  • Bento, Antonio, Lawrence Goulder, Emeric Henry, Mark Jacobsen, and Roger Von-Haefen. May 2005. Distributional and Efficiency Impacts of Gasoline Taxes: An Econometrically-based Multi-market Study. American Economic Review 95(2).