Andrew L. Zaeske

Economist with a focus on environmental and natural resource applications. Experience with production of synthesis reports and communication of advanced economic research and knowledge for non-expert audiences. Primary research areas include water pricing, environmental valuation methods, policy evaluation and assessment of the welfare effects of water use. Recently used methods include qualitative analysis (content analysis), stochastic frontier analysis, multi-criteria analysis, political economy and governance analysis. Environmental economist with a focus on water resources, watershed modeling and non-market valuation of benefits. Primary areas of expertise include water pricing and valuation of non-market beenfits, watershed and large scale modeling of the impacts of water use, and policy evaluation. Previous experience includes political economy and governance analysis, multi-criteria analysis, stochastic frontier analysis and the political economy of water supply.

Senior Economist, MAIA Water, 2024 - Current
Independent Economic Consultant, 2013 - Current
- Clients include: Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Kingdom of the Netherlands (now Ministry of Infrastructure, Public Works and Water Management), Stockholm International Water Insitute, U.S. EPA Office of Water
Programme Officer, Stockholm International Water Institute, 2015 - 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics, Umeå, Sweden, 2011 - 2013

Ph.D. Economics, University of California Los Angeles, June 2011
M.A. Economics, University of California Los Angeles, March 2008
B.A. Economics/B.S. Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, Loyola University Chicago, May 2006

Valuing Water Literature Review, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Kingdom of the Netherlands, 2017
Managing Water: Rights, Markets and Welfare, with Chandra Kiran Krishnamurthy, CERE Working Paper, 2017:2
Embracing Risk, Uncertainty and Water Allocation Reform When Planning for Green Growth, Gallagher, L., Laflaive, X., Zaeske A., Brown, C., Lange, G-M., Ahlroth, S., Castaneda, J-P., Fanaian, S., Joyce, J., Kamar, E., Bahri, A., Miralles-Wilhelm, F.R. Aquatic Procedia, Vol 6, August 2016. [HTML]
Pricing instruments for sustainable water management, Sjödin, J., Zaeske, A., Joyce, J. Working paper Nr. 28. SIWI, Stockholm, 2016. (Organisational Position on Water Pricing PDF])
Common Metrics in Freshwater Ecosystem Valuation, Stockholm International Water Institute, 2016
Policy Intervention Points in Freshwater Ecosystems, Stockholm International Water Institute, 2016
Quantifying the Contributions of Water to Economic Growth, Report Written for Stockholm International Water Institute, 2014
Water Use and Agricultural Production: A County Level Analysis of the Continental United States, Expert Report for U.S. EPA Office of Water Study: Importance of Water to the U.S. Economy, 2012
Aggregate Technical Efficiency and Water Use in U.S. Agriculture, CERE Working Paper, 2012:11 (PDF)
Macroeconomic Analyses of Water Use and Efficiency, PhD Thesis 2011

Water pricing instruments for sustainable water management, Expert Presentation for the Middle East Desalination Research Centre (MEDRC), March 2019
Complexities with Water pricing and governance, Session Introduction and Panel Member, World Water Week, 27 August 2015
20th Ulvön Conference on Environmental Economics, 20 June 2013
An Analytical Assessment of the Relationship Between Social Welfare and Legal Restrictions in a Water Network
North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 12 February 2013
Water Use and Agricultural Production: A County Level Analysis of the Continental United States
U.S. EPA Technical Workshop: Importance of Water, 19 September 2012
Water Use and Agricultural Production: A County Level Analysis of the Continental United States
12th Annual IAEE European Energy Conference, 10 September 2012
Measuring Efficiency in Wholesale Energy Production

Andrew Zaeske, PhD