Marc N. Conte is a Professor in the Economics Department at Fordham University. The 2023 Economic Report of the President cited his research on tropical cyclone damages and the challenges that tail-event storms pose to homeowners, insurers, and regulators as well as work about the impacts of climate change on natural capital and human well-being, as measured by species extinction risk and Endangered Species Act spending in the United States. He previously held a Visiting Associate Professor position at the Yale School of the Environment in 2020 and 2023. Prior to his arrival at Fordham, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Stanford University, where he worked with the Natural Capital Project. While finishing his graduate studies at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, as an advisee of Christopher Costello and a trainee in the NSF-funded IGERT Economics and Environmental Sciences program, he had a visiting position at Williams College.
Professor Conte is an applied microeconomist whose research agenda covers several topics at the heart of environmental economics: air pollution, climate change, conservation auctions, natural capital, and natural disasters. He uses applied econometric techniques, applied theory, laboratory experiments, and randomized field experiments to explore policy-relevant questions in his areas of interest.
Email: marc.conte@fordham “dot” edu