# Bruce McCarl

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**Parent**: https://agecon.tamu.edu/ms-agricultural-economics-thesis/

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:   University Distinguished Professor

Office:
:   AGLS 373

Email:
:   [[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afeddddaccca81e2ccecceddc3efcec881dbcec2da81cacbda)

Phone:
:   (979) 393-0905

[Bruce McCarl's Website](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/)

## Education

Undergraduate Education
:   B.S. Business Statistics, University of Colorado

Graduate Education
:   Ph.D. Management Science, Pennsylvania State University

## Areas of Expertise

- Production and Resource Economics
- Mathematical Programming
- Policy
- Climate Change
- Water Policy

## Professional Summary

Dr. McCarl is a University Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. His recent research efforts have largely involved policy analysis (mainly on climate change, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, water economics, ENSO analysis and Edwards Aquifer water) as well as the proper application of quantitative methods to such analyses. He teaches graduate courses in applied mathematical programming and applied risk analysis.

## Selected Publications

Chambwera, M., G. Heal, C. Dubeux, S. Hallegatte, L. Leclerc, A. Markandya, B.A. McCarl, R. Mechler, and J. Neumann, “Economics of Adaptation”, Climate Change 2013: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Da, Y., B.A. McCarl, and Y. Xu, “Effects of ozone and climate on historical (1980-2015) crop yields in the United States: implication on mid-21st century projection”, Environmental and Resource Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00629-y, 2021.

Ding, J.X., and B.A. McCarl, “Decadal Climate Variability, Water Availability and Cropping: The Value of Forecast Information in South-Central Texas”, Climate Research, 83: https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01629, 1-14, 2021.

Smith, P., D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H.H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B.A. McCarl, F. OMara, C.W. Rice, R. Scholes, O. Sirotenko, M. Howden, T. McAllister, S.M. Ogle, G. Pan, V. Romanenkov, U.A. Schneider, S. Towprayoon, M. Wattenbach, and J.E. Smith, “Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 363 (1492), 789-813, 2008.

## All Publications

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