Dr. Jamie Brown Kruse
THCAS Distinguished Professor of Economics (Emeritus)
Co-director, Center for Risk-based Community Resilience Planning (HQ Colorado State University)
Associate Director, Project IN-CORE (a nonprofit fiscally sponsored by Community Initiatives, Oakland, CA)
Founding Director, Center for Natural Hazards Research (2004-2020)
krusej@ecu.edu
Dr. Kruse’s primary research areas include risk and decision making, experimental economics, industrial organization and regulation, natural hazards economics, insurance and risk mitigation, and interdisciplinary research that integrates economic analysis with engineering, ecology, and the geosciences.
Education
- Ph.D. Economics, University of Arizona, 1988
- M.S. Agricultural Economics, Colorado State University, 1983
- B.S. with distinction Ag Honors, University Nebraska, 1979
Fields of Interest
- Experimental economics
- Industrial Organization
- Natural Hazards Economics
- Risk and Decision Making