I am currently an Economic Fellow at the Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University (NYU) School of Law.
I completed my PhD in July 2021 under the supervision of Dr. Corey Lang at the University of Rhode Island in the Environmental and Natural Resource Economics department.
I am an applied economist, with a strong background and research interests in Environmental Economics, particularly policy relevant analysis, distributional and environmental justice issues, and non-market valuation using both revealed and stated preference methods, and causal inference techniques.
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PhD in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 2021
University of Rhode Island
MS Economics (specialization in Environment and Natural Resource Economics), 2015
TERI school of Advanced Sciences
BA (Hons) Economics, 2013
University of Delhi
Noack, F., Engist, D., Gantois, J., Gaur, V., F Hyjazie, B., Larsen, A., M’Gonigle, L.K., Missirian, A., Qaim, M., Sargent, R.D., Souza-Rodrigues, E., and Kremen, C. (2024). Environmental impacts of genetically modified crops. Science, 385(6712), eado9340.
Gaur, V., Lang, C. (2023). House of the Rising Sun: The Effect of Utility-Scale Solar Arrays on Housing Prices. Energy Economics, 122, 106699.
Dong, L., Gaur, V., Lang, C. (2023). Property Value Impacts of Onshore Wind Energy in New England: The Importance of Spatial Heterogeneity and Temporal Dynamics. Energy Policy, 179, 113643.
Gaur, V., Howard, G., Lang, C., Quainoo, R. (2022). When Energy Issues are Land Use Issues: Estimating Preferences for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Siting. Land Economics, 99(3), 343-363.
Trandafir, S., Gaur, V., Behanan, P., Uchida, E., Lang, C., and Miao, H. (2020). How Are Tourists Affected By Offshore Wind Turbines? A Case Study Of The First US Offshore Wind Farm. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics, 7(1), 1.
Gaur, V., & Gupta, E. (2016). The determinants of Electricity Theft: An Empirical Analysis of Indian States. Energy Policy, 93, 127-136.
Quainoo, R., Howard, G., Gaur, V., Lang, C., “Model Choice and Framing Effects: Does Discrete Choice Modeling Affect Loss Aversion Estimates?” – Revise and resubmit: Journal of Choice Modelling [Draft Available upon Request]
Gaur, V., Noack, F., & Souza-Rodriguez, E., Impact of New Crop Technology Adoption on a Global Scale Abstract
Gaur, V., Howard, G., Lang, C., Quainoo, R., Are the loudest voices in the room different? Testing preferences for engaged versus random samples. Abstract
Lang, C. and Gaur, V., Is it NIMBYism or Land Use Priorities that Drive Utility-Scale Solar Siting Preferences? Evidence from a Municipal Referendum. Abstract
Project: Estimating the local and global impacts of genetically modified (GM) crop adoption on agricultural and environmental outcomes. Software used:
Projects: Several, including (but not limited to) non-market valuation of renewable energy using revealed and stated preference methods (primary and secondary data collection), causal inference regressions, and spatial analysis. Skills and software:
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