• Email:    lise.tole@strath.ac.uk

• Phone:   +44 (0)141 548 4556

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• Office:    Room 6.08, Department of Economics,

      Sir William Duncan Building, 130 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0GE.
  

Senior Lecturer

Fellow, Rimini Centre for Economic Research

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A graduate of the University of Toronto and Edinburgh University, Lise was formerly a Lecturer in Environmental Social Sciences at Leicester University & Strathclyde University. She has also held positions at Glasgow University (Centre for Development Studies) and the World Bank (Environment & Infrastructure Division).

Postgraduate courses:

• International Environmental Policy
• Pollution Control Policy

Undergraduate courses:

• Introduction to Economics
• Econ3141 Natural Resource & Environmental Economics
• Undergraduate Dissertation Co-ordinator. (Note to students: Email me or contact Kirsty Hall Kirsty.Hall@strath.ac.uk, Rm 4.33, ext. 4555 regarding queries about your dissertation).

Applied Environmental Economics and Management.

Current research topics include the impact of environmental regulations on firm location and productivity (A British Academy Funded Study); air pollution health impacts; trade liberalization and corporate takeovers.

Sources of Deforestation in Tropical Developing Countries, Environmental Management, Vol. 22: pp. 19-33, 1998.

 Is There an Environmental Kuznets Curve for Deforestation? (joint with G. Koop), Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 58: 231-244, 1999.

 Measuring Differential Forest Outcomes: A Tale of Two Countries (joint with G. Koop), World Development, Vol. 25: 2043-2056, 1997.

 An Estimate of Forest Cover Extent and Change for Jamaica Using MSS Data, International Journal of Remote Sensing  Vol. 23: 91-106, 2002

Country Choices and Deforestation Paths: An Alternative Methodology for Quantitative Analysis of Global Forest Change (joint with G. Koop), Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 63: 133-148, 2002.

 Distribution, Development & Deforestation (joint with G. Koop), Global Environmental Change 11: 193-202, 2001.

 Jamaica’s Disappearing Forests: Physical and Human Aspects, Environmental Management, 28: 455-467, 2001.

Habitat Loss and Anthropogenic Disturbance in Jamaica’s Hellshire Hills Region, Biodiversity and Conservation Vol. 11: 575-598, 2002.

Poverty & Population in Jamaican Deforestation: Integrating Satellite Remote Sensing and Household Census Data. GeoJournal. 57(4): 251-271, 2002.

 Using farmer decision-making profiles and managerial capacity as predictors of farm management and performance in Costa Rican dairy farms (joint with C. Solano, M. Herrero, C. Perez, L. Leon, & R. Fawcett). Agricultural Systems. 88(2-3): 395-428, 2006.

Updated: March 2008