Rex H. Caffey
Professor
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
Louisiana State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Rex H. Caffey conducts applied research and extension programming related to the economic and policy challenges of fisheries and coastal wetlands in the northern Gulf of Mexico region. His work focuses on coastal fisheries management; economics of coastal restoration; natural resource valuation, economic development and project feasibility. In 2003 Caffey became founding director of the LSU Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy (CNREP). The center fosters the interaction of social science researchers to address natural resource management challenges at the state and regional level. Caffey has served as conference chair of CNREP triennial conferences in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016: Since 2011, Dr. Caffey has served as director of marine extension for the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program.
Research Interest
Coastal Restoration Economics, Ecosystem Service Valuation, Fisheries Management, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Project Feasibility
Publications
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Caffey, R. H., Wang, H., & Petrolia, D. R. (2014). Trajectory economics: Assessing the flow of ecosystem services from coastal restoration. Ecological Economics, 100, 74-84.
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Caffey, R.H., Giordano, S. and J. Pahl (2015) Workshop Summary, NOAA/CPRA Working Meeting on Proposed River Diversion Project Socioeconomic Analysis and Adaptive Management Plan Development, October 5-7, 2015, Lod Cook Alumni Center, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 26 pp.
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Caffey, R.H. (editor) (2016), Challenges of Natural Resource Economics & Policy: the Fifth National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systemsâ€, Program, March 20-22, 2016, New Orleans, LA, 72p.
