Research Interests
- Natural resource and environmental economics including land use, public land management, hedonic analysis, and economic education and team-based learning
Research Publications
- M. Espey and E. Espey (2023). "Federal Land Acquisitions Under the Land and Water Conservation Fund," Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, forthcoming.
- M. Espey (2022), “Variation in Individual Engagement in Team-Based Learning and Final Exam Scores," International Review of Economics Education, 41(Nov) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477388022000184
- M. Espey and E. Espey (2022). "Using Markets to Limit Eagle Mortality from Wind Power," https://www.perc.org/2022/07/26/using-markets-to-limit-eagle-mortality-from-wind-power/
- M. Espey (2022), “Gender and Peer Evaluations”, Journal of Economic Education, 53(1):1-10. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220485.2021.2004277.
- M. Espey (2018). "Diversity, Effort, and Cooperation in Team Based Learning" Journal of Economic Education, 49(1): 8-21.
- M. Espey (2018). "Enhancing Critical Thinking in Economics Using Team-Based Learning," Higher Education Research and Development, 37(1): 15-29.
- M. Espey and K. Boys (2015). "Alignment of Effort: Recruitment into Agricultural and Applied Economics", Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 47(3): 382-410.
- M. Espey (2011). "Team-Based Learning in Economics: A Pareto Improvement" in Team-Based Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities, edited by Michael Sweet and Larry K. Michaelsen, Stylus Publishing, Sterling, VA.
- M. Espey (2010), "Valuing Teams: What Influences Student Attitudes?" NACTA Journal, 54(1):31-40.
- M. Espey (2008), "Does Space Matter? Classroom Design and Team-Based Learning", Review of Agricultural Economics, 30(4):764-775.
