Biography
Graham Beattie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Loyola Marymount University. His research interests are in environmental economics, public economics, and the economics of education. In particular, much of his research focuses on how individuals form and act upon beliefs about environmental issues such as climate change, with a particular emphasis on analyzing the causes and effects of media coverage.
He is also interested in the use of text-as-data in a wide range of applications.
Education (3)
University of Toronto: Ph.D., Economics 2016
University of Toronto: MA, Economics 2009
McGill University: BA, Economics 2008
Areas of Expertise (4)
Applied Microeconomics
Public Economics
Environmental Economics
Political Economy
Links (1)
Courses (2)
Econ 3100
Intermediate Microeconomics
Econ 4160
Environmental Economics
Articles (7)
Advertising and Media Capture: The Case of Climate Change
Journal of Public Economics(2020) 188:104219
Improving Non-Academic Student Outcomes using Online and Text Message Coaching
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization(2020)
171:342-360 with Philip Oreopoulos, Uros Petronijevic, and Christine Logel
Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls
Management ScienceForthcoming
with Ruben Durante, Brian Knight, and Ananya Sen
Learning about Sustainability: Social Learning via Solar Panel Adoption
Environmental and Resource Economics(2019)
74(3): 1425-1451 with Yi Han and Andrea La Nauze
What Sets College Drivers and Thrivers Apart: A Contrast in Study Habits, Attititudes, and Mental Health
Economic Letters(2019)
178:50-53 with Jean-William P. Lalaberte, Catherine Michaud-Leclerc, and Philip Oreopoulos
Thrivers and Divers: Using Non-Academic Measures to Predict College Success and Failure
Economics of Education Review(2018)
62: 170-182 with Jean-William P. Laliberte and Philip Oreopoulos