Services Offered
RMann Economics, formerly RMEcon, provides expert services in natural resource management and economics, especially related to water resources. Major specializations include economics of municipal, irrigation and environmental water use, agricultural and land use policy and management, and regional, fisheries, recreation and agricultural economics. A resume for Roger Mann is here or use the tab above.
http://rmannecon.com/resume.html
Extensive Experience
Roger Mann, principal, has been engaged in economic and business study and research for over 40 years. He has studied or worked at six universities in five states, earning a PhD in Economics and Agricultural Economics in 1988, and he has worked for several consulting companies.
Dr. Mann has consulted for local, state, and federal governments, utilities, private consulting firms, and other private interests on scores of projects. These projects have required research design, application of mathematical techniques such as statistics, operations research, simulation, probability theory, forecasting methods, regional economic models, and cost-benefit analysis; technical writing, and presentations for clients, interest groups, and the public. He served on the Independent Economic Analysis Board of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council for 15 years.
Dr. Mann has also engaged in qualitative, policy and theoretical analysis. He has provided policy analysis regarding farm programs and relationships of federal programs to water quality and quanity. He is the author of "Antimarket Economics: Blind Logic, Better Science and the Diversity of Economic Competition" (1996, Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group) a thoughtful and controversial evaluation of economic theory and practice. Book News called it "a wake-up call for economists."
Firm Objectives and Philosophy
The goal of RMann Economics is to provide accurate, realistic, appropriately qualified, and state-of-the-science analysis of water and land resource management, economic and policy problems.
Work With Your People
Multidisciplinary research is often needed to attain realistic economic or policy analysis. Dr. Mann is experienced in working with non-economists such as lawyers, engineers, planners, biologists, hydrologists, modeling experts, agronomists, animal scientists, entomologists, fish and plant scientists, and other disciplines, and he has personally developed models and analysis in hydrology, crop evapotranspiration and growth, rangelands, cattle production, and insect population dynamics. This diverse experience means that he can judge the need for experts in any particular case, and he can work with your experts and scientists.
Finding Knowledge
RMann Economics can develop research based on a complete understanding of the state and quality of the science. This may require scoping of potential sources of information, research review and evaluation, and understanding of the state of knowledge. Research and information must be appropriately qualified by its limitations.
Creative Vision
A complete understanding of the problem identifies information gaps, and more research may be needed to obtain useful new information. Creative use of existing information can be used to minimize research costs.
Complex Models and Common Sense
The costs and complexity of natural resource issues may justify complex models, or the models may be required by law or precedent. Complex models may be justified where many factors interact, the factors and their interactions can be measured, and the costs of modeling are expected to be less than the benefits of better information. RMann Economics can provide the skills needed to develop, apply and understand these models.
Often, complex models are not justified by their cost or their accuracy. Rather, good empirical information generated by reliable sources can be used. Qualitative analysis, case studies, or extrapolation from other real experience may be a better choice.
Writing and Presentation
The best research can be laid to waste by poor presentation. RMann Economics will provide written and oral presentation of analysis tailored to the target audience, and research must be documented internally by detailed notes and tracking of references.
References available by request. For more information contact:
Roger Mann, PhD
RMann Economics
PO Box 550740
South Lake Tahoe CA 96155
rmanneco@gmail.com
530-277-0093
RMann Economics, formerly RMEcon, provides expert services in natural resource management and economics, especially related to water resources. Major specializations include economics of municipal, irrigation and environmental water use, agricultural and land use policy and management, and regional, fisheries, recreation and agricultural economics. A resume for Roger Mann is here or use the tab above.
http://rmannecon.com/resume.html
Extensive Experience
Roger Mann, principal, has been engaged in economic and business study and research for over 40 years. He has studied or worked at six universities in five states, earning a PhD in Economics and Agricultural Economics in 1988, and he has worked for several consulting companies.
Dr. Mann has consulted for local, state, and federal governments, utilities, private consulting firms, and other private interests on scores of projects. These projects have required research design, application of mathematical techniques such as statistics, operations research, simulation, probability theory, forecasting methods, regional economic models, and cost-benefit analysis; technical writing, and presentations for clients, interest groups, and the public. He served on the Independent Economic Analysis Board of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council for 15 years.
Dr. Mann has also engaged in qualitative, policy and theoretical analysis. He has provided policy analysis regarding farm programs and relationships of federal programs to water quality and quanity. He is the author of "Antimarket Economics: Blind Logic, Better Science and the Diversity of Economic Competition" (1996, Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group) a thoughtful and controversial evaluation of economic theory and practice. Book News called it "a wake-up call for economists."
Firm Objectives and Philosophy
The goal of RMann Economics is to provide accurate, realistic, appropriately qualified, and state-of-the-science analysis of water and land resource management, economic and policy problems.
Work With Your People
Multidisciplinary research is often needed to attain realistic economic or policy analysis. Dr. Mann is experienced in working with non-economists such as lawyers, engineers, planners, biologists, hydrologists, modeling experts, agronomists, animal scientists, entomologists, fish and plant scientists, and other disciplines, and he has personally developed models and analysis in hydrology, crop evapotranspiration and growth, rangelands, cattle production, and insect population dynamics. This diverse experience means that he can judge the need for experts in any particular case, and he can work with your experts and scientists.
Finding Knowledge
RMann Economics can develop research based on a complete understanding of the state and quality of the science. This may require scoping of potential sources of information, research review and evaluation, and understanding of the state of knowledge. Research and information must be appropriately qualified by its limitations.
Creative Vision
A complete understanding of the problem identifies information gaps, and more research may be needed to obtain useful new information. Creative use of existing information can be used to minimize research costs.
Complex Models and Common Sense
The costs and complexity of natural resource issues may justify complex models, or the models may be required by law or precedent. Complex models may be justified where many factors interact, the factors and their interactions can be measured, and the costs of modeling are expected to be less than the benefits of better information. RMann Economics can provide the skills needed to develop, apply and understand these models.
Often, complex models are not justified by their cost or their accuracy. Rather, good empirical information generated by reliable sources can be used. Qualitative analysis, case studies, or extrapolation from other real experience may be a better choice.
Writing and Presentation
The best research can be laid to waste by poor presentation. RMann Economics will provide written and oral presentation of analysis tailored to the target audience, and research must be documented internally by detailed notes and tracking of references.
References available by request. For more information contact:
Roger Mann, PhD
RMann Economics
PO Box 550740
South Lake Tahoe CA 96155
rmanneco@gmail.com
530-277-0093