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Ryan M. Yonk

Publications (3)

Do US Counties Benefit from Wilderness Designation? Examining Local Government Revenue and County Expenditures

Ryan M. Yonk, Joshua Smith & Sarah Reale · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2019

We examine the effect of wilderness designation on US counties’ spending patterns as well the effect of designation on counties’ overall and tax revenue. Using data on each of the 3,144 US counties from the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics we apply ordinary lea...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2019/46813

Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Goals at Public Institutions: The Case of a Land-Grant University

Ryan M. Yonk, R. Christopher Martin & Kayla Dawn Harris · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2013

Aims: We apply several theories to the problem of greenhouse gas emission and energy consumption reduction goals at large public institutions. We discuss the history of the movement for reduced greenhouse gas emissions at universities and introduce a case university. We test our...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3971

Analyzing the Role of Poor and Developing Nations in Global Climate Agreements

Landon Stevens, Arthur Wardle & Ryan M. Yonk · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2017

Increasingly, countries are gathering to address concerns surrounding climate change. The 2015 United Nations Conference of Parties, COP21, saw the emergence of a landmark agreement for collective global action. The tagline arising from this agreement was "Long live the planet. L...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2017/33843