Naima Farah Curriculum Vitae updated February 2017

Contact Department of Economics Cell: (845) 518-8966

Information University of Calgary Email: nfarah@ucalgary.ca
2500 University Drive NW Website: http://naimaf.wixsite.com/naimafarah
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Work Eligibility: United States (Permanent
Resident)

Education University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Ph.D. Candidate, Economics (expected graduation date: May 2017)
Research interests: Environment, Energy, Natural Resources, Water Resource Economics, Ap-
plied Microeconomics, Public Policy
Committee: John R. Boyce (Supervisor), Lucija Muehlenbachs, Trevor Tombe
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. A., Economics (2011)
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
M.S.S., Economics (2010)
B.S.S., Economics(2009)

Job Market ``The Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing on Agricultural Productivity"

Paper (Won First Runner up Dennis J. O'Brien USAEE Best Student Paper Award)
Abstract: Recently, agricultural producers have been concerned that they will be affected by
the large-scale use of hydraulic fracturing; yet, there is little evidence of these external effects.
Exploiting highly detailed data from Alberta, Canada, I quantify the external effects of hydraulic
fracturing on agricultural productivity using temporal and spatial variation in the count of wells,
water used by these wells, and in agricultural production. I find that the yield of irrigated crops
decreases by 4.2\% when hydraulically fractured oil and natural gas wells are drilled during the
agriculturally active months within the township. I also find that the yield of irrigated crops
decreases by 1.4\% when water use by the wells for the purpose of hydraulic fracturing increases
by 1000 m3 during the agriculturally active months within the township. These effects become
smaller and weaker as the distance between the township and the well location increases. This
study has implications for potential spatial and temporal regulations on the use of hydraulic
fracturing and its associated water use.

Working Papers Farah, N., and John R. Boyce. ``Elephants and Mammoths." Under Review in Journal of
Environmental and Resource Economics (Featured in Inside Science, Marginal Revolution, and
Pacific Standard )
Abstract: We study how the rise of a mammoth ivory substitute in response to a ban on
trade in elephant ivory has affected the poaching of elephants. Our theory shows that the
early success of the ivory ban in increasing the elephant population was driven in part by
increasing supply of mammoth ivory. The more recent increases in poaching appear to be
driven by increasing demand and falling institutional quality. Our empirical analysis finds
that absent the eighty tonnes of Russian mammoth ivory exports per annum 2010-2012, that
elephant ivory prices would have doubled from their \$100 per kilogram level, causing the
current poaching level of 34,000 elephants per year to have increased by as many as 50,000
elephants per year, out of a population of a half-million animals.

Work-in-progress Farah, N. ``Trade vs Clean Energy: The Effects of Trade on Coal Use"
Gregory Torell and Farah, N. ``Defensive Investment in Municipal Water Salinity Reduction"
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Published Subsurface Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing: Contamination, Seismic Sensitivity, and Groundwa-
Technical ter Use and Demand Management. (with M. Cathryn Ryan et al.)
Reports
Conference ``The Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing on Agriculture"
presentations and Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH, February 2017), NYU School of Law- Institute for Policy Integrity
Invited Seminars (New York, NY, January 2017), Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting - AERE Session
(Washington, DC, November 2016), United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) An-
nual Conference (Tulsa, OK, October 2016), International Water Resource Economics Consortium
(IWREC) Annual Meeting (World Bank, Washington DC, September 2016), Western Economic As-
sociation International (WEAI) Annual Conference (Portland, Oregon, June 2016), Northeast Agri-
cultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) Annual Conference (Bar Harbor, Maine,
June 2016)

``Elephants and Mammoths"

American Economic Association Annual Meeting (San Francisco, USA, January 2016), Southern
Economic Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans, USA, November 2015), Canadian Economic
Association Annual Conference (Toronto, Canada, May 2015), Durrell Institute of Conservation
and Ecology (DICE)- International Trade Centre (ITC) Wildlife Trade Symposium (Canterbury,
UK, June 2015), Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Annual Conference (Saskatoon,
Canada, October 2014)

Honors and 2016 First Runner up Dennis J. O'Brien USAEE/IAEE Best Student Paper Award,
Awards United States Association of Energy Economics, 2016 Annual Conference
2016 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association Conference Scholarship
2016 Professional Development Grant, Graduate Student Association, University of Calgary
2015 International Trade Center (ITC) Conference Travel Grant
2015 University Research Grant Commission Graduate Travel Award
2014 Graduate Travel Award, Department of Economics, University of Calgary
2011-2014 Faculty of Graduate Studies Doctoral Scholarship, University of Calgary
2010-2011 Graduate Bursary Scholarship, York University

Research Fall 2013 Dr. Scott Taylor, University of Calgary

Assistance
Teaching Sessional Instructor, Fall 2015 Principles of Macroeconomics, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada
Experience Guest lecturer, Winter 2015 Natural Resource Economics, University of Calgary
Guest lecturer, Winter 2016 Natural Resource Economics, University of Calgary

Teaching Graduate
Assistant Energy Economics, University of Calgary, 2016
International Trade, University of Calgary, 2015

Undergraduate
Natural Resource Economics, University of Calgary, 2016
Principles of Macroeconomics, University of Calgary, 2013, 2016
Principles of Microeconomics, University of Calgary, 2012
Use Of Statistics In Economics, University of Calgary, 2011, 2012
World Oil Economics, University of Calgary, 2012
Empirical Energy Economics, University of Calgary, 2012
Introductory Mathematics for Economists I, York University, 2010
Introductory Mathematics for Economists II, York University, 2011
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Professional Position: Project Research Assistant

Development Project: Economics of Adaptation to Extreme Hydrological Events (September 2013 - August
\& Experience 2015)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ted Horbulyk, University of Calgary
\bullet Responsibilities: Report writing, data analysis, literature review on flood, drought, and water
allocation systems, economic analysis of the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB) Climate
Adaptation Model using a hydrological software OASIS.

Position: Project Research Assistant

Project: Hydraulic Fracturing Knowledge Integration- Subsurface Impacts of Hydraulic Fractur-
ing (May 2014-April 2015)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Cathryn Ryan, University of Calgary
Project Investigator: Dr. Lucija Muehlenbachs, University of Calgary
\bullet Responsibilities: Report writing, literature review of social and economic water-related effects
of hydraulic fracturing, determination of knowledge gaps in the existing literature of hydraulic
fracturing effects on groundwater quality and quantity.

Affiliated Groups American Economic Association (AEA) member

Canadian Economic Association (CEA) member
Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AERE) member

Referee Service Water, Economics, and Policy

International Water Resource Economics Consortium (IWREC)

Software Stata, Matlab, ArcGIS, LaTex

References Dr. John R. Boyce (Supervisor)

Professor of Economics
University of Calgary
+1 (403) 220-5860
boyce@ucalgary.ca

Dr. Lucija Muehlenbachs

Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Calgary
+1 (403) 220-7264
lmuehlen@ucalgary.ca

Dr. Trevor Tombe

Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Calgary
+1 (403) 220-8068
ttombe@ucalgary.ca

Dr. Alexander Whalley (Placement Coordinator)

Associate Professor of Economics
University of Calgary
+1 (403) 220-7143
alexander.whalley@ucalgary.ca