Assistant Professor About Eyal Frank Eyal Frank is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. As an environmental economist, he works at the intersection of ecology and economics. His work addresses three broad questions: (i) how do natural inputs, namely animals, contribute to different production functions of interest, (ii) how do market dynamics reduce natural habitats and lead to declining wildlife population levels, and (iii) what are the costs, indirect ones in particular, of conservation policies. These areas of research present a causal inference challenge as manipulating ecosystems and species at large scales is often infeasible. In his work, Frank draws natural experiments from ecology and policy, and uses econometric techniques to estimate different pieces of the puzzle regarding the social cost of biodiversity losses. Prior to the University of Chicago, Frank was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University, and earned his M.A. in Economics and B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Contact Information Room 2057 eyalfrank@uchicago.edu CVPersonal Website Recent News Experts Unveil Recommendations for Transforming 911 Fri., July 01, 2022 Alumni Profile: Akerah Mackey, MPP’21 Thu., June 30, 2022 More news Upcoming Events UChicago Harris Coffee Chat in Chicago, IL Thu., July 07, 2022 | 8:00 AM Plein Air Cafe 5751 South Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637 United States UChicago Harris Coffee Chat in Chicago, IL Sun., July 10, 2022 | 2:00 PM Plein Air Cafe 5751 South Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637 United States More events