Grant McDermott

Principal Economist at Amazon. Interested in environmental economics, tech & data science.

Working papers

“Labor reallocation and remote work during COVID-19: Real-time evidence from GitHub.” With B. Hansen. NBER Working Paper no. w29598.

“Hydro power. Market might.” Paper.

Selected works in progress

“The value of mass information: Search in the Google era.” With Christopher J. Costello and Michael B. Ward.

“The economic and environmental impact of modern piracy on global shipping.” With Renato Molina and Gavin G. McDonald.

Publications

“Sceptic priors and climate consensus.” Published in Climatic Change, 2021 (166:7). Paper. Pre-print. Code. Radio interview..

“Alternate explanations for the blue paradox do not withstand statistical scrutiny.” With Kyle C. Meng, Gavin G. McDonald and Christopher J. Costello. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (52), E12124–E12125, 2018. Paper. Ungated. Code.

“The Blue Paradox: Preemptive Overfishing in Marine Reserves.” With Kyle C. Meng, Gavin G. McDonald and Christopher J. Costello. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (12), 5319–5325, 2019. Paper. Ungated. Code. Blog post and media coverage.

“Protecting marine mammals, turtles and birds by rebuilding global fisheries.” With Matthew G. Burgess and others. Published in Science, 359 (6381) 1255–31258, 2018. Paper. Ungated. Code. Blog post and media coverage.

“Five rules for pragmatic blue growth.” With Matthew G. Burgess and others. Published in Marine Policy, 87 (2018) 331–339, 2018. Paper. Ungated.

“Resolving disputes over ocean calamities.” With Matthew G. Burgess. Published in BioScience, 65(12), 1115-1116, 2015. Paper. Ungated.

“Electricity prices, river temperatures and cooling water scarcity.” With Øivind A. Nilsen. Published in Land Economics, 90(1), 131-148, 2014. Paper. Ungated. Blog post and media coverage.

Report chapters

“South Africa Compliance Analysis.” With James Morrissey and Davina Mendelsohn, in “Governing Global Climate Change: St Petersburg Compliance Report for the ‘G8 Plus Five’ Countries”, Maria Banda and Joanna Langille (eds.), G8 Final Compliance Report 2007, Oxford: G8 Research Group Oxford, 1 June 2007. xiii + 190 pp. Report.

“The Current Status of the EPWP (Infrastructure) in the Western Cape.” With Anna McCord, Kim Adonis and Lisa van Dongen. Prepared for the Western Cape Provincial Treasury & Department of Transport And Public Works CAPE. Public Works Research Project, SALDRU, UCT, 24 March 2006. Report.