Matthew A. Freeman. Department of Agricultural Economics 353 Lloyd Ricks Watson Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762

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1 Matthew A. Freeman Department of Agricultural Economics 353 Lloyd Ricks Watson Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS (Office) (Fax) Education: Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. University of Rhode Island. August Dissertation Topic: Economic Decisions in Quota and License Fishery Management Plans. B.S.E.S. Environmental Economics and Management, Magna Cum Laude with High Honors from the Honors Program. University of Georgia. May Academic Research & Employment: Assistant Professor (75% Research, 25% Teaching). August 2011-present. Department of Agricultural Economics. Mississippi State University. Postdoctoral Researcher (50% Research, 50% Extension). August 2009-July Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness. Louisiana State University. Research Assistant, URI. Summer 2008-Spring Analysis of Conservation and Allocation Decisions in Fisheries Governance Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station. Research Assistant, URI. Spring 2005-Fall Economic Aspects of Transferable Days-At- Sea in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery: An Experimental Analysis NOAA/NMFS Cooperative Marine Education and Research. Research Assistant, URI. Spring 2004-Fall Experimental Analysis of the Political Economics of Fishery Management Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station. Research Assistant, URI. Fall Laboratory Testbedding Transferable Fishing Allowance Policies and Institutions: An Application to the Rhode Island Lobster Fishery Rhode Island Sea Grant. Publications and Working Papers: Coatney, K., M. Freeman, and W. Schilling. Evaluating Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Value-added Prawns. Working Paper. Freeman, M. and C. Anderson. An Experimental Analysis of the Lobbying Activity of Fishers with Heterogeneous Preferences. Working Paper. Freeman, M. and C. Anderson. Modeling Effort and Lobbying in a Heterogeneous Common Pool Resource Setting. Environmental and Resource Economics 56(3): Freeman, M. and R. Woodward Sequential License Buyback Auctions: An Experimental Analysis. Marine Resource Economics 25(4):

2 Freeman, M Catch Share Questions Answered. Louisiana Sea Grant Lagniappe. Vol. 34, No. 1. Anderson, C., M. Freeman and J. Sutinen A Laboratory Analysis of Industry Consolidation and Diffusion under Tradable Fishing Allowance Management. Environmental Economics, Experimental Economics. New York, NY: Routledge. Research in Progress: Freeman, M., J. Anderson and C. Anderson. Fisheries Performance Indicators: Louisiana Shrimp Industry Case Study. Lee, Y., M. Freeman, K. Coatney, W. Schilling and A. Collart. Does Experience Overcome Perception Bias for Consumers of Grass-Finished Beef? Savolainen, M., R. Caffey and M. Freeman. "Decadal Economic Survey of the Recreational For- Hire Fishing Sector in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico." Showalter Otts, S., R. Wallace and M. Freeman. Understanding Fisheries Management. 3 rd ed. Wang, H., R. Caffey and M. Freeman. Economic Assessment of Rapid Land-Building Technologies for Coastal Restoration. Yandle, T. and M. Freeman. Engagement in Fisheries Governance: A Comparative Study of Individuals and Organizations in New Zealand and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Competitive Grants and Extramural Funding: NOAA/Sea Grant Joint Fellowship in Marine Resource Economics and Population Dynamics. Funding of $38,000 per year. Fall 2006-Spring 2008 NOAA Marine Fisheries Initiative Project, Co-PI with Texas A&M University, License Buyback Auctions: An Experimental Analysis. Fall National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Fisheries Innovation Fund. Funding of $164,491 over two years. Rejected, Winter Russell Sage Foundation: Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics. Role of Communication in Lobbying Behavior for Common Pool Resource Extraction. Funding of $3250. Rejected, Fall Russell Sage Foundation: Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics. Extended Extraction of Common Pool Resources in the Presence and Absence of Lobbying Behavior. Funding of $3250. Rejected, Fall ORAU Ralph Powe Jr. Faculty Award Application. Game Theoretical Approach to Water Right Buyback Auctions. Funding of $5000. Rejected, Fall NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Research Program Eliciting Consumer Demand for Raw Triploid Oysters. Funding of $294,006. Rejected, Spring 2012.

3 MAFES Special Research Initiative. Determination of enhancement strategies and economic willingness to pay models based on flavor profile, sensory and meat quality attributes of Native Warm Season Grass fed and grain- or forage-finished beef. Funding of $48,400. Jan 2013-Dec Co-PI. MSU ORED: Cross-college Research Grant. Fishermen and Marine Governance. Funding of $2, Honors and Awards: Mississippi State University National Agri-Marketing Association Student Chapter: Outstanding Faculty Award. Fall 2011-Spring North American Association of Fisheries Economists 2011 Best Student Paper for An Experimental Analysis of the Lobbying Activity of Fishers with Heterogeneous Preferences. North American Association of Fisheries Economists 2009 Honorable Mention for Best Student Paper for Sequential License Buyback Auctions: An Experimental Analysis. NOAA/Sea Grant Joint Fellowship in Marine Resource Economics and Population Dynamics. Fall 2006-Spring Presentations: Farm Subsidy Incidence in the Presence of Bertrand Competitors of Complementary Factors of Production: A Theoretical and Experimental Approach Co-author with Kalyn Coatney, Abigail Poe, and Keith Coble. Presented (by Abigail Poe) February 2014 Southern Agricultural Economics Association meeting in Dallas, TX. Experimental Analysis of Willingness-to-Pay for Value-added Prawns - Co-author with Kalyn Coatney and Wes Schilling. Presented March 2014 Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in New Orleans, FL. Presented - May 2013 North American Association of Fisheries Economists meeting in St. Petersburg, FL. Presented November 2013 Southern Economic Association meeting in Tampa, FL. Engagement in Fisheries Governance: Two Case Studies of Individuals and Organizations in New Zealand and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Co-author with Tracy Yandle. Presented March 2013 Conference on Natural Resource Economics & Policy in New Orleans, LA. Presented - May 2011 North American Association of Fisheries Economists meeting in Honolulu, HI. Presented November 2011 Southern Economic Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Recovering from the BP Oil Spill: NRDA and the Clean-up of the Gulf Coast Invited panelist with Niki Pace and Nicholas Lund. Presented March 2011 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, OR.

4 "Decadal Economic Survey of the Recreational For-Hire Fishing Sector in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico" Co-author with Rex Caffey and Michelle Savolainen. Presented November 2010 Southern Economic Association meeting in Atlanta, GA. Game Theoretical Models of Effort and Lobbying in a Heterogeneous CPR Setting" - Co-author with Christopher Anderson. Presented - May 2011 North American Association of Fisheries Economists meeting in Honolulu, HI. Presented November 2010 Southern Economic Association meeting in Atlanta, GA. Presented May 2010 Conference on Natural Resource Economics & Policy in New Orleans, LA. Experiments in the Lobbying Activity of Fishers with Heterogeneous Preferences - Co-author with Christopher Anderson. Presented - May 2011 North American Association of Fisheries Economists meeting in Honolulu, HI. Presented April 2011 Mississippi State University Department Seminar in Starkville, MS. Presented May 2010 Conference on Natural Resource Economics & Policy in New Orleans, LA. Presented November 2009 Southern Economic Association meeting in San Antonio, TX. License Buyback Auctions: An Experimental Analysis Co-author with Richard Woodward. Presented Fall 2009 Louisiana State University Department Seminar in Baton Rouge, LA. Presented May 2009 North American Association of Fisheries Economists meeting in Newport, RI. Presented November 2008 Southern Economic Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Presented Fall 2008 Mississippi State University Department Seminar in Starkville, MS. Presented Fall 2008 University of Rhode Island Department Seminar in Kingston, RI. Lobbying Activity of Fishers with Heterogeneous Preferences: A Mathematical and Experimental Assessment Presented April 2008 NOAA/Sea Grant Fellows meeting in Honolulu, HI. Presented - April 2007 NOAA/Sea Grant Fellows meeting in Miami, FL. Price Volatility with Alternative Leasing Structures in Tradable Allowance Markets - Coauthor with Christopher Anderson and Jon Sutinen. Presented March 2007 North American Association of Fisheries Economists meeting in Merida, Mexico. Price Discovery in Laboratory Transferable Fishing Allowance Markets with Concurrent Leasing Authored by Christopher Anderson and Jon Sutinen. Presented Spring 2006 University of Rhode Island Department Seminar in Kingston, RI. Teaching Experience:

5 Mississippi State University, Dept of Agricultural Economics: AEC 2713, 2713 Honors Intro to Food and Resource Economics. Fall 2012 & AEC 4243/6243 Natural Resource Economics. Fall 2011, 2012, AEC 3233 Intro to Environmental Economics and Policy. Spring AEC 7000 Directed Individual Study. Topics in Energy Economics. Spring Louisiana State University, Dept of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness: AGEC 3503 Natural Resource Economics. Spring AGEC 7703 Independent Study. Directed Readings in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Fall AGEC Graduate Seminar. Experimental Economics: Methods & Applications. Spring University of Rhode Island, Dept of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: REN 410 Fish and Wildlife Economics. Fall REN 310 Economics of Environmental Management and Policy. Spring REN 105 Intro to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Teaching Assistant, Spring Academic Enhancement Office. Developmental Tutor, Spring Assisted studentathletes with study techniques and with class assignments. University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forest Resources: Forestry 4271/6271 Sustaining Human Societies and the Natural Environment, Study Abroad Program in New Zealand. Teaching Assistant, May University Activities: Mississippi State University: Planning Committee member for Global Center for Aquatic Food Security, Fall 2013-Present. Organization advisor to MSU Agricultural Economics Club, Spring 2013-Present. Organization advisor to MSU Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, Fall 2011-Present. Planning Committee member for The Maroon Edition Book: MSU s First-Year Reading Experience. Spring 2011-Present. Louisiana State University: Appointed member of National Sea Grant working group on Fisheries Catch Shares, Fall Present. Organization advisor to LSU Intervarsity Christian Grads, Summer 2010-Present. Organization advisor to LSU The Cause, Spring 2011-Present. Graduate Committees: Dealy, Jessica. Wind Resource Assessment of the Mississippi Delta. (MS; Spring 2013). Savolainen, Michelle. Decadal Survey of the Recreation-for-Hire Sector of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (MS; Summer 2011). Wang, Hua. Economic Analysis of Rapid Land Building Technologies for Coastal Restoration (MS; Winter 2011). Professional Memberships: North American Association of Fisheries Economist Member, 2007-Present. Association of Environmental and Resource Economics Member, 2008-Present.

6 Southern Economic Association Member, 2008-Present. Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy Affiliate Member, 2009-Present. Southern Agricultural Economic Association Member, 2011-Present. Professional Service Activities: Referee for NOAA s CAMEO grant proposals Present. Referee for Fisheries Research Present. Reviewer Coastal Systems/Fisheries Session. Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Conference. Referee for Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting Referee for San Diego State University Research Foundation s Energy Innovations Small Grant Program Present. Session Chair in AERE track of Southern Economic Association meetings and Session Chair for Fisheries Governance and Compliance at 2011 North American Association of Fisheries Economists. Referee for Southern Agricultural Economic Association Annual Meeting Extension and Outreach: Served as Louisiana Sea Grant representative for the USDA Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program for shrimp (Summer 2010-Summer 2011). Presented on Fishing Cooperatives to the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force (Spring 2010) and to the Louisiana Sea Grant Marine Extension Program (Spring 2010). Presented on NOAA Catch Shares Management to the Louisiana Recreational Saltwater Task Force (Fall 2009) and to the Louisiana Sea Grant Marine Extension Program (Fall 2009). Volunteer at Edisto Beach State Park, South Carolina. Relocated and inventoried loggerhead sea turtle nests. Conducted environmental education lectures for the public (Summer 2002, 2003).