

Eyal Frank
Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy
Eyal Frank is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy. As an environmental economist, he works at the intersection of ecology and economics. 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 School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University, and his M.A. in Economics and B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Recent work by Eyal Frank
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The economics of ecosystems: How nature and economies interact
How does the loss of biodiversity impact economies and human well-being?
Published 12.02.25
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How human and ecosystem health are intertwined: Evidence from vulture population collapse in India
The collapse of vulture populations in India due to accidental poisoning prevented the scavenging of carcasses, worsening sanitation, and thus increasing human mortality
Published 05.01.23