UAA Alert! Anchorage Campus Inclement Weather Notice for Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.
Due to unsafe road conditions for Anchorage and surrounding areas, UAA’s Anchorage campus will be on a delayed start today, Thursday, Dec. 4. Campus will open at 10 a.m. to allow for safer travel.
Faculty/Staff Profile
Lance Howe
Professor of Economics
Economics- office: RH205T
- phone: (907) 786-5409
- email: elhowe@alaska.edu
- CV: Download Vita
Research
- “Climate impacts on migration in the Arctic North America: existing evidence and research
recommendations”, Regional Environmental Change (2024)
Journal Article
- “Differences in Perceptions of COVID-19 Risks in a Fishing Community in Alaska, 2020–2021”, Marine Policy (2024)
Journal Article
- “Sharing, Social Norms, and Social Distance: Experimental Evidence from Russia and
Western Alaska”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2023)
Journal Article
- “Fishing in the time of COVID: Assessing risk in the Bristol Bay commercial salmon
fishery and the societal benefits of social science research”, Arctic Yearbook (2023)
Book Chapter
- “Addressing Climate Impacts in Alaska Native Tribes: Legal Barriers for Community
Relocation due to Thawing Permafrost and Coastal Erosion”, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy (2022)
Journal Article
- “Crossing Frozen Ground: Tiebout, Local Public Goods, and Rural-to-Rural Migration
in the Arctic”, Journal of Rural Studies/Elsevier (2022)
Journal Article
Education & Affiliations
Education
University of Southern California, PhD in EconomicsCentral Michigan University, MA in Economics
Liberty University, BS in Political Economy
Affiliations
Economic Science Association (ESA)International Association for the Study of Common Pool Resources (IASCP)
Western Economics Association International (WEAI)
American Economic Association (AEA)