Thomas A. Grigalunas Professor Emeritus Office: Telephone: Email: - - grig@uri.edu Education Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland, 1972 M.A. Economics, Northeastern University, 1967 B.S. Business, Northeastern University, 1965 Research Areas Dr. Grigalunas' research focuses on economic valuation applied to coastal and marine resource issues. Recent projects include a series of valuation studies for the Peconic National Estuary Program, assessment of the cost to fisheries due to marine mining, dredging and disposal, and development of an integrated framework for container port decisions. Other research concerns productivity analysis for offshore oil and gas, sustainable financing for managing transboundary marine pollution, and analysis of policies to address coastal eutrophication. Recent publications include papers in Ecological Economics, Growth and Change, International Journal of Maritime Economics, Ocean Policy Research, and Coastal Management. Recent reports include a valuation handbook with case studies for Large Marine Ecosystems, and technical reports on Natural Resource Damage Assessment and on use of benefit-cost analysis for controlling transboundary pollution. Dr. Grigalunas consults widely for governments and industry, has served on four National Research Council Committees and Panels, is Director of the Korea-America Joint Marine Policy Research Center at URI, and is on the editorial board of Ocean Policy Research.

Selected Publications

• Managi, Shunsuke, James J. Opaluch, Di Jin, and Thomas A. Grigalunas, 2005. "Technological Change and Petroleum Exloration in the Gulf of Mexico”, Energy Policy 33 (5): 619-632


• Grigalunas, T., James J. Opaluch, and Y.T. Chang, 2005. "The Benefits and Costs of Channel Deepening: Who Gains and Who Pays? A Case Study of the Proposed Delaware Channel Project ”, Transportation Record, J. of the Transportation Research Board. (In press)


• Grigalunas, T., Simona Trandafir, Meifeng Luo, James Opaluch, and Suk Jae Kwon, 2004. "Port Development and the Environment: External Costs from Dredge Disposal and Air Pollution ”, J. of International Logistics and Trade, vol. 1 (2) (August)


• Luo, Meifeng and Thomas A. Grigalunas, 2003. "A Spatial-Economic multimodal Transportation Simulation Model for US Coastal Container Ports”, International Journal of Maritime Economics, Vol.4 (2): 158-178 (June).


• Grigalunas, T., Y.T. Chang and M. Luo ,2003. "Container Port Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis: An Illustrative Case Study". Transportation Record: J. of the Transportation Research Board. (No. 1782): 64-72 (Sept.)


• Johnston, R.J., T.A. Grigalunas, J.J. Opaluch, J. Diamantedes, and M. Mazzotta. 2002. "Valuing Estuarine Resource Services Using Economic and Ecological Models: The Peconic Estuary System Study", Coastal Management 30(1): 47-66.


• Managi, Shunsuke, James J. Opaluch, Di Jin, and Thomas A. Grigalunas ,2002. "Environmental Regulations and Technological Change in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry: Rethinking the Porter Hypothesis", Land Economics. (In Press)


• Managi, Shunsuke, James. J. Opaluch, Di Jin, and Thomas A. Grigalunas, 2002. "Forecasting Energy Supply and Pollution from the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry ”, Marine Resource Economics, Vol.19 (3): 307-332


• Grigalunas, T., J. J.Opaluch, YT Chang, M. Luo, 2001. "“Environmental Costs in Container Port Development", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. No. 1756.


• Managi, Shunsuke, James. J. Opaluch, Di Jin, and Thomas A. Grigalunas., 2001. "Technology and Depletion in Offshore Oil and Gas", J. of Environ. Economics and Management. Vol 47. (2): 388-409