Rate My Professor Michael Donihue

Donihue's scholarship centers on macroeconometric modeling, policy analysis, forecasting, and applied econometrics, with recent applications to AI in education, sustainable agriculture, environmental impacts, and regional economics. Key publications include “Generative AI in Liberal Arts Education: A Comparative Analysis of Student Experiences” with Micah Margolis, Anna Mackey, and Isabella Kuhr (Journal of Writing With and About AI, 2025); “Maine organic dairy producers’ receptiveness to seaweed supplementation and effect of Chondrus crispus on enteric methane emissions in lactating cows” with D.C. Reyes et al. (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023); “The Economic Impact of Shale Gas Development: A Natural Experiment along the New York and Pennsylvania Border” with B. Cosgrove, D. LaFave, and S.T.M. Dissanayake (Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2015); “Decomposing Consumer Wealth Effects: Evidence on the Role of Real Estate Assets Following the Wealth Cycle of 1990-2002” with Andriy Avramenko (The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2007); “What’s An Oscar Worth?” with R.A. Nelson, D.M. Waldman, and C. Wheaton (Economic Inquiry, 2001); and “Differential Environmental Regulation: Effects on Electric Utility Capital Turnover and Emissions” with R. Nelson and T.H. Tietenberg (Review of Economics and Statistics, 1993). He has received major grants such as a $10 million USDA Sustainable Agricultural Systems Coast to Cow to Consumer grant as co-PI (2022–2027), NSF grants, and the Dana Fellowship at Yale University (1992), and served on the Maine Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission by gubernatorial appointment (1992–2009).