Dr. César Salazar Investigador Asociado

Email: csalazar@ubiobio.cl
Investigador Asociado
Investigadores Adjuntos: Equipo RP5

Biografía

César Salazar es Profesor Asociado del Departamento de la Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales de la Universidad del Bio-Bio, investigador asociado en el Centro Interdisciplinario para la Investigación Acuícola (INCAR)-FONDAP-CONICYT, e investigador senior de la red internacional Environment for Development (EfD). El Dr. Salazar posee un PhD en Economía de la Universidad de Copenhague, Dinamarca, y un Magister en Economía de los Recursos Naturales y del Medio Ambiente de la Universidad de Concepción. Su investigación se centra en aplicaciones empíricas de la teoría microeconómica del desarrollo a diversos problemas relacionados con la explotación y la gestión del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales, particularmente en el ámbito de los recursos marinos, agricultura y manejo de residuos.

Títulos y Grados Académicos

  • 2015 PhD en Economía, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Copenhague, Dinamarca.

  • 2013 Magíster en Economía. Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Copenhague, Dinamarca.
  • 2005 Magíster en Economía de los Recursos Naturales y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
  • 2003 Ingeniero comercial y licenciado en economía, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

  • Publicaciones Recientes

  • - Salazar, C. Jaime, Oliva, C., Villalba, M. (2025). Discrepancias y similitudes en la percepción de los actores de los impactos de la industria acuícola. El caso de la miticultura en la Región de los Lagos, Chile. Revista De Geografía Norte Grande, (91). https://rda.uc.cl/index.php/RGNG/article/view/81040

  • - Salazar, C., Jaime, M., Cárdenas, R, and Hernández F. (2025). Risk perception and production risk in seaweed aquaculture. Aquaculture Economics & Management 29 (1), 34-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2024.2342270
  • - Salazar, C, Leiva, M, Jaime, M. and González, N. School environmental certification. (2024). Do children in higher certified schools exhibit better pro-environmental behavior? International Journal of Educational Development 109, 103106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103106
  • - Villegas, L., Acuña., A. and Salazar, C. (2023). Corporate social responsibility and the willingness to eco-innovate among Chilean firms. Sustainability 15 (12), 9832. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129832 (IS)
  • - León, J., Aguayo, R., Soto D., Araneda, R., Nimptsch, J., Wolfl, S., Simon, J., Echeverría, C., Aguayo, M., Salazar, C., Garay O., Fox, S. (2023). Landscape dependency of land-based salmon farming under climate change. Climate Risk Management, 40, 1-15 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100504 (ISI)
  • - Salazar, C., Jaime, M., Cárdenas, R., Baquedano, M. (2023). Women engagement, psychological traits, and gender gaps in the small-scale seaweed aquaculture in Chile. Reviews in Aquaculture 15 (4), 1540-1553. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12793
  • - Salazar, C., Acuña-Duarte, A. and Gil, J.M. (2023). Drought shocks and price adjustments in local food markets in Chile: Do product quality and marketing channel matter? Agricultural Economics 54 (3), 349-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12760
  • - Salazar, C., Jaime, M. and Cárdenas, R. (2023). Environmental efficiency in the salmon industry-An exploratory analysis around the 2007 ISA virus outbreaks and subsequent regulations in Chile. Environment, Development and Sustainability 25 (8), 8107-8135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02390-8
  • - Jaime, M., Salazar, C., Alpizar, F., and Carlsson, F. (2023). Can school environmental education programs make children and parents more pro-environmental? Journal of Development Economics, 161, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.103032
  • - Quijada, F., Salazar, C. and Cabas, J. (2022). Technical efficiency, production risk and sharecropping: the case of rice farming in Chile. Latin American Economic Review, 31, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.47872/laer.v31.63
  • - Salazar, C., Leiva, M., Jaime, M., & González, N. (2022) Environmental educational programs in Chile: Do the characteristics of local governments affect school participation?, Environmental Education Research 28 (12), 1755-1776. https://10.1080/13504622.2022.2064974
  • - Gustavo, C., Acuña, A. and Salazar C. (2022). Government performance, geophysical-related disasters, and institutional trust: A comparison of Chilean and Haitian responses after an earthquake. International journal of disaster risk reduction 75, 102950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102950
  • - Salazar, C., Jaime, M., Leiva, M and González, N. (2022). From theory to action: Explaining the process of knowledge attitudes and practices regarding the use and disposal of plastic among school children. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 80:1-12 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101777 (ISI)
  • - Arriagada, R., Lagos, F., Jaime, M. and Salazar, C. (2022). Exploring consistency between stated and revealed preferences for the plastic bag ban policy in Chile. Waste Management, 139:381-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.12.040 (ISI)
  • - Lillo, D., Salazar, C., Jaime, M. and Chávez, C. (2022). Perceptions of problems and preferences for solutions: the case of poor air quality in central-southern Chile. Energy for Sustainable Development, 66:79-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2021.10.011 (ISI)
  • - Salazar, C., Jaime, M, and Quiroga, M. (2021). Transition patterns of fishermen and land farmers into seaweed small-scale aquaculture. The role of risk and time preferences. Marine Resources Economics 36(3): 269-288. https://doi.org/10.1086/714417 (ISI)
  • - Alarcón, P., Carrasco, A., Salazar, C., Jaime, M. y Martin, C. (2021). Percepción del riesgo ambiental en mega proyectos acuícolas. El caso de la comuna de Cobquecura en Chile. Revista de Geografía Norte Grande, 79: 103-121 https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-34022021000200103 (ISI).
  • - Acuña, A. and Salazar, C. (2021). Conditioning factors for re-election and incumbency advantage after a natural disaster: Evidence from a large-scale earthquake. Journal of Development Studies 57, 10, 1575-1592. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1887477 (ISI).
  • - Jones, S. and Salazar, C. (2021). Infrastructure improvements and maize market integration: bridging the Zambezi in Mozambique. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 103(2), 620-642. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12103 (ISI)
  • - Zúñiga, F., Jaime, M, Salazar, C. (2021). Crop farming adaptation to droughts in small-scale dryland agriculture in Chile. Water Resources and Economics 34:1-19 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2021.100176. (ISI)
  • - Alpizar, F., Carlsson, F., Lanza, G., Carney, B., Almroth, R., Jaime, M., Ho, T., Nie, Z., Salazar, C., Tibesigwa, B., and S. Wahdera (2020). A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries. Environmental Science and Policy 109: 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.04.007 (ISI)

  • Proyectos

  • - Examining the Potential of Air Purifiers and Behavioural Interventions in Mitigating the Impact of Air Pollution on Children in the Global South. Financiado por la Agencia de Cooperación y desarrollo de Suecia (SIDA). Co-investigador 2024-2025

  • - Market and social sustainability of aquaculture: Communities’ and consumers’ perceptions of the farmed seafood industry. Financiado por la Agencia de Cooperación y desarrollo de Suecia (SIDA). Investigador principal. 2022-2023
  • - Environmental efficiency spillover and externalities of aquaculture farms: Analyses of key aquaculture industries in Vietnam and Chile. Financiado por la Agencia de Cooperación y desarrollo de Suecia (SIDA). Co-investigador. 2022-2023
  • - Hydrological signature influence on Chilean Aquaculture under climate change and landscape scenarios. Financiado por ANID 2021 Programa FONDECYT regular. Co-investigador. 2022-2024
  • - Risk analysis as a tool for the prioritization of Secondary Environmental Quality Standards in the main tributary rivers to the fjord system of Northwestern Patagonia, under hydrological drought scenarios. Financiado por ANID 2021 STRATEGIC RESEARCH FUND ON DROUGHT. Investigador asociado. 2022.
  • - Transiciones energéticas sustentables: Aprendiendo desde la experiencia en el contexto Global Norte-Sur. Financiado por Concurso de Fomento a la Vinculación Internacional para Instituciones de Investigación Regionales (Modalidad corta duración) Convocatoria 2021”, de la ANID. Investigador asociado. 2022.