August, 2007

   

Curriculum Vitae

Robert P. Berrens

Professor and Regents Lecturer

Department of Economics, University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM87131; Tel: 505-277-9004 Email: rberrens@unm.edu

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Environmental economics, non-market valuation, sustainable development and ecological economics, policy and institutional analysis, forest and water resources management, public lands management, biodiversity and endangered species protection, survey research and experimental methods, consumer economics.

 

EDUCATION

PhD, 1993, Oregon State University (Agricultural and Resource Economics);

MS, 1987, Central Washington University (Natural Resource Management);

BA, 1985, Central Washington University (Economics, Geography, William O. Douglas Honors College);

 

EMPLOYMENT

Principal Positions:

Graduate Director, 2007-present, 1999-2000, Department of Economics, University of New Mexico ;

Professor, 2005-present, Department of Economics, University of New Mexico;

Associate Professor, 2000-2005, Department of Economics, University of New Mexico;

Assistant Professor, 1994-2000, Department of Economics, University of New Mexico;

Visiting Assistant Professor, 1993-1994, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University;

Instructor, 1991-1992, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University;

Research Assistant, 1989-1990, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University;

Teaching Assistant, 1987-1988, Geography and Water Resources, Southern Illinois University;

Research Assistant, 1985-1987, Geography, Central Washington University;

 

Concurrent, Temporary Appointments, etc:

Associate Editor, 2007-present, Water Resources Research;

Independent Scientist, 2006 and 2007, Technical Advisory Panel, Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP), U.S. Forest Service, chartered by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; Member, Subcommittee on Effects of Long Term Management;

Economics Fellow, 2006-present, Center for Sustainable Economy, Santa Fe, NM;

Member, Steering Committee, 2006-present, Institute for Public Policy, University of New Mexico;

Senior Research Associate, 2001-2006, Ecology and Law Institute, Santa Fe, NM;

Senior Research Associate, 2000-2005, Institute for Public Policy, University of New Mexico;

Research Associate, 1999-2001, Center for Economics Research, University of Rochester;

Member, 1994-present, Water Resources Program Faculty, University of New Mexico;

Research Associate, 1987-1988, Planning and Management Consultants Ltd., Carbondale, IL;

Graduate Intern, 1986-1987, Wenatchee National Forest, US Forest Service, Cle Elum, WA;

 

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION, HONORS, ETC.

Regents Lecturer, 2004-2007, College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico ;

Nominee, Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award, 2002, University of New Mexico;

Nominee, Presidential Teaching Fellow, 2002, University of New Mexico;

Award of Appreciation, 1998, Leadership and Guidance during Completion of Albuquerque Environmental Equity Study, Albuquerque Environmental Health Department;

Outstanding Contribution to Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Lin, Adams, Berrens), 1996, Western Agricultural Economics Association;

Registry of Outstanding Students, 1993, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University;

R. Johnson Graduate Fellowship, 1992-1993, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University;

D. B. DeLoach Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Economics, 1990-1992, Oregon State University;

 

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Articles in Refereed Journals(* indicates a UNM grad. student co-author, when initiated):

67.       *Hand, M., J. Thacher, D. McCollum and R. Berrens.  2007.  Intra-Regional Amenities, Wages and Home Prices: The Role of Forests in the Southwest.  Land Economics, Forthcoming.

66.       *Prante, T., J. Thacher, D. McCollum and R. Berrens. 2007.   Building Social Capital in Forest Communities: Revealed Preference Analysis of New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program. Natural Resources Journal, Forthcoming.

65.       Li, H., T. Grijalva, and R. Berrens. 2007.  Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: A Meta-analysis of Environmental Kuznets Curve Studies. Economics Bulletin 17(5):1-12.

64.       *Mozumder, P., and R. Berrens. 2007.  Inorganic Fertilizer Use and Biodiversity Risk: An Empirical Investigation.  Ecological Economics, Forthcoming.

63.       *Mozumder, P., C.M. Starbuck*, R. Berrens, and S. Alexander. 2007.  Lease and Fee Hunting on Private Lands in the U.S.: A Review and Synthesis of Economic and Legal Issues.  Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 12(1):1-14.

62.       *Nepal M., A. Bohara and R. Berrens. 2007.   Investigating the Impact of Social Networks on Household Forest Conservation in Rural Nepal.  Land Economics, 83(2): Forthcoming.

61.       *Mozumder, P., and R. Berrens.  2007.   Investigating Hypothetical Bias: Induced Value Tests of the Referendum Voting Mechanism with Uncertainty.   Applied Economics Letters,  Forthcoming.

60.       *Little ,J., K. Grimsrud, P. Champ, and R. Berrens. 2006.  Investigation of Stated and Revealed Preferences for an Elk Hunting Raffle.  Land Economics 82(4):623-640.

59.       Grimsrud, K., R. Mittlehammer, and R. Berrens. 2006.  A Mixture Model of ConsumersÕ Intended Purchase Decisions for Genetically Modified Food.  Economics Bulletin 3(23):1-11.

58.       *Talberth, J., R. Berrens, M. McKee, M. Jones*. 2006.   Averting and Insurance Decisions in the Wildland Urban Interface: Implications of Survey and Experimental Data for Wildfire Risk Policy.  Contemporary Economic Policy,24(2):203-223.

57.       *Weber, M., and R. Berrens. 2006.  Value of Instream Flow and Remote Recreation in the Sonoran Desert.  Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 132(1): 53-60.

56.       *Starbuck, M., R. Berrens, M. McKee. 2006.   Simulating Changes in Forest Recreation Demand and Associated Economic Impacts due to Forest Restoration and Fuels Management Activities. Forest Policyand Economics,8(1):52-66.

55.       *Mozumder, P., R. Berrens, A. Bohara.  2006. Is There an Environmental Kuznets Curve for Biodiversity Risk? Journal of Developing Areas,39(2):1-12.

54.       *Li, H., R. Berrens, A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva, D. Weimer.  2005. Exploring the Beta Model Using Proportional Budget Information in a Contingent Valuation Study.  Economics Bulletin, 17(8):1-9.

53.       *Li, H., R. Berrens, A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva, D. Weimer. 2005.  Testing For Budget Constraint Effects in a National Advisory Referendum Survey on the Kyoto Protocol. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 30(2):350-366.

52.       *Little, J., R. Berrens, and P. Champ. 2005. Uncharted Territory --the Charter Forest Experiment on the Valles Caldera National Preserve: Initial Economic and Policy Analysis. Natural Resources Journal, 45 (2): 33-75.

51.       List, J., R. Berrens, A. Bohara, and J. Kerkvliet. 2004.  Examining the Role of Social Isolation on Stated Preferences. American Economic Review 94(3):741-752.

50.       *Little, J., R. Berrens.  2004.  Explaining Disparities between Actual and Hypothetical Stated Values: Further Investigation Using Meta-Analysis. Economics Bulletin, 3(6):1-13.

49.       *Starbuck, M., S. Alexander, R. Berrens and A. Bohara.  2004.  Valuing Special Forest Products Harvesting: A Two-Step Travel Cost Recreation Demand Analysis. Journal of Forest Economics, 10:37-53.

48.       Berrens R., A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva and D. Weimer. 2004. Information and Effort in Contingent Valuation Surveys: Application to Global Climate Change using National Internet Samples. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 47(2):331-363.

47.       *Li, H., R. Berrens, A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva and D. Weimer.  2004.  Would Developing Country Commitments Affect U.S. HouseholdsÕ Support for a Modified Kyoto Protocol? Ecological Economics, 48:329-343.

46.       Berrens, R., M. McKee.  2004. What Price Non-Disclosure? The Effects of Non-Disclosure of Real Estate Sales Prices.  Social Science Quarterly, 85(2):509-520.

45.       McKee, M., R. Berrens, M. Jones*, R. Helton*, and J. Talberth*.  2004.  Using Experimental Economics to Examine Wildfire Insurance and Averting Decisions in the Wildland-Urban Interface. Society and Natural Resources, 17(6):491-507.

44.       *Li, H., R. Berrens, A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva, D. Weimer.  2004.  Telephone versus Internet Samples for a National Advisory Referendum: Are the Underlying Stated Preferences the Same? Applied Economics Letters, 11:173-176.

43.       Scrogin, D., and R. Berrens. 2003.  Rationed Access and Welfare: Case of Public Resource Lotteries. Land Economics,79(2):137-148.

42.       Berrens, R., A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva and D. Weimer. 2003.  The Advent of Internet Surveys for Political Research: A Comparison of Telephone and Internet Samples. Political Analysis,  11(1):1-23.

41.       *Grijalva, T., and R. Berrens. 2003.  A Question of Standing? Institutional Change and Rock Climbing in Wilderness Areas. Society and Natural Resources, 16(3):239-247.

40.       Berrens, R., A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, and C. Silva.  2003. The Effect of an Environmental Disclosure Requirement on Willingness to Pay for Residential Properties in a Borderlands Community. Social Science Quarterly,  84(2):359-378.

39.       *Grijalva, T., A. Bohara, and R. Berrens. 2003.  A Seemingly Unrelated Poisson Model for Revealed and Stated Preference Data.   Applied Economics Letters, 10:443-446.

38.       Jenkins-Smith, H., C. Silva, R. Berrens and A. Bohara. 2002.  Information Disclosure Requirements and the Effect of Soil Contamination on Property Values. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 45(3):323-339.

37.       *Grijalva, T., R. Berrens, A. Bohara and W.D. Shaw. 2002. Testing the Validity of Contingent Behavior Trip Responses. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84(2):401-414.

36.       *Grijalva, T., R. Berrens, A. Bohara, P. Jakus and W.D. Shaw. 2002.  Valuing the Loss of Access to Rock Climbing in Wilderness Areas: A National-level Random Utility Model. Land Economics, 78(1):103-120.

35.       Berrens, R., H. Jenkins-Smith, A. Bohara, and C. Silva.  2002. Further Investigations of Voluntary Contribution Contingent Valuation: Fair Share, Time of Contribution, and Respondent Uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 44(1):144-168.

34.       Bohara, A., J. Kerkvliet, and R. Berrens. 2001.  Addressing Negative Willingness to Pay in Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation: A Monte Carlo Simulation. Environmental and Resource Economics, 20(3):173-195.

33.       Berrens, R.,  2001.  The Safe Minimum Standard of Conservation and Endangered Species: A Review. Environmental Conservation, 28(2):1-12.

32.       Gawande, K., R. Berrens and A. Bohara. 2001.  A Consumption-Based Theory of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. Ecological Economics, 37:101-112.

31.       Bohara, A., R. Berrens, K. Gawande and P. Wang*. 2001. One Size DoesnÕt Fit All: Environmental Kuznets Curves for Counts of Hazardous Waste Sites. Environmetrics,12:383-394.

30.       McKee, M., and R. Berrens. 2000. Balancing Army and Endangered Species Needs: Green vs. Green. Environmental Management, 27(1):123-134.

29.       *Scrogin, D., R. Berrens and A. Bohara. 2000.  Policy Changes and the Demand for Lottery-Rationed Big-Game Hunting Licenses.  Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 25(2):501-519.

28.       Berrens, R., A. Bohara, C. Silva, M. McKee and D. Brookshire.  2000.  Contingent Valuation of Instream Flows in New Mexico: With Tests of Scope, Group-Size Reminder and Temporal Reliability. Journal of Environmental Management, 58(1):73-90.

27.       Gawande, K., A. Bohara, R. Berrens, and P. Wang*. 2000. Internal Migration and the Environmental Kuznets Curve for U.S. Hazardous Waste Sites.   Ecological Economics, 33(1):151-166.

26.       *Stewart, S., M. McKee, R. Berrens, A. Bohara, and D. Brookshire. 2000. Parallelism in the Lab and the Field: Testing the Robustness of the Minimum Contributing Set Mechanism. Pacific Economic Review, 5(3): 429-444.

25.       *Cavlovic, T., K. Baker*, R. Berrens, and K. Gawande. 2000.  A Meta-Analysis of Environmental Kuznets Curve Studies.   Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 29(1):32-42.

24.       Berrens, R.  2000.  Reluctant Respondents and Contingent Valuation Surveys. Applied EconomicsLetters,7(4):263-266.

23.       *Scrogin, D., and R. Berrens.  2000.  Effects of Permit Quotas on Lottery-Distributed Hunting Privileges: Case of Elk Hunting in New Mexico.   Southwestern Journal of Economics, 3(1):155-175.

22.       Berrens, R., A. Bohara, A. Baker* and K. Baker*. 1999.  Revealed Preferences of a State Bureau: Case of New MexicoÕs Underground Storage Tank Program.   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 18(2): 303-326.

21.       Berrens, R., M. McKee and M. Farmer. 1999.  Incorporating Distributional Issues in the Safe Minimum Standard Approach: Endangered Species and Local Impacts. Ecological Economics, 30:461-474.

20.       *Scrogin,D., and R. Berrens.  1999.  Determinants of Lottery Participation for Big-Game Hunting Privileges: Resident versus Nonresident Elk Hunters in New Mexico.   Human Dimensions of Wildlife,  4(1): 36-49.

19.       Bohara, A., M. McKee, R. Berrens, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva, and D. Brookshire.  1998. Effects of Total Cost and Group-Size Information on Willingness to Pay Responses: Open-Ended vs. Dichotomous Choice. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 35(2):142-163.

18.       Berrens, R., and R. Adams.  1998.  Using Contingent Valuation to Design Fee Hunting Programs: Oregon Pheasant Hunting Revisited.   Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 3(3):24-38.

17.       Berrens, R., A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva, P. Ganderton and D. Brookshire.  1998.  A Joint Investigation of Public Support and Public Values: Case of Instream Flows in New Mexico. Ecological Economics, 27(2):189-203.

16.       Berrens, R., D. Brookshire, M. McKee and C. Schmidt*. 1998. Implementing the Safe Minimum Standard Approach: Two Case Studies from the U.S. Endangered Species Act.   Land Economics,74(2):147-161.

15.       Berrens, R., D. Brookshire, P. Ganderton, and M. McKee. 1998.  Exploring the Non-Market Social Impacts of Environmental Policy Change.  Resource and Energy Economics, 20(2):117-137.

14.       *Wang, P., A. Bohara, R. Berrens and K. Gawande. 1998. A Risk-Based Environmental Kuznets Curve for U.S. Hazardous Waste Sites.  Applied Economics Letters, 5(12):761-763.

13.       Berrens, R., A. Bohara, K. Gawande, and P. Wang*. 1997. Testing the Inverted-U Hypothesis for U.S. Hazardous Waste: An Application of the Generalized Gamma Model.  Economics Letters, 55(3):435-440.

12.       Lindberg, K., R. Johnson, and R. Berrens. 1997.  Contingent Valuation of Rural Tourism Development: With Tests of Scope, and Format Stability. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 22(1):44-60.

11.       Berrens, R., A. Bohara, and J. Kerkvliet. 1997.  A Randomized Response Approach to Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79(1):252-266.

10.       Castle, E., R. Berrens, and S. Polasky. 1996.  The Economics of Sustainability.   Natural Resources Journal,34(2):475-490.

9.         Lin, P.C., R.M., Adams, and R.P. Berrens. 1996. Welfare Effects of Fishery Allocation Decisions: Native American Treaty Rights and Recreational Salmon Fishing.  Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 21(2):105-129.

8.         Berrens, R., P. Ganderton, and C. Silva. 1996.  Valuing the Protection of Minimum Instream Flows in New Mexico.   Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics,21(2):90-104.

7.         Berrens, R. P., and S. Polasky.  1995.  The Paretian Liberal Paradox and Ecological Economics.   Ecological Economics, 14(1):45-56.

6.         Szentandrasi, S., S. Polasky, R. Berrens, and J. Leonard.  1995.  Conserving Biodiversity and The Conservation Reserve Program. Growth and Change,  26(3):383-404.

5.         Fried, B., R.M. Adams, R. Berrens, and O. Bergland. 1995.  Willingness to Pay for a Change in Elk Hunting Quality: Evidence from the Starkey.  Wildlife Society Bulletin, 23(4):680-686.

4.         Castle,E.N., R.P. Berrens, and R.M. Adams. 1994. Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Speculations About a Missing Perspective. Land Economics,70(3):378-385.

3.         Adams, R., R. Berrens, A. Cerda, P. Klingeman, and H. Li. 1993. Developing a Bio-economic Model for Riverine Management: Case of the John Day. Rivers: Studies in the Science, Environmental Policy and Law of Instream Flow,  4(3):213-226.             

2.         Castle, E.N. and R.P. Berrens.  1993.  Endangered Species, Economic Analysis and the Safe Minimum Standard.  Northwest Environmental Journal, 9(1):108-130.

1.         Berrens, R., O. Bergland, and R.M. Adams.  1993. Valuation Issues in an Urban Recreational Fishery: Spring Chinook Salmon in Portland, Oregon. Journal of Leisure Research, 25:70-83.

Articles Appearing as Chapter in Books and Edited Volumes (peer reviewed):

7.         Berrens, R., McKee, M. Jones*, and J. Talberth*.   2007.  Using Economic Experiments in Evaluating Mitigation Decisions. In: W. Martin, C. Raish, and B. Kent (eds.). Wildfire Risk: Perceptions and Management Implications.  Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC. 

6.         Blackwell, C., T. Grijalva, and R. Berrens. 2007.  An Experimental Investigation of Choice Under Hard Uncertainty. In:  T. Cherry, S. Kroll and J. Shogren, (Eds.) Experimental Methods, Environmental Economics. (Routledge Publishers).

5.         *Raheem, N., and R. Berrens. 2005. Would I Stay or Would I Go?: Exploring Stated Wildfire Evacuation Behavior. Pp. 183-188. In: D. Laband (Ed.). Emerging Issues Along Urban-Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society. Proceedings Volume, Auburn University and the Center for Forest Sustainability: Atlanta, GA.

4.         *Grijalva, T., and R. Berrens. 2003. Valuing Access to Rock Climbing and Bouldering. Pp.21-39, In: N. Hanley, R. Wright and W.D Shaw (Eds),  The New Economics of Outdoor Recreation.  Edward Elgar Publishing.

3.         Berrens, R., D. Brookshire, M. McKee and C. Schmidt.  2002.  Implementing the Safe Minimum Standard Approach: Two Case Studies from the U.S. Endangered Species Act. In: S. Polasky (Ed.) Economics and Biodiversity Conservation. Ashgate Publishing. [Reprinted from: Land Economics 74(2):147-161.]       

2.         Berrens, R.  1996.  The Safe Minimum Standard Approach: An Alternative to Measuring Nonuse Values for Environmental Assets?   pp. 195-211.  In: W. Adamowicz, P. Boxall, M. Luckert, and W. Phillips(Eds.).  Forestry, Economics and the Environment.  Wallingford, UK: CAB International Publishers.

1.         Ervin, D., R. Berrens. 1994. Critical Economic Issues in Ecosystem Management of a National Forest. pp.307-315. In: M.E. Jensen; P.S. Bourgeron (Eds). Ecosystem Management: Principles and Applications. Vol. II, Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health, US Forest Service, Missoula, MT. 

Other Writings:

Book reviews (invited)

1.         Berrens, R. 2000.  Review of: Valuation and the Environment: Theory, Methods and Practice. (Martin OÕConnor and Clive Spash, Eds.). Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 43(5):750-751. 

Published conference proceedings

6.         *Cavlovic, T., R. Berrens, A. Bohara and W.D. Shaw. 2001.  Testing the Validity of Contingent Behavior Trip Responses. Proceedings of the USDA's Western Regional Research Project W-133: Benefits and Costs Transfer in Natural Resource Planning. Miami, FL..

5.         Berrens, R., A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith, C. Silva and D. Weimer. 2000.  Internet versus Telephone in Contingent Valuation: Application to the Kyoto Protocol.   Microbehavior and Macroresults: Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Conference, International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR., July.

4.         Berrens,R., A. Bohara, D. Brookshire, P. Ganderton, H. Jenkins-Smith, H. Kaplan, M. McKee, and C. Silva.  1997.  Preference Formation and Elicitation in Valuing Non-Market Goods.   Proceedings, Workshop on Valuation of Environmental Policy.  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., April.

3.         Berrens, R., C. Silva, D. Brookshire, A. Bohara, P. Ganderton, and H. Jenkins-Smith.  1996.  Contingent Valuation of Instream Flows in New Mexico: Tests of Scope, Information and Temporal Reliability. pp. 51-75,  In: J. Herriges, ed. USDA's Western Regional Research Project W-133: Benefits and Costs Transfer in Natural Resource Planning. 9th Rpt. Jeckyl  Island, GA.

2.         Berrens, R.  1994.  Comments on Benefits Transfer.   In: Status and Future of Salmon of Western Oregon and Northern California: Findings and Options, Appendix A.  D. Botkin et al. (eds.)  Center for the Study of the Environment, Santa Barbara, CA.

1.         Berrens, R. 1993.  Some Problems with Deriving Demand Curves from Measure-of-Use Variables in Referendum Contingent Valuation Models.  pp. 389-419  In: J. Bergstrom, ed. USDA's Western Regional Research Project W-133: Benefits and Costs Transfer in Natural Resource Planning. Santa Fe NM. 

Reports and other professional publications (selected)

25.       CFRP Subcommittee on Effects of Long Term Management (Berrens, R., J. Harrington, B. Racher, M. Savage, A. Quann, D. Montano). 2006. Collaborative Forest Restoration Panel (CFRP) Subcommittee Findings and Recommendations. U.S. Forest Service,  Albuquerque, NM (10 pp.).

24.        Berrens, R., J. Talberth, J. Thacher and M. Hand. 2006. The Value of Clean Water and Wild Forests: Economic and Community Benefits of Protecting New MexicoÕs Inventoried Roadless Areas. Final  Report, Center for Sustainable Economy, Santa Fe, NM. (72  pp.)

23.       Berrens, R., and M. McKee. 2005. A Research Agenda into Understanding Behavioral and Economic Responses to Forest Restoration Programs in the Southwest. Phase Four, Final Report. Research Joint Venture Agreement, 02-JV-039, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff AZ.  (17 pp.+ assorted appendices 100pp)

22.      *Mozumder, P., C.M. Starbuck*, R. Berrens, and S. Alexander.  2004.  Lease and Fee Hunting on Private Lands in the U.S.  Final Report. Research Joint Venture Agreement.  Department of Economics, University of New Mexico and USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR. (125 pp.)

21.      Berrens, R., M. McKee, and J. Talberth*. 2003.  Economic and Social Dimensions of Forest Restoration and Fuels Management in New Mexico and the Southwest.  Final Report on Phase One (2002) Research Activities.  Research Joint Venture Agreement,02-JV-039,  USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff AZ.  (68 pp.)

20.      Berrens, R., M. McKee, M. Jones*, R. Helton*, and J. Talberth*.  2003. Examining Decision Making for Insurance and Risk Reduction Activities when Facing Possible Catastrophic Fire Risks in the Wildlands Urban Interface.  Case Study 2, Phase One (2002) Report, Research Joint Venture Agreement, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff AZ. (52 pp.)

19.       *Starbuck, M., R. Berrens, M. McKee. 2003.  Examining Changes in Forest Recreation Demand and Associated Economic Impacts in New Mexico Due to Forest Restoration and Fuels Management Activities. Case Study 1, Phase One (2002) Report, Research Joint Venture Agreement, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff AZ. (55 pp.)

18.       Berrens, R., 2002.  Preliminary Benefits Transfer Estimates for Non-Market Values on Forest Lands of the Southeast. Report prepared for the Forest Conservation Council, and Ecology and Law Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

17.       *Talberth, J., R. Conn, R. Berrens and M. McKee. 2001.  A Framework for Assessing the Economic Benefits of Mine Reclamation: A Case Study Addressing Reclamation of the Molycorp Mine, Questa, New Mexico. Ecology and Law Institute & Amigo Bravos, Santa Fe, NM (91 pp.)

16.       Weimer, D., R, Berrens, A. Bohara, H. Jenkins-Smith and C. Silva.  2001. Final Report: Informing Contingent Valuation Methods with Internet Surveys. Award # 9818108, National Science Foundation.

15.       Bohara, A., R. Berrens, H. Jenkins-Smith, and C. Silva.  1999.  Public Valuation of Basic Health Care Services in New Mexico. Final Report to the State of New Mexico Health Policy Commission. Institute for Public Policy, University of New Mexico.(52pp.)

14.       Berrens,R., A. Bohara, D. Brookshire, P. Ganderton, H. Jenkins-Smith, H. Kaplan,  M. McKee and C. Silva.  1999.  Final Report: Preference Formation and Elicitation in Valuing Non-Market Goods. National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance Grant Final Report. [U.S. Env. Protection Agency, Project No. R824679.] Albuquerque, NM, January, 1999.

13.       Berrens, R, M. McKee, H. Thurston*, K. O'Donnell*, and H. Jenkins-Smith.  1995.  Army Training Bases and Endangered Species: An Experimental Auction Approach to Habitat Acquisition.  Report prepared for the Army Environmental Policy Institute (AEPI), under Contract No.DACA88-93-D-0023, through the Institute for Public Policy, University of New Mexico, July.

12.       Castle,E., R. Berrens, and S. Polasky. 1995.  The Economics of Sustainability. University Graduate Faculty of Economics Lecture Series, Publication No. 8, Oregon State University.

11.       Contributor: 1995. ÒWater Use in New Mexico.Ó Quarterly Profile of New Mexico Citizens 7(2):1-3. (Institute for Public Policy, UNM)

10.       Berrens, R., and J. Kerkvliet.  1994.  A Suggested Approach for Evaluating Social Context Effects in Contingent Valuation.   Association of Environmental and Resource Economics Newsletter.  14(1):12-16.

9.         Berrens, R., D, Brookshire, M. McKee, and S. Stewart*.  1994.  Assessment Report for the Rio Puerco Basin, NM: Determining the Social Value of Scientific Information for Watershed Restoration.  Report prepared for the USGS, Albuquerque, NM. (46 pp.)

8.         Johnson, R., H. Radtke, S. Davis, R. Berrens. 1994. ÒEconomic Values and Impacts of Anadromous Sportfishing in Oregon Coastal Rivers. Assessment of Available Information.Ó  In Appendix IX: Economic Analysis, of: D. Botkin et al. Status and Future of Salmon of Western Oregon and Northern California. Center for the Study of the Environment. Santa Barabara, CA.

7.         Berrens, R. P.  1994.  Seattle Water Reclamation Project: Scoping Document for Identifying Nonmarket Values.  Report prepared for ECO-Northwest, Eugene, OR.

6.         Berrens, R. 1994. Pricing the Environment: Its Uses and Abuses. Inland Farmer-Stockman. Sept:12-13

5.         Berrens, R. and D. McLeod.  1992.  Assessing Municipal Solid Wast Management Options:  An Application of Contingent Valuation.  Report for the Clackamas County Department of Transportation and Development, Portland, Oregon.

4.         Kavanaugh, D.C., R. Berrens, D.M. Anderson, K.R. Hughes, and J.E. Englin.  1992.  Phase I Completion Report:  Approaches and Plan for the Analysis of Recreation Participation and Valuation on Federal Projects on the Columbia River System.  Volume I.  Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation by Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories.  Contract #91-583. (70 pp.)

3.         Berrens, R. and D. Kavanaugh.  1992.  Phase I Completion Report:  Literature Review of Methods for the Estimation of Recreation Participation and Values, An Annotated Bibliography.  Volume II.  Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration, and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation by Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories.  Contract #91-583.  (50 pp.)

2.         Adams, R. M., P.C. Klingeman, and H.W. Li; with the assistance of R. Berrens (and eigh others).  1990.  A Bioeconomic Analysis of Water Allocations and Fish Habitat Enhancements, John Day Basin, Oregon.  Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. U.S. Geological Survey Grant Number 14-68-0001-G1479. (168 pp.)

1.         Berrens, R., J. DeWitt, D. Baumann, and M. Nelson.  1988.  Examination of Noise Management Approaches in the United States. US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Fort Belvoir VA, IWR Report 88-R-8. (205  pp.)  

Published abstracts

11.       Berrens, R., T. Prante, J. Thacher and D. McCollum. 2007.  Building Social Capital in Forest Communities: Revealed Preference Analysis of the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program. P. 48, In:  ISSRM 20007 Abstracts CD, Oral Presentations List and Abstracts, 13thInternational Symposium and Society of Resource Management. Park City, UT.

10.       Little ,J., and R. Berrens. 2007.  The Southwestern Market for Big-Game Hunting Permits and Services: A Hedonic Pricing Analysis. P. 277, In:  ISSRM20007 Abstracts CD, Oral Presentations List and Abstracts, 13th International Symposium and Society of Resource Management. Park City, UT.

9.         *Raheem, N., and R. Berrens.  2005.  Stated Wildfire Evacuation Behavior in the WUI. P.30 In: Book of Abstracts: Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society. Center for Forest Sustainability: Atlanta GA.

8.         *Talberth, J., R. Berrens, and M. McKee. 2004. Averting and Insurance Decisions in the Wildlands-Urban Interface: Combining Survey and Experimental Evidence on Wildfire Risk. Pp. 150-151, in: Book Of Abstracts: 2004. Symposium on Society and Resource Management.  Keystone, CO.

7.         *Little, J., R. Berrens, and P. Champ. 2004.  Rationing Recreational Access on the Valles Caldera National Preserve: Economic and Equity Issues. Pp.103-104, in: Book Of Abstracts: 2004. Symposium on Society and Resource Management.  Keystone, CO.

6.         Berrens, R., A. Bohara, K. Gawande, P. Wang*. 1997.  The Environmental Kuznets Curve for U.S. Hazardous Waste, II: Empirical Evidence.   P.120, Abstracts, Western Social Science Association, 39th Annual Conference, April,  Albuquerque, NM.

5.         Gawande, K., A. Bohara, R. Berrens, P. Wang*. 1997.  The Environmental Kuznets Curve for U.S. Hazardous Waste, I: Theory.   P.125, Abstracts, Western Social Science Association,39th Annual Conference, April, Albuquerque, NM.              

4.         Castle, E.; R, Berrens, S. Polasky. 1994.  Sustainability and Ecological Economics: Ephemeral Trend or Bedrock Development? Keynote Address, annual meetings of the Western Agricultural Economics Association, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 19(2): p. 446.

3.         Berrens, R.; J. Kerkvliet.  1993.  Evidence of Compliance Bias in Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation.  Selected paper, annual meetings of the Western Agricultural Economics Association, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 18(2): p. 302.

2.         Adams, R.M.; R. Berrens.  1993.  Converting Willingness to Pay into Public Revenues: Evidence from a Pheasant Stocking Program.   Selected paper, annual meetings, Western Agricultural Economics Association, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 18(2): p. 302.

1.         Berrens, R. 1993.  Techniques for Measuring Total Economic Value.  Socio-economics Section, The Benefits of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery, P. 144, Abstracts, 123rd Annual Meeting, American Fisheries Society, Portland,  July. 

 

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (details available upon request)

More than 50 professional presentations at research conferences, university seminars, invited and community lectures, advisory panels, etc. 

 

RESEARCH FUNDING (details available upon request)

Over  $1.5 million (with $1.2 million as PI or Co-PI) in contracts and grants, including funding from: USDA Forest Service (Rocky Mountain Research Station, and Region 3), US Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, US Army Corp of Engineers, US Geological Survey, NM Health Policy Commission. City of Albuquerque, Amigos Bravos, Ecology and Law Institute, Center for Sustainable Economy, ECO-Northwest, Danish Research Centre, Battelle PNW, and a variety of other public and private entities. 

 

TEACHING

Courses Taught at UNM:

Graduate: Environmental Economics, Institutional Economics, Sustainable Development.

Undergraduate: Principles of Microeconomics, Society and the Environment, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II, Consumer Economics, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development, Public Lands Management. 

Graduate Advisement:

PhD dissertation committees  (completed)

Chair, Michael Hand, 2007. [USDA-ERS, Washington DC]

Co-Chair, Pallab Mozumder, 2005. [Florida International University, FL]

Chair, Joseph M. Little, 2005. [University of Alaska-Fairbanks, AK]

Chair, H. John Talberth, 2004. [Center for Sustainable Economy, NM]

Co-Chair, Hui Li,  2003. [Eastern Illinois University, IL]

Chair, Meghan Starbuck, 2003. [New Mexico State University, NM]

Co-Chair, Mick Jones, 2003. [Bridgewater State College, MA]

Co-Chair, Amy Watts, 2001. [Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center, KY]

Chair, Therese Grijalva (formerly Cavlovic), 2000.[Weber State University, UT]

Chair, David Scrogin, 1999. [University of Central Florida, FL]

Member, Mani Nepal, 2007.

Member, Peter Lawton, 2002.

Member, Kenneth Baker,  2001.

Member, Edward Blomdahl, 1996.

 

M.S. Thesis Committee (completed)

Chair, Ryan Helton, 2005.

Chair, Sidney Cullipher, 1999.

Member, Henry Bruner, 1999.

 

M.W.R (Masters in Water Resources), Professional Project Committee (completed)

Member, Pallab Mozumder, 2005.

 

SERVICE

Reviewer for Journals:

American Economic Review, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Applied Economics, Berkeley Electronic Journals in Economic Policy and Analysis, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Choices, Economic Inquiry, Ecological Economics, Environmental Management, Environmental and Resource Economics, Environment and Planning (C: Government and Policy), Forest Policy and Economics, Forest Science, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Official Statistics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Journal of Wildlife Management, Land Economics, Land Use Policy, Landscape and Urban Planning, Marine Resource Economics, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Policy Currents, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Social Science Quarterly, Southern Economic Journal, Tourism Economics, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Water Resources Research, Western Economics Forum.

 

Reviewer for Research Proposals (Federal Programs):

National Science Foundation, SES-Methodology, Measurement and Statistics Program 2003 [1].

National Science Foundation, Economics Program 2004 [1].

National Science Foundation, SES-Decision, Risk and Management Science Program [2] 2005 [2]; 2006 [1].

NOAA National Sea Grant Program, National Strategic Investment (NSI) in Gulf Oyster Industry Program (GOIP), 2006 [1].

 

External Reviewer for Academic Tenure and Promotion:

Utah State University, 2002-2003.

Hamilton College, 2007.

 

Reviewer for Publishers:

Kluwer Academic Publishers: chapter for textbook on non-market valuation, 2001.

John Wiley and Sons, College Publishers: environmental economics textbook, 2000.

Island Press: book proposal on sustainable development, 2002.

 

External Reviewer for Grant-Funding Programs:

US Department of Agriculture,  #W1133, Benefits and Costs in Natural Resources Planning. 5-year (1997-2002) funding program to US Land Grant Colleges, under the Western Agricultural Experiment Stations Directors Office, 1997.

US Department of Agriculture, #W1133, Benefits and Costs in Natural Resources Planning. 5-year (2002-2007) funding program to US Land Grant Colleges, under the Agricultural Experiment Stations Directors Office, 2002.

 

External Reviewer for Federal Agency Grant Report:

U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Southern Research Station, 2005.

 

Program Committee/Selection Chair for Conference Paper Sessions:

Organizing Committee, Co-chair for Environmental Policy Section, Assoc. of Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Wash. DC, 2005.

 

Administrative Work on Department, College, University Committees (UNM):

 

UNM Economics Department 

Ad hoc, Committee to Create Grants Management Procedures, 2006.

Personnel Committee 2005-2006.

Salary Committee (Chair or co-chair), 2001-2004.

Ad hoc Committee to Create New Salary Determination Process 2001.

Graduate Studies Director, 1999-2000, 2007-present.

Graduate Committee, 1995-1996, 1998-2000 (chair in 2000); 2003-2004; 2006-2008 (chair 200702008)

Experimental Laboratory Committee, 1994-1995, 1997-2001,2002-2005.

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Ph.D. and MA Field Committee, (bi-annual; chair or co-chair numerous times) 1994-2007.

Ph.D. and MA Core (Micro) Exam Committee,1994-2000, and 2002-2006.

Economics Faculty Hiring Committee, 1997-1998, and 2002-2003 (two positions).

Hiring Committee for Department Administrator, 2000 and 2004.

Undergraduate Committee, 1994-1995, 1996-1998.

Information Committee (chair), 1996-1997.

Seminar Committee, 1995-1997 (chair), 2000-2002, 2004-2005; 2005-2006.

Library Committee, 1994-1995.

Initiated and participated in development of Econ Dept. Web Page, 1994-1995. 

Advisor to Economics Graduate Student Organization (EGSO),2000-2007.

 

UNM College of Arts and Sciences

Graduate Study Advisors Committee member, 1999-2000, 2007-2008.

 

UNM Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate, member, 2006-2008.

Faculty Senate Representative to RegentsÕ Subcommittee on Finance and Facilities, 2006-2007.

Faculty Senate Research Allocation Committee (RAC) member,2003-2008.

Faculty Senate Library Committee, Chair 2005-2008, member 2003-2005, and member of sub-committee on serials pricing 2004.

 

UNM Provost

Member, Search Committee for Dean of University Libraries, 2006-2007.