Background and Research Interests
David Brookshire received his BA from San Diego State University in 1970, and
a PhD in Economics from the University of New Mexico in 1976. He served on the
faculty of the University of Wyoming from 1976 to 1989, and was Policy Sciences
Editor of Water Resources Research from 1987 to 1992. He has served on
the Board of Directors of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists,
has been a panelist on the ground subsistence for the Committee on Ground Failure
Hazard of the National Research Council, and on the earthquake loss estimation
panel for the National Institute of Building Sciences. Currently, David Brookshire
is Professor of Economics at the University of New Mexico, specializing in natural
resource, natural hazard, and environmental economics. He performs studies pertaining
to public policy issues in these areas.
Teaching Interests
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Journal Editorships
Associate Editor, Intermountain Economic Review, 1975-1976
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 1985-1987
Policy Sciences Editor, Water Resources Research, 1988-1993
Selected Publications
Books and Edited Volumes
- Valuing Environmental Goods: An Assessment of the Contingent Valuation Method, Totowa:
- Rowman & Allanheld, Publishers, 1986 (with R. Cummings and W. Schultze).
- Measuring Recreatin Benefits: Conceptual and Empirical Issues, eds. D. Brookshire and V.K.
- Smith, 23, no. 5 (May 1987), Water Resources Research.
- Problems and Issues in the Validity of Benefit Transfer Methodologies, eds. D. Brookshire and H.
- Neill, 28, no. 3 (March 1992), Water Resources Research.
- Developing Countries Water Issues, eds. D. Brookshire and D. Whittington, Water Resources
- Research, 29, no. 7 (July 1993).
Experimental Laboratory Studies
- "The External Validity of Experimental Economics Techniques: Analysis of Demand Behavior,"
- Economic Inquiry, 25, no. 2 (April 1987): 239-250 (with D. Coursey and W. Schulze).
- "Measuring the Value of a Public Good: An Empirical Comparison of Elicitation Procedures,"
- American Economic Review, 77, no. 4 (September 1987): 554-566 (with D. Coursey).
- "Experiments in the Solicitation of Private and Public Values: An Overview," in Advances in
- Behavioral Economics, eds. L. Green and J. Kagel (Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing
- Corporation), 2 (1990): 173-190 (with D. Coursey and W. Schulze).
- "Compensation Schemes for Negative Externalities: A Field Experiment," in Research in
- Experimental Economics, ed. V. Smith (JAI Press, Inc.), 4 (1991): 81-106. (with D. Coursey and
- H. Kunreuther).
Natural Hazards Studies
- "Benefits and Costs of Earthquake Resistant Buildings," Southern Economic Journal, 53, no. 4
- (April 1987): 934-951 (with W. Schulze and J. Tschirhart).
- "Should We Try to Predict the Next Great U.S. Earthquake?," Journal of Environmental
- Economics and Management, 18, no. 3 (May 1990): 247-262 (with S. Ben-David, R. Hageman, and
- W. Schulze).
- "Earthquake and Volcano Hazard Notices: An Economic Evaluation of Changes in Risk
- Perceptions," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 18 (1990): 35-49.
- (with R. Bernknopf and M. Thayer).
Non-Market Valuation Studies
- "The Valuation of Aesthetic Preferences," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
- 3, no. 4 (December 1976): 325-346 (with B. Ives and W. Schulze).
- "Valuing Increments and Decrements in Natural Resource Service Flows," American Journal of
- Agricultural Economics, 63, no. 3 (August 1980): 478-488 (with A. Randall and J. Stoll).
- "Valuing Public Goods: A Comparison of the Survey and Hedonic Approaches." American
- Economic Review, 72, no. 1 (March 1982): 478-88 (with R. d'Arge, W. Schulze, and M. Thayer).
- "Estimating Option Prices and Existence Values for Wildlife Resources," Land Economics,
- 59, no. 1 (February 1983): 1-15 (with L. Eubanks and A. Randall).
- "Existence Values and Normative Economics: Implications for Valuing Water Resources," Water
- Resources Research, 22, no. 11 (October 1986): 1509-1518 (with L. Eubanks and C. Sorg).
- "Is the Glass Half Empty, Is the Glass Half Full: Compensable Damages and the Contingent
- Valuation Method," Natural Resources Journal, 34, no. 1 (Winter 1994): 51-72 (with M. McKee).
|
The University of New Mexico