Management Environmental
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Robert J. Johnston
George Perkins Marsh Institute 508-***-**** (office)
Clark University 508-***-**** (FAX)
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Worcester, MA 01610-1477
CURRENT POSITION
Director George Perkins Marsh Institute (GPMI). Clark University,
Worcester, MA. 2008 present.
The George Perkins Marsh Institute seeks to advance the
research frontier in human dimensions of environmental change
and relationships between natural and human systems. The
Institute is home to more than 50 research faculty, many of
whom have joint appointments with other Clark departments or
Universities, and currently maintains over $10 million in active
grants and contracts. Areas of emphasis include ecosystem
services; sustainability transitions, consumption and energy; land
use analysis and policy; earth systems science; ocean and coastal
management; risks and hazards; sustainable communities; and
global climate change. For additional information see
http://www.clarku.edu/departments/marsh/.
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Professor Department of Economics, Clark University, Worcester, MA.
2008 present.
Research Areas: Valuation; ecosystem services; benefit transfer;
meta-analysis, choice modeling; natural/human systems; ocean,
coastal and aquatic ecosystem management; fisheries economics;
land conservation; sustainable tourism.
Courses Taught: Economics 157 Natural Resource and
Environmental Economics; Economics 255 Valuing the
Environment; Economics 357 Environmental Economics
(PhD level; fall 2013).
PAST POSITIONS
Associate Professor Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 2005 2008.
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Associate Director Connecticut Sea Grant College Program. University of
Connecticut, Avery Point Campus, Groton, CT. 2002 2008.
Coordinator of Research; Grants Review and Management;
Progress Reporting; Fiscal Management; and Program
Implementation.
Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 2002 2005.
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Assistant Professor-Research Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. 1996-2002.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. 1996.
B.A. Economics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA. 1990.
AWARDS, HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS
2012: Most Cited Article of 2011 (articles published in 2010 and 2011), Journal of Economic
Surveys (Johnston and Rosenberger, Methods, Trends and Controversies in
Contemporary Benefit Transfer)
2012: Recognition of Outstanding Service Award, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource
Economics Association.
2012: Top 7% of authors in RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), number of distinct works
and number of journal pages.
2009: Recognition of Outstanding Service Award, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource
Economics Association.
2008: Distinguished Member Award, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics
Association.
2008: Donald M. Kinsman Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, University of Connecticut.
2008: Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Award, University of Connecticut.
2007: Research Excellence Award, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of
Connecticut.
2007: Finalist, Marine Resource Economics Outstanding Article 2006.
2007: Faculty Award of Merit in Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta, University of Connecticut.
2007: AAUP Special Achievement Award (salary increase for extraordinary merit), University
of Connecticut.
2006: Charles R. Goeldner Article of Excellence Award: Best 2005 Article in the Journal of
Travel Research (Johnston and Tyrrell, A Dynamic Model of Sustainable Tourism).
2006: AAUP Special Achievement Award (salary increase for extraordinary merit), University
of Connecticut.
2006: Recognition of Outstanding Service Award, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource
Economics Association.
2005: AAUP Special Achievement Award (salary increase for extraordinary merit), Uni versity
of Connecticut.
2004: AAUP Special Achievement Award (salary increase for extraordinary merit), University
of Connecticut.
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Teaching Excellence Award College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University
2002:
of Rhode Island.
1999: Rhode Island Rural Lands Coalition Award for Outstanding Research Contribution to the
Preservation of Farm, Forest, and Open Space.
Faculty Member of the Year Department of Environmental and Natural Resource
1999:
Economics, University of Rhode Island
1997: Greg J. Lessne Award for Excellence in the Study of Natural Resource Markets and
Economics.
1996: ENRE Nomination for 1997 AAEA Outstanding Dissertation Award.
1994-95: University Graduate Fellowship, University of Rhode Island.
1994: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Rhode Island.
1989: Sigma Phi Scholarship Award, Williams College.
INVITED, ELECTED AND EDITORIAL OFFICES
2012-15 US EPA Science Advisory Board.
2012-13 National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences) Committee on
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Stock Rebuilding Plans of the 2006 Fishery
Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act.
2012- Founding Secretary-Treasurer, Environmental Economics Section, the Agricultural
and Applied Economics Association (AAEA).
2012- Founding Board Member, incorporated Northeastern Agricultural and Resource
Economics Association.
2010- Senior Advisory Board (SAB), Connecticut Sea Grant College Program.
2010- Program Advisory Council (PAC), New York Sea Grant College Program.
2009-2012 President-elect (2009-2010), President (2010-2011) and Past-President (2011-
2012), Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association.
2009- Program Committee for the Board of Directors, Charles Darwin Foundation,
Gal pagos, Ecuador.
2009-2012 Council Member, Gulf of Maine Regional Ocean Science Council (ROSI).
2009-2012 Science Advisory Board, Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea
(COMPASS).
2008-2010: Editorial Board, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.
2007-present: Vice President, Board of Directors, Marine Resource Economics Foundation.
2006-2007: Editorial Board, Advances in Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research.
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2006-2009: Board of Directors, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics
Association (second elected three-year term).
2003-2006: Board of Directors, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics
Association (first elected three-year term).
2005-2007: Secretary, Board of Directors, Marine Resource Economics Foundation.
GRANTS AND FUNDING
COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (Over $5.0 million total)
2012-14 $199,947 (grant). Northeast Sea Grant Consortium. Climate Change Adaptation and
Ecosystem Service Resilience in Northeast Coastal Communities: Quantifying
Economic Values and Tradeoffs for Regional Decision Support (PI).
2012 $13,926 (contract). Spatial Heterogeneity in Protected Species Valuation Research.
National Marine Fisheries Service (consultant).
2012 $33,469 (grant). Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control (DNREC). DNREC Economic Analysis of the Delaware Bay Shoreline
Project Extension and Recreational Benefits Analysis. Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control, subcontract from Johnson, Mirmiran &
Thompson, Inc. (PI)
2011-12 $17,500 (contract). University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Department of
Transportation. Consultant Services for Design and Feasibility Study: Connecticut
Transportation Planning Data Phase II (consultant).
2011-12 $10,450 (contract). University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Department of
Transportation. Consultant Services for Effect of Low-Impact Sustainable
Transportation Design as a Strategy for Alleviating Stormwater Runoff and Reducing
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (consultant).
2011-12 $30,977 (contract). Massachusetts Ocean Partnership. Continuing Work Advising on
Economic Aspects of Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Projects (PI).
$49,988 (grant). USDA/AFRI. Research Conference Integrated Economic
2011-12
Analysis of Ecosystem Services for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability (PI, with co-
PIs Dana Bauer and Carolyn Dimitri).
2011-13 $641,285 (grant). National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERRS) System Science
Collaborative. Sustaining Coastal Landscapes and Community Benefits: Developing
an Interdisciplinary Model for Enhancing the Impact of NERRS Science (PI, with PI
Christine Feurt and Co-PIs Verna DeLauer, Michelle Dionne and Peter Wiley).
2011 $12,698 (grant). Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control (DNREC). DNREC Economic Analysis of the Delaware Bay Shoreline.
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, subcontract
from Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (PI)
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2011 $8,000 (contract). Environment Canada/EVRI. Practitioner Guidance using the
Environmental Valuation Resource Inventory (EVRI) for Benefit Transfer. (co -PI
with Paul Thomassin).
2011 $14,910 (grant). COMPASS/Tides Center. Communication Partnership for Science
and the Sea (COMPASS) New England Program Support Supplement II (PI, with
Verna DeLauer).
2010-11 $50,000 (contract). Abt Associates and US EPA. Technical Assistance in Benefit
Transfer/Stated Preference Methods and Implementation for Clean Water Act 316(b)
Phase II and III Benefit Estimation (subcontractor).
$44,752 (grant). Conservation International Ecosystem. Services Modeler
2010
Investigative Phase (co-PI, with PI Ron Eastman and Clark Labs).
2010 $23,293 (grant). Massachusetts Ocean Partnership. Massachusetts Ocean Partnership
Workshop on Economic and Social Science Tools for Ecosystem-based Management:
Extended Scope of Work and Contract Revision to Advise on Economic Aspects of
Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Projects (PI).
2010 $36,938 (grant). COMPASS/Tides Center. Communication Partnership for Science
and the Sea (COMPASS) New England Program Support Supplement I (PI, with
Verna DeLauer).
2010 $72,969 (grant). COMPASS/Tides Center. Communication Partnership for Science
and the Sea (COMPASS) New England Program Support (PI, with Verna DeLauer).
2010-13 $360,000 (grant). USDA/AFRI. Long-Term Health Effects, Risk Perceptions, And
Implications For Agricultural Markets: Modeling Consumption Patterns For
Aquacultured Seafood (PI, with PI Cathy Roheim).
2010 $3,125 (contract). Eastern Environmental Law Center. Benefits of Entrainment and
Impingement Reduction Consultation Regarding License Renewal of Oyster Creek
Nuclear Generating Station (consultant).
2010 $2,500 (contract). Industrial Economics and NOAA. Technical Assistance in
Magnolia Marsh Restoration Human Use Sampling and Analysis Plan (consultant).
2009 $20,456 (grant). The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership. Integrating Economic Tools
for Ecosystem-based Management: Developing Workshop Content on Economic and
Social Science Tools for Ecosystem-based Management (PI).
2009-10 $42,053 (contract). Abt Associates and US EPA. Technical Assistance in Benefit
Transfer/Stated Preference Methods and Implementation for Clean Water Act 316(b)
Phase II and III Benefit Estimation (consultant).
2009-10 $12,000 (grant). Center for Transportation and Urban Planning, University of
Connecticut, funds from US Dept. of Transportation. Public Transit Design for Smart
Growth: Using Choice Experiments to Quantify Tradeoffs, Values and Funding
Implications Phase II (co-PI, with PI Nicholas Lownes and co-PIs Norman Garrick
and Eric Jackson).
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2009 $17,030 (contract). The Pew Charitable Trusts. Ending Overfishing in New England
(Lead Contractor, with collaborators J. Sutinen and D. Holland).
2009-11 $169,865 (grant). US EPA/STAR. Improved Valuation of Ecological Benefits
Associated with Aquatic Living Resources: Development and Testing of Indicator -
Based Stated Preference Valuation and Transfer Project Continuation (PI, with co-
PIs K. Segerson and E. Schultz).
2008-09 $94,364 (grant). Center for Transportation and Urban Planning, University of
Connecticut, funds from US Dept. of Transportation. Public Transit Design for Smart
Growth: Using Choice Experiments to Quantify Tradeoffs, Values and Fundi ng
Implications Phase I (co-PI, with PI Nicholas Lownes and co-PIs Norman Garrick
and Eric Jackson).
2008-09 $76,000 (contract). Environment Canada. Technical Review of EVRI, the
Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory (co-PI, with P. Thomassin).
2007-09 $198,675 (grant). US EPA/STAR. Meta-Analysis and Benefit Transfer at Different
Levels of Aggregation: Comparing Group-Averaged and Individual-Level Models
Using Hierarchical Bayesian Methods (PI, with K. Moeltner and R. Rosenberger).
2007-08 $2,984 (grant). Connecticut Sea Grant Development Grant. Estimating Public
Preferences and Informing Policies for Fish Passage Restoration in the Saugatuck
Watershed (PI).
2007 $1,536 (contract). US EPA (Subcontract through Abt Associates). Review and Pilot
Study of Ecosystem Service Units for Policy Evaluation (consultant).
2007 $59,333 (contract). Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund. An Economic Analysis
Framework and Data to Support Integrated Multiple-Use Ocean Management in
Massachusetts (co-PI, with D. Holland and J. Sanchirico).
2007 $60,000 (contract). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Benefit Transfer of Water
Quality Improvements from Agricultural Landscapes: A Meta Analysis (co-PI, with P.
Thomassin).
2007 $27,356 (grant). Preservation of Farm and Forest in Sussex County, Delaware:
Disseminating a Matrix to Estimate Values. (PI, with J. Duke).
2007 $10,000 (contract). Developing a Strategic Plan for the Arizona State University
Megapolitan Tourism Research Center (PI, with T. Tyrrell).
2006 $48,000 (grant). Eastern Connecticut Resource Conservation and Development
Council. Estimating Residents Willingness to Pay for Farmland Preservation in Four
Connecticut Rural Communities (PI, with J. Duke).
2006 $21,870 (contract). Environmental Defense, Environmental Science Program.
Evaluation of Recreational Fish Tags as a Rights-Based Management Approach for
the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fishery (PI, with co-PI D. Holland).
2005-08 $405,154 (grant). US EPA/STAR. Improved Valuation of Ecological Benefits
Associated with Aquatic Living Resources: Development and Testing of Indicator -
Based Stated Preference Valuation and Transfer (PI, with co-PIs K. Segerson and E.
Schultz).
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2005 $3,250 (grant). Connecticut Sea Grant College Program. Development Grant.
Improved Valuation of Ecological Benefits Associated with Aquatic Living
Resources: Focus Groups for Indicator-Based Stated Preference Valuation (PI).
2005 $13,054 (grant). University of Connecticut Food Marketing Policy Center. Assessing
the Impact of New and Proposed Labels in the Fresh Seafood Market (PI).
2004-06 $68,719 (grant). US EPA: The Connecticut Long Island Sound Fellows Program.
(co-PI, with E. Monahan).
2004-08 $100,000+ (multiple grants). USDA/University of Connecticut Agricultural
Experiment Station. W-1133 Multistate Research Project: Benefits and Costs of
Natural Resources Policies Affecting Public and Private Lands (PI).
2004 $20,339 (grant). University of Connecticut Food Marketing Center. The Battle of
Taste Buds and Environmental Convictions in the Seafood Market: Which One Wins?
(PI, with C. Roheim).
2004-05 $82,666 (grant). USDA/CSREES/NRI: Land Conservation Techniques and Service
Implementation: Assessing Context-Sensitive Priorities for the Policy Process (PI,
with J. Duke).
2002-07 $102,000 (contract). US EPA (Subcontract through Abt Associates). Benefit-Cost
Analysis for US EPA 316(b) Phase II and III Rules (consultant).
2002-05 $150,000 (grant). USDA/CSREES/NRI: Do Amenity Values from Farm and Forest
Increase with Decreasing Scarcity? Identifying Public Preference Surprises for Policy
Assessment, (PI, with S. Swallow and C. Foster).
2003 $10,000 (grant). USDA/CSREES/NRI: Workshop: Agricultural Management and
Conservation: Farmer Choices and Policy Evaluation in a Complex Setting (co-PI,
with J. Duke, L. Lynch, S. Swallow)
2002 $34,940 (contract). Mystic & More. New London County Tourism Research Study.
(co-PI, with T. Tyrrell).
2002 $36,000 (grant). Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development: NAREA Land
Use Policy Workshop Grant, (PI, with S. Swallow, J. Duke, E. Marshall, L. Lynch,
and J. Shortle)
2001-03 $178,193 (grant). Sea Grant College Program: A Prototype Decision Support
System for Coastal Development in Washington County, Rhode Island (PI, with J .
Opaluch. P. August, V. Lee, and R. Thompson).
1998-2002 $400,000 (grant). USDA Fund for Rural America Grant: Decision Information and
Support Structures to Sustain Farm. Forest, and Open Space in Rural Communities of
Southern New England (PI, with S. Swallow and P. Paton).
1998-2002 $475,000 (grant). NSF/EPA/USDA Partnership for Environmental Research Grant:
Combining Economic and Ecological Indicators to Prioritize Wetlands Restoration
Projects Within a Spatial GIS Framework (PI, with M. Mazzotta, J. Opaluch, F. Golet,
P. August).
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2001-02 $15,000 (contract). Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Science Program:
Options for integrating recreational fishing into a comprehensive ITQ program for reef
fish in the Gulf of Mexico (PI, with J. Sutinen)
2000-02 $221,780 (grant). Sea Grant College Program: Economic Consequences of Protecting
and Conserving Critical Fish Habitat (PI, with J. Sutinen and S. Cobb).
1998-2001 $70,000+ (multiple grants). Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station. Funding
for a variety of agricultural research and grant-writing projects (PI).
2001 $13,584 (contract). Preservation Society of Newport County. Market Position
Surveys for the Newport Mansions (PI, with T. Tyrrell).
2001 $10,100 (contract). Town of Scituate Water Supply Board. Estimating the Value of
Municipal Water Supply to Community Residents (PI).
1998-2001 $134,964 (grant). Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program Grant: Assessment of
the Effectiveness of Eco-Labeling as a Market-Based Approach to Sustainable
Seafood Production (PI, with C. Wessells).
1998-99 $35,000 (contract). Halibut Coalition: Appropriate and Inappropriate Economic
Analysis for Fisheries Allocation Decisions: The Case of Alaska Halibut (PI, with J.
Sutinen).
1998 $9,000 (grant). Aquidneck Island Partnership Grant: Assessing the Fiscal Impact of
Residential Subdivisions on Aquidneck Island (PI).
1997-99 $8,500 (grant). Rhode Island Rural Lands Coalition Grant: Assessing the Fiscal
Impact of Proposed Changes to Rhode Island s Farm, Forest, and Open Space Act
(PI).
1997 $10,000 (grant). Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program Seed Grant: Consumer
Preferences for Eco-Assurances for Seafood Products, (co-PI, with PI C. Wessells).
1997 $10,750 (contract). Chiral Corporation Grant: U.S. Seafood Industry Survey:
Evaluation of Demand and Market Strategies for Marine Toxin Test Kits, (PI, with W.
Lombardi).
1994-96 $56,000 (fellowship, $28,000 for two years). University Graduate Research
Fellowship, University of Rhode Island.
EXTENSION, OUTREACH, ADMINISTRATION, AND OTHER GRANTS (Over $5.5 million total)
2008-10 $1,936,000. NOAA/Sea Grant Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG) Biennial Omnibus
(co-PI with PI Sylvain De Guise).
2006-08 $1,852,400. NOAA/Sea Grant Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG) Biennial Omnibus.
(co-PI with PI Sylvain De Guise).
2005 $15,400. Connecticut Sea Grant Omnibus Supplemental Grant for Program
Development (M/PD-1). Co-PI.
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2005 $12,888. Connecticut Sea Grant Omnibus Supplemental Grant for Sea Grant
Education (E/T-11). PI.
2004-06 $1,876,000. NOAA/Sea Grant Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG) Biennial Omnibus.
(co-PI with Edward Monahan).
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLISHED ARTICLES SCHOLARLY JOURNALS (69 total)
Johnston, R.J., E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson, E.Y. Besedin and M. Ramachandran. 2013. Stated
Preferences for Intermediate versus Final Ecosystem Services: Disentangling Willingness to Pay
for Omitted Ecological Outcomes. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (provisionally
accepted).
Londo o, L.M. and R.J. Johnston. 2012. Enhancing the Reliability of Benefit Transfer over
Heterogeneous Sites: A Meta-Analysis of International Coral Reef Values. Ecological
Economics 78(1): 80-89.
Duke, J.M., A.M Borchers, R.J. Johnston and S. Chatterson. 2012. Sustainable Agricultural
Management Contracts: Using Choice Experiments to Estimate the Benefits of Land Preservation
and Conservation Practices. Ecological Economics 74(1): 95-103.
Schultz, E.T., R.J. Johnston, K. Segerson and E.Y. Besedin. 2012. Integrating Ecology and
Economics for Restoration: Using Ecological Indicators in Valuation of Ecosystem Services .
Restoration Ecology 20(3): 304-310.
Johnston, R.J., E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson, E.Y. Besedin and M. Ramachandran. 2012. Enhancing
the Content Validity of Stated Preference Valuation: The Structure and Function of Ecological
Indicators. Land Economics 88(1): 102-120.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2012. The Rocket Science of Sustainable Tourism. Tourism
Analysis 17(3): 371-376.
Johnston, R.J. and J.C. Bergstrom. 2011. Valuing Farmland Protection: Does Policy Guidance
Depend On the Econometric Fine Print? Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 33(4): 639-
660.
Johnston, R.J. and M. Russell. 2011. An Operational Structure for Clarity in Ecosystem Service
Values. Ecological Economics 70(12): 2243-2249.
Johnston, R.J., K. Segerson, E.T. Schultz, E.Y. Besedin and M. Ramachandran. 2011. Indices of
Biotic Integrity in Stated Preference Valuation of Aquatic Ecosystem Services. Ecological
Economics 70(11): 1946-1956.
Johnston, R.J. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2010. Methods, Trends and Controversies in Contemporary
Benefit Transfer. Journal of Economic Surveys 24(3): 479 510.
Yannes, C.D., N.E. Lownes, N.W. Garrick and R.J. Johnston. 2010. Operationalizing Placemaking
in a Choice Experiment Context. Transportation Research Record 2144(2): 121-129.
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Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2010. Socioeconomic Adjustments and Choice Experiment Benefit
Function Transfer: Evaluating the Common Wisdom. Resource and Energy Economics 32(3):
421-438.
Johnston, R.J. and P.J. Thomassin. 2010. Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvements in the
United States and Canada: Considering Possibilities for International Meta-Analysis and Benefit
Transfer. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39(1): 114-131.
Johnston, R.J., D.S. Holland and S. Tuler. 2010. New England Fishing Communities: Prospects and
Uncertainties. Communities and Banking 21(2): 3-5.
Moeltner, K., R.J. Johnston, R.S. Rosenberger and J.M Duke. 2009. Benefit Transfer from Multiple
Contingent Experiments: A Flexible Two-Step Model Combining Individual Choice Data with
Community Characteristics. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91(5): 1335- 1342.
Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2009. Informing Preservation of Multifunctional Agriculture when
Primary Research Is Unavailable: An Application of Meta-Analysis. American Journal of
Agricultural Economics 91(5): 1353-1359.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2009. An Econometric Analysis of the Effects of Tourism Growth
on Municipal Revenues and Expenditures. Tourism Economics 15(4): 771 783.
Chapman, J.I., R.J. Johnston and T.J. Tyrrell. 2009. Implications of a Land Value Tax with Error in
Assessed Values. Land Economics 85(4): 576 586.
Johnston, R.J. and P.J. Thomassin. 2009. Evaluating the Environmental Valuation Reference
Inventory (EVRI): Results from a Survey of Actual and Potential Users. AERE (Association of
Environmental and Resource Economists) Newsletter 29(1), 33-38.
Rosenberger, R.S. and R.J. Johnston. 2009. Selection Effects in Meta-Analysis and Benefit Transfer:
Avoiding Unintended Consequences. Land Economics 85(3) 410-428.
Stapler, R.W. and R.J. Johnston. 2009. Meta-Analysis, Benefit Transfer, and Methodological
Covariates: Implications for Transfer Error. Environmental and Resource Economics 42(2): 227-
246.
Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2009. Willingness to Pay for Land Preservation Across States and
Jurisdictional Scale: Implications for Benefit Transfer. Land Economics, 85(2): 217 237.
Johnston, R.J. 2009. Book Review, Neil A. Powe, Redesigning Environmental Valuation: Mixing
Methods Within Stated Preference Techniques, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. Ecological
Economics 68(5): 1564-1565.
Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2008. Benefit Transfer Equivalence Tests with Non-Normal
Distributions. Environmental and Resource Economics 41(1): 1-23.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2008. Tourism Sustainability, Resiliency and Dynamics: Towards a
More Comprehensive Perspective. Tourism and Hospitality Research 8(1): 14-24.
Johnston, R.J. 2008. Fish Ecolabels and Consumer Choice: Weighing the Factors. CAB Reviews:
Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources 3(26), doi
10.1079/PAVSNNR20083026.
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Johnston, R.J., C.A. Roheim, D.P. Joglekar, and R. Pomeroy. 2008. Estimating Preferences for Non-
Market Attributes of Aquaculture and Sustainable Seafood Production: Methods and Empiri cal
Applications. International Journal of Environment and Pollution 33(4): 469-484.
Pomeroy, R., B. Bravo-Ureta, D. Solis and R.J. Johnston. 2008. Bioeconomic Modelling and
Salmon Aquaculture: An Overview of the Literature. International Journal of Environment and
Pollution 33(4): 485-500.
Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2007. Willingness to Pay for Agricultural Land Preservation and
Policy Process Attributes: Does the Method Matter? American Journal of Agricultural
Economics 89(4): 1098-1115.
Johnston, R.J. and T.J. Tyrrell. 2007. Management Exercises and Trainer s Note in Sustainable
Tourism and Dynamics. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
1(4): 328-337.
Johnston, R.J. 2007. Choice Experiments, Site Similarity and Benefits Transfer. Environmental
and Resource Economics 38(3): 331-351.
Johnston, R.J., D. Holland, V. Maharaj and T.W. Campson. 2007. Fish Harvest Tags: An
Alternative Management Approach for Recreational Fisheries in the US Gulf of Mexico. Marine
Policy 31(4): 505-516.
Johnston, R.J. 2007. Book Review, Roy Brouwer and David Pearce, eds., Cost-Benefit Analysis and
Water Resources Management, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. Ecological Economics 63(4):
831-832.
Johnston, R.J. 2007. Book Review: Robert A. Young, Determining the Economic Value of Water:
Concepts and Methods, Resources For the Future, Washington DC. Ecological Economics,
60(4): 847-848.
Johnston, R.J., E.Y. Besedin and M.H. Ranson. 2006. Characterizing the Effects of Valuation
Methodology in Function-Based Benefits Transfer. Ecological Economics 60(2): 407-419.
Johnston, R.J. and C.A. Roheim. 2006. A Battle of Taste and Environmental Convictions for
Ecolabeled Seafood: A Contingent Ranking Experiment. Journal of Agricultural and Resource
Economics 31(2): 283-300.
Johnston, R.J. 2006. Is Hypothetical Bias Universal? Validating Contingent Valuation Responses
Using a Binding Public Referendum. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
52(1): 469-481.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2006. The Economic Impacts of Tourism: A Special Issue. Journal
of Travel Research 45(1): 1-5.
Johnston, R.J., M.H. Ranson, E.Y. Besedin, and E.C. Helm. 2006. What Determines Willingness to
Pay per Fish? A Meta-Analysis of Recreational Fishing Values. Marine Resource Economics
21(1): 1-32.
Johnston, R.J. and T.J. Tyrrell. 2005. A Dynamic Model of Sustainable Tourism. Journal of
Travel Research 44(2): 124-134.
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Johnston, R.J., J.J. Opaluch, M.J. Mazzotta, and G. Magnusson. 2005. Who Are Resource Nonusers
and What Can They Tell Us About Nonuse Values? Decomposing User and Nonuser
Willingness to Pay for Coastal Wetland Restoration. Water Resources Research 41(7): W07017.
Johnston, R.J., E.Y. Besedin, R. Iovanna, C. Miller, R. Wardwell, and M. Ranson. 2005. Systematic
Variation in Willingness to Pay for Aquatic Resource Improvements and Implications for Benefit
Transfer: A Meta-Analysis. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 53(2-3): 221-248.
Johnston, R.J. and T.J. Tyrrell. 2005. Estimating Recreational User Counts: Corrigendum.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2): 524-527.
Tyrrell, T.J., P.W. Williams, and R.J. Johnston. 2004. Estimating Sport Tourism Visitor Volumes:
The Case of Vancouver's 2010 Olympic Games. Tourism Recreation Research 29(1), p. 75-82.
Johnston, R.J., E.Y. Besedin and R.F. Wardwell. 2003. Modeling Relationships Between Use and
Nonuse Values for Surface Water Quality: A Meta-Analysis. Water Resources Research 39(12),
p. 1363-1371.
Johnston, R.J. 2003. Farmland Preservation and Differential Taxation: Evaluating Optimal Policy
Under Conditions of Uncertainty. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 32(2): 198-208.
Johnston, R.J., S.K. Swallow, T.J. Tyrrell and D.M. Bauer. 2003. Rural Amenity Values and
Length of Residency. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(4): 1009-1024.
Sutinen, J.G. and R.J. Johnston. 2003. Angling Management Organizations: Integrating the
Recreational Sector into Fishery Management. Marine Policy 27(6): 471-487.
Johnston, R.J. and T.J. Tyrrell. 2003. Estimating Recreational User Counts. American Journal of
Agricultural Economics, 85(3): 554-568.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2003. Assessing Expenditure Changes Related to Welcome Center
Visits. Journal of Travel Research 42(1).
Johnston, R.J., S.K. Swallow, D. Marie Bauer, and C.M. Anderson. 2003. Preferences for
Residential Development Attributes and Support for the Policy Process: Implications for
Management and Conservation of Rural Landscapes. Agricultural and Resource Economics
Review 32(1): 65-82.
Johnston, R.J., G. Magnusson, M. Mazzotta and J.J. Opaluch. 2002. Combining Economic and
Ecological Indicators to Prioritize Salt Marsh Restoration Actions. American Journal of
Agricultural Economics 84(5): 1362-1370.
Johnston, R.J., S.K. Swallow and D.M. Bauer. 2002. Spatial Factors and Stated Preference Values
for Public Goods: Considerations for Rural Land Development. Land Economics 78(4): 481-500.
Johnston, R.J., S.K. Swallow, C.W. Allen, and L.A. Smith. 2002. Designing Multidimensional
Environmental Programs: Assessing Tradeoffs and Substitution in Watershed Management
Plans. Water Resources Research 38(7): 1099-1105.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2002. Estimating Regional Visitor Numbers. Tourism Analysis
7(1): 33-41.
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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.
Mazzotta, M.J., J. J. Opaluch, G. Magnuson, and R.J. Johnston. 2002. Setting Priorities for Coastal
Wetland Restoration: A GIS-Based Tool That Combines Expert Assessments And Public
Values. Earth System Monitor 12(3): 1-6.
Johnston, R.J., J.J. Opaluch, T.A. Grigalunas, and M.J. Mazzotta. 2001. Estimating Amenity
Benefits of Coastal Farmland. Growth and Change 32(3): 305-325.
Johnston, R.J., C.R. Wessells, H. Donath, and F. Asche. 2001. Measuring Consumer Preferences
for Ecolabeled Seafood: An International Comparison. Journal of Agricultural and Resource
Economics 26(1): 20-39.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2001. A Theoretical Framework for Assessing Direct Economic
Impacts of Tourist Events: Distinguishing Origins, Destinations, and Causes of Expenditures.
Journal of Travel Research 40 (August): 94-101.
Opaluch, J.J., V. Lee, R.J. Johnston, C. Baker, and R. Thompson. 2001. Using GIS to Help
Communities Visualize the Consequences of Change. Maritimes 43(1): 6-8.
Johnston, R.J., S.K Swallow and T.F. Weaver. 1999. Estimating Willingness to Pay and Resource
Trade-offs With Different Payment Mechanisms: An Evaluation of a Funding Guarantee for
Watershed Management. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 38(1): 97-120.
Johnston, R.J. and S.K. Swallow. 1999. Asymmetries in Ordered Strength of Preference Models:
Implications of Focus Shift for Discrete Choice Preference Estimation, Land Economics 75(2):
295-310.
Wessells, C.R., R.J. Johnston and H. Donath. 1999. Determinants of Consumers Preferences for
Ecolabeled Food Products: Evidence from the Seafood Market, American Journal of
Agricultural Economics 81(5): 1084-1089.
Johnston, R.J. 1998. Exogenous Factors and Visitor Behavior: A Regression Analysis of Viewing
Time. Environment and Behavior 30(3): 322-347.
Johnston, R.J. 1998. The Value of Open Space in a U.S. Coastal Community. Intercoast Network
32 (3).
Johnston, R.J. 1998. Estimating Demand for Wildlife Viewing in Zoological Parks: An Exhibit
Specific, Time Allocation Approach. Human Dimensions in Wildlife 3(1): 16-33.
Johnston, R.J. and J.G. Sutinen. 1996. Uncertain Biomass Shift and Collapse: Implications for
Harvest Policy in the Fishery. Land Economics 72(4): 500-518.
Johnston, R.J., T.F. Weaver, L.A. Smith and S.K. Swallow. 1995. Contingent Valuation Focus
Groups: Insights From Ethnographic Interview Techniques. Agricultural and Resource
Economics Review 24(1): 56-69.
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PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND NOTES SCHOLARLY JOURNALS (19 total)
Johnston, R.J., E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson, E.Y. Besedin and M. Ramachandran. 2010. Integrating
Ecology and Economics: Using Bioindicators in the Valuation of Ecosystem Services. (Abstract)
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39(2).
Wheeler, W. R.J. Johnston and P. Walsh. 2010. Symposium - The Use of Ecological Indexes and
Indicators in Water Quality Valuation. (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
39(2).
Ramachandran, M. and R.J. Johnston. 2010. Quantitative Restrictions and Residential Water
Demand: Spatial Analysis of Neighborhood Effects. (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource
Economics Review 39(2).
Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2009. Informing Farmland Preservation when Primary Research is
Unavailable: Does Common Practice Reduce the Validity and Relevance of Benefit Transfer?
(Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 38(2).
Stapler, R.W. and R.J. Johnston. 2009. Erratum: Meta-Analysis, Benefit Transfer, and
Methodological Covariates: Implications for Transfer Error. Environmental and Resource
Economics.
Rosenberger, R.S. and R.J. Johnston. 2008. Selection Effects in Meta-Analysis and Benefit Transfer.
(Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37(2).
Johnston, R.J. and R.W. Stapler. 2008. Meta-Analysis, Benefit Transfer, and Methodological
Covariates Implications for Transfer Error. (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics
Review 37(2).
Duke, J.M. and R.J. Johnston. 2007. Tradeoffs and Substitution in Agricultural Land Preservation:
The Role of Geographic Proximity. (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
36(2).
Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2006. Welfare Implications of the Policy Process: Estimating
Context-Sensitive Values for Agricultural and Open Space Conservation. (Abstract)
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 35(2).
Johnston, R.J., E.Y. Besedin, and M.H. Ranson. 2006. Characterizing the Effects of Valuation
Methodology in Function-Based Benefits Transfer. (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource
Economics Review 35(2).
Johnston, R.J., E.Y. Besedin, M.H. Ranson, and E.C. Helm. 2005. What Determines Willingness to
Pay per Fish? A Meta-Analysis of Recreational Fishing Values. (Abstract) Agricultural and
Resource Economics Review 34(2).
Johnston, R.J., E.Y. Besedin, R. Iovanna, C. Miller, R. Wardwell, and M. Ranson. 2004. Estimating
Nonuse Values for Aquatic Resource Improvements: An Application of Meta -Analysis.
(Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 33(2).
Johnston, R.J. and C.M. Anderson. 2003. The Evolution of Rural Amenity Values in Gro wing
Communities: Modeling the Impact of In-Migration and Residence Duration. (Abstract)
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 32(2).
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Johnston, R.J. and T.J. Tyrrell. 2002. Estimating Recreational User Counts in a Multiple-Site
Environment. (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 31(2).
Johnston, R.J., S.K. Swallow, L.A. Smith, and C.W. Allen. 2001. Designing Multidimensional
Environmental Programs: Assessing Tradeoffs and Substitution in Watershed Management
Plans. (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 30(2).
Wessells. C.R., H. Donath, R.J. Johnston, and F. Asche. 2000. Consumer Preferences for
Ecolabeled Seafood: A Comparison of U.S. and Norwegian Consumers. (Abstract) Agricultural
and Resource Economics Review 29(2).
Johnston, R.J. 1999. Farmland Preservation and Differential Property Tax Assessment: Evaluating
Optimal Policy Under Conditions of Uncertainty, (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource
Economics Review 28(2).
Johnston, R.J. 1995. Modeling the Demand for On-Site Time: New Theoretical Avenues for
Addressing Recreational Behavior and Welfare. Annual Meeting of the Northeastern
Agricultural and Resource Economics Association. Burlington, VT. (Abstract) Agricultural and
Resource Economics Review 24(2).
Johnston, R.J., T.F. Weaver, L.A. Smith and S.K. Swallow. 1993. Using Ethnographic
Methodology in Focus Groups to Improve Contingent Valuation: An Introduction to Theory and
Application. (Abstract) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 22 (2).
PUBLICATIONS NON-REVIEWED JOURNALS AND POPULAR MEDIA (5 total)
Baker, P. and R.J. Johnston. 2009. A Better Fishing System. The Boston Globe. Editorial, May 18.
Philo, L.D. and R.J. Johnston. 2004. Land-Use Survey Examines Preferences for Conservation vs.
Conservation Policy 41 N, The Magazine of Rhode Island Land and Sea Grant 2(2), pp. 24-26.
Johnston, R.J. and J.G. Sutinen. 2004. Can Anglers Manage Themselves? New Ideas for
Recreational Fisheries Management. Wracklines 3(2).
Philo, L.D. and R.J. Johnston. 2003. Rhode Island is schizoid on land-use controls. Providence
Journal, February 14, 2003.
Wessells, C.R., H. Donath, and R.J. Johnston. 1999. New Survey Shows that U.S. Consumers Have
Preference for Ecolabeled Seafood, Northern Aquaculture (December).
PUBLICATIONS BOOK CHAPTERS AND PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS (30 total)
Johnston, R.J., S.K. Swallow, D.M. Bauer and E. Uchida. 2012. Connecting Ecosystem Services to
Land Use: Implications for Valuation and Policy, chapter 14 in Duke, J.M and J. Wu, eds. The
Oxford Handbook of Land Economics. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Rosenberger, R.S. and R.J. Johnston. 2012. Benefit Transfer, in Shogren, J. ed. Encyclopedia of
Resource, Energy, and Environmental Economics. Elsevier, forthcoming (online).
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Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2012. Measuring the Performance of Convention and Visitors
Bureaus, chapter 7 in Mook, L. ed. Accounting for the Social Value, University of Toronto Press.
Johnston, R.J., J. Sanchirico and D.S. Holland. 2011. Measuring Social Value and Human Well-
Being, in Bowen, R.E., M.H. Depledge, C.P. Carlarne and L.E. Fleming, eds. Seas, Society and
Human Well Being. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, forthcoming.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2011. A Spatial Extension to a Framework for Assessing Direct
Economic Impacts of Tourist Events, in Page, S.J. and J. Connell, eds. Handbook of Events,
Routledge Publishers.
Tyrrell, T.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2011. The Role of Tourism in Sustainable Communities, Chapter 32
in Uysal, M., R.R. Perdue and M.J. Sirgy, eds. Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life (QOL)
Research: The Missing Links, Springer.
Johnston, R.J., E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson and E.Y. Besedin. 2011. Bioindicator-Based Stated
Preference Valuation for Aquatic Habitat and Ecosystem Service Restoration, in Bennett, J. ed.
International Handbook on Non-Marketed Environmental Valuation. Cheltenham, UK: Edward
Elgar, pp. 159-186.
Thomassin, P.J. and R.J. Johnston. 2011. Evaluating Benefit Transfer for Canadian Water Quality
Improvements using US/Canada Metadata: An Application of International Meta -Analysis, in
Bennett, J. ed. International Handbook on Non-Marketed Environmental Valuation. Cheltenham,
UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 353-384.
Duke, J.M. and R.J. Johnston. 2010. Nonmarket valuation of multifunctional farm and forest
preservation. Chapter 8, pp. 124-142, in: Goetz, S. and Brouwer, F., (Eds.) New Perspectives on
Agri-Environmental Policies: A Multidisciplinary and Transatlantic Approach. Oxfor d, UK,
Routledge Publishers.
Johnston, R.J. and E.Y. Besedin. 2009. Benefits Transfer and Meta-Analysis: Estimating
Willingness to Pay for Aquatic Resource Improvements, Chapter 7 in Thurston, H.W., M.T.
Heberling and A. Schrecongost, eds. Environmental Economics for Watershed Restoration. Boca
Raton: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
Johnston, R.J., D. Holland, V. Maharaj and T.W. Campson. 2008. Fish Harvest Tags: An Attenuated
Rights-Based Management Approach for Recreational Fisheries in the US Gulf of Mexico. In D.
Leal and V. Maharaj, eds. Evolving Approaches for Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Sutinen, J. and R.J. Johnston. 2008. Angling Management Organizations: Integrating the
Recreational Sector into Fishery Management. In D. Leal and V. Maharaj, eds. Evolving
Approaches for Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Johnston R.J. and K.G. Cullen. 2008. Public Input in Land Use Decisions: Modeling Preference
Asymmetries in Stated Preference Data, in Schaeffer, P.V., ed. Commodity Modeling and
Pricing: Methods for Analyzing Resource Market Behavior. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley and Sons.
Johnston, R.J. and T.J. Tyrrell. 2008. Sustainability and Tourism Dynamics, in Martin, D. and A.
Woodside, eds. Tourism Management: Analysis, Behaviour and Strategy. Oxfordshire, UK:
CABI Publishers.
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Johnston, R.J. and T.J. Tyrrell. 2008. Exercises and Trainer s Note in Sustainable Tourism and
Dynamics, in Martin, D. and A. Woodside, eds. Tourism Management: Analysis, Behaviour and
Strategy. Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishers.
Johnston, R. J., C. R. Wessells, H. Donath, and F. Asche. 2007. Measuring Consumer Preferences
for Ecolabeled Seafood: An International Comparison, In: Labelling Strategies in Environmental
Policy, M. Teisl, ed., Ashgate Publishing, Brookfield, VT, p.395-414.
Johnston, R.J. D. Holland and J. Sutinen (transcribed by S. Fowler). 2007. Chapter Two:
Economics, in Heimes, R. ed. Climate Change in the Northwest Atlantic. Portland, ME: Center
for Law and Innovation, University of Maine School of Law.
Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2007. Willingness to Pay for Land Preservation Across States and
Jurisdictional Scale: Implications for Benefit Transfer, in R. Rosenberger, ed. Western Regional
Research Publication: W-1133 Benefits and Costs of Resource Policies Affecting Public and
Private Land. 20th Interim Report.
Johnston, R.J. and S.K. Swallow. 2006. Introduction Economics and Contemporary Land Use
Policy, in Johnston, R.J. and S.K. Swallow, eds. Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy:
Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe. Washington, DC: RFF Press.
Johnston, R.J. and S.K. Swallow. 2006. Chapter 12. Support for Conservation Policies and Values
for Conservation: Are They Related?, in Johnston, R.J. and S.K. Swallow, eds. Economics and
Contemporary Land Use Policy: Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe.
Washington, DC: RFF Press.
Johnston, R.J. 2006. Chapter 14. Economics and Land Use Policy Where Do We Go From Here?,
in Johnston, R.J. and S.K. Swallow, eds. Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy:
Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe. Washington, DC: RFF Press.
Johnston, R.J. and J.M. Duke. 2006. Welfare Implications of the Policy Process: Estimating
Context-Sensitive Willingness to Pay for Agricultural and Open Space Conservation, in K.
Moeltner, ed. Western Regional Research Publication: W-1133 Benefits and Costs of Resource
Policies Affecting Public and Private Land. 19th Interim Report. Reno, NV: University of
Nevada.
Johnston, R.J. 2005. Aquatic Resource Improvements and Benefits Transfer: What Can We Learn
From Meta-Analysis? In proceedings of Benefits Transfer and Valuation Databases: Are We
Heading in the Right Direction? An International Workshop. Sponsored by the US
Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada. pp 5.30-5.76.
Johnston, R.J. and D. Joglekar. 2005. Is Hypothetical Bias Universal? Validating Stated Preference
Responses Using Binding Public Referenda, in S.D. Schultz, Comp. W -1133 Benefits and Costs
of Resource Policies Affecting Public and Private Land, 18th Interim Report. North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND.
Johnston, R.J. 2005. Changing Community Preferences for Coastal Zone Development and
Conservation: Implications of Population Growth for Natural Resource Values. Chapter 13 in
D.M. Whitelaw and G.R. Visgilio, eds. Americas Changing Coasts: Private Rights and Public
Trust. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 201-224.
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Johnston, R.J. and K.L. Giraud. 2004. Modeling Preference Asymmetries in Stated Preference Data:
An Application to Rural Land Preservation, in D. McCleod, ed. Western Regional Research
Publication: W-1133 Benefits and Costs of Resource Policies Affecting Public and Private Land.
17th Interim Report (October). Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming.
Johnston, R.J., 2004. Climate Change, Uncertain Biomass Shifts and Fishery Management, in
Proceedings & Presentations of Climate Change in New England and Eastern Canada: Natural
Resource Impacts and Adaptation Responses. Boston, MA: Conference of New England
Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers. 750 pp.
Getchis, T.S. and R.J. Johnston. 2004. Connecticut Commercial Aquaculture. Chapter 5 in
Connecticut Agriculture and Resources: 21st Century Issues and Challenges. University of
Connecticut College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Connecticut Cooperative
Extension.
Johnston, R.J. and T.A. Grigalunas. 1999. Assessing Tradeoffs in Coastal Management: An
Application of the Property Value Technique. in proceedings of Marine Policy: Issues and
Solutions Building Bridges Between Policy Makers, Agencies, Industry and Researchers.
Kingston, RI: Korea-America Joint Marine Policy Research Center.
PUBLICATIONS AUTHORED/EDITED BOOKS AND PUBLISHED MONOGRAPHS (10 total)
Holland, D.S., J. Sanchirico, R.J. Johnston and D. Joglekar. 2010. Economic Analysis for Ecosystem
Based Management: Applications to Marine and Coastal Environments. Washington, DC: RFF
Press.
Johnston, R.J., D.S. Holland, J.N. Sanchirico and P.H. Taylor. 2009. Economic Analysis for
Ecosystem-Based Management: An Introduction. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Ocean Partnership.
Johnston, R.J. and J.G. Sutinen. 2009. One Last Chance: The Economic Case for a New Approach
to Fisheries Management in New England. Washington, DC: The Pew Environment Group.
Johnston, R.J. and S.K. Swallow, eds. 2006. Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy:
Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe. Washington, DC: RFF Press.
Johnston, R.J., ed. 2004. Measure for Measure: How do we Gauge Coastal Stewardship?
Proceedings of The Coastal Society's 19th Biennial Conference Madison, Wisconsin:
Omnipress.
Grigalunas, T.A., R.J. Johnston, and J.J. Opaluch. 1999. Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Manual. Quezon City, The Philippines: GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme for the
Prevention and Management of Marine Pollution in the East Asian Seas.
Grigalunas, T.A. and R.J. Johnston. 1998. Natural Resources Damage Assessment Workbook.
Quezon City, The Philippines: GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme for the Prevention and
Management of Marine Pollution in the East Asian Seas.
Johnston, R. J. 1998. Aquidneck Island and Open Space: An Economic Perspective (2nd edition,
revised and extended). Narragansett, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center.
Johnston, R. J. 1997. Aquidneck Island and Open Space: An Economic Perspective. Narragansett,
Rhode Island: Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center.
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Johnston, R.J. 1996. Environmental Factors and the Demand for Nonconsumptive Wildlife
Recreation: A Time Allocation Approach. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Rhode Island
Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
INVITED PAPERS, SEMINARS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES (93 total)
Johnston, R.J. 2012. Can Corporations Achieve Economic as well as Environmental Performance?
Economics Society Panel. Clark University, Worcester, MA. November 6.
Johnston, R.J. 2012. Choice Experiments in Environmental Valuation. Invited presentation at Inter-
Program Workshop with International Advisor, Valuation of Changes in the Environmental
Quality in the Ecosystem Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta. Instituto des Investigaciones Marinas
y Costeras, Santa Marta, Colombia. October 8-9.
Johnston, R.J. 2012. Coastal Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation: An Economic Perspective.
Invited presentation at Sustainability of Coastal Ecosystems: Challenge and Solutions. Invited
presentation for Ad Hoc Working Group, LTER All Scientists Meeting. Estes Park, CO.
September 11.
Johnston, R.J., M. Ramachandran, E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson and E.Y. Besedin. 2012. Interpreting
Stated Preferences for Intermediate Ecosystem Services: A Structural Test of Common Practice.
Invited Seminar, Ecosystem Sciences, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation (CSIRO). Adelaide, Australia. August 17, forthcoming.
Johnston, R.J. 2012. Economic Perspectives on the Use and Valuation of Ecosystem Services.
Invited presentation for Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES),
Beijing, China. May 18.
Johnston, R.J., E.Y. Besedin, E. Helm and R. Stapler. 2012. Use of Choice Modeling within US
Regulatory Rulemaking: Estimation of Benefits within Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act.
Invited presentation at Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. May 15.
Johnston, R.J. 2012. Economic Perspectives on the Use and Valuation of Ecosystem Services.
Invited presentation for Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. May 14.
Johnston, R.J. and M. Ramachandran. 2012. Economic Analysis of the Delaware Bay Shoreline:
Recreational Benefit Changes under Beach Nourishment and Retreat Scenarios . Invited
Presentation to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
(DNREC). Dover, DE. May 7.
Johnston, R.J. 2012. The Value of Environmental Flows. Invited Panel Discussion at The Glass Half
Full: Valuing Water in the 21st Century. 3rd Annual Water Systems, Science and Society
Symposium. Tufts University. April 27.
Johnston, R.J., E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson, E.Y. Besedin and M. Ramachandran. 2011. Disentangling
Intermediate and Final Outcomes of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration: Implications for Stated
Preference Welfare Estimation. Invited Seminar, Ecosystem Sciences, The Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Adelaide, Australia. February 6.
Johnston, R.J., E.T. Schultz, K. Segerson, E.Y. Besedin and M. Ramachandran. 2011. Disentangling
Intermediate and Final Outcomes of Migratory Fish Restoration: Implications for Stated
Preference Welfare Estimation. Presented at the US EPA National Center for Environmental
Economics (NCEE). Washington, DC. October 13.
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Johnston, R.J. 2011. Characterizing Economic Benefits when Primary Research is Unavailable: The
Use of Benefit Transfer to Inform Aquatic Ecosystem Management. Invited Undergraduate
Seminar at Bates College, Lewiston, ME. November 9.
Duke, J.M., S.J. Dundas, R.J. Johnston and K.M. Messer. 2011. Landscape-based Public Goods:
Benefit-Cost prioritization with and without Spatial Interdependencies. NCSU Center for
Environmental and Resource Economic Policy Bi-Monthly Luncheon Colloquium. Raleigh, NC.
October 14.
Rosenberger, R.S. and R.J. Johnston. 2011. Meta-Analysis for Environmental Policy: Establishing
Minimum Standards. MAER - Network (Meta-Analysis for Economic Research) Colloquium.
University of Cambridge (Wolfson College), UK, September 16-18.
Johnston, R.J. 2011. Economic Perspectives on the Use and Valuation of Ecosystem Services.
Invited presentation at Charles Sturt U
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