← All authors Richard T. Carson University of California, San Diego (from arXiv:2405.08222, 2024) · ORCID · OpenAlex
92 papers in scope · 91 published · 1 on the econ.EM arXiv · 15,908 citations · h-index 49 (over the papers listed here)
Papers (1 of 92)
Mismeasured and Misunderstood: Unmasking the Temperature Proxy Problem in Climate Impact Estimates
published 2026 · Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
with Chu Yu
The public’s views on climate policies in seven large global south countries
published 2025 · Nature Climate Change · 6 citations
with Jiajun Lu, Emily A. Khossravi, Gunnar Köhlin, Erik Sterner, Thomas Sterner, Dale Whittington
Understanding and valuing human connections to deep-sea methane seeps off Costa Rica
published 2024 · Ecological Economics · 11 citations
with Olívia S. Pereira, Mark R. Jacobsen, Jorge Cortés, Lisa A. Levin
working paper 2024 · arXiv
THE ATTITUDE–BEHAVIOR DICHOTOMY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: AN EXPLORATION USING GENERALIZED STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING
published 2024 · The Singapore Economic Review
with W. Michael Hanemann, Dohyeong Kim, Hanna Shin, Dale Whittington
The usefulness of socio-demographic variables in predicting purchase decisions: Evidence from machine learning procedures
published 2022 · Journal of Business Research · 29 citations
with Towhidul Islam, Nigel Meade, Jordan J. Louviere, Juan Wang
The Risk of Caution: Evidence from an Experiment
published 2022 · Management Science · 15 citations · first circulated 2020
with Joshua Graff Zivin, Jordan J. Louviere, Sally Sadoff, Jeffrey Shrader
Volumetric choice experiments (VCEs)
published 2022 · Journal of Choice Modelling · 19 citations
with Thomas C. Eagle, Towhidul Islam, Jordan J. Louviere
COVID Choices: Research and Online System for Main Street Decision Making
published 2022 · AHFE international
with Kevin Clark, Jordan J. Louviere
COVID-19’s U.S. Temperature Response Profile
published 2021 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 8 citations · first circulated 2020
with Samuel L. Carson, Thayne Keegan Dye, Samuel A. Mayfield, Daniel Moyer, Chu A. Yu
The Existence Value of a Distinctive Native American Culture: Survival of the Hopi Reservation
published 2020 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 12 citations
with W. Michael Hanemann, Dale Whittington
Funding Inclusive Green Transition through Greenhouse Gas Pricing
published 2020 · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · 3 citations
with Thomas Sterner, Marc Hafstead, Peter H. Howard, Sverker C. Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Ian Parry, Ryan Rafaty, E. Somanathan, Jan Christoph Steckel, Dale Whittington, Francisco Alpízar, Stéfan Ambec, …
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A new baseline model for estimating willingness to pay from discrete choice models
published 2019 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 87 citations · first circulated 2018
with Mikołaj Czajkowski
Demand for Green Refueling Infrastructure
published 2019 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 14 citations
with Tamara L. Sheldon, J.R. DeShazo
Contingent valuation: Flawed logic?—Response
published 2017 · Science · 8 citations
with Richard C. Bishop, Kevin Boyle, David Chapman, W. Michael Hanemann, Barbara Kanninen, Raymond J. Kopp, Jon A. Krosnick, John A. List, Norman Meade, Robert W. Paterson, Stanley Presser, V. Kerry Smith, …
Structural Uncertainty and Pollution Control: Optimal Stringency with Unknown Pollution Sources
published 2017 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 11 citations
with Jacob LaRiviere
Putting a value on injuries to natural assets: The BP oil spill
published 2017 · Science · 170 citations
with Richard C. Bishop, Kevin Boyle, David Chapman, W. Michael Hanemann, Barbara Kanninen, Raymond J. Kopp, Jon A. Krosnick, John A. List, Norman Meade, Robert W. Paterson, Stanley Presser, V. Kerry Smith, …
Designing Efficient and Equitable Policy Incentives for Cleaner Technologies: Lessons from California’s Plug-in Electric Vehicle Rebate Program
published 2017 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 167 citations · first circulated 2015
with J.R. DeShazo, Tamara L. Sheldon
Estimation of Broad-Scale Tradeoffs in Community Policing Policies
published 2017 · Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis · 11 citations
with Jordan J. Louviere
Possible design-induced artifacts associated with designs for discrete choice experiments
published 2016 · Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice · 7 citations
ELECTRIC AND PLUG‐IN HYBRID VEHICLE DEMAND: LESSONS FOR AN EMERGING MARKET
published 2016 · Economic Inquiry · 41 citations
with Tamara L. Sheldon, J.R. DeShazo
The Humanistic and Economic Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhoea (IBS-D) by Disease Severity among Patients in The EU5 Region
published 2016 · Value in Health · 5 citations
with NM Flores, Christopher Tucker, JL Abel, R Liebert
Using the Delphi method to value protection of the Amazon rainforest
published 2016 · Ecological Economics · 69 citations
with Jon Strand, Ståle Navrud, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Jeffrey R. Vincent
Opportunities for advances in climate change economics
published 2016 · Science · 163 citations
with Marshall Burke, Melanie Craxton, Charles D. Kolstad, Chikara Onda, Hunt Allcott, Erin Baker, Lint Barrage, Kenneth Gillingham, J. Graff-Zivin, Michael Greenstone, Stéphane Hallegatte, W. Michael Hanemann, …
Valuing shifts in the distribution of visibility in national parks and wilderness areas in the United States
published 2016 · Journal of Environmental Management · 19 citations
with Kevin Boyle, Robert W. Paterson, Christopher Leggett, Barbara Kanninen, John V. Molenar, James E. Neumann
Property Rights, Protest, and the Siting of Hazardous Waste Facilities
published 2016 · American Economic Review · 110 citations
with Robert Cameron Mitchell
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Incorporating local visitor valuation information into the design of new recreation sites in tropical forests
published 2015 · Ecological Economics · 13 citations
with J.R. DeShazo, K. Schwabe, Jeffrey R. Vincent, Ismariah Ahmad
Designing and implementing surveys to value tropical forests.
published 2015 · JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE · 8 citations
with J.R. DeShazo, K. Schwabe, Jr. Son. Richard Vincent, Selangor Darul Ehsan, DeShazo, Vincent Vincent, Chong Sk
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Statistical properties of consideration sets
published 2014 · Journal of Choice Modelling · 12 citations · first circulated 2006
with Jordan J. Louviere
Tropical countries may be willing to pay more to protect their forests
published 2014 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 84 citations
with Jeffrey R. Vincent, J.R. DeShazo, K. Schwabe, Ismariah Ahmad, Siew Kook Chong, Yii Tan Chang, Matthew D. Potts, DeShazo
Consequentiality: A Theoretical and Experimental Exploration of a Single Binary Choice
published 2014 · Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists · 228 citations
with Theodore Groves, John A. List
The influence of rebate programs on the demand for water heaters: The case of New South Wales
published 2013 · Energy Economics · 26 citations · first circulated 2011
with Nada Wasi
The private and social economics of bulk electricity storage
published 2013 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 95 citations
with Kevin Novan
Sequential preference questions factors influencing completion rates and response times using an online panel
published 2013 · Journal of Choice Modelling · 28 citations
with Jordan J. Louviere, Leonie Burgess, Deborah J. Street, A. A. J. Marley
Contingent Valuation: A Practical Alternative when Prices Aren't Available
published 2012 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 545 citations
AFTER THE FALL: AN EX POST CHARACTERIZATION OF HOUSING PRICE DECLINES ACROSS METROPOLITAN AREAS
published 2011 · Contemporary Economic Policy · 21 citations · first circulated 2009
with Samuel Dastrup
Ordering effects and choice set awareness in repeat-response stated preference studies
published 2011 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 240 citations
with Brett Day, Ian J. Bateman, Diane Dupont, Jordan J. Louviere, Sanae Morimoto, Riccardo Scarpa, Paul Wang
A Common Nomenclature for Stated Preference Elicitation Approaches
published 2011 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 266 citations
with Jordan J. Louviere
Design of Discrete Choice Experiments: A Discussion of Issues That Matter in Future Applied Research
published 2011 · Journal of Choice Modelling · 95 citations
with Jordan J. Louviere, David Pihlens
Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh: A Household Labor Market Approach
published 2010 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 65 citations · first circulated 2009
Forecasting (aggregate) demand for US commercial air travel
published 2010 · International Journal of Forecasting · 77 citations · first circulated 2009
with Tolga Cenesizoglu, Roger Parker
Discrete Choice Experiments Are Not Conjoint Analysis
published 2010 · Journal of Choice Modelling · 723 citations
with Jordan J. Louviere, Terry N. Flynn
The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Seeking Empirical Regularity and Theoretical Structure
published 2009 · Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · 448 citations
Alternative Australian climate change plans: The public’s views
published 2009 · Energy Policy · 50 citations
with Jordan J. Louviere, Edward Wei
Discounting behavior and environmental decisions.
published 2009 · Journal of Neuroscience Psychology and Economics · 35 citations
with Brigitte Roth Tran
A Cautionary Note on Designing Discrete Choice Experiments: A Comment on Lusk and Norwood's “Effect of Experiment Design on Choice‐Based Conjoint Valuation Estimates”
published 2009 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 8 citations
with Jordan J. Louviere, Nada Wasi
Conceptual issues in designing a policy to phase out metal-based antifouling paints on recreational boats in San Diego Bay
published 2009 · Journal of Environmental Management · 34 citations
with Maria Damon, Leigh Johnson, Jamie Gonzalez
A Nested Logit Model of Recreational Fishing Demand in Alaska
published 2009 · Marine Resource Economics · 51 citations
with W. Michael Hanemann, Thomas C. Wegge
Fisheries Management Under Cyclical Population Dynamics
published 2008 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 46 citations · first circulated 2006
with Clive W. J. Granger, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Wolfram Schlenker
EXPLORING THE NUMBER OF FIRST‐ORDER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS ACROSS COUNTRIES: SOME STYLIZED FACTS*
published 2008 · Journal of Regional Science · 27 citations
with Maximilian Auffhammer
Forecasting the path of China's CO2 emissions using province-level information
published 2008 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 441 citations · first circulated 2007
with Maximilian Auffhammer
The Tobit model with a non‐zero threshold
published 2007 · Econometrics Journal · 151 citations · first circulated 2005
Incentive and informational properties of preference questions
published 2007 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 1352 citations
with Theodore Groves
Recent Progress on Endogeneity in Choice Modeling
published 2005 · Marketing Letters · 109 citations
Contingent Valuation and Lost Passive Use: Damages from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
published 2003 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 515 citations
with Robert Cameron Mitchell, W. Michael Hanemann, Raymond J. Kopp, Stanley Presser, Paul A. Ruud
Dissecting the Random Component of Utility
published 2002 · Marketing Letters · 216 citations
The Practice of Environmental and Resource Economics: Introduction
published 2002 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 4 citations
Economic Valuation with Stated Preference Techniques
published 2002 · Books · 1355 citations
with Ian J. Bateman, Brett Day, W. Michael Hanemann, Nick Hanley, Tannis Hett, Michael Jones-Lee, Graham Loomes
Contingent Valuation: Controversies and Evidence
published 2001 · Environmental and Resource Economics · 1228 citations · first circulated 1996
with Nicholas E. Flores, Norman Meade, Nicholas A. Flores
The Impact of “No Opinion” Response Options on Data Quality
published 2001 · Public Opinion Quarterly · 541 citations
with Jon A. Krosnick, Allyson L. Holbrook, Matthew K. Berent, W. Michael Hanemann, Raymond J. Kopp, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Stanley Presser, Paul A. Ruud, V. Kerry Smith, Wendy R. Moody, Melanie C. Green, Michael B. Conaway, …
Population-based Time Preferences for Future Health Outcomes
published 2000 · Medical Decision Making · 61 citations
with Théodore G. Ganiats, Robert M. Hamm, Scott B. Cantor, Walton Sumner, Stephen J. Spann, Michael D. Hagen, Christopher J. Miller
Contingent Valuation: A User's Guide
published 2000 · Environmental Science & Technology · 1 citations
Combining Sources of Preference Data for Modeling Complex Decision Processes
published 1999 · Marketing Letters · 108 citations
Sequencing and Valuing Public Goods
published 1998 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 127 citations
with Nicholas E. Flores, W. Michael Hanemann
Referendum Design and Contingent Valuation: The NOAA Panel's No-Vote Recommendation
published 1998 · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 143 citations
with W. Michael Hanemann, Raymond J. Kopp, Jon A. Krosnick, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Stanley Presser, Paul A. Ruud, V. Kerry Smith, Michael B. Conaway, Kerry Martin
Valuation of tropical rainforests: philosophical and practical issues in the use of contingent valuation
published 1998 · Ecological Economics · 130 citations
Contingent Valuation: Theoretical Advances and Empirical Tests Since the NOAA Panel
published 1997 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 96 citations
The relationship between air pollution emissions and income: US Data
published 1997 · Environment and Development Economics · 329 citations
with Yongil Jeon, Donald R. McCubbin
Modeling Response Incentive Effects in Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation Data
published 1997 · Land Economics · 36 citations
The Relationship between the Income Elasticities of Demand and Willingness to Pay
published 1997 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 201 citations · first circulated 1995
with Nicholas E. Flores, Nicholas Flores
Temporal Reliability of Estimates from Contingent Valuation
published 1997 · Land Economics · 115 citations · first circulated 1995
with W. Michael Hanemann, Raymond J. Kopp, Jon A. Krosnick, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Stanley Presser, Paul Rudd, V. Kerry Smith, Michael B. Conaway, Kerry Martin, Paul A. Ruud, Robert C. Mitchell
Bjornstad, David J., and James R. Kahn, eds. The Contingent Valuation of Environmental Resources: Methodical Issues and Research Needs . Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, 1996, x + 305 pp., $@@‐@@79.95 cloth
published 1996 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 1 citations
Contingent Valuation and Revealed Preference Methodologies: Comparing the Estimates for Quasi-Public Goods
published 1996 · Land Economics · 543 citations · first circulated 1995
with Nicholas E. Flores, Kerry Martin, Jennifer L. Wright, Kerry M. Martin
Sequencing and Nesting in Contingent Valuation Surveys
published 1995 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 298 citations
with Robert Cameron Mitchell
Experimental analysis of choice
published 1994 · Marketing Letters · 270 citations
Valuing the Preservation of Australia's Kakadu Conservation Zone
published 1994 · Oxford Economic Papers · 162 citations
with Leanne Wilks, David A. Imber
The Issue of Scope in Contingent Valuation Studies
published 1993 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 142 citations
with Robert Cameron Mitchell
The Value of clean water: The public's willingness to pay for boatable, fishable, and swimmable quality water
published 1993 · Water Resources Research · 481 citations
with Robert Cameron Mitchell
On the theory of growth controls
published 1992 · Journal of Urban Economics · 97 citations
with Robert F. Engle, Peter Navarro
A Classification Tree for Predicting Consumer Preferences for Risk Reduction
published 1991 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 16 citations
with John K. Horowitz
Models for truncated counts
published 1991 · Journal of Applied Econometrics · 373 citations
with Jeffrey Grogger
Growth controls: policy analysis for the second generation
published 1991 · Policy Sciences · 49 citations
with Peter Navarro
Discounting statistical lives
published 1990 · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · 101 citations
with John K. Horowitz
A discrete choice contingent valuation estimate of the value of Kenai King salmon
published 1990 · Journal of Behavioral Economics · 48 citations
with W. Michael Hanemann, Dan Steinberg
Using Surveys to Value Public Goods: The Contingent Valuation Method.
published 1990 · Land Economics · 1572 citations
with Alan Randall, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Seymour Sudman
An Examination of Systematic Differences in the Appreciation of Individual Housing Units
published 1990 · Journal of Real Estate Research · 39 citations
with Katherine A. Kiel
A Seller's (& Buyer's) Guide to the Job Market for Beginning Academic Economists
published 1988 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 45 citations
with Peter Navarro
A Reply to Our Critics
published 1985 · American Political Science Review · 1 citations
with Joe Oppenheimer
Option Value: Empirical Evidence From a Case Study of Recreation and Water Quality: Comment
published 1985 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 15 citations
with Robert Cameron Mitchell
A Method of Estimating the Personal Ideology of Political Representatives
published 1984 · American Political Science Review · 71 citations
with Joe Oppenheimer
A Theory of Co-Operatives
published 1977 · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 22 citations
China: A Reassessment of the Economy
published 1976 · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 93 citations
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