Faculty Member Information
Douglass Shaw |
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About Dr. Shaw:
Dr. Shaw has published over 80 papers in a variety of economics, environmental, and science journals, or in books. He served as a Blue Ribbon panel member for NOAA/Restore America’s Estuaries, and is a member of the steering committee for Oregon's Program for the Economics of Climate Change, and he served terms as Associate Editor for the journals, Water Resources Research (2005-2006) and for the Journal of Leisure Research (2005-2006). He is also a member of the editorial council for the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2012-2014). Dr. Shaw's current research emphasis is on the economics of risk and uncertainty. In particular, he works on valuing environmental amenities and changes in objective and perceived risks associated with contamination of resources or those risks that affect human health. He has recently written about the effects of ozone pollution on asthma patients, the risks from consuming contaminated fish, the perceived risks of nuclear waste transport, risks associated with natural hazards (earthquakes and hurricanes), and responses to the perceived risks of drinking water contaminated with arsenic. He has served as the President of the W-133 working group for U.S.D.A. on cost-benefit analysis in 1999 and previously held academic positions at the University of Nevada, Reno (1995 to 2004), and in the economics departments at Vassar and Williams Colleges (1986 through 1990). He has also held non-academic positions as a senior economist for the consulting firm, RCG/Hagler, Bailly, Inc. (1991 to 1994) and as a part-time consultant to Energy and Resource Consultants in 1980 and 1981.
Selected Publications:
“Does Climate Change Information Affect Stated Risks of Impacts of Pine Beetles on Forests? An Application of the Exchangeability Method.” With Simone Cerroni. Forthcoming Forest Policy and Economics, accepted for publication, February 2012.
Do Travelers Pay for Managed Lane Travel as They Claimed They Would?: A Before-After Study of Houston Katy Freeway Travelers. With Prem Chand Devarasetty and M. Burris. Forthcoming, Transportation Research Record: the Journal of the Transportation Research Board, accepted for publication, February 2012.
“Arsenic-related mortality risks for smokers and non-smokers.” With Mary Riddel and Paul Jakus. Forthcoming, Contemporary Economic Policy, 2012, 30, accepted for publication, May 2011.
“The Effect of Weather on Physical Activity among Older Adults: Controlling for Location Selection with Longitudinal Data.” With Richard A. Dunn and Michael Trousdale. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 20 (January): 80-92.
“Species Preservation versus Development: An Experimental Investigation under Uncertainty.” With Therese Grijalva and Robert P. Berrens. Ecological Economics, 2011, 70 (5/March): 995-1005.
"Option Price Without Expected Utility" With Paan Jindapon. Economics Letters, 2008, Vol. 100 (September): 408-410.
"Allocating Resources in an Uncertain World: Water Management and Endangered Species." With Richard T. Woodward. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2008, Vol. 90 (3/August): 593-605.
"On Why Environmental and Resource Economists Should Care about Non-Expected Utility Models" With Richard T. Woodward. Resource and Energy Economics, 2008 Vol. 30 (1/January): 66-89
"A Theoretically-Consistent Empirical Non-Expected Utility Model of Ambiguity: Nuclear Waste Mortality Risk and Yucca Mountain." With Mary Riddel. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 2006, Vol. 32 (2/March): 131-150.