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Robert J. Johnston |
Current Research InterestsProfessor Johnston's research interests include the valuation of non-market resources and ecosystem services, benefit transfer and meta-analysis, management of aquatic resources, land preservation, and tourism economics. His recent research projects address such topics as the economic value of farmland preservation, the use of meta-analysis for non-market benefit transfer, and the coordination of economic and ecological models to evaluate aquatic ecosystem restoration. In addition to his grant-funded research, he works closely with international organizations, government agencies and non-profit organizations to assist in the appropriate use of economic information to guide environmental and natural resource policy development. Selected PublicationsSchultz, 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, in press. 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 no. 1: 102-120. 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 no. 4: 639-660. Johnston, R.J. and M. Russell. 2011. An operational structure for clarity in ecosystem service Values. Ecological Economics 70 no. 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 no. 11: 1946-1956. Johnston, R.J. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2010. Methods, trends and controversies in contemporary benefit transfer. Journal of Economic Surveys 24 no. 3: 479-510. 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 no. 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 no. 1: 114-131. Johnston, R.J., D.S. Holland and S. Tuler. 2010. New England fishing communities: Prospects and uncertainties. Communities and Banking 21 no. 2: 3-5. Rosenberger, R.S. and R.J. Johnston. 2009. Selection effects in meta-analysis and benefit transfer: Avoiding unintended consequences. Land Economics 85 no. 3: 410-428. 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 no. 4: 771-783. Stapler, R.W. and R.J. Johnston. 2009. Meta-analysis, benefit transfer, and methodological covariates: Implications for transfer error. Environmental and Resource Economics 42 no. 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 no. 2: 217-237. Reports on the Value of Farm and Forest PreservationThe Value of Farm and Forest Preservation to Residents of Preston, Connecticut The Value of Farm and Forest Preservation to Residents of Mansfield, Connecticut The Value of Farm and Forest Preservation in Connecticut
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