Publications

Books

K.N. Lee, W. Freudenburg, and R.B. Howarth. 2012. Humans in the Landscape: An Introduction to Environmental Studies. New York: Norton.

C. Zografos and R.B. Howarth (editors). 2008. Deliberative Ecological Economics. 2008. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

W. Sinnott-Armstrong and R.B. Howarth (editors). 2005. Perspectives on Climate Change: Science, Economics, Politics, Ethics. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

K.A. Brekke and R.B. Howarth. 2002. Status, Growth, and the Environment: Goods as Symbols in Applied Welfare Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

D.C. Hall and R.B. Howarth (editors). 2001. The Long-term Economics of Climate Change: Beyond a Doubling of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Articles

G. Mavrommati, M.E. Borsuk, and R.B. Howarth. 2017. “A Novel Deliberative Multicriteria Evaluation Approach to Ecosystem Service Valuation.” Ecology and Society 22: 39.

A. Baranzini , J. van den Bergh, S. Carattini, R.B. Howarth, E. Padilla, and J. Roca. 2017. “Carbon Pricing in Climate policy: Seven Reasons, Complementary Instruments, and Political-Economy Considerations.” WIRES Climate Change 2017: e462.

R. Costanza, R.B. Howarth, I. Kubiszewski, S. Liu, C. Ma, G. Plumecocq, and D.I. Stern. 2016. “Influential Publications in Ecological Economics Revisited.” Ecological Economics 123: 68-76.

R.B. Howarth and K. Kennedy. 2016. “Gauging the Social Cost of Inequality.” Ecological Economics 121: 231-236.

D.A. Lutz, E.A. Burakowski, M.B. Murphy, M.E. Borsuk, R.M. Niemiec, and R.B. Howarth. 2016. “Tradeoffs between Three Forest Ecosystem Services across the State of New Hampshire, USA: Timber, Carbon, and Albedo.” Ecological Applications 26: 146-161.

G. Mavrommati, K. Bithas, M.E. Borsuk, and R.B. Howarth. 2016. “Integration of Ecological-Biological Thresholds in Conservation Decision Making.” Conservation Biology 30: 1173–1181.

D.A. Lutz and R.B. Howarth. 2015. “The Price of Snow: Albedo Valuation and a Case Study for Forest Management.” Environmental Research Letters 10: 064013.

S.M. McDermott, R.B. Howarth, and D.A. Lutz. 2015. “Biomass Energy and Climate Neutrality: The Case of the Northern Forest.” Land Economics 91: 197-210.

R.B. Howarth, M.D. Gerst, and M.E. Borsuk. 2014. “Risk Mitigation and the Social Cost of Carbon.” Global Environmental Change 24: 123-131.

D.A. Lutz and R.B. Howarth. 2014. “Valuing Albedo as an Ecosystem Service: Implications for Forest Management.” Climatic Change 124: 53-63.

R.M. Niemiec, D.A. Lutz and R.B. Howarth. 2014. “How does Valuing Carbon Sequestration Affect the Management of Forest Insect Pests? A Case Study of the Southern Pine Beetle in the New Jersey Pinelands.” Environmental Management 1-13.

R.M.R. Turaga, R.B. Howarth, and M.E. Borsuk. 2014. “Perceptions of Mercury Risk and its Management.” Human and Environmental Risk Assessment 20: 1385-1405.

M.D. Gerst, R.B. Howarth, and M.E. Borsuk. 2013. “The Interplay between Risk Attitudes and Low Probability, High Cost Outcomes in Climate Policy Analysis.” Environmental Modelling and Software 41: 176-184.

M.D. Gerst, P. Wang, A. Roventini, G. Dosi, R.B. Howarth, and M.E. Borsuk. 2013. “Evolutionary Economic Modelling for Scenario Generation and Robust Decision Making: An Introduction to the ENGAGE Climate Policy Modeling Framework.” Environmental Modelling and Software 44: 62-75.

P. Ding, M.D. Gerst, A. Bernstein, R.B. Howarth, and M.E. Borsuk. 2012. “Rare Disasters and Risk Attitudes: International Differences and Implications for Integrated Assessment Modeling.” Risk Analysis 32: 1846-1855.

D. Cullenward, A. Sudarshan, L. Schipper, and R.B. Howarth. 2011. “Psychohistory Revisited: Fundamental Issues in Forecasting Climate Futures.” Climatic Change 104: 457-472.

M.D. Gerst, R.B. Howarth, and M.E. Borsuk. 2010. “Accounting for the Risk of Extreme Outcomes in an Integrated Assessment of Climate Change.” Energy Policy 38: 4540-4548.

L. Tomassini, R. Knutti, G.K. Plattner, D. van Vuuren, T.F. Stocker, P. Reichert, R.B. Howarth, and M.E. Borsuk. 2010. “Uncertainty and Risk in Climate Projections for the 21st Century: Comparing Mitigation to Non-Intervention Scenarios.” Climatic Change 103: 399-422.

R.M.R. Turaga, R.B. Howarth, and M.E. Borsuk. 2010. “Pro-Environmental Behavior: Rational Choice Meets Moral Motivation.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1185: 211-224.

C. Zografos and R.B. Howarth. 2010. “Deliberative Ecological Economics for Sustainability Governance.” Sustainability 2: 3399-3417.

F. Ackerman, S.J. DeCanio,R.B. Howarth, and K. Sheeran. 2009. “Limitations of Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change.” Climatic Change 95:297–315.

R.B. Howarth. 2009. “Rethinking the Theory of Discounting and Revealed Time Preference.” Land Economics 85: 24-40.

R.B. Howarth. 2008. “Why Stern Was Right: Time Preference, Risk, and the Economics of Climate Change.” Revue de Philosophie Économique 9: 91-100.

J.M. Gowdy and R.B. Howarth. 2007. “Sustainability and Benefit–Cost Analysis: Theoretical Assessments and Policy Options.” Ecological Economics 63: 637-638.

J. Gutrich and R.B. Howarth. 2007. “Carbon Sequestration and the Optimal Management of New Hampshire Timber Stands.” Ecological Economics 62: 441-450.

R.B. Howarth. 2007. “Towards an Operational Sustainability Criterion.” Ecological Economics 63: 656-663.

R.B. Howarth. 2006. “Optimal Environmental Taxes under Relative Consumption Effects.” Ecological Economics58: 209-219.

K. Nyborg, R.B. Howarth, and K.A. Brekke. 2006. “Green Consumers and Public Policy: On Socially Contingent Moral Motivation.” Resource and Energy Economics 28: 351-366.

C. Sneddon, R.B. Howarth, and R.B. Norgaard. 2006. “Sustainable Development in a Post-Brundtland World.” Ecological Economics 57: 253-268.

R.B. Howarth_ and M.A. Wilson. 2006. “A Theoretical Approach to Deliberative Valuation: Aggregation by Mutual Consent.” Land Economics 82: 1-16.

R.B. Howarth. 2005. “The Present Value Criterion and Environmental Taxation: The Suboptimality of First-Best Decision Rules.” Land Economics 81: 321-336.

R.B. Howarth. 2004. “Calibration Bias in the Analysis of Environmental Taxes.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86: 813-818.

K.A. Brekke, R.B. Howarth, and K. Nyborg. 2003. “Status-Seeking and Material Affluence: Evaluating the Hirsch Hypothesis.” Ecological Economics 45: 25-39.

A.J. Friedland, T. Gerngross, and R.B. Howarth. 2003. “Personal Decisions and Their Impacts on Energy and the Environment.” Environmental Science and Policy 6: 175-179.

R.B. Howarth. 2003. “Discounting and Sustainability: Towards Reconciliation.” International Journal of Sustainable Development 6: 87-97.

R.B. Howarth. 2003. “Discounting and Uncertainty in Climate Change Policy Analysis.” Land Economics 79: 369-381.

R.B. Howarth. 2003. “Catastrophic Outcomes in the Economics of Climate Change.” Climatic Change 56: 257-263.

R.B. Howarth and S. Farber. 2002.“Accounting for the Value of Ecosystem Services.” Ecological Economics. 41: 429-429.

M.A. Wilson and R.B. Howarth. 2002. “Discourse-Based Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Establishing Fair Outcomes through Group Deliberation.” Ecological Economics. 41: 431-443.

R.B. Howarth. 2001. “Intertemporal Social Choice and Climate Stabilization.” International Journal of Environment and Pollution 15: 386-405.

A. Mosier, M. Bleken, P. Chaiwanakupt, J. Freney, R.B. Howarth, P. Matson, K. Minami, R. Naylor, and Z. Zhao-Liang. 2001. “Policy Implications of Human-Accelerated Nitrogen Cycling.” Biogeochemistry 52: 281-320.

K.A. Brekke and R.B. Howarth. 2000. “The Social Contingency of Wants.” Land Economics 76: 493-503.

K.D. Holl and R.B. Howarth. 2000. “Paying for Restoration: The Overlooked Question.” Restoration Ecology 8: 260-267.

R.B. Howarth, B.M. Haddad, and B. Paton. 2000. “The Economics of Energy Efficiency: Insights from Voluntary Participation Programs.” Energy Policy 28: 477-486.

R.B. Howarth. 2000. “Climate Change and the Representative Agent.” Environmental and Resource Economics 15: 135-148.

R.B. Howarth. 1998. “An Overlapping Generations Model of Climate-Economy Interactions.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 100: 575-591.

R.B. Howarth. 1997. “Defining Sustainability: An Overview.” Land Economics 73: 445-447.

R.B. Howarth. 1997. “Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth.” Contemporary Economic Policy 15: 1-9.

R.B. Howarth. 1997. “Sustainability as Opportunity.” Land Economics 73: 569-579.

K.A. Brekke and R.B. Howarth. 1996. “Is Welfarism Consistent with Sustainability?” Nordic Journal of Political Economy 23: 69-74.

R.B. Howarth. 1996. “Climate Change and Overlapping Generations.” Contemporary Economic Policy 14(4): 100-111.

R.B. Howarth. 1996. “Discount Rates and Sustainable Development.” Ecological Modelling 92: 263-270.

R.B. Howarth. 1996. “Status Effects and Environmental Externalities.” Ecological Economics 16: 25-34.

R.B. Howarth and P.A. Monahan. 1996. “Economics, Ethics, and Climate Change: Framing the Debate.” Global and Planetary Change 11: 187-199.

R.B. Howarth. 1995. “Sustainability under Uncertainty: A Deontological Approach.” Land Economics 71: 417-427.

R.B. Howarth and A.H. Sanstad. 1995. “Discount Rates and Energy Efficiency.” Contemporary Economic Policy 13(3): 101-109.

R.B. Howarth and M.A. Winslow. 1994. “Energy Use and CO2 Emissions Reduction:  Integrating Pricing and Regulatory Policies.” Energy – The International Journal 19: 855-867.

A.H. Sanstad and R.B. Howarth. 1994. “Normal Markets, Market Imperfections, and Energy Efficiency.” Energy Policy 22: 811-818.

R.B. Howarth and B. Andersson. 1993. “Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency.” Energy Economics 15: 262-272.

R.B. Howarth and R.B. Norgaard. 1993. “Intergenerational Transfers and the Social Discount Rate.” Environmental and Resource Economics 3: 337-358.

R.B. Norgaard and R.B. Howarth. 1993. “Resolving Economic and Environmental Perspectives on the Future.” Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 5: 225-241.

L.J. Schipper, S. Meyers, and R.B. Howarth. 1993. “Energy Intensities in OECD Countries: An Historical Analysis.” International Journal of Energy Issues 5: 76-89.

L.J. Schipper, R.B. Howarth, B. Andersson, and L. Price. 1993. “Energy Use in Denmark: An International Perspective.” Natural Resources Forum 17: 83-103.

R.B. Howarth, L. Schipper, and B. Andersson. 1993. “Structure and Intensity of Energy Use: Trends in Five OECD Nations.” The Energy Journal 14: 27-45.

R.B. Howarth. 1992. “Intergenerational Justice and the Chain of Obligation.” Environmental Values 1: 133‑140.

R.B. Howarth and R.B. Norgaard. 1992. “Environmental Valuation under Sustainable Development.” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 80: 473‑477.

L.J. Schipper, R.B. Howarth, and E. Carlassare. 1992. “Energy Intensity, Sectoral Activity, and Structural Change in the Norwegian Economy.” Energy – The International Journal 17: 215‑233.

R.B. Howarth. 1991. “Energy Use in U.S. Manufacturing: The Impacts of the Energy Shock on Sectoral Output, Industry Structure, and Energy Intensity.” Journal of Energy and Development 14: 175‑91.

R.B. Howarth. 1991. “Intergenerational Competitive Equilibria Under Technological Uncertainty and an Exhaustible Resource Constraint.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 21: 225‑243.

R.B. Howarth. 1991. “Intertemporal Equilibria and Exhaustible Resources: An Overlapping Generations Approach.” Ecological Economics 4: 237‑252.

R.B. Howarth and L. Schipper. 1991. “Manufacturing Energy Use in Eight OECD Countries: Trends through 1988.” The Energy Journal 12: 15‑40.

R.B. Howarth, L. Schipper, P.A. Duerr, and S. Strøm. 1991. “Manufacturing Energy Use in Eight OECD Countries:  Decomposing the Impacts of Changes in Output, Industry Structure, and Energy Intensity.” Energy Economics 13: 135‑142.

R.B. Howarth and R.B. Norgaard. 1990. “Intergenerational Resource Rights, Efficiency, and Social Optimality.” Land Economics 66: 1‑11.

L.J. Schipper, R.B. Howarth, and H. Geller. 1990. “United States Energy Use from 1973 to 1987: The Impacts of Improved Efficiency.” Annual Review of Energy 15: 455‑504.