Downloadable Presentations
 

“The Economics of Personal Finance,” Presented at the University of New Mexico, part of the 2004 UNM Homecoming Pre-Game events, October, 2004.

“Improving the Homeland Security Advisory System: An Experimental Analysis of Threat Communication for National Security” Presented to the CREATE (DHS) conference on the Economics of Homeland Security, University of Southern California, August 2004.

“The Economic Impact of Teenage Childbearing in New Mexico,” Presented to the New Mexico Department of Health, Family Planning Program, October 28, 2003.

“The FEMA-NIBS Study on the Future Savings due to Hazard Mitigation,” presentation to the Boulder Hazards Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder CO July 18, 2003.

“The Benefit Cost Analysis of Hazard Mitigation”  Plenary Speech to Boulder Hazards Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder CO July 2002. 

“Insurance for Low Probability Risks: Experimental Evidence,” with David Brookshire, Mike McKee, Steven Stewart and Hale Thurston.  US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs CO November 1997.

Other presentations, not available to view:

"Incentive Effects of New Mexico's Merit-Based State Scholarship Program: Who Responds and How?"  with Melissa Binder.  Presented to National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Conference:  New Directions and Strategies in Merit-Based Financial Aid, Charleston, WV, August 2002.

“Musical Chairs in Higher Education: Incentive Effects of a Merit-Based State Scholarship Program,” with Melissa Binder.  Presented to New Mexico Commission on Higher Education Finance Committee, April 2002.

“Musical Chairs in Higher Education: Incentive Effects of a Merit-Based State Scholarship Program,” with Melissa Binder.  Presented to conference on State Merit Aid Programs: College Access and Equity sponsored by The Civil Rights Project  Harvard University MA December 8-9, 2001

“Buying Insurance for Disaster-Type Risks: Experimental Evidence,” with David Brookshire, Mike McKee, Steven Stewart and Hale Thurston.  Presented to Center for Earth Science Information Research, Stanford University CA May 12, 1999.

“The Informational Content of Education Plans,” Presented to University of Western Australia, Perth WA June 1995.

“Valuing Cultural Heritage: Grazing on Public Lands,” with Robert P. Berrens, David S. Brookshire and Michael McKee.  Presented to University of Western Australia, Perth WA June 1995.

“Externalities: A Review of Theory” Presented to New Mexico Governor’s Economic Considerations Task Force, Santa Fe NM Sept 1992. 

“The Economic Impact of Teenage Childbearing in New Mexico,” Presented to the New Mexico Public Health Association Annual Conference, Gallup NM, April 29, 2004.

“Western Water Market Prices and the Economic Value of Water,” with Brookshire, David S., Mary Ewers and Joe Little. Poster session at AERE World Congress 2002, Monterey CA, June 22, 2002.

“A Web Based Risk Experiment: Design and Implementation,” with Richard Bernknopf and David S. Brookshire.  The Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists  Monterey, California  (Abstract Published in The Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists Book of Abstracts) June 2002.

“Western Water Markets,” with Mary Ewers, Joe Little and David Brookshire.  The Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists  Monterey, California  (Abstract Published in The Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists Book of Abstracts) June 2002.

“Lab and Field Studies of Experience and Subject Pool Effects in Contingent Valuation,” with Steven Stewart,  Alok Bohara, and David S. Brookshire.   The Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists  Monterey, California  (Abstract Published in The Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists Book of Abstracts) June 2002.

“Western Water Market Prices and the Economic Value of Water,” with Brookshire, David S., Mary Ewers and Joe Little. Poster session at SAHRA annual meeting, Tucson AZ, February 25, 2002.

“Insurance for Low Probability Risks: Experimental Evidence,” with David Brookshire, Mike McKee, Steven Stewart and Hale Thurston.  Economic Science Association meetings  Tucson AZ  October 1997.

“Value Uncertainty and Outcome Uncertainty as Explanations of the WTA-WTP Disparity,” with Berrens, R., Bohara, A., Brookshire, D. Jenkins-Smith, H., Kaplan, H., McKee, M., Silva, C. and Stewart, S.  Economic Science Association,  Tucson, AZ  October 1996.

“Educational and Employment Challenges for Latina/o Youth: Lessons from the ‘80s,” with Richard Santos and Patricia Seitz.   National Association for Chicano/a Studies  Chicago IL  March 1996.

“Valuing In-stream Flows,” with Robert Berrens and Carol Silva.  Presented to the NM Riparian Council Symposium  Albuquerque NM  September 1995.

“Valuing Cultural Heritage: Case of Livestock Grazing on Federal Lands in New Mexico,” with Berrens, R. Brookshire, D. and McKee, M.  University of Chicago  Chicago, IL  July 1995.

“Investigating Cultural Heritage Values for Preserving Traditional Grazing on Federal Public Lands: the Case of New Mexico,” with Berrens, R. Brookshire, D. and McKee, M.   Workshop on Non-Market Valuation of Amenities   Sjjoldenaesholm, Denmark  June 1995.

 “Valuing Cultural Heritage: Grazing in New Mexico,” with Berrens, R. Brookshire, D. and McKee, M.   Joint European American Conference on Non-Market Valuation   Oslo, Norway   June 1995.

“Examining Benefit Threshold for Environmental Goods Provision: Experimental Evidence,” with Berrens, R. Brookshire, D. and McKee, M.   Joint European American Conference on Non-Market Valuation  Oslo, Norway  June 1995.

“Free Riding Behavior with Heterogeneous Agents,” with Brookshire, D. S. and McKee, M.  Economics Science Association  Tucson, AZ  October 1993.

“Testing the Productivity of Schooling Hypothesis,” with Peter Griffin.  Western Economic Association meetings  Lake Tahoe CA  June 1993.

“School to Work Transitions of Hispanic High School Graduates,” with Richard Santos.  American Economic Association meetings  Anaheim CA  January 1993.

“Child Quality and the Rate of Return to Education,” with Peter Griffin.  Western Economic Association meetings  San Francisco CA  July 1992.

“Potential vs. Actual Interventions: Free Riding and Public Goods Provision,”  with David S. Brookshire and Michael McKee.  Public Choice meetings  New Orleans  March 1992.

“Valuing Environmental Damages with the CVM: Exploring Alternative Elicitation Techniques,” with Ron Cummings and Glenn Harrison. Economic Science Association Tucson AZ  October 1991.

“Educational Plans verses Realization Among Minority Students,” Western Economic Association meetings  Seattle WA  June 1991.