Jeff Bennett

B Ag Ec (UNE), PhD (ANU)

Director, Environmental Economics Research Hub
Crawford School of Economics and Government

Research interests/expertise

Professor Bennett has 30 years experience researching, consulting and teaching in the fields of Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics and Applied Micro-Economics. His current research interests focus on:

the development and application of techniques to estimate the value of non-marketed environmental benefits and costs, and,
the analysis of alternative institutional structures that give private owners/managers of natural resources the incentive to provide environmental benefits.

He is currently leading a number of major research projects addressing these issues. They include studies of land use change in China, on-farm vegetation management in New South Wales, and private sector conservation enterprises in Australia.

Professor Bennett was President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in 2004 and remains on the Federal Council of the Society. He is also a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Centre for Independent Studies and a co-editor of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. In 2007, he was appointed Director of the Environmental and Economics Research Hub.

For information about Professor Bennett's research projects, and to download selected reports, visit the Research Projects Page. For details of Professor Bennett's activities in the Environmental Econonomics Research Hub, visit the hub's homepage.

Current PhD students

Graduated PhD Students

Luca Tacconi
John Rolfe
Mark Morrison
Tuan Huybers
Stuart Whitten
Simad Saeed
Xuehong Wang
Andy Choi
Sophie Legras
Thang Nam Do
Maria Lille

Selected Publications

with Wang, X., Xie, C., Zhang, Z., and Liang, D. (2007) 'Estimating non-market environmental benefits of the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program: A choice modelling approach' Ecological Economics 63: 114-125
with Xie C., Zhao, Z., Liang, D., Zhang, L., Dau, G., and Wang, X (2006) 'Livelihood Impacts of the Conversion of Cropland to Forested Grassland Program' Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 16/49(4), 555-570.
Bennett, J. (2005) 'Australian Environmental Economics: contributions, conflicts and 'cop-outs', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol 49(3), 243-262.
Bennett, J. (ed) (2005) 'The Evolution of Markets for Water', Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton
with Huybers,T. (2003), 'Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature-Based Tourism Destinations'. Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 24, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 213-233. View Publication Online >>
with Whitten,S. (2003), 'Duck Hunting and Wetland Conservation: Compromise and Synergy'. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. July, 2003, Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society, Ottawa, Online publication not available.
Bennett, J. (2003), 'Economics and the Environment'. The Cambridge Book of the Social Sciences in Australia, Ian McAllister, Steve Dowrick and Riaz Hasaan (ed), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 45-59. Online publication not available.
Bennett, J. (2002), 'Signalling the values of wetlands'. Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 9, Environmental Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 99-102.
Online publication not available.
Bennett, J. (2002), 'Investing in ecosystem health: Using rivers as a case study'.
Ecological Management and Restoration, Vol. 3, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, 104-107. Online publication not available.
with Blamey, R.; Louivere, J.; Morrison, M. (2002), 'Choice Modelling and tests of benefit transfer'. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 84(1), 161-70.
View Publication Online >>
with Huybers, T (2002). 'Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature-based Tourism Destinations', Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (with T. Huybers).
with M. Morrison, R. Blamey and J. Louviere (2002). 'Choice Modelling and tests of Benefit Transfer', American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84(1): 161-170.
Bennett, J (2002) 'Investing in River Health', Water Science and Technology, 45(11): 85-90.
with Blamey, R. (2001), 'The choice modelling approach to environmental valuation'. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, 269. Online publication not available.
Bennett, J (2001) 'Privatising Parks: whya the private sector can enhance nature protection', Policy, 16(4): 3-8.
ed., with Blamey, R (2001) 'The Choice Modelling Approach to Environmental Valuation', New Horizons in Environmental Economics Series, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
with Huybers, T (2000) 'The impact of the environment on holiday destination choices of prospective UK tourists - implications for Tropical North Queensland', Tourism Economics, 6(1): 21-46, (with T. Huybers).
with Rolfe, J and Louviere (2000) 'Choice modelling and its potential application to tropical rainforest preservation', Ecological Economics, 35: 289-302.
with Huybers, T. (2000), 'The Impact of the Environment on Holiday Destination Choices of Prospective UK Tourists - Implications for Tropical North Queensland'.
Tourism Economics, Vol. 6, IP Publishing, UK, 21-46. Online publication not available.
with Morrison, M (2000) 'The economic analysis of wetland rehabilitation', Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 6: 9-15.

with Morrison, M. (2000), 'The Economic Analysis of Wetland Rehabilitation'.
Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 7, Environmental Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 48-54. Online publication not available.
Bennett, J (1999) 'A Threshold Value Analysis of proposed forestry reserves', Australian Forestry, 61(4): 1-8.
with Blamey, R.; Morrison, M. (1998), 'Testing the Validity of Responses to Contingent and Valuation Questioning'. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 42(2), 131-48. View Publication Online >>
with Morrison, M and Blamey, R (1998) 'Testing the validity of responses to contingent valuation questioning', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 42(2): 131-48.
ed., with Tacconi, L (1997) Protected Area Assessment and Establishment in Vanuatu: a socio-economic approach, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra.
Bennett, J (ed) (1995) Tall Green Tales, Institute of Public Affairs, Perth.

Teaching

Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics
Government, Markets and Global Change

Contact Details

Telephone:		61 2 6125 0154
Fax:		61 2 6125 8448
Email:		jeff.bennett@anu.edu.au
Mailing address:		Crawford School of Economics and Government , The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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