Research interests/expertise

Professor Bennett has over 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.

Professor Bennett is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Jeff was also President of that Society in 2002. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Centre for Independent Studies and an elected member of the Mont Pelerin Society. From 2007 to 2011, Jeff was Director of the Environmental and Economics Research Hub.

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

Selected publications

• Bennett, J. (2012) 'Coase Rules OK: Exploring prospects for private sector environmental protection', Economic Record, in press.
• with Scheufele, G. (2012) 'Valuing ecosystem resilience', Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, in press.
• with Akter, S. (2012) 'Household perceptions of climate change and preferences for mitigation action: the case of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia', Climatic Change, forthcoming.
• with Kragt, M. (2012) 'Attribute Framing in Choice Experiments: How Do Attribute Level Descriptions Affect Value Estimates?', Environmental and Resource Economics, 51: 43-59.
• Bennett, J. (2011) 'The International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation', Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• with McNair, B. and Hensher, D. (2011) 'A comparison of responses to single and repeated discrete choice questions', Resource and Energy Economics, 33: 554-571.
• Bennett J. (2011) 'Valuing Australia's Environment', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 18 (1): 21.
• with Qui, Y., Jia, Y., Wang, X. and Zhou, Z. (2010) 'Valuation of Flood Reductions in the Yellow River Basin under Land Use Change', Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 136 (1): 106-115
• with Birol, E. (2010) 'Choice Experiments in Developing Countries', Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• with Rolfe, J. (2009) 'The impact of offering Two Versus Three Alternatives in Choice Modelling Experiments', Ecological Economics, 68:1140-48.
• with Dobes, L. (2009) 'Multi-Criteria Analysis: Good enough for Government Work', Agenda, 16 (3): 7-30
• with Do, T.N. (2008) 'Estimating Wetland Biodiversity Values: A choice modelling application in Vietnam's Mekong River Delta', Environment and Development Economics, 14 (2).
• Bennett, J. (2008) 'Defining and Managing Environmental Flow: Inputs from Society', Australian Economics Papers, 27 (2): 167-183.
• with Cheesman, J. and Son, T. (2008) 'Estimating Household demand using Revealed and Contingent Behaviours: Evidence from Vietnam', Water Resources Research, 44, W11428, DOI:10.1029/2007WR006265.
• with Wang, X. and Zhang, L. (2008) 'Environmental Management in China: Land Use Management', Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• with Scarborough, H. (2008), 'Estimating Intergenerational Distribution Preferences', Ecological Economics, 66 (4): 575-583.
• 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.
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• 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.
• 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.
• Bennett, J. (2002), 'Signalling the values of wetlands'. Australian Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 9, Environmental Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 99-102.
• 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.
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• with Huybers, T (2002). 'Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature-based Tourism Destinations', Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
• 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.
• 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 Morrison, M (2000) 'The economic analysis of wetland rehabilitation', Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 6: 9-15.
• 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.
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• 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 (EMDV8078 / ENVS2007)
• Methods for Environmental Decision Making (EMDV8002)

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