My research focuses on studying people's behavior, motivations, and decisions relative to environmental problems. My work focuses on identifying and correcting sources of market failure that lead to poor environmental choices. My current work is geared towards understanding people's preferences for environmental goods (e.g. clean water, a sustainable level of biological stocks, or the existence of healthy wetlands) and environmental policy (e.g. what fisheries management policies are preferred?, how do people trade-off the cost of environmental cleanup with improved environmental conditions?). All of my research is interdisciplinary as it ties economic modeling to the natural sciences.
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Curtis, Rita, and Robert L. Hicks. Spatial Models of Fishing and Welfare Measurement: Hawaii longliners. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Forthcoming.
Teisl, Mario, Brian Roe, and Robert L. Hicks. Can eco-labels tune a market? Evidence from dolphin-safe labeling. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Forthcoming.
Hicks, Robert L. and Ivar Strand. 2000. The Extent of Information: Its Relevance for Random Utility Models. Land Economics, Vol. 76(3).
Haab, Timothy C., and Robert L. Hicks. 2000 Choice Set Considerations in Models of Recreation Demand: History and Current State of the Art. Marine Resource Economics, Vol. 14.
Hicks, Robert L., Amy B. Gautam, Maury Osborn, David VanVoorhees, and Brad Gentner. 2000. An Introduction to the NMFS Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistical Survey with an Emphasis on Economic Valuation. Marine Resource Economics, Vol. 14.
Lipton, Douglas W. and Robert L. Hicks. 1999. Boat Location Choice: The Role of Boating Quality and Excise Taxes. Coastal Management, 27:81-89.
Haab, Timothy C., and Robert L. Hicks. 1997. Accounting for Choice Set Endogeneity in Random Utility Models of Recreation Demand. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 34(2):127-147.
