Kurt Schwabe

Associate Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Office: 2460E Geology
Phone: (951) 827-2361
Email: kurt.schwabe@ucr.edu

Academic Degrees:

North Carolina State University, Ph.D. (Economics)
Duke University, M.S. (Economics)
Macalester College, B.A. (Mathematics/Economics)

Courses Taught:

ENSC/ECON 006 – Introduction to Environmental Economics
ENSC/ECON 143C - Ecological Economics and Environmental Valuation.
ECON 209 – Environmental and Natural Resource Valuation

Research Interests:

Alternative policy instruments for point and nonpoint source pollution control

Mathematical programming models for residuals management

Nonmarket valuation

Impacts of deforestation and land-use change on forest and forest-fringe communities in developing countries

Spatial econometrics and wildlife management

Research Activity:

Cost estimation of alternative policy instruments for controlling pollution in the Neuse River Basin, North Carolina.
Value of consumptive and nonconsumptive angling in the Tar-Pamlico Sound, North Carolina.
Valuing wildlife and evaluating alternative wildlife management strategies in Ohio.
Integrated drainwater management in irrigated agriculture in California.
Impacts of land use change and deforestation on indigenous communities in Malaysia.
A post-regulatory evaluation of the cost and economic impact estimates of air pollution control regulations.

Honors and Awards:

Kenneth R. Keller Research Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research. North Carolina State University, 1996.

Best Teaching Practices Award Recipient. Center for Teaching Excellence. Ohio University, 1998.

Editor's Citation for Excellence in Manuscript Review Award. Journal of Environmental Quality. 2002.

2002 Outstanding Journal Article Award for "Microeconomics of Irrigation with Saline Water," (with I. Kan and K. Knapp). Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Flagship Fellowship. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Australia. 2007-2008.

Selected Publications:

Knapp, K.C. and K.A. Schwabe. "Spatial Dynamics of Water and Nitrogen Management in Irrigated Agriculture." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming.

Baerenklau, K., Nergis, N, and K. Schwabe. "Effects of Nutrient Restrictions on Confined Animal Facilities: Insights from a Structural Model." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economic, forthcoming.

Schwabe, K., Schuhmann, P., Baerenklau, K., and N. Nergis. "Fundamentals of Estimating the Net Benefits of Ecosystem Preservation: The Case of the Salton Sea." Hydrobiologia, forthcoming.

Schwabe, K.A., Kan, I., and K.C. Knapp. 2006. Drainwater Management to Reduce Salinity Problems in Irrigated Agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 88(1): 133-149.

Howell, C.J., Schwabe, K.A., Samah, A., Graham, R.C., and I. Taib. 2005. The suitability of aboriginal smallholder soils for rubber growth in Peninsular Malaysia. Soil Science. 179(12): 1034-1049.

Patrick, W.S., O. Bin, K.A. Schwabe, and P.W. Schuhmann. 2005. Hatchery Programs, Stock Enhancement, and Cost Effectiveness: A Case Study of the Albermarle Sound/Roanoke River Stocking Prorgram 1981-1996. Marine Policy. 30(4): 299-307.

Howell, C.J., R.T. Howell, and K.A. Schwabe. 2005. Is Income Related to Happiness for the Materially Deprived? Examining the Association between Wealth and Life Satisfaction among Indigenous Malaysian Farmers. Social Indicators Research. 76: 499-524.

Schuhmann, P., and K.A. Schwabe. 2004. Modeling the Dynamics of Fishery Stock Recovery: Implications for the Assessment of Natural Resource Damages. Natural Resource Modeling 17(2): 191-212.

Schwabe, K. 2004. Ayres, Kneese, and d'Arge: Lessons from Mass Balance within Residuals Management. in Fifty Years of Environmental Economics. Edited by R.T. Carson, W.M. Hanemann, and V.K. Smith. Forthcoming.

Schuhmann, P. and K.A. Schwabe. 2004. "An Analysis of Congestion Measures and Heterogeneous Angler Preferences in a Random Utility Model of Recreational Fishing." Environmental and Resource Economics 27: 429-450.

Schwabe, K.A., P. Schuhmann, and M. Tonkovich. 2002. A Dynamic Exercise in Reducing Deer-Vehicle Collisions: Management Through Vehicle Mitigation Techniques and Hunting. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 27(1), 261-280.

Kan, I., K.A. Schwabe, and K. Knapp. 2002. Microeconomics of Irrigation with Saline Water. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 27(1), 16-39.

Schwabe, K.A. and P. Schuhmann. 2002. Deer-Vehicle Collisions and Deer Value: An Analysis of Competing Literatures. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 30(2), 609-615.

Schwabe, K., 2001. The Effects of Output Specification and Heterogeneity on Uniform Regulations for Nonpoint Source Pollution. Review of Agricultural Economics 23(2): 351-368.

Schuhmann, P.and K. Schwabe, 2001. Fundamentals of Economic Principles and Wildlife Management, in Human Wildlife Conflicts: Economic Considerations. USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, 1-16.

Schwabe, K.A., Schuhmann, P., Boyd, R., and K. Doorodian. 2001. The Value of Changes in Deer Season Length: An Application of the Nested Multinomial Logit Model. Environmental and Resource Economics 19: 131-147.

Schwabe, K. 2000. Modeling State-level Water Quality Management: The Case of the Neuse River Basin. Resource and Energy Economics 22: 37-62.

Schwabe, K. 1999. The Effects of Separability on Incentive-Based Instrument Performance. Economics Letters 63(3): 377-380.

Smith, V.K., Schwabe, K.A., and C. Mansfield. 1999. Does Nature Limit Environmental Federalism, in Environmental and Public Economics: Essays in Honor of Wallace E. Oates, edited by A. Panagariya, P.R. Portney, and R.M. Schwab, Edward Elgar Publishing LTD., Cheltenham, UK., pp: 126-148

Schwabe, K. 1999. The Costs of Nutrient Reduction: The Neuse River Basin Experience, in The Economics of Policy Options for Nutrient Management and Dinoflagellates, papers and proceedings, sponsored by the University of Maryland's Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, Laurel, Maryland, pp. 67-73.

Smith, V.K., Epp, D., and K.A. Schwabe. 1994. Cross-Country Analyses Don't Estimate Health-Health Responses. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 8:67-84. Reprinted in The Mortality Costs of Regulatory Expenditures, edited by W. Kip Viscusi, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Address:

Department of Environmental Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521

Fax: (951) 827-3993




Home Programs Undergraduate Graduate Application Info Undergraduate Graduate People Faculty Staff Postdocs Students Research (posters, etc.) Links A-Z Listing Contact Search: Maintained by: Webmaster	Home > Faculty > Kurt Schwabe Kurt Schwabe Associate Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Office: 2460E Geology Phone: (951) 827-2361 Email: kurt.schwabe@ucr.edu Academic Degrees: North Carolina State University, Ph.D. (Economics) Duke University, M.S. (Economics) Macalester College, B.A. (Mathematics/Economics) Courses Taught: ENSC/ECON 006 – Introduction to Environmental Economics ENSC/ECON 143C - Ecological Economics and Environmental Valuation. ECON 209 – Environmental and Natural Resource Valuation Research Interests: Alternative policy instruments for point and nonpoint source pollution control Mathematical programming models for residuals management Nonmarket valuation Impacts of deforestation and land-use change on forest and forest-fringe communities in developing countries Spatial econometrics and wildlife management Research Activity: Cost estimation of alternative policy instruments for controlling pollution in the Neuse River Basin, North Carolina. Value of consumptive and nonconsumptive angling in the Tar-Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Valuing wildlife and evaluating alternative wildlife management strategies in Ohio. Integrated drainwater management in irrigated agriculture in California. Impacts of land use change and deforestation on indigenous communities in Malaysia. A post-regulatory evaluation of the cost and economic impact estimates of air pollution control regulations. Honors and Awards: Kenneth R. Keller Research Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research. North Carolina State University, 1996. Best Teaching Practices Award Recipient. Center for Teaching Excellence. Ohio University, 1998. Editor's Citation for Excellence in Manuscript Review Award. Journal of Environmental Quality. 2002. 2002 Outstanding Journal Article Award for "Microeconomics of Irrigation with Saline Water," (with I. Kan and K. Knapp). Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Flagship Fellowship. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Australia. 2007-2008. Selected Publications: Knapp, K.C. and K.A. Schwabe. "Spatial Dynamics of Water and Nitrogen Management in Irrigated Agriculture." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming. Baerenklau, K., Nergis, N, and K. Schwabe. "Effects of Nutrient Restrictions on Confined Animal Facilities: Insights from a Structural Model." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economic, forthcoming. Schwabe, K., Schuhmann, P., Baerenklau, K., and N. Nergis. "Fundamentals of Estimating the Net Benefits of Ecosystem Preservation: The Case of the Salton Sea." Hydrobiologia, forthcoming. Schwabe, K.A., Kan, I., and K.C. Knapp. 2006. Drainwater Management to Reduce Salinity Problems in Irrigated Agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 88(1): 133-149. Howell, C.J., Schwabe, K.A., Samah, A., Graham, R.C., and I. Taib. 2005. The suitability of aboriginal smallholder soils for rubber growth in Peninsular Malaysia. Soil Science. 179(12): 1034-1049. Patrick, W.S., O. Bin, K.A. Schwabe, and P.W. Schuhmann. 2005. Hatchery Programs, Stock Enhancement, and Cost Effectiveness: A Case Study of the Albermarle Sound/Roanoke River Stocking Prorgram 1981-1996. Marine Policy. 30(4): 299-307. Howell, C.J., R.T. Howell, and K.A. Schwabe. 2005. Is Income Related to Happiness for the Materially Deprived? Examining the Association between Wealth and Life Satisfaction among Indigenous Malaysian Farmers. Social Indicators Research. 76: 499-524. Schuhmann, P., and K.A. Schwabe. 2004. Modeling the Dynamics of Fishery Stock Recovery: Implications for the Assessment of Natural Resource Damages. Natural Resource Modeling 17(2): 191-212. Schwabe, K. 2004. Ayres, Kneese, and d'Arge: Lessons from Mass Balance within Residuals Management. in Fifty Years of Environmental Economics. Edited by R.T. Carson, W.M. Hanemann, and V.K. Smith. Forthcoming. Schuhmann, P. and K.A. Schwabe. 2004. "An Analysis of Congestion Measures and Heterogeneous Angler Preferences in a Random Utility Model of Recreational Fishing." Environmental and Resource Economics 27: 429-450. Schwabe, K.A., P. Schuhmann, and M. Tonkovich. 2002. A Dynamic Exercise in Reducing Deer-Vehicle Collisions: Management Through Vehicle Mitigation Techniques and Hunting. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 27(1), 261-280. Kan, I., K.A. Schwabe, and K. Knapp. 2002. Microeconomics of Irrigation with Saline Water. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 27(1), 16-39. Schwabe, K.A. and P. Schuhmann. 2002. Deer-Vehicle Collisions and Deer Value: An Analysis of Competing Literatures. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 30(2), 609-615. Schwabe, K., 2001. The Effects of Output Specification and Heterogeneity on Uniform Regulations for Nonpoint Source Pollution. Review of Agricultural Economics 23(2): 351-368. Schuhmann, P.and K. Schwabe, 2001. Fundamentals of Economic Principles and Wildlife Management, in Human Wildlife Conflicts: Economic Considerations. USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, 1-16. Schwabe, K.A., Schuhmann, P., Boyd, R., and K. Doorodian. 2001. The Value of Changes in Deer Season Length: An Application of the Nested Multinomial Logit Model. Environmental and Resource Economics 19: 131-147. Schwabe, K. 2000. Modeling State-level Water Quality Management: The Case of the Neuse River Basin. Resource and Energy Economics 22: 37-62. Schwabe, K. 1999. The Effects of Separability on Incentive-Based Instrument Performance. Economics Letters 63(3): 377-380. Smith, V.K., Schwabe, K.A., and C. Mansfield. 1999. Does Nature Limit Environmental Federalism, in Environmental and Public Economics: Essays in Honor of Wallace E. Oates, edited by A. Panagariya, P.R. Portney, and R.M. Schwab, Edward Elgar Publishing LTD., Cheltenham, UK., pp: 126-148 Schwabe, K. 1999. The Costs of Nutrient Reduction: The Neuse River Basin Experience, in The Economics of Policy Options for Nutrient Management and Dinoflagellates, papers and proceedings, sponsored by the University of Maryland's Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, Laurel, Maryland, pp. 67-73. Smith, V.K., Epp, D., and K.A. Schwabe. 1994. Cross-Country Analyses Don't Estimate Health-Health Responses. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 8:67-84. Reprinted in The Mortality Costs of Regulatory Expenditures, edited by W. Kip Viscusi, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Address: Department of Environmental Sciences University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521 Fax: (951) 827-3993 © 2008, Regents of the University of California.