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Dr. Richard M. Alston |
PhD, M.A., Economics, Cornell Univ., 1970, 1968; B.A., Economics, Magna Cum Laude, Univ. of Utah, 1966. Professor Emeritus, Retired Jan., 2007 after 37 years at WSU; Dept. Chair (1990-1996); Willard L. Eccles Fellow; John S. Hinckley Fellow; Fields: Natural Resources and Environmental Policy; Economic History.
Selected/Recent Publications
"I Thought I Got an A! Overconfidence Across the Economics Curriculum," with Cliff Nowell, Journal of Economic Education Spring 2007, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p 131-142.
"The Impact of Graduate School Rank on Job Market Outcomes in Economics," with Wendy Stock, Journal of Economic Education 31(4) (Fall 2000):389-401.
"The Academic Labor Market for Economists - 1995-96," with Wendy Stock and Martin Milkman, Atlantic Economic Journal 28(2) (June 2000):164-185.
"Implementing the Voluntary Contribution Game: A Field Experiment," with C. Nowell, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 31 (1996): 357-368.
"The Split Between Political Parties on Economic Issues: A Survey of Republicans, Democrats, and Economists," with D. Fuller and M. Vaughan, Eastern Economic Journal 21(2):227-238 (Spring, 1995).
"Measuring the Relative Cost of Living in Adjacent Communities: The Case of the Wasatch Front," with C. Nowell, Encyclia 71 (1994):129-137 (issue actually published in 1998).
"Institutionalists: A United Front or Divergent Voices of Dissent," with M. Vaughan, J. of Economic Issues 27(2):351-361 (1993).
"The Role of Information, Science, and Technology in Resolving the Challenges of Ecosystem Management," pp. 69-74 in Foresters Together: Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges: Proceedings of the 1993 Society of American Foresters National Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 7-10, 1993.
"Is There Consensus Among Economists in the 1990s?" American Economic Review 81(2)203- 209 (1992), with J. Kearl and M. Vaughan.
"History of Sustained Yield in the United States (1937-1992)," pp. 19-30 in Sustained Yield: Historical, Economic, and Political Aspects, E. Gundermann, ed. (Proceedings of the Interdivisional and Divisional Sessions of Division 6 and 4, Centennial Conference, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Berlin-Eberswalde, Germany, Aug. 31 - Sept. 4, 1992.
"Financial, Budget, and Economic Issues - Response Panel: Comments of Richard M. Alston," pp. 259-267 in Multiple Use and Sustained Yield: Changing Philosophies for Federal Land Management?, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, 102d Congress, 2d Session, Committee Print No. 11 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, December, 1992).
"Are Sustained Yield and Sustainable Forestry Equivalent?, pp. 310-315 in Pacific Rim Forestry -- Bridging the World: Proceedings of the 1991 Society of American Foresters National Convention, San Francisco, Aug. 4-7, 1991).
Reforming the Forest Service: A Review Essay, Ecology Law Quarterly 15(3): 503-517 (1988); republished by the National Agricultural Law Center and available on line at http://nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/bibarticles/alston_review.pdf
Chapters / Articles in Books and Encyclopedias:
"Forestry," in Encyclopedia of the American West (New York: Macmillan, 1996).
"United States Forest Service," in Encyclopedia of the American West (New York: Macmillan, 1996).
"A New Role for Economics in Integrated Environmental Management," with D. Iverson. Chapter 2 (pp. 27-40) in Implementing Integrated Environmental Management, J. Cairns et. al, eds. (Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994).
"Allocating Lands Nobody Wanted but Everyone is Fighting Over: An Economic Perspective on the Optimum Use of Arid Lands," Chapter 8 (pp. 117-130) in Wilderness Issues in the Arid Lands of the Western United States, C. McKell and S. Zeveloff, eds. (Albuquerque, NM: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1992).
"Environmental Economics and Wilderness Values: What's In It For the Individual?", with C. Nowell, pp. 214-235 in A Wilderness Tapestry: An Eclectic Approach to Preservation, S. Zeveloff, et. al, eds. (Reno, NV: University of Nevada-Reno Press, 1992).
Published Software:
Visual Macroeconomics
Version 2.1 to accompany Timothy Tregarthen's Economics and Macroeconomics, First Edition (New York: Worth Publishers, 1996), with Wan Fu Chi.Visual Microeconomics
Version 2.1 to accompany Timothy Tregarthen's Economics and Microeconomics, First Edition (New York: Worth Publishers, 1996), with Wan Fu Chi.The Money Game
Version 4.0 to accompany Frederic S. Mishkin's The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, Fourth Edition (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996), with Wan Fu Chi.Contemporary Economics Graphics Tutorial for Windows
to accompany Milton H. Spencer's Contemporary Economics, Eighth Edition (New York: Worth Publishers, 1993), with Wan Fu Chi.The Money Game
Version 3.0 to accompany Frederic S. Mishkin's The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, Third Edition (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992), with Wan Fu Chi.MicroPractice
Version 4.0 to accompany Browning and Browning's Microeconomics: Theory and Applications, Fourth Edition (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992), with Wan Fu Chi.Data Analysis and Macro Modeling
to accompany R. J. Gordon's Macroeconomics, Fourth Edition (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991), with Wan Fu Chi.Consulting and Coordinating Editor:
Economics, Third Edition, by Timothy Tregarthen and Libby Rittenberg (John Wiley and Sons, Publishers, New Jersey, forthcoming 2007)
Economics, 2nd edition, by Timothy Tregarthen and Libby Rittenberg (Worth Publishers, New York, 2000).
Test Bank - Microeconomics
by A. Paul Ballantyne, Orley M. Amos, Jr., Dix W. Cloward, Timothy Tregarthen, Libby Rittenberg, and Richard M. Alston, to accompany Tregarthen/Rittenberg Economics, 2nd edition (Worth Publishers, New York, 2000)Test Bank - Macroeconomics
by A. Paul Ballantyne, Orley M. Amos, Jr., Dix W. Cloward, Timothy Tregarthen, Libby Rittenberg, and Richard M. Alston, to accompany Tregarthen/Rittenberg Economics, 2nd edition (Worth Publishers, New York, 2000)Study Guide - Microeconomics
by John Brock and Dale DeBoer to accompany Tregarthen/Rittenberg Economics, 2nd edition (Worth Publishers, New York, 2000)Study Guide - Macroeconomics
by John Brock and Dale DeBoer to accompany Tregarthen/Rittenberg Economics, 2nd edition (Worth Publishers, New York, 2000)Instructors' Resource Manual
by Virginia Owen to accompany Tregarthen/Rittenberg Economics, 2nd edition (Worth Publishers, New York, 2000)Last Updated October 14 1, 2006
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