Edward B. Barbier
John S. Bugas Professor of Economics
Natural Resources and Economic Development Trade and Natural Resources Economics and Ecology

Ph.D., Birkbeck College, University of London
M.Sc., The London School of Economics & Political Science
B.A., Yale University
ebarbier@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-2358 • Ross Hall 123
Best Mode of Communication: E-mail

Office Hours: MW 11:00-12:30

Teaching:
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Development Economics

Publications:

Authored Books

Barbier, Edward B. (2005) Natural Resources and Economic Development, Cambridge, University Press, 410 pp.

Heal, G.M., Barbier, E.B., Boyle, K.J., Covich, A.P., Gloss, S.P., Hershner, C.H., Hoehn, J.P., Pringle, C.M., Polasky, S., Segerson, K. and Shrader-Frechette, K. (2005) "Valuing Ecosystem Services: Toward Better Environmental Decision-Making." The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C, 277 pp.

Barbier, E.B. and S. Sathirathai (ed.) (2004) "Shrimp Farming and Mangrove Loss in Thailand." Edward Elgar Publishing, London, 278 pp.

Barbier, E.B. and Pearce, D.W. (2000) "Blueprint for a Sustainable Economy." Earthscan, London, 272 pp.

REFEREED CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Barbier, Edward B. and J.C. Burgess (2002) "Sustainable Development" in N.J. Smelser and P.B. Baltes (eds) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Elsevier Science Ltd. UK pp. 15329-15335.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Hanley, N., Angelopoulos, K., Tinch, D., Davies, A., Barbier, E.B. and Watson, F.  2009.   What Drives Long-Run Biodiversity Change? New Insights from Combining Economics, Paleoecology and Environmental History. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 57(1):5-20.

Barbier, E.B., Burgess, J.C. and Grainger, A. 2009 The Forest Transition: Towards a More Comprehensive Theoretical Framework Land Use Policy (in press).

Barbier, Edward B.  2008.  "In the Wake of Tsunami:  Lessons Learned from the Household Decision to Replant Mangroves in Thailand."  Resource and Energy Economics 30:229-249.

Barbier, E.B., Koch, E.W., Silliman, B.R., Hacker, S.D., Wolanski, E., Primavera, J., Granek, E.F., Polasky, S., Aswani, S., Cramer, L.A., Stoms, D.M., Kennedy, C.J., Bael, D., Kappel, C.V., Perillo, G.M. and Reed, D.J. 2008. "Response to N. Koedam and F. Dahdouh-Guebas's E-Letter: Ecological Quality Changes Precede Changes in Quantity in Mangrove Forests" Science (E-Letter, 2 October 2008) http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/319/5861/321?ck=nck

Walters, B.B., Rönnbäck, P., Kovacs, J., Crona, B., Hussain, S.A., Badola, R., Primavera, J., Barbier, E.B. and Dahdouh-Guebas, F. (2008) "Ethnobiology, Socio-economics and Management of Mangrove Forests: A Review."  Aquatic Botany 89(2): 220-236.

Umanskaya, V.I. and Barbier, E.B.  (2008)  "Can Rich Countries Become Pollution Havens?"  Review of International Economics 16(4): 627-640.

Bhaduri, A. and Barbier, E. B.  2008.  "Political Altruism of Transboundary Water Sharing."  The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy  8(1) Article 32 

Koch, E.W., Barbier, E.B., Silliman, B.R., Reed, D.J., Perillo, G.M., Hacker, S.D., Granek, E.F., Primavera, J., Muthiga, N., Polasky, S., Halpern, B.S., Kennedy, C.J., Wolanski, E., Kappel, C.V., Aswani, S., Cramer, L.A., Bael, D., and Stoms, D.M. 2009. Non-Linearity in Ecosystem Services: Temporal and Spatial Variability in Coastal Protection. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(1):29-37.

Barbier, E.B., Koch, E.W., Silliman, B.R., Hackery, S.D., Wolanski, E., Primavera, J., Granek, E.F., Polasky, S., Aswani, S., Cramer, Stoms, D.M., Kennedy, C.J., Bael, D., Kappel, C.V., Perillo, G.M. and Reed, D.J. (2008) "Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values." Science, 319:321-323.

Barbier, E.B. 2008. "Poverty, Development, and Ecological Services." International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 2(1):1-27.

Barbier, E.B., Koch, E.W., Silliman, B.R., Hackery, S.D., Wolanski, E., Primavera, J., Granek, E.F., Polasky, S., Aswani, S., Cramer, L.A., Stoms, D.M., Kennedy, C.J., Bael, D., Kappel, C.V., Perillo, G.M. and Reed, D.J.  2008.  "Vegetations's Role in Coastal Protection."  Science 320:176-177.

Barbier, Edward B.  2007.    "Land Conversion, Interspecific Competition and Bioinvasion in a Tropical Ecosystem."  Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, 39(October):133-147.

Barbier, Edward B. (2007) "Frontiers and Sustainable Economic Development." Environmental and Resource Economics, 37:271-295.

Worm, B., Barbier, Edward B., Beaumont, N., Duffy, J.E., Folke, C., Halpern, B.S., Jackson, J.B.C., Lotzke, H.K., Micehli, F., Palumbi, S.R., Sala, E., Selkoe, K.A., Stachowicz, J.J. and Watson, R. (2007) "Biodiversity Loss in the Oceans: How Bad Is It." Science, 316:1282-1284

Pascual, U. and Barbier, Edward B. (2007) "On Price Liberalization, Poverty and Shifting Cultivation: An Example from Mexico." Land Economics, 83(2).

Barbier, Edward B. and M. Rauscher. (2007) "Trade and Development in a Labor-Surplus Economy." The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis Policy, Vol. 7: Issue 1 (Topics)

Bateman, Ian J., Barbier, Edward B. and Barrett, S. (2007)  "Introduction to the Special Issue in Honour of David W. Pearce:  Environmental Economics and Policy."  Environmental and Resource Econommics 37:1-6.

Bhaduri, A. and Barbier, Edward B.  2008.  "International Water Transfer and Sharing:  The Case of the Ganges River."  Environment and Development Economics 13:(1):29-52.

Barbier, Edward B. (2007) "Valuing Ecosystem Services as Productive Inputs." Economic Policy, 22(49):177-229.

Barbier, Edward B.  "Natural Capital and Labor Allocation:  Mangrove-Dependent Households in Thailand."  Journal of Environment and Development, 16(December):398-431.

Barbier, Edward B. and P.Hultberg (2007) "Economic Integration, Environmental Harmonization and Firm Relocation." Environment and Development Economics, 12:379-401.

Barbier, Edward B. (2006) "Book Review: An Economic Approach for Water Management and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Beyond." Journal of Economic Literature, 44:1074-1075.

Barbier, Edward B. and G.R. Heal (2006) "Valuing Ecosystem Services."  The Economists' Voice, Vol. 3, No. 3, Article 2.

Barbier, Edward B. (2006) "Natural Barriers to Natural Disasters:  Replanting Mangroves After the Tsunami."  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4(3):124-131.

Pascual, U. and Barbier, Edward B. (2006) "Deprived Land-Use Intensification in Shifting Cultivation: The Population Pressure Hypothesis Revisited." Agricultural Economics, 34:155-165.

Barbier, Edward B. and D.Knowler (2006) "Commercialization Decisions and the Economics of Introduction." Euphytica, 148(1/2):151-164.

Knowler, D. and Barbier, Edward B. (2005) "Importing Exotic Plants and the Risk of Invasion: Are Market-Based Instruments Adequate." Ecological Economics, 52:341-354.

Knowler, D. and Barbier, Edward B. (2005) "Managing the Black Sea Anchovy Fishery with Nutrient Enrichment and a Biological Invader." Marine Resource Economics, 20(3):263-285.

Barbier, Edward B. (2005) "Natural Resource-Based Economic Development in History." World Economics, 6(3):103-152

Barbier, Edward B., R. Damania and D. Léonard (2005) "Corruption, Trade and Resource Conversion." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 50:276-299

Barbier, Edward B. and E.H Bulte (2005) "Trade and Renewable Resources in a Second-Best World: An Overview." Environmental and Resource Economics, 30(4):423-463.

Barbier, Edward B. (2005) "Frontier Expansion and Economic Development." Contemporary Economic Policy, 23(2): 286-303.

Barbier, Edward B. and E.H. Bulte (2004) "Introduction to the Symposium on Trade, Renewable Resources and Biodiversity." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 48 (2): 883-890.

Barbier, Edward B. and M. Cox (2004) "An Economic Analysis of Shrimp Farm Expansion and Mangrove Conversion in Thailand." Land Economics, 80(3): 389-407.

Barbier, Edward B. (2004) "Explaining Agricultural Land Expansion and Deforestation in Developing Countries." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(5): 1347-1353.

Hultberg, P. and Edward B. Barbier (2004) "Cross-Country Policy Harmonization with Rent-Seeking." Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 3, No. 2, Article 4.

Barbier, Edward B. (2004) "Agricultual Expansion, Resource Booms and Growth in Latin America: Implications for Long-Run Economic Development." World Development, 32(1): 137-157.

Barbier, Edward B. and J.F.Shogren (2004) "Growth With Endogenous Risk of Biological Invasion." Economic Inquiry, 42(4):587-601.

Barbier, Edward B. (2004) "Water and Economic Growth." Economic Record, 80: 1-16.

Benhin, J.K.A. and Barbier, Edward B. (2004) "Structural Adjustment Programme, Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss in Ghana." Environmental and Resource Economics, 27:337-366.

Rodwell, L.D., Edward B.Barbier, C.M. Roberts and T.R. McClanahan (2003) "The Importance of Habitat Quality for Marine Reserve-Fishery Linkages." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 60:171-181.

Barbier, Edward B. and M. Cox (2003) "Does Economic Development Lead to Mangrove Loss? A Cross-Country Analysis." Contemporary Economic Policy, 21(4):418-432.

Barbier, Edward B. (2003) "Explaining Agricultural Expansion Resource Booms and Growth in Latin America." Environment Development and Sustainability, 5:437-458.

Barbier, Edward B. (2003) "Upstream Dams and Downstream Water Allocation- The Case of the Hadejia-Jama'are Floodplain, Northern Nigeria." Water Resources Research, 39 (11): 1311-1319.

Barbier, Edward B. (2003) "Habitat-Fishery Linkages and Mangrove loss in Thailand." Contemporary Economic Policy, 21(1):59-77.

Barbier, Edward B. (2003) "The Role of Natural Resources in Economic Development." Australian Economic Papers, 42(2): 253-272.

Barbier, Edward B. (2002) "Institutional Constraints and Deforestation: An Application to Mexico." Economic Inquiry, 40(3): 508-519.

Acharya, G. and Edward B. Barbier (2002) "Using Domestic Water Analysis to Value Groundwater Recharge in the Hadejia-Jama' are Floodplain, Northern Nigeria." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84(2): 415-426.

Barbier, Edward B. and M. Cox (2002) "Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting Mangrove Loss in the Coastal Provinces of Thailand, 1979-1996." Special Issue of Ambio, 3(4): 351-357.

Barrett, C.B., Barbier, Edward B. and T. Reardon (2002) "Agroindustrialization, Globalization, and International Development: The Environmental Implications." Environment and Development Economics, 6:419-433.

Barbier, Edward B., I. Strand and S. Sathirathai (2002) "Do Open Access Conditions Affect the Valuation of an Externality? Estimating the Welfare Effects of Mangrove-Fishery Linkages." Environmental and Resource Economics, 21(4): 343-367.

Rodwell, L.D., Edward B. Barbier, C.M. Roberts and T.R. McClanahan (2002) "A Model of Tropical Marine Reserve-Fishery Linkages." Natural Resource Modeling, 15(4): 453-486.

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Press releases:

• 10/5/2009 - Barbier to Participate in International Green Economy Forum
• 8/25/2009 - UW Graduate Student Receives NOAA Fellowship
• 6/1/2009 - UW Professor to Speak at Climate Change Conference
• 5/6/2008 - UW Colleges Name Outstanding Faculty
• 4/11/2008 - University of Wyoming Calendar for April 11-17
• 4/7/2008 - Economics Professor to Give UW President's Series Lecture
• 1/17/2008 - UW Report: Ecosystem Based Management Not Enough to Reverse Coastal Habitat Decline
• 12/8/2006 - Buchanan Outlines Recent UW Accomplishments
• 11/3/2006 - Report: Ocean Species Vanishing
• 4/3/2006 - John Turner to Headline UW's Stroock Forum on Sustainability
• 3/30/2006 - UW Professor Awarded Leopold Leadership Fellowship
• 3/23/2006 - Governor Signs Bills at UW
• 10/19/2005 - Researcher Assesses Invading Plants' Risk to North American Horticulture
• 5/14/2005 - Dubois Outlines Recent UW Accomplishments
• 3/28/2005 - Two UW Professors Receive Aldo Leopold Fellowships
• 3/24/2005 - UW Hosts Symposium on Energy as a Challenge to National Security
• 3/18/2005 - University of Wyoming Calendar for March 25-31
• 3/17/2005 - University of Wyoming Calendar for March 25-31
• 1/12/2005 - Religion Today Column for Week of Jan. 16-22
• 1/5/2005 - UW Professor: Tsunami Destruction Could Have Been Reduced
• 1/9/2004 - Dubois Outlines Recent UW Accomplishments
• 12/11/2003 - UW Professors Listed in Who's Who in Economics
• 1/24/2003 - University of Wyoming INSIGHT Schedule
• 11/1/2002 - Dubois Outlines Recent UW Accomplishments
• 10/24/2002 - Does Water Scarcity Affect Wyoming's Economic Growth?
• 7/19/2002 - Buchanan Outlines Recent UW Accomplishments
• 3/15/2002 - UW Economics Professor To Serve on U.N. Ecosystem Committee

OTHER LINKS:

• Presidential Speaker Series April 17, 2008