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ACADEMIC DEGREES Ph.D. Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1996 Dissertation Title: "Asymmetric Externalities and Strategic Behavior: The Case of Moderate Global Warming." M.A. Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, 1986 Thesis Title: "Costs, Returns, and Relative Soil Loss Comparisons of Alternative Tillage Systems in the Three Precipitation Zones of the Palouse River Basin, Washington." B.A. Economics and Communications, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983 FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Primary Field: Environmental Economics Secondary Field: Applied Microeconomics Teaching Experience: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics and Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Development Economics, Public Policy PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Fulbright Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Botswana, 2007 – 2008. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2001 - 2005. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Weber State University, 1996 - 2001. Graduate Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Economics, University of Oregon, 1991-1996. Canvasser, Clean Water Action, Minneapolis, MN, 1990-1991. Coordinator, Small Projects Assistance Program, U.S. Peace Corps,Botswana, Southern Africa, 1989-1990. Farming Systems Economist, Agricultural Technology Improvement Project, U.S. Peace Corps, Botswana, Southern Africa, 1986-1989. PUBLISHED RESEARCH AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS Publications in Refereed Journals Caplan, Arthur J. (in press) “Incremental and Average Control Costs in a Model of Water Quality Trading with Discrete Abatement Units.” Environmental and Resource Economics. Caplan, Arthur J., Douglas Jackson-Smith, and Sandra Marquart-Pyatt (in press) “Does ‘Free Sampling’ Enhance the Value of Public Goods?” Applied Economics Letters. Aadland, David M., Arthur J. Caplan, and Owen R. Phillips (in press) “A Bayesian Examination of Information and Uncertainty in Contingent Valuation.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. Caplan, Arthur J. and John Gilbert (in press) “D is For Dillydally?” Applied Economics Letters. Bohara, Alok K., Arthur J. Caplan, and Therese Grijalva (2007), “The Effect of Experience and Quantity-Based Pricing on the Valuation of a Curbside Recycling Program.” Ecological Economics, 64(2), 433-443. Sasaki, Yuya and Arthur J. Caplan (in press), "Matching Heterogeneous Traders in Quantity- Regulated Markets." Journal of Computational Economics. Caplan, Arthur J. and Emilson C.D. Silva (2007) “An Equitable, Efficient, and Implementable Scheme to Control Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions.” International Tax and Public Finance, 14(3), 263-279. Caplan, Arthur J., Therese Grijalva, and Douglas Jackson-Smith (2007) “Using Choice Question Formats to Determine Compensable Values: The Case of a Landfill Siting Process.” Ecological Economics, 60(4), 834-846. Caplan, Arthur J. (2006) “A Comparison of Emissions Taxes and Permit Markets for Controlling Correlated Externalities.” Environmental and Resource Economics, 34(4), 471-492. Aadland, David and Arthur J. Caplan (2006) “Curbside Recycling: Waste Resource or Waste of Resources?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25(4), 855-874. Aadland, David and Arthur J. Caplan (2006) “Cheap Talk Reconsidered: New Evidence From CVM.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 60(4), 562-578. Caplan, Arthur J. and Yuya Sasaki (2006) “Interactive Geometry for Surplus Sharing in Cooperative Games.” Journal of Economic Education, 37(3), 382. Caplan, Arthur J. and John Gilbert (2006) “Interactive Scenario Analysis of Exhaustible Resource Problems.” Computers in Higher Education Economics Review, 18, 4-9. Caplan, Arthur J. (2005) “Seeing is Believing: Simulating Forest-Harvest Problems with Microsoft Excel in an Intermediate-Level Natural-Resource Economics Course.” Perspectives on Economic Education Research, 1(1), 44-52. Caplan, Arthur J. and Emilson C.D. Silva (2005) “An Efficient Mechanism to Control Correlated Externalities: Redistributive Transfers and the Coexistence of Regional and Global Pollution Permit Markets.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 49(1), 68-82. Tesfamichael, Aklilu, Arthur J. Caplan, and Jagath Kaluarachchi (2005) “Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis of Atrazine in Drinking Water from Agricultural Activities and Policy Implications.” Water Resources Research, 41(5), 1-13. Aadland, David and Arthur J. Caplan (2004) “Incentive Incompatibility and Starting-Point Bias in Iterative Valuation Questions: Comment.” Land Economics, 80(2), 312-315. Caplan, Arthur J. (2003) “Reputation and the Control of Pollution.” Ecological Economics, 47(2- 3), 197-212. Aadland, David and Arthur J. Caplan (2003) “Willingness to Pay for Curbside Recycling With Detection and Mitigation of Hypothetical Bias.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85(2), 492-502. Caplan, Arthur J., Richard C. Cornes, and Emilson C.D. Silva (2003) AAn ‘Ideal Kyoto Protocol’: Emissions Trading, Redistributive Transfers and Global Participation.” Oxford Economic Papers, 55, 216-234. Caplan, Arthur J., Therese Grijalva, and Paul M. Jackus (2002) “Waste Not or Want Not? A Contingent Ranking Analysis of Curbside Waste Disposal Options.” Ecological Economics, 43(2-3), 185-197. Caplan, Arthur J., Richard C. Cornes, and Emilson C.D. Silva (2000) “Pure Public Goods and Income Redistribution in a Federation with Decentralized Leadership and Imperfect Labor Mobility.” Journal of Public Economics, 77(2), 265-284. Aadland, David M. and Arthur J. Caplan (1999) “Household Valuation of Curbside Recycling.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 42(6), 781-800. Brist, Lonnie E. and Arthur J. Caplan (1999) “More Evidence on the Role of Secondary Education in the Development of Lower-Income Countries: Wishful Thinking or Useful Knowledge?” Economic Development and Cultural Change, 48(1), 155-176. Caplan, Arthur J. and Emilson C.D. Silva (1999) “Federal Acid Rain Games.” Journal of Urban Economics, 46(1), 25-52. Caplan, Arthur J., Christopher J. Ellis, and Emilson C.D. Silva (1999) “Winners and Losers in a World with Global Warming: Noncooperation, Altruism, and Social Welfare.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 37(3), 256-271. Silva, Emilson C.D. and Arthur J. Caplan (1997) “Transboundary Pollution Control in Federal Systems.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 34(2), 173-186. Book Chapters (Peer Reviewed) Caplan, Arthur J. and Emilson C.D. Silva (2005) “Equitable and Efficient International Schemes to Control Carbon Dioxide Emissions.” in The Political Economy of Policy Reform: Essays in Honor of J. Michael Finger, Douglas Nelson ed., Contributions to Economic Analysis, Elsevier Inc., The Netherlands. Caplan, Arthur J. (2002) “Poverty and Access to Health Care: An Academic Service Learning Project in Economics.” Putting the Invisible Hand to Work: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Economics, K.M. McGoldrick and A. Ziegert eds., University of Michigan Press. Educational Resources (Peer Reviewed) Caplan, Arthur J. and John Gilbert (2006) “Resource-Extraction Simulation Models in Excel.” An online supplement for Environmental and Natural Resource Economics by Tom Tietenberg, Seventh Edition, Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. Available at http://wps.aw.com/aw_tietenberg_envnatrese_7/0,10924,2439699-,00.html Caplan, Arthur J. and John Gilbert (2006) “How-To Manual for Resource-Extraction Simulation Models in Excel. ” an online supplement for Environmental and Natural Resource Economics by Tom Tietenberg, Seventh Edition, Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. Available at http://wps.aw.com/aw_tietenberg_envnatrese_7/0,10924,2439699-,00.html. Manuscripts in Review and In Progress Caplan, Arthur J., David Aadland, and Anthony Macharia, “Communalism versus the Incentive to Free-Ride: Experimental Results from Economically Emergent Africa.” Economic Research Institute Working Paper 2008-01, Utah State University. Caplan, Arthur J., “Carbon Sequestration and Permit Trading on the Competitive Fringe.” Economic Research Institute Working Paper 2008-02, Utah State University. Caplan, Arthur J., “Seeing is Believing: Simulating Resource-Extraction Problems with GAMS IDE and Microsoft Excel in an Intermediate-Level Natural-Resource Economics Course.” Economic Research Institute Working Paper 2004-10, Utah State University. Caplan, Arthur J. and Emilson C.D. Silva, “Impure Public Goods, Imperfect Labor Mobility, and Matching Grants in a Federation with Decentralized Leadership.” Economic Research Institute Working Paper 2004-11, Utah State University. Finnoff, David and Arthur J. Caplan, “A Bioeconomic Model of the Great Salt Lake Watershed.” Economic Research Institute Working Paper 2004-14, Utah State University. Caplan, Arthur J. “Failing Students Optimally.” Economic Research InstituteWorking Paper 2004-17, Utah State University. Carroll-Larson, Jordan and Arthur J. Caplan, “Estimating the Effectiveness of a Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax In Reducing Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Emissions.” Economic Research Institute Working Paper 2007-1, Utah State University. Extension Publications Caplan, Arthur, Herbert Hinman, Thomas Hoffman, and Donald McCool, "1987 Crop Enterprise Budgets, Selected Tillage Systems, Western Whitman County, Washington." Extension Bulletin 1427. Washington State University, 1987. . "1987 Crop Enterprise Budgets, Selected Tillage Systems, Central Whitman County, Washington." Extension Bulletin 1433. Washington State University, 1987. . "1987 Crop Enterprise Budgets, Selected Tillage Systems, Eastern Whitman County, Washington." Extension Bulletin 1437. Washington State University, 1987. Ketsitlile, T., A. Caplan, D. Norman, P. Bacon, and L. Modidi, "Estimated Tractor Costs For Ploughing in the Southern Region of Botswana." Technical Report No. 9. Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana, 1988. Siebert, J., E. Modiakgotla, L. Malatsi, and A. Caplan, "Farmer Training in Row Planting And Mechanical Weeding." ATIP Working Paper 29. Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana, 1990. Publications in the Popular Press Caplan, Arthur J. (1998) AA Testimony for Recycling.@ Northern Utah Junction, Nov., page 5. Aadland, David and Arthur J. Caplan (2000) “Recycling in Utah: Too Little or Too Much?” Salt Lake Tribune, May 20. Stafford, Edwin R. and Arthur J. Caplan (2001) “Why ‘America Recycles Day’ Matters.” Salt Lake Tribune, November 11. Stafford, Edwin R. and Arthur J. Caplan (2002) “Pay-as-You-Throw Puts Cost of Waste Removal on Heaviest Users.” Salt Lake Tribune, January 27. Caplan, Arthur J. (2002) “Logan Transportation at Crossroad.” The Logan Herald Journal, Soapbox Column, December 7. Caplan, Arthur J. (2004) “Air Woes Require Deeper Dialogue.” The Logan Herald Journal, Soapbox Column, February 20. Caplan, Arthur J. (2005) "Musings of a Cache Backpacker." The Logan Herald Journal, Soapbox Column, September 16. MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS 1. National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant #0108159 – Household Valuation of Curbside Recycling (with David Aadland), September 2001, Utah State University ($125,000). 2. Fulbright Scholars Award – Lecturing/Research in Botswana, Africa (University of Botswana), 2007-2008 (Award No. 07-12043 for $89,000). 3. Utah Department of Environmental Quality Small Projects Grant – Used Oil Recycling Project (with David Aadland), Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste, November 2001, Utah State University ($4,500). 4. Division of Environmental Services, City of Logan – Logan Recycling Survey (with Therese Grijalva, Edwin Stafford, and Cathy Hartman), April 2002, Utah State University ($2,000). 5. Division of Environmental Services, City of Logan – Cache County Landfill Study (with Therese Grijalva and Douglas Jackson-Smith), August 2002, Utah State University ($32,000). 6. Water Initiative Grant Program – Contributing to Drought Management Through Understanding Factors Influencing Human Conservation Behavior (with Joanna Endter-Wada, Peggy Petrzelka, and Theresa Selfa), February 2004, Utah State University ($15,000). 7. Utah Experiment Station Grant UTA-015 – New Perspectives on the Study of Jointly Determined Ecological-Economic Systems in the American West, 2001 - 2006, Utah State University ($60,000). 8. Utah Experiment Station Grant UTA-043 – Associations of Non-Point Source Polluters and Water Quality Trading in the Bear River Basin, 2006 - 2011, Utah State University ($137,200). 9. U.S. EPA Watershed Initiative Grant Program – Tri-State Bear River Basin Watershed Proposal (coordinated by Dr. Nancy Mesner, Water Quality Specialist, College of Natural Resources and Jack Barnett, Director of the Bear River Commission), January 2004, Utah State University ($750,000). 10. New Faculty Research Grant – Public Disclosure Programs and Firm Environmental Performance: Is There an ‘Information Echo Effect’ in the Toxic Release Inventory?, 2002, Utah State University ($11,000). 11. Water Initiative Grant Program - Policy Decision Modeling for Water Quality Improvement (with Terry Glover), January 2005, Utah State University ($8,100). 12. Division of Environmental Services, City of Logan – Cache County Household Recycling and Solid Waste Study (with Douglas Jackson-Smith and Sandy Marquart-Pyatt), February 2005, Utah State University ($17,250). 13. Experimental Economics Research Fund, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming – A Bayesian Examination of Anchoring Bias and Cheap Talk in Contingent Valuation Studies (with David Aadland and Owen R. Phillips), July 2005, University of Wyoming ($6,000). OTHER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Huntsman School of Business Researcher of the Year Award, 2007-2008, Utah State University. Department of Economics Researcher of the Year Award, 2004, 2006, and 2007, Utah State University. New Faculty Research Grant, 2002, Utah State University. Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth (RSPG) Awards (5), 1996 -1999, Weber State University. Summer Research Awards, John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics (3), 1997 – 2000, Weber State University. Pacificorp=s Earth Stewart=s Award, 1999, Weber State University. Departmental Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching Fellows, 1995, University of Oregon. Kleinsorge Summer Research Fellowship, 1993 and 1994. University of Oregon. Dean's Award for Enterprising Students, 1981. University of Michigan. Vice-President's Award for Outstanding Students, 1981. University of Michigan. GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING PhD Students Liu Lu’s PhD Dissertation Committee Member, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2007 – present. Yuexia Zhu’s PhD Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2004 – 2007. Aklilu Tesfamichael’s PhD Dissertation Committee Member, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, 2002 – 2005. Ibrahim Khadam’s PhD Dissertation Committee Member, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, 2002 – 2005. Leon Baskedas’ PhD Dissertation Committee Member, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, 2003 – 2007. Masters Students Kristian Mortenson’s Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2001 – 2002. David Garbett’s Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2002 – 2003. Jon Hibschman’s Supervisory Committee Chair, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2003 – 2004. Eric Coleman’s Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2003 – 2004. Kristina Galloway’s Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2003 – 2004. Yuya Sasaki’s Supervisory Committee Chair, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2003 – 2005. Yuya Sasaki’s Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Geography, Department of Geography, Utah State University, 2003 – 2004. Jeremy Sage’s Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Natural Resources, Department of Environment and Behavior, Utah State University, 2003 – 2005. Yinghui Wang's Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2003 – 2004. Gretchen King's Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2004 – 2006. Jason Whitehead's Supervisory Committee Chair, Masters of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2005 – 2006. Jordan Carroll-Larson's Supervisory Committee Chair, Masters of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2005 – 2007. D. Scott Bosworth's Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Theoretical Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2005 – 2006. Wandnery Fuertes’ Supervisory Committee Member, Master of Science in Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 2006 – 2007. Bachelors Students Nametso Koloi’s Honor’s Thesis Supervisor, Bachelor of Arts, Department of Economics, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, 2007-2008. Research Assistantship Advisor Nitesh Saha, PhD student, Summer Research Assistant, 2002. Justine Zhu, PhD student, Research Assistant, Fall 2002 – 2004. Shumit Vatsal, Masters student, Research Assistant, Fall 2003 – 2005. Jason Whitehead, Masters student, Research Assistant, Spring 2005 – 2006. Chad Reid, undergraduate student, Research Assistant, Spring 2006. Liu Lu, PhD student, Research Assistant, Fall 2006 – present. Aerwadee Ubolsook, PhD student, Research Assistant, Fall 2006 – present. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Committee and Advisory Assignments Ombudsman for Promotion and Tenure Review, College of Business, 2005 – present, Utah State University. USU Library Advisory Council, 2005 – present, Utah State University. Library Committee, College of Business, Chair, 2003 – present, Utah State University. Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Program, College of Natural Resources, Affiliated Faculty Member, 2001 – 2004, Utah State University. Service-Learning Faculty Steering Committee Member, 2003 – present, Utah State University. Hillel Association, Acting Faculty Advisor, 2002 – present, Utah State University. President's Council Standing Committee - Environmental Issues, Faculty Member, 1996-2001, Weber State University. Research, Scholarship, Professional Growth Committee, 1997-1998, Weber State University. Honors Faculty Advisory Council, 1998 - 2001, Weber State University. Honors Director Search Committee, 1998, Weber State University. Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom, and Tenure Committee, 1998 to 1999, Weber State University. Library Policy Advisory Committee, 1998 to 2001, Weber State University. Teaching and Learning Assessment Committee, 2000 to 2001, Weber State University. Holocaust Remembrance Week Organizing Committee, 1998 - 2001, Weber State University. Women In Business Organizing Committee, 1999, John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics, Weber State University. Student Economic Association, Faculty Advisor, 1997 to 2001, Weber State University. Membership in Professional Organizations American Economic Association, 1995 - 1996. Western Economic Association, 1997 - 1999. Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 1999 - present. Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2001-2003. Editorial Boards Journal of Hydrology, Associate Editor, 2007 – present. Manuscript Reviews Journal of Public Economics Oxford Economic Papers Journal of Environ. Econ. & Mgmt. International Economic Review Resource and Energy Economics Water Resources Research Energy Economics Society and Natural Resources Journal of Ag. & Resource Economics Marine Resource Economics Environment and Development Econ. Journal of Third World Studies Economic Development & Cultural Chg. European Economic Review International Tax & Public Finance Amer. J. of Agric. Economics Environment and Resource Econ. VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES President, Edith Bowen Laboratory School PTA, Logan, Utah 2006-2007. President-Elect, Edith Bowen Laboratory School PTA, Logan, Utah 2005 – 2006. Volunteer Coordinator, PTA Board Member, Edith Bowen Laboratory School, Logan, Utah 2004 Read Aloud Volunteer Reader, Edith Bowen Laboratory School, Logan, Utah 2002 - present First Amendment School Parent Committee Member, Edith Bowen Laboratory School, Logan Utah 2003. Citizens for the Preservation of Logan Neighborhoods, Member, 2003 - 2004. Northern Utah Recycling Association, Ogden, Utah, 1997. Board of Directors, Congregation Brith Sholem, Ogden, Utah,1997 - 2001. Teacher=s Assistant, Brith Sholem Religious School, Ogden, Utah, 1998 - present. Utah Humanities Council, Ogden, Utah, 1998 -1999. Strawboss, The Eugene Growers' Market, Eugene, Oregon, 1995 -1996. Mentor, Jefferson Middle School, Eugene, Oregon, 1994 -1996. Parents' Night Out Volunteer, Easter Seals, Eugene, Oregon, 1993-1996. Economics Representative to Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, University of Oregon, 1994 - 95. Economics Guild Representative, University of Oregon, 1993 - 94.
