Darwin Hall

Darwin C. Hall, Ph.D., M.A., M.S.

Resume

Emeritus Executive Director, Western Economic Association International
18837 Brookhurst Street, Suite 304
Fountain Valley, CA 92708-7302
Long Beach, CA 90840-4607
http://www.weainternational.org/

Emeritus Founding Director and Professor of Environmental Science & Policy

Emeritus Professor of Economics
California State University
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840-4607
email: darwin.hall@csulb.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1977
    M.A. Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1973
    M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1973
    B.A. Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970

Positions Held

  • 2017-present                       Emeritus Executive Director, Western Economic Association International (WEAI).
  • 2010-present                       Emeritus Founding Director and Professor, Environmental Science & Policy, CSULB.
  • 2010-present                       Emeritus Professor, Economics, California State University Long Beach (CSULB).
  • 2009-2017                           Executive Director, Western Economic Association International (WEAI).
  • 1989-2010                           Professor, Economics, CSULB.
  • 2003-2010                           Professor, Environmental Science & Policy, CSULB.
  • 1992-2004, 2009-2017        Member, Board of Directors, WEAI.
  • 2003-2009                           Co-Director, B.A. and B.S. Programs in Environmental Science & Policy, CSULB.
  • 2006-2007                           Consultant, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
  • 1993-2006                           Editor, Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, Elsevier Science BV.
  • 2004-2006                           Editor Emeritus and Co-Editor, Contemporary Economic Policy, Oxford University Press.
  • 1991-2004                           Editor, Contemporary Economic Policy, Oxford University Press.
  • 1990-2004                           Institute for Environmental and Economic Studies, California State University Fullerton.
  • 1994, 2001                           S.W. Brooks Visiting Professor, University of Queensland, Australia.
  • 1998                                    Consultant, The World Bank.
  • 1988-1991                           Coeditor, Contemporary Policy Issues, WEAI.
  • 1986-1989                           Associate Professor of Economics, CSULB.
  • 1985‑1986                           Assistant Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of California Riverside (UCR).
  • 1979‑1986                           Assistant Professor of Economics, UCR.
  • 1979                                    Advisor to the Secretary for Resources, State of California, Sacramento.
  • 1978-1979                           Economist, Department of Water Resources, State of California, Sacramento.
  • 1978                                    Economist, California Energy Commission, State of California, Sacramento.
  • 1974‑1977                           Assistant Specialist, University of California, Berkeley.
  • 1971‑1974                           Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley.
  • 1966-1970                           Metal Tradesman, AFL-CIO Local 250

Honors

  • 2004                              Outstanding Professor, California State University Long Beach
  • 1994, 2001                     S.W. Brooks Visiting Professor, University of Queensland, Australia.
  • 1994                              Teaching, California State University, Statewide Energy Consortium
  • 1991                              Distinguished Faculty Scholarly Achievement, California State University Long Beach

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

  1. Darwin C. Hall, 2009, “A Note from the Author,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Published Online: Oct 23 2009 1:56AM, DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00184.x Vol. 27, No. 4, October 2009, p. 538.
  2. Darwin C. Hall, 2009, “Politically Feasible, Revenue Sufficient, and Economically Efficient Municipal Water Rates,” Contemporary Economic Policy. Published Online: June 22 2009 9:42AM. DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00164.x, Vol. 27, No. 4, October 2009, pp. 539-554.
  3. Darwin C. Hall, 2009, “Prescriptive Public Choice: Application to Residential Water Rate Reform,” Contemporary Economic Policy. Published Online: June 3 2009 10:34PM; DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00163.x, Vol. 27, No. 4, October 2009, pp. 555-565.
  4. Darwin C. Hall and Richard J. Behl, 25 May 2006, “Integrating Economic Analysis and the Science of Climate Instability,” Ecological Economics, Vol. 57, Issue 3, pp. 442-465.
  5. Darwin C. Hall, 2004, “External Costs of Energy,” in Encyclopedia of Energy, Academic Press imprint of Elsevier Science, Volume 2: 651-667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B0-12-176480-X/00157-1.
  6. Darwin C. Hall, Jane V. Hall, Steven N. Murray, 2002, “Contingent Valuation of Marine Protected Areas: Southern California Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems,” Natural Resource Modeling, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 2002, pp. 335-368. Click Here for Questionnaire.
  7. Darwin C. Hall and L. Joe Moffitt, eds. 2002, Economics of Sustainable Food Markets, Pesticides, and Food Safety, Volume 4 in Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, JAI – An Imprint of Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, London, New York, Oxford, Paris, Shannon, Tokyo.
  8. Darwin C. Hall and L. Joe Moffitt, 2002, “Adoption and Diffusion of Sustainable Food Technology and Policy,” in Darwin C. Hall and L. Joe Moffitt, eds., Economics of Sustainable Food Markets, Pesticides, and Food Safety, Volume 4 in Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, JAI – An Imprint of Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, London, New York, Oxford, Paris, Shannon, Tokyo.
  9. Darwin C. Hall and L. Joe Moffitt, 2002, “Modeling for Pesticide Productivity Measurement,” in Darwin C. Hall and L. Joe Moffitt, eds., Economics of Sustainable Food Markets, Pesticides, and Food Safety, Volume 4 in Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, JAI – An Imprint of Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, London, New York, Oxford, Paris, Shannon, Tokyo.
  10. Darwin C. Hall and Richard B. Howarth, eds., 2001, The Long-Term Economics of Climate Change: Beyond a Doubling of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, Volume 3 in Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, JAI – An Imprint of Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, London, New York, Oxford, Paris, Shannon, Tokyo.
  11. Richard B. Howarth and Darwin C. Hall, 2001, “Beyond a Doubling: Issues in the Long-Term Economics of Climate Change,” in Darwin C. Hall and Richard B. Howarth, eds. The Long-Term Economics of Climate Change: Beyond a Doubling of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, Volume 3 in Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, JAI – An Imprint of Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, London, New York, Oxford, Paris, Shannon, Tokyo.
  12. Darwin C. Hall, 2001, “Ocean Thermal Lag and Comparative Dynamics of Damage to Agriculture from Global Warming,” in Darwin C. Hall and Richard B. Howarth, eds, The Long-Term Economics of Climate Change: Beyond a Doubling of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, Volume 3 in Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, JAI – An Imprint of Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, London, New York, Oxford, Paris, Shannon, Tokyo.
  13. Darwin C. Hall, 2000, “Public Choice and Water Rate Design,” in Ariel Dinar, ed., The Political Economy of Water Pricing Reforms, Oxford University Press, pp.189-212.
  14. Darwin C. Hall, 1999, “Impacts of Global Warming on Agriculture” in G.H.Peters and J. von Braun, eds, Food Security, Diversification and Resource Management: Refocusing the Role of Agriculture, Proceedings of 23rd International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Ashgate Publishing Limited: Ashgate, Aldershot, United Kingdom, pp. 186-211, ISBN 1 84014 044 5.
  15. Jane V. Hall and Darwin C. Hall, 1998, “Environmental Resource Scarcity and Violent Conflict in Developing Regions” in Murray Wolfson, ed., The Political Economy of War and Peace — Recent Economic Thought: Development, Tensions, Prospects, pp.177-199, Kluwer Academic Press.
  16. Darwin C. Hall, 1998, “Albedo and Vegetation Demand-Side Management Options for Warm Climates,” Ecological Economics, V.24, N.1, pp.31-45.
  17. Darwin C. Hall and Jane V. Hall, 1997, “Estimating the Benefits of Emissions Reductions in Complex Atmospheres,” The International Journal of Global Energy, June/July, V.9, N.4-6, pp286-298.
  18. Darwin C. Hall, 1996, “Geoeconomic Time and Global Warming: Limits to Economic Analysis,” International Journal of Social Economics, V.23, N.4/5/6, pp.4, 64-87.
  19. Darwin C. Hall, editor, 1996, Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources: Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets, Volume 1, JAI Press, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, 224pp.  Reviewed by Gordon L. Carriker, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 80, No. 4, Nov 1998.
  20. Darwin C. Hall, 1996, “Economic Instruments to Mitigate Water Scarcity,” in Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources: Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets, Volume 1, JAI Press, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, pp. 3-9.
  21. Darwin C. Hall, 1996, “Calculating Marginal Cost for Water Rates,” in Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources: Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets, Volume 1, JAI Press, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, pp. 77-94.
  22. Darwin C Hall and W. Michael Hanemann, 1996, “Urban Water Rate Design based on Marginal Cost,” in , Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources: Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets, Volume 1, JAI Press, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, pp. 95-122.
  23. Darwin C. Hall, M. Sandii Win, and Jane V. Hall, 1995, “Air Pollution Impacts from Demand Side Management,” Energy: the International Journal, V.20, N.1, pp.27-35.
  24. Darwin C. Hall, 1992, “Oil and National Security,” Energy Policy, V.20, N.11, November, pp.1089-1096.
  25. Darwin C. Hall, 1992, “Social Cost of CO2 Abatement from Energy Efficiency and Solar Power in the United States,” Environmental and Resource Economics, V.2, N.1, pp.21-42.
  26. Brian G. Thomas and Darwin C. Hall, 1992, “Probabilistic Production Costing Under Integrated Operation Agreements and Joint Power Agency Financing,” Energy Economics, V.14, N.3, July, pp.200-208.
  27. Darwin C. Hall, 1991, “National Security, Environmental Damage, and Uncertainty: Fundamentals for Energy Policy,” Chapter 10 in Energy, the Environment, and Public Policy, Praeger Publishers, pp.103-127.
  28. Darwin C. Hall and Jane V. Hall, 1991, “Political Cliches and Economic Reality: What Have We Learned?” Presidential Studies Quarterly, V. 21, N.1, Winter, pp. 127-140.
  29. Darwin C. Hall, Editor, 1990, Contemporary Policy Issues Special Edition, Social and Private Costs of Alternative Energy Technologies, V. 8, N. 3, July. Cover; Miscellaneous Pages; Table of Contents; Part I Social and Private Costs of Alternative Energy Technologies: Editor’s Note and Introduction, Part II The Greenhouse Effect; Part III Acid Rain; Part IV Social Costs of Nuclear Power; Part V Energy Efficiency; Part VI Private and External Costs; (Reviewed in Revue Generale de Thermique, No. 350, fevrier 1991, pp.137.)
  30. Darwin C. Hall, 1990, “Preliminary Estimates of Cumulative Private and External Costs of Energy,” Contemporary Policy Issues, V.8, N.3, July, pp. 283-307.
  31. Amy L. Walton and Darwin C. Hall, 1990, “Solar Power,” Contemporary Policy Issues, V.8, N.3, July, pp. 240-254.
  32. Darwin C. Hall, 1990, “Introduction to Social and Private Costs of Alternative Energy Technologies,” Contemporary Policy Issues, V.8, N.3, July, pp. 1-2.
  33. Darwin C. Hall, Brian P. Baker, Jacques Franco, and Desmond A. Jolly, 1989, “Organic Food and Sustainable Agriculture,” Contemporary Policy Issues, V.7, N.4, October, pp. 47-72.
  34. Darwin C. Hall, Jane V. Hall and David X. Kolk, 1988, “Energy in the Unit Cost Index to Measure Scarcity,” Energy the International Journal, V.13, N.3, pp. 281-286.
  35. Darwin C. Hall, 1988, “The Regional Economic Threshold for Integrated Pest Management,” Natural Resource Modeling, V.2, N.4, Spring, pp. 631-652.
  36. Darwin C. Hall and L. Joe Moffitt, 1985, “Application of the Economic Threshold for Interseasonal Pest Control,” Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, V.10, N.2, December, p.223-9.
  37. L. Joe Moffitt, Darwin C. Hall, and Craig Osteen, 1984, “Economic Thresholds Under Uncertainty with Applications to Corn Nematode Management,” Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics V.16, N.2, December, pp. 151 157.
  38. Darwin C. Hall and Gregory M. Duncan, 1984, “Econometric Evaluation of New Technology with an Application to Integrated Pest Management,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, V.66, N.5, December, pp. 624 633. Reviewed by Gerald A Carlson, 1984, “Econometric Evaluation of New Technology with an Application to Integrated Pest Management: Discussion,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 66:641 642.
  39. Darwin C. Hall and Jane V. Hall, 1984, “Concepts and Measures of Natural Resource Scarcity with a Summary of Recent Trends,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, V.11, N.4, December, pp. 363 379. (Ranked 4th in JEEM’s Greatest Hits in Depletable Resources and Energy category – see p. 299, Table V in Kolstad, Charles D., 2000, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, V.39, 282-305).
  40. Darwin C. Hall and Brian G. Thomas, 1984, “A Financial Model for Publicly Owned Electric Utilities,” Energy: The International Journal, V.9, N.4, pp. 333 340.
  41. Darwin C. Hall and Brian G. Thomas, 1984, “Investment in Alternative Electricity Supply Plans by Publicly Owned Utilities,” Resources and Energy, V.6, N.2, June, pp. 165 186.
  42. Darwin C. Hall and Jane V. Hall, 1982, “Peregrinations in American Political Economy,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, V.12, N.4, Fall, pp. 561 567.
  43. Darwin C. Hall, 1978, “Kenneth Arrow’s Example Considered,” Metroeconomica, V.29, N.I II III, January December, pp. 191 194. See also abstract in Zentralblatt fur Mathematick, v. 417, n. 90012, p. 479.
  44. Darwin C. Hall, 1978, “The Profitability and Risk of Integrated Pest Management,” California Agriculture, V.32, N.2, February, p. 10, available at http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/.
  45. Darwin C. Hall, 1977, “The Profitability of Integrated Pest Management: Case Studies for Cotton and Citrus in the San Joaquin Valley,” Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America, V.23, N.4, December, pp. 267 274. See also abstract, 1981, The Economics of Agricultural Pest Control, by Craig D. Osteen, Edward B. Bradley and L. Joe Moffitt, United States Department of Agriculture, Economics and Statistics Service, Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture No. 14, p. 19 20.
  46. Darwin C. Hall, 1977, “A Note on Natural Production Functions,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, V.4, N.3, September, pp. 258 264.
  47. Darwin C. Hall, Richard B. Norgaard, and Pamela K. True, 1975, “The Performance of Independent Pest Management Consultants in San Joaquin Cotton and Citrus,” California Agriculture, V.29, N.10, October, pp. 12 14, available at http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/. See also abstract, 1981, The Economics of Agricultural Pest Control, by Craig D. Osteen, Edward B. Bradley and L. Joe Moffitt, United States Department of Agriculture, Economics and Statistics Service, Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture No. 14, p. 20. Commented on by J. C. Headley, 1976, “Critics Criticized,” Agrichemical Age, 19:36.
  48. Richard B. Norgaard and Darwin C. Hall, 1974, “Environmental Amenity Rights, Transaction Costs, and Technological Change,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, V.1, N.4, December, pp. 251 267. See also abstract, 1981, The Economics of Agricultural Pest Control, by Craig D. Osteen, Edward B. Bradley and L. Joe Moffitt, United States Department of Agriculture, Economics and Statistics Service, Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture No. 14, p. 30.
  49. Darwin C. Hall and Richard B. Norgaard, 1973, “On the Timing and Application of Pesticides,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, V.55, N.2, May, pp. 198-201. Commented on by Itshak Borosh and Hovav Talpaz, 1974, “On the Timing and Application of Pesticides: Comment,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 56:641-643. Reply by Darwin C. Hall and Richard B. Norgaard, 1974, “On the Timing and Application of Pesticides: Rejoinder,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, V.56, N.3, August, pp.644-645.

Significant Reports

  1. John J. Boland, Thomas W. Chesnutt, Benedykt Dziegielewski, and Darwin C. Hall, The Application of Scenario Planning to Metropolitan’s Integrated Area Studies, prepared for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 12 December 2006, 37 pp.
  2. Darwin C. Hall, Duncan MacEwan, Mayra Garcia, and Christy Norris, 2006, Integrating Marginal Cost Water Pricing and Best Management Practices, California State University Long Beach, prepared for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 17 April 2006, 58 pp.
  3. Darwin C. Hall, Summary of CalTrans Freeway Retrofit for Control of Stormwater Runoff, review of Brown and Caldwell, and review of Wilchfort, Lund, and Liu, prepared for the Natural Resources Defense Council, July 7, 1998.
  4. Darwin C. Hall, Evaluation of CalTrans’ Benefit-Cost Assessment of Alternatives to Control Pollution in Surface Water Run-Off, review of Brown and Caldwell, prepared for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Natural Resouces Defense Council et al. v. James W. Van Loben Sels, District Court, June 23, 1998.

[1]   Commented on by David Pearce, 1988, “Toward a New Iron Age? Quantitative Modeling of Resource Exhaustion,” The Economic Journal, V.98, N.391, pp.552-553.  Commented on by R. Kerry Turner, 1988, “Sustainability, Resource Conservation and Pollution Control: An Overview,” in Sustainable Environmental Management: Principles and Practice, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 1-28.  Commented on by D. Deadman and R. Kerry Turner, 1988, “Resource Conservation, Sustainability and Technical Change,” in Sustainable Environmental Management: Principles and Practice, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 67-101.  Commented on by Robert D. Cairns, “A Contribution to the Theory of Depletable Resource Scarcity and Its Measures,” Economic Inquiry, V.28, N.3, pp.744-755.