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

2004 Outstanding Professor Award, CSU Long Beach

Professor of Economics
California State University
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840-4607
email: dhall@csulb.edu
tel: 562-985-5045; fax: 562-985-5804
http://www.csulb.edu/~econ/

Professor of Environmental Science & Policy
http://www.csulb.edu/programs/es-p/
tel: 562-985-8097; fax: 562-985-5352

Executive Director, Western Economic Association International
18837 Brookhurst Street, Suite 304
Fountain Valley, CA 92708-7302
Long Beach, CA 90840-4607
email: darwin@weainternational.org
tel: 714-965-8800; fax: 714-965-8829
http://www.weainternational.org/

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

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HONORS

Outstanding Professor, 2003-2004, California State University Long Beach

S.W. Brooks Visiting Professor, 1994, 2001, University of Queensland, Australia.

Teaching, Energy Economics, 1994, California State University System Statewide Energy Consortium

Distinguished Faculty Scholarly Achievement, 1991, California State University Long Beach

POSITIONS HELD

2009-present Executive Director, Western Economic Association International.

2003-present Professor of Environmental Science & Policy, California State University Long Beach.

1989-present Professor of Economics, California State University Long Beach.

1993-2004, 2009-present Member, Board of Directors, Western Economic Association International.

2004-2006 Editor Emeritus and Co-Editor, Contemporary Economic Policy , Oxford University Press.

1991-2004 Editor, Contemporary EconomicPolicy, Oxford University Press.

1993-2006 Editor, Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, Elsevier Science BV.

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, Western Economic Association International.

1986-1989 Associate Professor of Economics, California State University, Long Beach.

1985-1986 Assistant Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of California, Riverside.

1979-1986 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Riverside.

1978-1979 Economist, 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.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters - Available By Request To The Author

  1. Darwin C. Hall, 2009, "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, in press-2009, “Politically Feasible, Revenue Sufficient, and Economically Efficient Municipal Water Rates,” Contemporary Economic Policy . Published Online: Jun 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, in press-2009, “Prescriptive Public Choice: Application to Residential Water Rate Reform,” Contemporary Economic Policy . Published Online: Jun 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.
  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, Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets, Volume 1 of Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, 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 Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets, Volume 1 of Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, JAI Press, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, pp. 3-9.
  21. Darwin C. Hall, 1996, "Calculating Marginal Cost for Water Rates," in Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets, Volume 1 of Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, 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 Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets, Volume 1 of Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, 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,” 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, Social and Private Costs of Alternative Energy Technologies, Special edition of Contemporary Policy Issues Vol. VIII, N. 3, July. 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. Abstract in Zentralblatt fur Mathematick, v. 417, n. 90012, p. 479.
  44. Darwin C. Hall, 1978, “Profitability and Risk of Integrated Pest Management,” California Agriculture, V.32, N.2, February, p. 10.
  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: Estimating Fish Populations Dependent upon Environmental Quality ,” 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. 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. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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. 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 Itshak Borosh and Hovav Talpaz, 1974, "On the Timing and Application of Pesticides: Comment," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 56:641-643.

    Significant Reports
  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. 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.
  54. 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.