Jon D. Erickson - Dissertation & Thesis Advising

Doctoral Dissertation Supervision

Caroline Hermans, “Multicriteria Decision Aide in Watershed Management,” Ph.D., Natural Resources, University of Vermont, in progress.

Mindy Kane, “The Economics of Watershed Health and Planning,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in progress (expected completion: August 2003).

Graham Cox, “Geographical Information Systems and Multicriteria Decision-Making,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in progress (expected completion: May 2003). [Abstract]

Peter Kobos, “The Implications of Renewable Energy Research and Development: Policy Scenario Analysis with Experience and Learning Effects,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, December 2002. [Abstract]

John Polimeni, “A Dynamic Spatial Simulation of Residential Development in the Hudson River Valley, New York State,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 2002.

Audra Nowosielski, “Geo-Referenced Social Accounting with Application to Integrated Watershed Planning in the Hudson River Valley,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 2002. [Abstract]

Evelyn Wright, “Catastrophe, Uncertainty, and the Costs of Climate Change Damage,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, December 2000. [Abstract]

Masters Thesis Supervision

Maura Flight, “Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Off-Road-Vehicle Management in Endangered Species Habitat: a Case Study of Duxbury Beach, Massachusetts,” M.S., Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, December 2000. [Abstract]

Peter Kobos, “China’s Transportation System in Transition: A Simulation Model of Energy and Development,” M.S., Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 2000.

Min Zhang, “International Trade and Climate Change Policy: Identifying and Closing the Carbon Loophole,” M.S., Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 1999.

Graham Cox, “Protecting the Forest Lands as a Renewable Economic Base for the Adirondack Park,” M.S., Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 1998.

Bachelors Thesis Supervison

Todd Dombrowski, “Urban Waterfront Redevelopment: a Case Study of Albany and Rensselaer Counties,” B.S., Economics – Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 2001.


Dissertation and Thesis Committee Member

Marsha Walson, “Valuing the Natural World: when economic theory and practice conflict with human values,” Ph.D., Ecological Econ., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in progress (expected completion: May 2003).

Surendra Devkota, “Essays on the Sustainability of Nepal,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, RPI, in progress (expected completion: May 2003).

Mariko Hara, “Measuring Positive Externalities in Japanese Rice Production: a Hedonic Price Analysis,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, December 2002.

Kevin Jones, “Making Clean Air Markets Work: Lessons from the Regulation of Acid Rain in the United States and the European Union,” Ph.D., Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, December 2002.

Robert Jones, “A Test for Marshallian Externalities Among New York State Industrial Complexes,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 2002.

Josh Frank, “Companion Animals as Economic Goods: Minimizing the Cost of Unwanted Animals,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 2001.

Klaus Hubacek, “The Role of Land in Economic Development: a Structural Approach to Sustainability,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, December 2000.

Sandy de Bies, “Measuring Willingness to Pay for Wetlands Preservation in Saratoga Springs,” M.S., Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, February 2000.

Jose Vazquez, “An Alternative Framework to Study Regional Tourism: a Structural Analysis of the Lake George Watershed in New York,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, January 2000.

Melinda Kane, “Pursuing Sustainability: Institutional Economics and Lessons from Local Efforts,” M.S., Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 1999.

Sigrid Stagl, “Global Food Markets and Their Local Alternatives – A Socio-Ecological Economic Perspective,” Ph.D., Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 1999.

Richard Schuler, “Analyzing Behavior & Market Power in the Increasingly Deregulated & Competitive Telecommunications Industry,” Ph.D., Managerial Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dec. 1998.

Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, “Economic Behavior and Environmental Policy: the Contributions of Ecological Economics,” M.S., Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 1998.