research overview Professor Flores' research emphasizes theory, development of methodology, and application of research tools to advance the economic science of environmental and public goods.
selected publications chapter Conceptual Framework for Nonmarket Valuation. 27-54. 2017 The Theory and Practice of Benefit-Cost Analysis 2009 Conceptual framework for nonmarket valuation. 27-58. 2003 The Theory and Measurement of Passive Use Value 2001 journal article Relevant Recruiting for Online Survey Participation 2018 Catching Fire? Social Interactions, Beliefs, and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Behaviors. Society and Natural Resources. 807-824. 2015 Hypothetical Bias Reconsidered: Payment and Provision Uncertainties in a Threshold Provision Mechanism. Environmental and Resource Economics. 433-454. 2014 Social Amplification of Wildfire Risk: The Role of Social Interactions and Information Sources. Risk Analysis: an international journal. 800-817. 2013 Trying Not to Get Burned: Understanding Homeowners' Wildfire Risk-Mitigation Behaviors. Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors. 1139-1151. 2012 Is Urban Stream Restoration Worth It?1. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 603-615. 2012 Demand Revelation, Hypothetical Bias, and Threshold Public Goods Provision. Environmental and Resource Economics. 231-243. 2009 Hybrid allocation mechanisms for publicly provided goods. Journal of Public Economics. 311-325. 2009 Optimal Public Goods Provision: Implications of Endogenizing the Labor/Leisure Choice. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions. 701-707. 2008 Reliability of individual valuations of public and private goods: Choice consistency, response time, and preference refinement. Journal of Public Economics. 1595-1606. 2008 Estimating the economic benefits of acidic rock drainage clean up using cost shares. Ecological Economics. 348-355. 2008 Cost credibility and the stated preference analysis of public goods. Resource and Energy Economics. 195-205. 2007 Does gender matter for demand revelation in threshold public goods experiments?. Economics Bulletin. 1-7. 2007 Student Demand for Streaming Lecture Video: Emprical Evidence from Undergraduate Economics Classes. International Review of Economics Education. 57-78. 2007 Insights into wildfire mitigation decisions among wildland-urban interface residents. Society and Natural Resources. 759-768. 2006 Emerging tools for evaluating digital library services: conceptual adaptations of LibQUAL+ and CAPM. Journal of Digital Information. 2006 Multiple-Bounded Uncertainty Choice Data as Probabilistic Intentions. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions. 549-560. 2003 Contingent Valuation and Incentives. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions. 591-604. 2002 Market Failure in Information: The National Flood Insurance Program. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions. 515-521. 2002 A Framework for Evaluating Digital Library Services. D-Lib Magazine. 2002 MONEY, WHO NEEDS IT? NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. Contemporary Economic Policy. 171-178. 2002 Non-paternalistic altruism and welfare economics. Journal of Public Economics. 293-305. 2002 Contingent valuation: controversies and evidence. Environmental and Resource Economics. 173-210. 2001 Sequencing and Valuing Public Goods. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 314-323. 1998 The Relationship between the Income Elasticities of Demand and Willingness to Pay. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 287-295. 1997 Reconsidering the Use of Hicks Neutrality to Recover Total Value. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 49-64. 1996 Contingent Valuation and Revealed Preference Methodologies: Comparing the Estimates for Quasi-Public Goods. Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions. 80-80. 1996
courses taught ECON 3818 - Introduction to Statistics with Computer Applications Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Summer 2018 / Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Spring 2020 Introduces statistical methods and their applications in quantitative economic analysis.
education and training Ph.D., University of California-San Diego 1995 M.S., University of California-San Diego 1994 M.A., University of California-San Diego 1993 B.A., University of Texas at Austin 1989
awards and honors BFA Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service, conferred by Boulder Faculty Assembly, 2015
global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years) Japan Country New Zealand Country