Arthur Caplan

Publications | Books

Publications | Book Chapters

• Finnoff, D., Caplan, A.J, (2011). Bioeconomics and International Trade: The Case of the Great Salt Lake, Utah: New Development in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Trade Policy. Emerald Group Publishing
• Caplan, A.J, Finnoff, D., (2011). Bioeconomics and International Trade: The Case of the Great Salt Lake, Utah. Frontiers in Economics and Globalization, Volume 7, Emerald Group Publishing *
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, (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.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, (2005). Equitable and Efficient International Schemes to Control Carbon Dioxide Emissions. The Political Economy of Policy Reform: Essays in Honor of J. Michael Finger, Elsevier Inc. *
• Caplan, A.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
• Caplan, A.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, University of Michigan Press *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Curriculum

• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J., (2006). How-To Manual for Resource-Extraction Simulation. Pearson Education, Inc. *
• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J., (2006). Pearson Education, Inc *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Siu, W.Y, LI, M., Caplan, A.J, A Comprehensive Parcel-Level Datased on Farmland Assessment: Addressing Grid-Cell Data Bias Estimation. Data
• Caplan, A.J, (2024). Household Demand for Community- and Rooftop-Solar Electricity: Conceptual and Numerical Assessments. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 14:1, 105-124. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2024.2410702
• Caplan, A.J, (2024). Habits and Externalities. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 26:4, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12711
• Li, M., Siu, W., Caplan, A.J, (2024). Utah's Greenbelt Program Has Caused Unintended Effects on Farmland Protection. Choices, 39:3
• Caplan, A.J, Woods, T., Chamberlain, B., Klain, S., (2024). Measuring heterogeneous preferences for the preservation of prime farmland with and without agrivoltaics. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-30. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2024.2353763
• Siu, W., Li, M., Caplan, A.J, (2023). Unintended effects of preferential tax assessment on farmland protection: Evidence from Utah's Farmland Assessment Act. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2:4, 737-752.
• Caplan, A.J, Akhundjanov, S., Toll, K., (2021). Measuring Heterogeneous Preferences for Residential Amenities. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 87, 103646. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103646
• Caplan, A.J, Oladi, R., (2018). Green Competition, Hybrid Equilibrium, and Establishment of a Resale Market. International Review of Economics and Finance, 58, 259-269.
• Oladi, R., Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J.P, (2018). Sequestration and the Engagement of Developing Economies in a Global Carbon Market. Resource and Energy Economics, 52:C, 50-63.
• Caplan, A.J, Kim, M., (2018). A Note on Mitigating the Adverse Scale Effects Associated With Daily Driving Restrictions. Environment and Development Economics, 23, 63-79.
• Caplan, A.J, (2017). The Simple Economics of Conservation Clubs. Environment and Natural Resources Research, 7:2, 112-130.
• Caplan, A.J, Moscardini, L., (2017). Controlling Episodic Air Pollution with a Seasonal Gas Tax: The Case of Cache Valley, Utah. Environmental and Resource Economics/Springer, 66:4, 689-715.
• Caplan, A.J, (2016). Uncertainty and the Voluntary Provision of a Pure Public Good in a Two-Moment Model. Journal of Public Economic Theory/Wiley, Inc., 18:6, 910-922.
• Caplan, A.J, Sims, C., Anderson, E.J, (2014). Measuring the Environmental Cost of Hypocrisy. Ecological Economics, 108, 124-135.
• Caplan, A.J, (2014). Measuring the Surplus of Superficiality: The Case of Dented Bumper Repair. Applied Economics Letters, 21:14, 992-996.
• Caplan, A.J, Basdekas, L., Bastidas, L.A, Hardy, T.B, McKee, M., (2014). Virgin River Multi-Objective Optimization: Maximizing Endangered Fish Habitat and Minimizing Costs. The International Journal of River Basin Management, 12:1, 15-28.
• Caplan, A.J, (2013). Water Quality Trading in the Presence of Abatement Cost Sharing. Contemporary Economic Policy, 31:2, 279-290.
• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J.P, Chatterjee, D., (2013). Using Field-Level Characteristics as Proxy Measures to Test for the Presence of Economies of Scale in Nonpoint Pollution Control. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 42:2, 365-85.
• Mukherjee, S., Caplan, A.J, (2011). GIS-Based Estimation of Housing Amenities: The Case of Higher Grounds and Stagnant Streams. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 4:1, 49-61.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, (2011). Imperfect Labor Mobility and Matching Grants in a Federation with Decentralized Leadership. International Tax and Public Finance, 18:3, 322-336.
• Caplan, A.J, Water Quality Trading in the Presence of Abatement Cost Sharing. Contemporary Economic Policy
• Caplan, A.J, (2011). Carbon Sequestration and Permit Trading on the Competitive Fringe. Economic Modelling, 28:6, 2803-2810.
• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J., (2010). Can Fighting Grade Inflation Help the Bottom Line?. Applied Economics Letters, 17, 1663-1667.
• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J.P, (2010). Can Fighting Grade Inflation Help the Bottom Line?. Applied Economics Letters, 17:17, 1663-7.
• Caplan, A.J, Aadland, D., Macharia, A., (2010). Estimating Hypothetical Bias in Economically Emergent Africa: A Generic Public Good Experiment. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 39:2, 344-358.
• Caplan, A.J, Jackson-Smith, D., Marquart-Pyatt, S., (2010). Does 'Free Sampling' Enhance the Value of Public Goods?. Applied Economics Letters, 17:4, 335-339.
• Caplan, A.J, Larson, J., (2009). Estimating the Effectiveness of a Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax in Reducing Particulate Matter Emissions. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 52:3, 315-344.
• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J.P, Can Fighting Grade Inflation Help the Bottom Line?. Applied Economics Letters
• Sasaki, Y., Caplan, A.J, (2008). Matching Heterogeneous Traders in Quantity-Regulated Markets. Computational Economics, 31:4, 341-362.
• Caplan, A.J, (2008). Incremental and Average Control Costs in a Model of Water Quality Trading with Discrete Abatement Units. Environmental and Resource Economics, 41:3, 419-435.
• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, j., (2008). D is For Dillydally?. Applied Economics Letters, 15:14, 1085-1088.
• Caplan, A.J, Sasaki, Y., (2008). Matching Heterogeneous Traders in Quantity-Regulated Markets. Computational Economics, 31:4, 341-362.
• Bohara, A.K, Caplan, A.J, Grijalva, T., (2007). The Effect of Experience and Quantity-Based Pricing on the Valuation of Curbside Recycling. Ecological Economics, 64:2, 433-443.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, (2007). An Equitable, Efficient, and Implementable Scheme to Control Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions. International Tax and Public Finance, 14:3, 263-279.
• Caplan, A.J, Jackson-Smith, D., Grijalva, T., (2007). Using Choice Question Formats to Determine Compensable Values: The Case of a Landfill Siting Process. Ecological Economics, 60:4, 834-846.
• Caplan, A.J, Jackson-Smith, D., Marquart-Pyatt, S., Does 'Free-Sampling' Enhance the Value of Public Goods?. Applied Economics Letters, in press
• Caplan, A.J, Sasaki, Y., (2007). Interactive Geometry for Surplus Sharing in Cooperative Games. Journal of Economic Education, 37:3, 382.
• Caplan, A.J, Aadland, D., Philips, O.R, (2007). A Bayesian Examination of Information and Uncertainty in Contingent Valuation. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 35:2, 149-178.
• Caplan, A.J, Grijalva, T., Bohara, A.K, (2007). The Effect of Experience and Quantity-Based Pricing on the Valuation of a Curbside Recycling Program. Ecological Economics, 64:2, 433-443.
• Aadland, D., Caplan, A.J, Phillips, O.R, A Bayesian Examination of Information and Uncertainty in Contingent Valuation. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, in press
• Caplan, A.J, (2006). A Comparision of Emissions Taxes and Permit Markets for Controlling Correlated Externalities. Environmental and Resource Economics, 34:4, 471-492.
• Aadland, D., Caplan, A.J, (2006). Curbside Recycling: Waste Resource or Waste of Resources?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25:4, 855-874.
• Caplan, A.J, Sasaki, Y., (2006). Interactive Geometry for Surplus Sharing in Cooperative Games. Journal of Economic Education, 37:3, 382.
• Caplan, A.J, Grijalva, T., Jackson-Smith, D., Using Choice Question Formats to Determine Compensable Values: The Case of a Landfill-Siting Process. Ecological Economics, 60:4, 834-846.
• Caplan, A.J, (2006). A Comparison of Emissions Taxes and Permit Markets for Controlling Correlated Externalities. Environmental and Resource Economics, 34:4, 471-492.
• Caplan, A.J, Aadland, D., (2006). Curbside Recycling: Waste Resource or Waste of Resources?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25:4, 855-874.
• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J.P, D is for Dillydally. Applied Economics Letters, in press
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, An Equitable, Efficient, and Implementable Scheme to Control Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions. International Tax and Public Finance, in press
• Caplan, A.J, Aadland, D., (2006). Cheap Talk Reconsidered: New Evidence From CVM. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 60:4, 562-578.
• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J.P, Interactive Scenario Analysis of Exhaustible Resource Problems. Computers in Higher Education Economics Review, 18, 4-9.
• Caplan, A.J, Tesfamichael, A., Kaluarachchi, J., (2005). Risk Benefit Analysis of Atrazine and Management Policy Issues. Water Resources Research, 41:5, 1-13.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, (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.
• Aadland, D., Caplan, A.J, (2005). Cheap Talk Reconsidered: New Evidence From CVM. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 60:4, 562-578.
• Tesfamichael, A., Caplan, A.J, Kaluarachchi, J., (2005). Risk Cost Benefit Analysis of Atrazine in Drinking Water from Agricultural Activities and Policy Implications. Water Resources Research , 41:5, 1-13.
• Caplan, A.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, A.J, Silva, E.C, (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.
• Caplan, A.J, (2005). Seeing is Believing: Simulating Forest-Harvest Problems with Microsoft Excel in anI Intermediate-Level Natural-Resource Economics Course. Perspectives on Economics Education Research, 1:1, 44-52.
• Aadland, D., Caplan, A.J, (2004). Incentive Incompatibility and Starting-Point Bias in Iterative Valuation Questions: Comment. Land Economics , 80:2, 312-315.
• Caplan, A.J, Aadland, D., (2004). Incentive incompatibility and starting point bias in interactive valuation questions: comment. Land Economics, 80:2, 312-315.
• Caplan, A.J, Cornes, R.C, Silva, E.C, (2003). An 'Ideal Kyoto Protocol': Emissions Trading, Redistributive Transfers and Global Participation. Oxford Economic Papers , 55, 216-34.
• Caplan, A.J, (2003). Reputation and the Control of Pollution. Ecological Economics , 47:2-3, 197-212.
• Aadland, D., Caplan, A.J, (2003). Willingness to Pay for Curbside Recycling With Detection and Mitigation of Hypothetical Bias. American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 85:2, 492-502.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, Cornes, R.C, (2003). An Ideal Kyoto Protocol: Emissions Trading, Redistributive Transfers and Global Participation. Oxford Economic Papers, 55, 216-234.
• Caplan, A.J, (2003). Reputation and the Control of Pollution. Ecological Economics, 47:2-3, 197-212.
• Caplan, A.J, Aadland, D., (2003). Willingness to Pay for Curbside Recycling With Detection and Mitigation of Hypothetical Bias. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85:2, 492-502.
• Caplan, A.J, Grijalva, T., Jackus, P.M, (2002). Waste Not or Want Not? A Contingent Ranking Analysis of Curbside Waste Disposal Options. Ecological Economics , 43:2-3, 185-97.
• Caplan, A.J, Jakus, P., Grijalva, T., (2002). Waste not or want not? A contingent ranking analysis of curbside waste disposal options. Ecological Economics, 43:2-3, 185-197.
• Caplan, A.J, Cornes, R.C, Silva, E.C, (2000). Pure Public Goods and Income Redistribution in a Federation with Decentralized Leadership and Imperfect Labor Mobility. Journal of Public Economics , 77:2, 265-84.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, Cornes, R.C, (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.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, (1999). Federal Acid Rain Games. Journal of Urban Economics , 46:1, 25-52.
• Aadland, D.M, Caplan, A.J, (1999). Household Valuation of Curbside Recycling. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 42:6, 781-800.
• Brist, L.E, Caplan, A.J, (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, 155-76.
• Caplan, A.J, Ellis, C.J, Silva, E.C, (1999). Winners and Losers in a World with Global Warming: Noncooperation, Altruism, and Social Welfare. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , 37:3, 256-71.
• Caplan, A.J, Aadland, D., (1999). Household Valuation of Curbside Recycling. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 42:6, 781-800.
• Caplan, A.J, Ellis, C.j, Silva, E.C, (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.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, (1999). Federal Acid Rain Games. Journal of Urban Economics, 46:1, 25-52.
• Caplan, A.J, Brist, L.E, (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.
• Silva, E.C, Caplan, A.J, (1997). Transboundary Pollution Control in Federal Systems. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , 34:2, 173-86.
• Caplan, A.J, Silva, E.C, (1997). Transboundary Pollution Control in Federal Systems. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 34:2, 173-186.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | MultiMedia

Software

• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J.P, (2006). Resource-Extraction Simulation Models in Excel.. Pearson Education, Inc.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• Caplan, A.J, (2002). Household valuation of a pilot curbside recycling program: participants, non-participants, and the non-targeted. Final report to the Division of Environmental Services *
• Caplan, A.J, (2002). Unrecovered used oil by do yourselfers: preliminary results. Used Oil Recycling Project, Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste *
• Caplan, A.J, (2001). Used Oil Recycling Project. Report *
• Caplan, A.J, (1990). Farmer Training in Row Planting and Mechanical Weeding. ATIP Working Paper 29. Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana *
• Caplan, A.J, (1988). Estimated tractor costs for ploughing in the southern region of Botswana. Technical Report No. 2. Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana *

Other Reports

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Newspaper

• Caplan, A.J, (2005). Musings of a Cache Backpacker. The Logan Herald *
• Caplan, A.J, (2005). Air Woes Require Deeper Dialogue. The Logan Herald Journal *
• Caplan, A.J, (2002). Logan Transportation at Crossroad. The Logan Herald Journal *
• Stafford, E.R, Caplan, A.J, (2002). Pay-as-You-Throw Puts Cost of Waste Removal on Heaviest Users. Salt Lake Tribune *
• Stafford, E.R, Caplan, A.J, (2001). Why 'America Recycles Day' Matters. Salt Lake Tribune *
• Aadland, D., Caplan, A.J, (2000). Recycling in Utah: Too Little or Too Much?. Salt Lake Tribune *
• Caplan, A.J, (1998). A Testimony for Recycling. Northern Utah Junction *

Miscellaneous Extension

Other

• Caplan, A.J, Gilbert, J., (2005). How To Manual for Resource-Extraction Simulation Models in Excel. Pearson Education, Inc.
• Caplan, A.J, (2002). Logan Transportation at Crossroad. The Herald Journal *
• Caplan, A.J, (2002). Pay-as-You-Throw Puts Cost of Waste Removal on Heaviest Users. Salt Lake Tribune *
• Caplan, A.J, (2000). Recycling in Utah: Too Little or Too Much?. Salt Lake Tribune *
• Caplan, A.J, (1998). A Testimony for Recycling. Northern Utah Junction, November, page 5 *
• Caplan, A.J, (1987). 1987 crop enterprise budgets, selected tillage systems, central Whitman County, Washington. Extension Bulletin 1433. Washington State University *
• Caplan, A.J, (1987). 1987 crop enterprise budgets, selected tillage systems, western Whitman County, Washington. Extension Bulletin 1427, Washington State University *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.