Education
Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, December 1988
M.S. Range Resource Economics, Utah State University, July 1981
B.S. Range Management, University of Arizona, May 1979
Professional Employment
2011- Assistant Director, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University
2007- Professor, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University
2002- Chair, Agricultural and Resource Economics Program, West Virginia University
1997-2011 Undergraduate Coordinator, Agricultural and Resource Economics Program, West Virginia University
1995-2007 Associate Professor, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University
1989 1995 Assistant Professor, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University
1984 1988 Graduate Research Assistant and Instructor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University
1981 1984 Research Associate, Division of Agricultural Economics, University of Wyoming
1979 1981 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Range Science, Utah State University
Courses Taught
Graduate Courses:
ARE 710, Advanced Environmental Economics ARE 632, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
ARE 696, Graduate Seminar
Undergraduate Courses:
ARE 410, Environmental and Resource Economics
RESM 293L, Sustainable Living (team taught) ARE 491 and 496, Capstone Courses – Senior Thesis and Professional Field Experience
Research Interests
My research interests include economic and policy issues related to: watershed management; water quality; performance-based incentives and solid plus agricultural waste management.
Professional Affiliations
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Selected Publications
Catma, S. and A. R. Collins. In press. “Phosphorus Imbalances in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Can Forest Land and Manure Processing Facilities be the answers? Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.
Collins, A.R. and P. Maille. 2011. “Group Theory and Behavior under Performance-Based Water Quality Incentives.” Ecological Economics. 70(4):806-812.
Hong, S. and A. R. Collins. 2010. “The Impact of Anti-Smoking Policies in Korea on Quit Success and Smoking Intentions.” Contemporary Economic Policy. 28(4):474-487.
Vista, A.B., R. Rosenberger and A.R. Collins. 2009. “If You Provide It, Will They Read It? Response Time Effects in a Choice Experiment” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 57(3):365-378.
Maille, P., and A. Collins. 2009. “Farmers as Producers of Clean Water: A Field Experiment” in Water, Agriculture and Sustainable Well-Being, Eds. U. Pascual, A. Shah, J. Bandyopadhyay. Oxford University Press: New Delhi. pp. 93-114.
Maille, P., and A. Collins. 2009. Performance-Based Payments for Conservation: Experience from a Water Quality Field Test with Farmers. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller: Saarbrucken, Germany.
Maille, P., A. Collins, and N. Gillies. 2009. “Performance-based Payments for Water Quality: Experiences from a Field Experiment.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 64(3):85-87.
A.R. Collins, R. Rosenberger, and J. Fletcher. 2009. “Valuing the Restoration of Acidic Streams in the Appalachian Region,” in Environmental Economics for Watershed Restoration, Eds. M.T. Heberling, A. Schrecongost, H.W. Thurston. CRC, Routledge: Boca Raton, FL. pp. 29-52.
Borisova T., A. R. Collins, G. D’Souza, M. Benson, M.L.Wolf, and B. Benham. 2008. “A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 44(4):1009-1023.
Collins, A.R. and R. Rosenberger. 2007. “Protest Adjustments in the Valuation of Watershed Restoration Using Payment Card Data.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 36(2): 321-335.
Maskey, V., C. Brown, A.R. Collins, and H.F. Nassar. 2007. “What is Historic Integrity Worth to the General Public? Evidence from a Proposed Relocation of a West Virginia Agricultural Mill.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 36(1): 39-52.
Hong, S. and A. Collins. 2006. “Societal Responses to Familiar versus Unfamiliar Risk: Comparisons of Influenza and SARS in Korea.” Risk Analysis 26(5), doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00812.x.
Collins, A.R. and T. Basden. 2006. A Policy Evaluation of Transport Subsidies for Poultry Litter in West Virginia. Review of Agricultural Economics 28(1): 72-88.
Collins, A., R. Rosenberger, and J. Fletcher. 2005. “The Economic Value of Stream Restoration.” Water Resources Research 41, W02017, doi:10.1029/2004WR003353.
Rosenberger, R.S., A.R. Collins, and J.B. Svetlik. 2005. “Private Provision of a Public Good: Willingness to Pay for Privately Stocked Trout.” Society and Natural Resources 18: 75-87.
Cline, S. and A.R. Collins. 2003. “Watershed Associations in West Virginia: Their Impact on Environmental Protection.” Journal of Environmental Management 67(4): 373-383.
Collins, A.R., D. Bainbridge, and J. Murphy. 2000. “Optimal Loading Rates and Economic Analyses for Anaerobic Digestion of Poultry Waste” Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 50(June): 1037-1044.