CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Richard W. England Paul College of Business and Economics University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824, U.S.A. +1 (603) 862-3335 rwe@unh.edu EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D. (economics), University of Michigan, 1974 Thesis Topic: "Capital, Economic Growth and Environmental Pollution" Fields of Concentration: Public Finance, Industrial Organization ACADEMIC RANK Professor of Economics and Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire, 1994- present Visiting Professor of Sustainable Development Strategies, University of the Middle East, Casablanca, Morocco, 2000 Visiting Professor of Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University, 1997 Manley Irwin Professor of Economics, University of New Hampshire, 1995-1998 Visiting Professor of Environmental Sciences, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 1991 Associate Professor of Economics, University of New Hampshire, 1980-1994 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of New Hampshire, 1976-1980 TEACHING AWARDS Excellence in Teaching Award, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, 2001 Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of New Hampshire, 2002 1
SCHOLARLY AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Visiting Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2004 - present Recipient, David C. Lincoln Fellowship, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2000-2003 Recipient, Faculty Scholars Award, University of New Hampshire, 1992-1993 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Member, Steering Committee, Center for Integrative Regional Problem Solving, University of New Hampshire, 2003-2005 Director, Center for Business and Economic Research, University of New Hampshire, 1993-2004 Member, Executive Committee, Doctoral Program in Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire, 1990-2002 Member, Graduate Council, University of New Hampshire, 1998-2001 Member, Whittemore School Executive Committee, University of New Hampshire, 1993-1998 Chair, Department of Economics, University of New Hampshire, 1993-1998 Member, Executive Committee, Institute for Policy and Social Science Research, University of New Hampshire, 1989-1990 RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES Impacts of Property Taxation on Residential Real Estate Development, Journal of Housing Economics, January 2013, with Min Qiang Zhao and Ju-Chin Huang. Reconsidering Preferential Assessment of Rural Land, Land Lines, April 2012. Preferential Assessment of Rural Land: Reform Proposals, State Tax Notes, 30 January 2012. 2
Ricardo, Gold and Rails: Discovering the Origins of Progress and Poverty, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, October 2010. Property Taxation and Density of Land Development: A Simple Model with Numerical Simulations, Eastern Economic Journal, Spring 2010, with Mohan Ravichandran. Property Taxation, Local Zoning, and Metropolitan Density, State Tax Notes, 26 January 2009, with Ju-Chin Huang. Population Growth, Local Government Budgets, and the Property Tax in New Hampshire, State Tax Notes, 21 January 2008. Motor Fuel Taxation, Energy Conservation and Economic Development: A Regional Perspective, Ecological Economics, March 2007. Motor Fuel Taxation and Economic Development: A Regional Perspective, State Tax Notes, 26 December 2005. Assessing the Distributive Impact of a Revenue-Neutral Shift from a Uniform Property Tax to a Two-Rate Property Tax with a Uniform Credit, with Min Qiang Zhao, National Tax Journal, June 2005. Designing a Two-Rate Property Tax Plan to Reduce Regressive Effects and Increase Voter Support, State Tax Notes, 5 April 2004. "Property Taxation and Current Use Assessment: A Theoretical Note," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, April 2003, with Robert Mohr. State and Local Impacts of a Revenue-Neutral Shift from a Uniform Property to a Land Value Tax: Results of a Simulation Study, Land Economics, February 2003. "Current-Use Property Assessment and Land Development: A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Development Penalties," State Tax Notes, 16 December 2002. "Land Value Taxation and Local Economic Development: Results of a Simulation Study," State Tax Notes, 22 April 2002. "A New England Approach to Preserving Open Space," Boston Federal Reserve Bank Regional Review, Quarter I, 2002. 3
Natural Capital and the Theory of Economic Growth, Ecological Economics, September 2000. Impact of a Uniform Statewide Property Tax in New Hampshire, State Tax Notes, 14 June 1999. Co-authored with Lisa Shapiro, Daphne Kenyon and Charles Connor. Should We Pursue Measurement of the Natural Capital Stock? Ecological Economics, December 1998. Measurement of Social Well-Being: Alternatives to Gross Domestic Product, Ecological Economics, April 1998. Fossil Fuel Use and Sustainable Development: Evidence from U.S. Input-Output Data, Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, July 1995. Co-authored with Stephen Casler. Edited by Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn. Three Reasons for Investing Now in Fossil Fuel Conservation: Technological Lock-In, Institutional Inertia, and Oil Wars, Journal of Economic Issues, September 1994. ANTHOLOGIES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Assessing the Theory and Practice of Land Value Taxation, with Richard Dye, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Policy Focus Report, 2010. Land Value Taxation: Theory, Evidence and Practice, edited with Richard Dye, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2009. Motor Fuel Taxation and Regional Development: Economic, Environmental, and Legal Aspects, with Rachel Carlson. In Nathalie Chalifour et al., editors, Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation, Volume V, Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 15. Land Value Taxation as a Method to Finance Municipal Expenditure in U.S. Cities. In Gregory Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong, editors, Land Policies and Their Outcomes, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2007, ch. 8. Land Development and Current Use Assessment, with Robert D. Mohr. In Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy: Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe, edited by S.K. Swallow and R.J. Johnston, Resources for the Future, 2006, ch. 8. 4
Measurement of the Natural Capital Stock: Conceptual Foundations and Preliminary Empirics. In Philip Lawn, ed., Sustainable Development Indicators in Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar, 2006, ch. 10. Natural Capital and the Theory of Economic Growth. In Mohan Munasinghe, ed., Macroeconomics and the Environment, Edward Elgar, 2002, pp. 56-62. "Alternatives to Gross Domestic Product: A Critical Survey." In Cutler J. Cleveland, David I. Stern, and Robert Costanza, eds., The Economics of Nature and the Nature of Economics, Edward Elgar, 2001, ch. 9. Alternatives to Gross Domestic Product: A Critical Survey. In Frank Ackerman et al., eds., Frontier Issues in Economic Thought, Vol. 3, Island Press, 1997. Fossil Fuel Use and Sustainable Development: Evidence from U.S. Input-Output Data, 1972-1985. In John Moroney, ed., Advances in the Economics of Energy and Resources, JAI Press, 1995. Co-authored with Stephen Casler. Evolutionary Concepts in Contemporary Economics, editor and contributor, University of Michigan Press, 1994. RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY Referee, American Journal of Economics & Sociology, 2010 present. Referee, State and Local Government Review, 2009 present. Referee, Land Economics, 2008 present. Referee, Ecological Economics, 1993 present. Referee, National Tax Journal, 2004 present. Referee, Journal of Institutional Economics, 2005 2006. Referee, International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2002 2003. Referee, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2003 2004. 5
Organizer and Chair, Panel on Recent Advances in Research on Land Value Taxation, National Tax Association, Miami, 2005. Chair, Panel on Economic Growth, Knowledge and Environmental Quality, Western Economic Association, San Francisco, 1996 Visiting Research Associate, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 1995-1996 Organizer and Chair, Invited Session on Ecological Economics, Eastern Economic Association, Boston, 1994 Organizer and Chair, Panel on Evolutionary Concepts in Contemporary Economics, American Economic Association, New Orleans, 1992 RECENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS Presenter, Assessing Use-Value Assessment of Rural Land, 33 rd Annual National Conference of State Tax Judges, Cambridge, MA, USA, September 2013. Presenter, What Have We Learned About Use-Value Assessment of Rural Land After Fifty Years? International Association of Assessing Officials, Phoenix, AZ, USA, September 2011. Presenter, Should Australia Raise its Motor Fuel Tax Rate? Flinders Business School, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, April 2011. Presenter, Improving Engine Efficiency and Reducing Exhaust Emissions in the European Union: A Greater Role for Motor Fuel Taxation? 10 th Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2009. Presenter, Property Taxation and Residential Density: Theory and Empirics, National Tax Association, Philadelphia, November 2008, with Ju-Chin Huang. Presenter, Challenges Facing Europe after Fifty Years of Economic and Political Integration, New Hampshire International Seminar, Durham, NH, April 2008. Presenter, European Integration, Tax Base Mobility and Fiscal Strain, National Tax Association, Columbus, Ohio, November 2007. 6
Presenter, European Integration, Tax Base Mobility and Fiscal Strain, ATINER Global Conference on Finance, Athens, Greece, July 2007. Presenter, Land Value Taxation as a Method to Finance Municipal Expenditure in U.S. Cities, Panel on Local Public Finance, National Tax Association, Boston, November 2006. Discussant, Panel on Property Valuation and Differential Taxation, National Tax Association, Boston, November 2006. Presenter, Motor Fuel Taxation and Regional Development: Economic, Environmental and Legal Aspects, Seventh Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, Ottawa, Canada, October 2006 (with Rachel Carlson). Presenter, Motor Fuel Taxation, Energy Conservation and Economic Development: A Regional Approach, Third World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Kyoto, Japan, July 2006. Presenter, Land Value Taxation as a Method to Finance Municipal Expenditure in U.S. Cities, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Conference on Land Policies for Urban Development, Cambridge, MA, June 2006. Discussant, Panel on Recent Advances in the Analysis of Land Value Taxation, National Tax Association, Miami, November 2005. Presenter, Two-Rate Taxation of Land and Buildings: Benefits and Challenges, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN, March 2005. Presenter, New England Smart Growth Leadership Forum, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, October 2004. Presenter, Conference on Connecticut Blue Ribbon Commission Report on Property Taxation and Smart Growth, University of Connecticut Law School, November 2003. Presenter, Voices of Communities Experiencing Rapid Change, Symposium by Center for Integrated Regional Problem Solving, University of New Hampshire, September 2003. Presenter, Property Taxation, Land Use Zoning and Metropolitan Sprawl, Global Conference on Business and Economics, London, UK, July 2003. 7
Presenter, Property Taxation and Land Use Change in New Hampshire, Public Policy Committee, New Hampshire Association of Realtors, Concord NH, December 2002. Presenter, "A New England Approach to Preserving Open Space," Economic Development & Fiscal Policy Committees, Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire, Concord NH, September 2002. Presenter, "State and Local Impacts of a Revenue-Neutral Shift from a Uniform to a Land Value Tax: Results of a Simulation Study," Western Economic Association International, Seattle WA, July 2002. Co-Presenter, "Property Taxation and Current Use Assessment: A Theoretical Note," with Robert D. Mohr, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, Harrisburg PA, June 2002. Presenter, "Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Statewide Property Tax in New Hampshire," National Tax Association, Atlanta GA, October 1999. Presenter, Conference on School Finance Reform in New Hampshire, Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, Concord NH, October 1999. Testimony on "Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Statewide Property Tax in New Hampshire," hearing of N.H. House Finance Committee, January 1999. Presenter, "Georgescu-Roegen on the Funds and Flows Distinction and the Natural Capital Concept," International Symposium on Georgescu-Roegen's Scientific Work, Strasbourg, France, November 1998. Presenter, "Fossil Fuel Use and Sustainable Development," International Society for Systems Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 1995. Presenter, "Three Reasons for Investing Now in Fossil-Fuel Conservation," International Society for Ecological Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, August 1992. 8