Department of Economics

FACULTY

Dr. Robert W. Kling

kling Associate Professor, Coordinator of Graduate Studies
robert.kling@colostate.edu
C 305 Clark Building
970.491.5598
970.491.2925 Fax

Curriculum Vitae

A.B., Economics, Davidson College
M.A., Economics, University of Kansas
Ph.D., Economics, University of Kansas

Teaching Philosophy

“Students must not only comprehend how the economy operates as a social system, but also judge whether its processes and outcomes are consistent with the values they cherish. Thus, the study of economics should be a dialectical process of continual confrontation and reappraisal of both personal and social values.”

Research

How can economic thinking and valuation be applied to assessment of social goods such as historic preservation (and other contributions to the cultural landscape), open space, wildlife management, fire management, and forest resource planning?

Current Projects

“Public Input to Forest Service Strategic Planning Process,” USDA-USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2005-08. Principal Investigator.

“Sustainable Mineral Resource Management: Development and Interpretation of Criteria and Indicators”,USDA-USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2003-08. Principal Investigator.

Recent Work

D.B. Rideout, P.S. Ziesler, R.W. Kling, J.B. Loomis and S.J. Botti. “Estimating rates of substitution for protecting values at risk for initial attack planning and budgeting,” Forest Policy and Economics 10 (2008): 205-219.

R.W. Kling, T.S. Findley, E. Gahramanov, D. Theobald. “Hedonic Valuation of Land Protection Methods in the Rural-Urban Fringe: Implications for Cluster Development,” Trans-Atlantic Land Use Conference, Washington, DC, September 2007.

R.W. Kling, C.F. Revier, and K. Sable. “Estimating the Public Good Value of Preserving a Local Historic Landmark: The Role of Nonsubstitutability and Citizen Information,” Urban Studies, 41 (2004): 2025-2041.

K. Sable and R.W. Kling. “The Double Public Good: Conceptual Framework for ‘Shared Experience’ Values Associated with Historic Preservation,” Journal of Cultural Economics, 25 (2001): 77-89.