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Kevin J. Boyle

Kevin J. Boyle

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
57
Citations
15132
World Ranking
940
National Ranking
592

Overview

Kevin J. Boyle is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with additional work in Environmental Science. Within these broader areas, their subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Transportation, Sociology and Political Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's main research topics cover Economic and Environmental Valuation, Housing Market and Economics, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Water Resources Management and Optimization, Urban Green Space and Health, and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth.

Kevin J. Boyle has contributed to various academic venues, with frequent publications in the SSRN Electronic Journal, Ecological Economics, Bulletin for Biblical Research, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, and Environmental and Resource Economics.

Some recent papers by the scientist include:

  • Best Practices for Using Hedonic Property Value Models to Measure Willingness to Pay for Environmental Quality (2020), Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
  • Guidance to Enhance the Validity and Credibility of Environmental Benefit Transfers (2021), Environmental and Resource Economics
  • The Need for a Tighter Particulate-Matter Air-Quality Standard (2020), New England Journal of Medicine
  • Studying the Impacts of Environmental Amenities and Hazards with Nationwide Property Data: Best Data Practices for Interpretable and Reproducible Analyses (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Data Practices for Studying the Impacts of Environmental Amenities and Hazards with Nationwide Property Data (2023), Land Economics

Frequent collaborators of Kevin J. Boyle include Kristen Swedberg, Christoph Nolte, Saleh Mamun, Weizhe Weng, and Adriana Castillo-Castillo.

Best Publications

  • Contemporary Guidance for Stated Preference Studies

    Robert J. Johnston;Kevin J. Boyle;Wiktor Adamowicz;Jeff Bennett

  • A primer on nonmarket valuation

    Patricia A. Champ;Kevin J. Boyle;Thomas C. Brown

  • Valuing ecosystem services: toward better environmental decision-making

    Geoffrey M. Heal;Edward B. Barbier;Kevin J. Boyle;Alan P. Covich

  • Contingent Valuation in Practice

    Kevin J. Boyle

  • Measuring Natural Resource Damages with Contingent Valuation: Tests of Validity and Reliability

    William H. Desvousges;F. Reed Johnson;Richard W. Dunford;Sara P. Hudson

  • Welfare Measurements Using Contingent Valuation: A Comparison of Techniques

    Kevin J. Boyle;Richard C. Bishop

  • Benefit transfer studies: Myths, pragmatism, and idealism

    Kevin J. Boyle;John C. Bergstrom

  • Starting Point Bias in Contingent Valuation Bidding Games

    Kevin J. Boyle;Richard C. Bishop;Michael P. Welsh

  • Valuing wildlife in benefit‐cost analyses: A case study involving endangered species

    Kevin J. Boyle;Richard C. Bishop

  • Using Conjoint Analysis to Derive Estimates of Compensating Variation

    Brian Roe;Kevin J. Boyle;Mario F. Teisl

  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Using GIS to Incorporate Visibility in Hedonic Property Value Models

    Robert W. Paterson;Kevin J. Boyle

  • Analysis of contingent valuation data with multiple bids and response options allowing respondents to express uncertainty

    Anna Alberini;Kevin Boyle;Michael Welsh

  • Contingent Valuation in Practice

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  • Valuing public goods: discrete versus continuous contingent-valuation responses.

    K. J. Boyle;F. R. Johnson;D. W. McCollum;W. H. Desvousges

  • An Investigation of Part-Whole Biases in Contingent-Valuation Studies

    Kevin J. Boyle;William H. Desvousges;F.Reed Johnson;Richard W. Dunford

  • The role of question order and respondent experience in contingent-valuation studies.

    Kevin J. Boyle;Michael P. Welsh;Richard C. Bishop

  • Social Desirability Bias in Contingent Valuation Surveys Administered Through In-Person Interviews

    Christopher G. Leggett;Naomi S. Kleckner;Kevin J. Boyle;John W. Dufield

  • A Comparison of Conjoint Analysis Response Formats

    Kevin J. Boyle;Thomas P. Holmes;Mario F. Teisl;Brian Roe

  • Objective versus Subjective Measures of Water Clarity in Hedonic Property Value Models

    P. Joan Poor;Kevin J. Boyle;Laura O. Taylor;Roy Bouchard

  • What Do We Know About Groundwater Values? Preliminary Implications from a Meta Analysis of Contingent-Valuation Studies

    Kevin J. Boyle;Gregory L. Poe;John C. Bergstrom

  • Estimating the Demand for Protecting Freshwater Lakes from Eutrophication

    Kevin J. Boyle;P. Joan Poor;Laura O. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard C. Bishop
Richard C. Bishop University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mario F. Teisl
Mario F. Teisl University of Maine
Thomas P. Holmes
Thomas P. Holmes United States Department of Agriculture
Mark Morrison
Mark Morrison University of Queensland
John C. Bergstrom
John C. Bergstrom University of Georgia
Matthew J. Kotchen
Matthew J. Kotchen Yale University
Brian E. Roe
Brian E. Roe The Ohio State University
John M. Rose
John M. Rose University of Sydney
Laura O. Taylor
Laura O. Taylor Georgia Institute of Technology
Paul A. Estabrooks
Paul A. Estabrooks University of Nebraska Medical Center

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