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Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira
Curriculum Vitae (June16th 2015)
Name: Roberto MartínezEspiñeira
Date of birth: Sometime in 1973
Nationality: SpanishCountry of residency: Canada (permanent resident)
Address: Economics Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, A1C 5S7 Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
E-mail: l: 1 (709)8643676Fax: 1 (709) 864-2094
Cellphone: 709 351 7102
Education History
DPhil in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management Environment Department (University of York): Residential Water Pricing for Demand Management in the UK: Lessons from Spain. Supervisor: Professor C.A. Perrings, external examiner: Professor David Pearce (University College London). Start date: October 1997, completion date: July 2001.
MSc in Environmental Economics Department of Environmental Economics and Environmental Management (EEEM), University of York, Sept 1996- Sept 1997.
2year Doctoral Programme (similar to a MRes): Cambio Estructural: Economía e Historia, "Institute of Galician Studies and Development" (IDEGA) and Department of Applied Economics, University of Santiago de Compostela (Oct. 1995Sept. 1997)[1].
First Degree in Economics (Licenciado) Facultade de CC.EE.iEE. University of Santiago de Compostela, Sept. 1990June 1995 (Upper second)
Employment History
- Professor, Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, September 2013- present
- Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, September 2009 –September 2013
- Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, July 2009- September 2009
- Department Chair, Department of Economics, St Francis Xavier University. July 2008-June 2009
- Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Economics, St Francis Xavier University. September 2006- June 2009
- Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland. July-2007- June 2008
- Adjunct Professor Department of Economics, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton. May 2007- April 2011
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, St Francis Xavier University. 2001-2006
Membership in Research Groups
- Studies on Wellbeing, Environment and Economic Policy- SWEEP,Universityof Granada Spain (
- Governance and Economics research Network – GEN, University of Vigo, Spain (
Scholarships and awards
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Studentship. 19982000
- Masterscholarship from the Fundación Caixa Galicia for MSc in Environmental Economics University of York. Sept 1996 August 1997
- Journal of Evironmental Management’s Excellence in Reviewing Award, 2013
Languages
Spanish (native)
Galician (native)
English (fluent)
German (basic conversational skills and fair reading ability)
Portuguese (basic conversational skills and fair reading ability)
French (fair reading ability)
Publications
NB: When a work listed below is the result of team work, consider my proportional contribution equally split with the rest of my coauthors.
Refereed (R) Articles
- “A Contingent Valuation of the Biomitigation Benefits of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture in Canada”, with Thierry Chopin, Anthony Noce, Shawn Robinson, Winnie Yip, and Duncan Knowler,forthcoming inAquaculture Economics and Management, May 2015.
- “An Analysis of the Price Escalation of Non-Linear Water Tariffs for Domestic Uses in Spain”, with Marta Suárez-Varela Maciá and Francisco González-Gómez, Utilities Policy,Special Issue on Redesigning Water Tariffs: Experiences and Reforms,34, 82–93, 2015.
- “Estimating the Biomitigation Benefits of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture: a Contingent Behavior Analysis”, with Thierry Chopin, Anthony Noce, Shawn Robinson, Winnie Yip, and Duncan Knowler, Aquaculture, 437(1), 182-194, 2015.
- “Responses to Changes in Domestic Water Tariff Structures: An Analysis on Household-Level Data from Granada, Spain”, with María Ángeles García-Valiñas and MaríaPérez-Urdiales, forthcomingin Environmental & Resource Economics, November 2014
- “Households’ Pro-Environmental Habits and Investments in Water and Energy Consumption: Determinants and Relationships” with Maria A. Garcia-Valiñas and Céline Nauges, Journal of Environmental Management, 133(1),174–183, 2014.
- ``Cost-Benefit Analysis of Riparian Protection in a Small Eastern Canadian Watershed’’ with Ryan Trenholm, Van Lantz, and Shawn Little, Journal of Environmental Management, 116(15), 81–94, 2013.
- ``Adopting versus adapting: adoption of water-saving technology versus water conservation habits in Spain’’, with María de los Ángeles García-Valiñas, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 29(3),400-414, 2013.
- ```Been there done that’: Respondent Experience and Endogeneity Bias in Contingent Valuation, a Multivariate Probit Approach”, with Nikita Lyssenko, Environmental Management, 50(5), 819-836, 2012.
- ``Explanatory Factors of Urban Water Leakage Rates in Southern Spain” with Francisco González-Gómez, María de los Ángeles García-Valiñas, and MiguelÁngel Rubio; Utilities Policy, 22(1), 22–30, 2012.
- ``Environmental Kuznets Curves for Bird Abundance in Canada: anExamination of Alternative Regression Models Using Panel Data’’, with VanLantz, International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics, 27(4), 1-24, 2012.
- ``Alternative Approaches to Dealing with Respondent Uncertainty in Contingent Valuation: a Comparative Analysis”, with Nikita Lyssenko, Journal of EnvironmentalManagement, 93(1), 130-139, 2012.
- ``Leisure and the Opportunity Cost of Travel Time in Recreation Demand Analysis” with Joe Amoako-Tuffour, forthcoming in the Journal of Applied Economics, 15(1) 25-49, 2012.
- ``Is the Pricing of Urban Water Services Justifiably Perceived as Unequal among Spanish Cities?’’, with Francisco González-Gómez, María de los Ángeles García-Valiñas, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 28(1), 107-121, 2012.
- ``Respondent Uncertainty in Contingent Valuation: The Case of Whale Conservation in Newfoundland and Labrador” with Nikita Lyssenko, Applied Economics. 44(15), 1911-1930, 2012.
- ``Correcting for the Endogeneity of Pro-Environment Behavioral Choices in Contingent Valuation’’ with Nikita Lyssenko, Ecological Economics, 70(8), 1435-1439, 2011.
- ``Affordability of Residential Water Tariffs: Alternative Measurement and Explanatory Factors in Southern Spain’’ with María Ángeles García-Valiñas and Francisco González Gómez, Journal of Environmental Management, 91(12),2696-2706, 2010.
- ``Measuring Water Affordability: AProposal for Urban Centers in Developed countries”, with María de los Ángeles García-Valiñas, and Francisco González-Gómez, International Journal of Water Resources Development,26(3), 441–458, September 2010.
- ``Attitudes toward Wildlife Habitat Preservation in the Management of Private Woodlots in Cape Breton”, with Lars Hallstrom, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 14(4) 265-277, 2009.
- ``Multi-Destination and Multi-Purpose Trip Effects in the Analysis of the Demand for Trips to a Remote Recreational Site”, with Joe Amoako-Tuffour, Environmental Management, 43(1) 1146-1161, 2009.
- ``The Effect of Environmental Change and Price Policies on Livelihoods in Tropical Agroforestry Systems”, with Unai Pascual, Journal of International Development, 21(3), 433-446, 2009.
- “Does Private Management of Water Supply Services Really Increase Prices? An Empirical Analysis in Spain”, with María Ángeles García-Valiñas and Francisco González Gómez, Urban Studies, 46(4) 923-945, 2009.
- ``Comparing Welfare Benefits from On-Site Versus Household Surveys in Travel Cost Demand Models Applied to Water Based Recreation: The Overdispersed Case”, with John B. Loomis, Joe Amoako-Tuffour, and Joseph M. Hilbe, Tourism Economics, 14(3), 567-576, 2008
- ``Recreation Demand Analysis under Truncation, Overdispersion, and Endogenous Stratification: An Application to Gros Morne National Park’’, with JoeAmoako-Tuffour, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 88, Issue 4, September 2008, 1320-1332.
- ``Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis with Bird Populations as Habitat-Specific Environmental Indicators: Evidence from Canada’’,with Van Lantz, Conservation Biology, 22(2), 428-438, 2008.
- ``Effect on Recreation Benefit Estimates from Correcting for On-Site Sampling Biases and Heterogeneous Trip Overdispersion in Count Data Recreation Demand Models’’, with Joseph Hilbe, Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 7(1), 331-345, 2008.
- ```Adopt a Hypothetical Pup’: A Count Data Approach to the Valuation of Wildlife’’, Environmental and Resource Economics, 37(2), 335-360, 2007.
- ``An Estimation of Residential Water Demand Using Co-Integration and Error Correction Techniques”, Journal of Applied Economics, 10(1), 161-184, 2007.
- ``Poverty and Environmental Degradation Under Trade Liberalization: Searching for Second-Best Policy Options”, with U. Pascual, Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales, 6(12), 121-144, 2006.
- ``Travel Cost Demand Model Based River Recreation Benefit Estimates with On-Site and Household Surveys: Comparative Results and a Correction procedure—Reevaluation”, with J. Amoako-Tuffour, and J. M. Hilbe, Water Resources Research, 42, W10418, doi:10.1029/2005WR004798. 2006.
- ``Public Attitudes Toward Lethal Coyote Control”, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 11(2), 89-100, 2006.
- ``A Box-Cox Double-Hurdle Model of Wildlife Valuation: the Citizen’s Perspective”, Ecological Economics, 58(1), 192-208, 2006.
- ``Is All Domestic Water Consumption Sensitive to Price Control?” with Céline Nauges,Applied Economics, 36(15) 1697-1703, 2004.
- ``Price Specification Issues under Block Tariffs: A Spanish Case-Study’’, Water Policy, 5 (3): 237-256, 2003.
- ``Estimating Water Demand under Increasing Block Tariffs Using Aggregate Data and Proportions of Users per Block’’, Environmental and Resource Economics, 23(2): 5-23, 2003.
- ``Estimation of Residential Water Demand: A State of the Art Review”, with Fernando Arbués-Gracia and María Ángeles García-Valiñas, The Journal of Socio-Economics, 32(1): 81-102, 2003. Reprinted in Economics of Water Resourcesby R. Quentin Grafton (Ed.). Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. 2009.
- ``Residential Water Demand in the Northwest of Spain’’,Environmental and Resource Economics 21(2): 161-187. 2002.
Chapters in Books
- “The Use of Non-Pricing Instruments to Manage Residential Water Demand: What Have We Learned?”, with M.Á. García-Valiñas and Hang To, contributed chapter to R.Q. Grafton, K. Daniell, C. Nauges, J.Rinaudo, M. Ward and W. Chan, eds. Understanding and Managing Urban Water in TransitionSpringer Publishing, 250p., May 2015.
- ``Adopting Versus Adapting: Adoption of Water-Saving Technology Versus Water Conservation Habits in Spain’’, with María de los Ángeles García-Valiñas, article reprintedin The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban Water ManagementEdited by C. Tortajada, F. González-Gómez, A. K. Biswas, andM. A. García-Rubio,Routledge 212 p.,August 2014.
- “Is the Pricing of Urban Water Services Justifiably Perceived as Unequal among Spanish Cities?”article reprinted in Water Policy and Management in Spain, edited by F. González-Gómez, M.A. García-Rubio and J. Guardiola, Routledge – 200 pages, July 2013.
- “Valuation of the Benefits of Wildlife Tourism in Remote Protected Areas: The Case of Gros Morne” in Angus O'Reilly and Doran Murphy (Eds.) National Parks: Biodiversity, Conservation and Tourism, Nova Publishers, New York, Ch. 11, 181-199, 2010.
- “Análisis de la Demanda de Agua en los Abastecimientos Urbanos: el Caso Residencial”, with Fernando Arbués-Gracia and María Ángeles García-Valiñas, pp 255-283. Invited chapter for Pablo Campos, José-María Casado and Josefina Maestu (Eds.) "Hacia las cuentas económicas del agua en España" Ediciones del Consejo General de Economistas. Colección Ecos 11. 2006.
- “Estimación y Predicción del Uso del Agua en Áreas Urbanas. Escenario 2015”, with M. A. García Valiñas, and F. Arbués Gracia, in J.A. de la Orden Gómez, A. Pérez Zabaleta and J. A. López-Geta(Eds.) El Análisis Económico en la Directiva Marco del Agua: Incidencias e Implicaciones para España, pp. 63-95, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid, 2006.
- “Estimating Water Demand under Increasing Block Tariffs Using Aggregate Data and Proportions of Users per Block” in Pashardes, P. and T. Swanson and A. Xepapadeas (Eds.) Current Issues in the Economics of Water Resource Management: Theory and Policy, Kluwer, Amsterdam, pp. 27-46, 2002.
Non-Refereed Contributions
Technical Reports
- “Valuation of a Moose-Vehicle Accident Mitigation Policy in Newfoundland”
with Nikita Lyssenko, a report to the Collaborative Applied Research in Economics Steering Committee. June 2014.
- “Estimation of the Biomitigation Benefits of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture” with Thierry Chopin, Anthony Noce, Shawn Robinson, Winnie Yip, and Duncan Knowler, Final report submitted to Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)-Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). 212 pages, Ottawa, June 2012.
- “Equity Criteria in Water Pricing: Evidence for the Andalusian Case. Final Report” with María Ángeles García-Valiñas and Francisco González Gómez, submitted to the Instituto de Estudios Fiscales (Institute of Fiscal Studies). 68 pages, Madrid, March 2009.
- “An Estimation of the Benefits of Whale Conservation in Newfoundland and Labrador”. A report presented to the Leslie Harris Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, with Nikita Lyssenko, 123 pages. February 2009.
- Technical Report for the Spanish Ministry of the Environment (2004): Análisis Económico del Uso del Agua en Áreas Urbanas y Escenarios de Evolución (`Economic Analysis and Prediction Scenarios of Water Use in Urban Areas’) with Fernando Arbués-Gracia and María Ángeles García-Valiñas
Book Reviews
- Review of von-der-Fehr, N-H. M. and J. Millán (Editors) Keeping the Lights On: Power Sector Reform in Latin America (2004) for the Energy Studies Review, 12(2), 284-290.
- Review of Shirley, M. M. ed. (2004) Thirsting for Efficiency: The Economics and Politics of Urban Water System Reform for Environmental and Development Economics, 9(05) pp725-728.
Other
- “La Demanda Residencial de Agua” (Residencial Water Demand), 2005 Investigación y Ciencia (Spanish version of Scientific American), 349, pp. 31-33, October, 2005.
Manuscripts under review
- “The Economics of IMTA”, with Duncan Knowler, Thierry Chopin, Patrick Kitchen, Amir Neori, Ana Nobre, Anthony Noce, Gregor Reid, and Winnie Yip, Contributed Chapter to (tentative title): Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) or the Turquoise RevolutionA greener ecosystem approach to the Blue Revolution, edited by T. Chopin, A Neori and M. Troell, under review, Springer-Verlag, October 2014.
Grants
External Grants
- Visiting Professorship from Programa de estancias de investigadores de otros centros nacionales y extranjeros en departamentos e institutos de investigación, Vicerrectorado de Política Cientifica e Investigación, University of Granada, March 2015-April 2015, EU 3200 (Approx CAN$ 4200)
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spanish Central Government)[2]Las tarifas del agua para usos residenciales en España en el contexto de la Directiva Marco de Aguas:Análisis económico, medioambiental y político. PI: Andrés Picazo Tadeo, January 2013 - January 2016, €72,000.
- Consejería de Economía, Innovación y Ciencia. Secretaria General de Universidades, Investigación y Tecnología. Junta de Andalucía (Spain) Análisis del impacto económico de la privatización del servicio urbano de aguas en Andalucía. PI: Francisco González Gómez, January 2012 - January 2016, €38,122
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) Las tarifas del agua para usos residenciales en España: análisis económico y propuestas de mejora. PI: María Ángeles García Valiñas. 2009-2011. €27,000.
- Atlantic Innovation Fund. I joined in 2010 Professor Chopin’s team at UNB-SJ to work on the socioeconomic component of their Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) project by conducting a valuation study of the benefits of bioremediation associated with IMTA. PI: Thierry Chopin. Approximate funds received for my subproject: CAN$30,000
- Instituto de Estudios Fiscales (Madrid, Spain) Criterios de equidad en la fijación de precios del agua. Evidencia para el caso andaluz,with María Ángeles García Valiñas and Francisco García Gómez, March 2008-March 2009, €5.000 (€4.310.50 plus 16% VAT).
- Ministerio de Medio Ambiente (Ministry of the Environment - Spain) Asistencia Técnica para el Estudio Piloto de Análisis de la Demanda de Agua en la Industria y los Hogares. (Technical Assistance for Pilot Study of Industrial and Domestic Water Demand Analysis) PI: María Ángeles García-Valiñas. October 2003-June 2004 €12,020
- LEERNA-INRA, University of Toulouse(France)Research-stay grant, July 2002 (travel and living expenses)
- Diputación de A Coruña(Spain) Research Grant. Oct 1998Sept 1999. SPT 1,000,000 (equivalent to approximately CAN$ 10,000)
Internal Grants
- Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Collaborative Applied Research in EconomicsMoose, cars, and people: designing public policies under a cost‐benefit approach, with María Ángeles García Valiñas and María Pérez-Urdiales, July 2013-July 2014, CAN$19,466
- Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Collaborative Applied Research in EconomicsValuation of a moose-vehicle accident mitigation policy in Newfoundland, with Nikita Lyssenko, Sept 2012-Sept 2013, CAN$34,770.50
- Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Harris Centre Applied Research Fund: An estimation of the benefits of whale conservation on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. PI: Nikita Lyssenko.Feb 2008-Feb 2009CAN$12,729
- Centre for Regional Studies (St. Francis Xavier University) `The value of accessing the morning-after pill the night before’: An estimation of the economic individual benefits of improving access to emergency contraception. April 2006 CAN$3,590
- Vicerrectorado de Investigación. University of Granada (Spain) Estimaciones de la elasticidad precio de la demanda de agua para usos urbanos en Andalucía.PI: Francisco González Gómez. March 2005- March 2006. €3.000
- Centre for Regional Studies (St. Francis Xavier University) Aging Foresters? Cape Breton Woodlot Owner Associations, Demographic Change, and Forestry Practices,Co-applicant with Lars K. Hallstrom. November 2004.CAN$4,015
- University Research Council-SSHRC Seed Grant (St Francis Xavier University) Contingent Valuation of Coyotes in Prince Edward Island.2002-2003. CAN$2,900
- Centre for Regional Studies (St. Francis Xavier University) Estimation of the total recreational value of Gros Morne National Park. 2004-2005.CAN$4,663
- Community-University Research Alliances (SSHRC) Managing the Resources of the Acadian Forest: Building Research, Advocacy Capacities and Community Engagement in Eastern Nova Scotia.Approved at the letter of intent stage. Co-applicant. Lead applicant: Lars K. Hallstrom (Political Science, STFX). March 2004. CAN$18,745.
- University Councilfor Research(St Francis Xavier University) Economic Analysis of Coyote Control in Prince Edward Island. 2002-2003. CAN $2,975
- University of Santiago de Compostela Research abroad grants. OctDec 1997, AprilJuly 1998, and AugustSeptember 1998 (various amounts between approximately CAN$ 1000 and CAN$ 3000 equivalents)
Academic Conferences (R = refereed)
Papers Presented at Scholarly Meetings or Conferences
R“Modelling Scale Heterogeneity in the Estimation of the Benefits of Road Traffic Risk Reductions: The Case of Moose-Vehicle Collisions in Newfoundland” with María Pérez-Urdiales, and Justin Quinton, 5th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economics (WCERE), Istanbul (Turkey), June 28th-July 2nd, 2014
R“Modelling Scale Heterogeneity in the Estimation of the Benefits of Road Traffic Risk Reductions: The Case of Moose-Vehicle Collisions in Newfoundland” with María Pérez-Urdiales, and Justin Quinton, Canadian Economics Association (CEA) 2014 Annual Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, May 29th-June 1st, 2014
“Modelling Scale Heterogeneity in the Estimation of the Benefits of Road Traffic Risk Reductions: The Case of Moose-Vehicle Collisions in Newfoundland” with María Pérez-Urdiales, Nikita Lyssenko, and Justin Quinton, Atlantic Canada Economics Association (ACEA) 2013Annual Conference, Memorial University, St. John’s Friday-Sunday, October 18-20, 2013
R“Modelling Scale Heterogeneity in the Estimation of the Benefits of Road Traffic Risk Reductions: The Case of Moose-Vehicle Collisions in Newfoundland” with María Pérez-Urdiales, Nikita Lyssenko, and Justin Quinton, Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Study Group Annual Conference 2013Brock University, St. Catharine’s Friday-Sunday, September 27-29, 2013
Estimating the Biomitigation Benefits of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture: a contingent behavior analysis, with Thierry Chopin, Shawn Robinson, Anthony Noce, Winnie Yip, and Duncan Knowler, Atlantic Canada Economics Association 40th Conference, Halifax, October 19 to 20, 2012.
R"The Effect of Payment Vehicle on the Treatment of Don't Know Responses to a Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation Question ", with Nikita Lyssenko, 19th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists,Charles University Prague in collaboration with the University of Economics Prague Prague, Czech Republic, June 27-30 2012.
R“`Been There Done that': Disentangling Option Value Effects from User Heterogeneity When Valuing Natural Resources with a Use Component”, with Nikita Lyssenko.XXXVISimposio de Análisis Económico, Spanish Economic Association, Málaga, Spain,December 5-17, 2011.
R "The Effects of Alternative Treatments of "Don't Know" Responses in Contingent Valuation: An Application to Whale Conservation " with Nikita Lyssenko, Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Study Group (CREE) 2011 meeting: Québec City,September 23rd-25th, 2011.
R "Households’ Pro-Environmental Habits and Investments in Water and Energy Consumption: Determinants and Relationships " with Maria A. Garcia-Valiñas and Celine Nauges, paper presented at the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium(IWREC) Conference in Water Economics, Banff, Alberta, June 25-27, 2011.
R"`Adopting versus Adapting': And Analysis of the Determinants of the Adoption of Water-Saving Technology Versus Water Conservation Habits in Spain”, with María de los Ángeles García-Valiñas, Workshop on Water Pricing and Roles of Public and Private Sectors in Efficient Urban Water Management,organized by theThird World Centre for Water Management,theInternational Water Resources Association, Global Water Intelligence andtheUniversity of Granada. Granada, Spain,May 9-11 2011.
R“‘Been there done that’: Respondent Experience and Endogeneity Bias in Contingent Valuation, a Multivariate Probit Approach”, with Nikita Lyssenko, 4th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Université du Québec à Montréal, June 28-July 2nd, 2010.
R“Respondent Uncertainty in Contingent Valuation: The Case of Whale Conservation in Newfoundland and Labrador”, with Nikita Lyssenko, 17th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vrjie Universitat Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 24-27 2009.
R“Environmental Kuznets Curves for Bird Abundance in Canada: An Examination of Alternative Regression Models Using Panel Data”, with Van Lantz, 17th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vrjie Universitat Amsterdam, The Netherlands,June 24-27 2009.