Linwood Pendleton, Ph.D.
linwoodp@ucla.edu
Dr. Linwood Pendleton, Associate Professor, joined UCLA in the Spring of 2004. He received a B.S. in Biology (with a chemistry minor) from the College of William and Mary, an M.A. in Biology from Princeton University (for studies in tropical ecology), a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a Doctor of Forestry and Environmental Studies in Natural and Environmental Resource Economics from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. Dr. Pendleton was an assistant professor of Economics, International Relations, and Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California and an assistant professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Wyoming.
Current research
Dr. Pendleton's current research focuses on the economics of environmental goods and services, especially those in the coastal zone. Dr. Pendleton is a principal investigator on three projects that all seek to better inform policymakers about coastal and marine non-market values. These projects are summarized below.
Southern California Beach Valuation Project. This research uses dynamic and spatial models to estimate the economic impact of coastal water pollution in Southern California. In 2001 the team implemented a year-long telephone panel survey and an exhaustive inventory of beach attributes for three southern California coastal counties. Now the team is finalizing a three nested panel random utility model of beach choice in the face of temporally varying water quality hazards. The research is joint with Michael Hanemann and Craig Mohn of the University of California at Berkeley and David Layton of the University of Washington.
Regional Studies of the Coastal Ocean Observing System. This work, joint with Hauke Kite-Powell, Charles Colgan, and others attempts to find the potential economic value of major improvements in the collection, modeling and dissemination of oceanographic data from remote and local coastal ocean observing systems. In the current phase of the research, Dr. Pendleton is examining the economic impact of using improvement in the coastal ocean observing system to better manage coastal water quality.
National Ocean Economics Project. This research program, with Judith Kildow and Charles Colgan, is working to build a system of national economic accounts to monitor the ecological and economic health of the coastal sector. Dr. Pendleton is leading the development of theoretical and applied methods to assess and aggregate national data on the economic values of non-market coastal goods and services.
In addition, Dr. Pendleton is working with a consortium of environmental organizations in British Columbia to determine the economic and financial feasibility of environmentally sound alternatives to net pen salmon aquaculture.
Selected Publications
T. Emerson and L. Pendleton. 2004 "Income, Environmental Disamenity, and Toxic Releases." Economic Inquiry 42 (1): 166-178.
Pendleton, L. and L. Howe. 2002. "Market Integration, Development, and Smallholder Deforestation." Land Economics 78: 1-19.
Pendleton, L. 2001. "Managing Beach Amenities to Reduce Exposure to Coastal Hazards: Stormwater." Coastal Management Journal 29: 239-252.
Pendleton, L., Martin, N. and D.G. Webster. 2001. "Public Perceptions of Environmental Quality: A Survey Study of Beach Use and Perceptions in Los Angeles County." Marine Pollution Bulletin 42: 1155-1160.
Pendleton, L. and J.S. Shonkwiler. 2001. "Valuing Bundled Attributes: A Latent Variables Approach." Land Economics 77: 118-129. 9.
Murray, C., Sohngen, B. and L. Pendleton. 2001. "Valuing Water Quality Advisories and Beach Amenities in the Great Lakes." Water Resources Research 37: 2583 - 2590.
Pendleton, L. and R. Mendelsohn. 2000. "Estimating Recreation Preferences Using Hedonic Travel Cost and Random Utility Models." Environmental and Resource Economics 17: 89-108.
Pendleton, L. 1999. "Reconsidering the Hedonic vs. RUM Debate in the Valuation of Recreational Environmental Amenities." Resource and Energy Economics 21: 167-189.
Pendleton, L. and R. Mendelsohn. 1998. "Estimating the Economic Impact of Climate Change on The Freshwater Sportsfisheries of the Northeastern United States." Land Economics 74: 483-497.
Pendleton, L., Sohngen, B., Mendelsohn, R. and T. Holmes. 1998. "Measuring Environmental Quality in the Southern Appalachian Mountains." Forest Science 44: 603-609.
Pendleton, L. 1995. "Valuing Coral Reef Protection." Ocean and Coastal Management. 26: 119-131.
Pendleton, L. 1994. "Environmental Quality and Recreation Demand in a Caribbean Coral Reef." Coastal Management Journal. 22: 399-404.