Pearce, David W(illiam)

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PEARCE, David W(illiam)

PEARCE, David W(illiam). British, b. 1941. Genres: Economics, Environmental sciences/Ecology. Career: Worked for Kodak Ltd., 1959-60; University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, UK, assistant lecturer, then lecturer in economics, 1964-67; University of Southampton, UK, lecturer, then senior lecturer in economics, 1967-74; University of Leicester, UK, director of Public Sector Economics Research Centre, 1974-77; University of Aberdeen, Scotland, professor of political economy, 1977-83, head of department, 1981-83; University College London, UK, professor of economics, 1983-, and political economy, 1985-, head of department, 1984-88, London Environmental Economics Centre, director, 1988-90, associate director, 1990-2001, director of Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, 1991-. University of Adelaide, professor, 1982; Oregon State University, visiting lecturer, 1993. OBE, 2000. Publications: (with S. Sturmey) Economic Analysis, 1966; Cost Benefit Analysis, 1971, 2nd ed., 1983; (with C. Hawkins) Capital Investment Appraisal, 1971; (with A. Dasgupta) Cost Benefit Analysis, 1972; Environmental Economics, 1976; (with W. Ryan) Price Theory, 1977; (with I. Walter) Resource Conservation, 1977; (with L. Edwards and G. Beuret) Decision Making for Energy Futures, 1979; Waste Paper Recovery, 1979; (with C. Nash) Social Projects Appraisal, 1981; (with others) Portugal: Issues & Options in the Energy Sector, 1984; (with M. Webb) The Economic Benefits of Power Supply, 1985; (with others) Economics and the Environment, 1988; (with A. Markandya) Environmental Policy Benefits, 1989; (with R. Turner) The Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment, 1989; (with Markandya and E. Barbier) Sustainable Development, 1990; (with Markandya and Barbier) Blueprint for a Green Economy, 1989; (with Barbier, J. Burgess, and T. Swanson) Elephants, Economics, and Ivory, 1990; (with J.-P. Barde) Valuing the Environment, 1991; (with others) Blueprint 2, 1991; (with Turner) Benefits Estimates and Environmental Decision Making, 1992; (with C. Bann and S. Georgiou) The Social Costs of Energy, 1992; (with J. Warford) World without End, 1993; Economic Values and the Natural World, 1993; (with Turner and I. Bateman) Environmental Economics, 1993; Blueprint 3, 1993; (with others) Externalities from Landfill and Incineration, 1993; (with D. Whittington and Georgiou) A Technical Manual for the Appraisal of Environmental Projects and Policies, 1994; (with K. Brown) The Causes of Tropical Deforestation, 1994; (with D. Moran) The Economic Value of Biological Diversity, 1994; (with Swanson and R. Cervigni) The Valuation and Appropriation of the Global Benefits of Plant Genetic Resources for Agriculture, 1994; (with Whittington and Georgiou) The Economic Value of Environmental Benefits in Developing Countries, 1994; Blueprint 4, 1995; (with D. Maddison) Blueprint 5, 1996; Economics and Environment, 1999; Blueprint 6, 2000; (with others) The Price of Virtue, 2001. EDITOR: The Economics of Natural Resource Depletion, 1975; The Valuation of Social Cost, 1978; (gen.) The Macmillan Dictionary of Economics, 1981, 4th ed., 1992; (with D. Collard and D. Ulph) Economics, Growth, and Sustainable Environments: Essays in Honour of Richard Lecomber, 1987; (and contrib.) Renewable Natural Resources, 1989; (with Opschoor, and contrib.) Persistent Micropollutants, 1991. Contributor to anthologies and scholarly journals. Address: Economics, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, England. Online address: [email protected]

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