Dr. Ronald C. Griffin
Professor of Water Resource Economics
Department of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-2124
(979) 845-7049; FAX: (979) 845-4261
ron-griffin@tamu.edu
http://ron-griffin.tamu.edu
http://waterecon.tamu.edu
B.S. (Mathematics), Colorado State University, 1975
M.S. (Economics), Colorado State University, 1977
Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1980
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 1980-1986
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 1986-1993
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 1993-present
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, January 1992-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, January 1999-present
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, January 2006-present
Primary research activities and funding support pertain to water resource issues. Demand analysis, resource valuation, and policy analysis in both quantitative and qualitative dimensions of water problems are program elements. Methods of study employed in completed research include microeconomic theory, statistical analysis, mathematical programming, and descriptive, institutional investigation.
Ronald C. Griffin. Water Resource Economics: The Analysis of Scarcity, Policies, and Projects. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, January 2006.
Ronald C. Griffin. "Achieving Water Use Efficiency in Irrigation Districts." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (forthcoming).
Gregory W. Characklis, Ronald C. Griffin, and Phil B. Bedient. "Measuring the Long-term Regional Benefits of Salinity Reduction." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30 (April 2005): 69-93.
Ronald C. Griffin and Gregory W. Characklis. "Issues and Trends in Texas Water Marketing." Water Resources Update 121 (January 2002): 29-33.
Ronald C. Griffin. "Effective Water Pricing." Journal of the American Water Resources Association 37 (October 2001): 1335-47.
Sylvestre Gaudin, Ronald C. Griffin, and Robin C. Sickles. "Demand Specification for Municipal Water Management: Evaluation of the Stone-Geary Form." Land Economics 77 (August 2001): 399-422.
Shortle, James S. and Ronald C. Griffin, editors. Irrigated Agriculture and the Environment. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2001.
Ronald C. Griffin and James W. Mjelde. "Valuing Water Supply Reliability." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82 (May 2000): 414-26.
Gregory W. Characklis, Ronald C. Griffin, and Phil B. Bedient. "Improving the Ability of a Water Market to Efficiently Manage Drought." Water Resources Research 35 (March 1999): 823-31.
Ronald C. Griffin. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Conservation Water-Pricing Programs: Comment." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 23 (December 1998): 568-70.
Ronald C. Griffin. "The Fundamental Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis." Water Resources Research 34 (August 1998): 2063-71.
Ronald C. Griffin. "The Application of Water Market Doctrines in Texas." In Markets for Water: Potential and Performance, pp. 51-63, edited by W. Easter, M. Rosegrant, and A. Dinar. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
Ronald C. Griffin. "On the Meaning of Economic Efficiency in Policy Analysis." Land Economics 71 (February 1995): 1-15.
Ronald C. Griffin and Manzoor E. Chowdhury. "Evaluating a Locally Financed Reservoir: The Case of Applewhite." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 119 (November 1993): 628-44.
Ronald C. Griffin and Shih-Hsun Hsu. "The Potential for Water Market Efficiency When Instream Flows Have Value." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75 (May 1993): 292-303.
Shih-Hsun Hsu and Ronald C. Griffin. "A Distributed Parameter Control Systems Approach to the Analysis of Water Allocation." Natural Resources Modeling 6 (Spring 1992): 191-219.
Ronald C. Griffin and Fred O. Boadu. "Water Marketing in Texas: Opportunities for Reform." Natural Resources Journal 32 (Spring 1992): 265-88.
Chan Chang and Ronald C. Griffin. "Water Marketing as a Reallocative Institution in Texas." Water Resources Research 28 (March 1992): 879-90.
Ronald C. Griffin and Chan Chang. "Seasonality in Community Water Demand." Western Journal of Agricultural Economics 16 (December 1991): 207-17.
Ronald C. Griffin. "The Welfare Analytics of Transaction Costs, Externalities, and Institutional Choice." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73 (August 1991): 601-14.
Ronald C. Griffin and Chan Chang. "Pretest Analyses of Water Demand in Thirty Communities." Water Resources Research 26 (October 1990): 2251-55.
Ronald C. Griffin. "Valuing Urban Water Acquisitions." Water Resources Bulletin 26 (April 1990): 219-25.
Ronald C. Griffin and Bruce A. McCarl. "Brushland Management for Increased Water Yield in Texas." Water Resources Bulletin 25 (February 1989): 175-86.
Jayson K. Harper and Ronald C. Griffin. "The Structure and Role of River Authorities in Texas." Water Resources Bulletin 24 (December 1988): 1317-27.
Ronald C. Griffin, M. Edward Rister, Michael R. Parker, and Garry N. McCauley. "Economic Prospects for Sprinkle Irrigating Rice in Texas." Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics 20 (July 1988): 103-17.
Ronald C. Griffin. "Environmental Policy for Spatial and Persistent Pollutants." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 14 (March 1987): 41-53.
Ronald C. Griffin and Gregory M. Perry. "Volumetric Pricing of Agricultural Water Supplies: A Case Study." Water Resources Research 21 (July 1985): 944-50.
Ronald C. Griffin and John R. Stoll. "The Enhanced Role of Water Conservation in the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Water Projects." Water Resources Bulletin 19 (June 1983): 447-57.
Ronald C. Griffin and Daniel W. Bromley. "Agricultural Runoff as a Nonpoint Pollutant: A Theoretical Development." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 64 (August 1982): 547-52.