Positions

Research Areas research areas

Overview

  • Robert Mohr's research focuses on environmental policy, public policy and labor markets. He teaches a graduate course in Environmental Economics and has developed an undergraduate course on the Economics of Climate Change that he teaches regularly. His scholarly publications include contributions to the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Ecological Economics, Land Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and the Public Administration Review.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2022 The Academic Effects of United States Child Food Assistance Programs—At Home, School, and In-Between.  Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance.  2022
    2021 Coverage of National Priority List sites by the print media during the implementation of Superfund: the role of race and income.  Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.  50:559-582. 2021
    2020 Weekend feeding ("BackPack") programs and student outcomes.  Economics of Education Review.  79:102040-102040. 2020
    2020 Valuing the Cancer Mortality Risk Reduction from Lowering the Arsenic Maximum Contaminant Level in New Hampshire Municipal Water Supplies.  Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors.  65:725-736. 2020
    2019 Using tools to distinguish general and occupation-specific skills.  Journal for Labour Market Research.  53. 2019
    2017 Wage and job-skill distributions in the National Compensation Survey.  US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Monthly Labor Review.  2017
    2013 Media attention and the Toxics Release Inventory.  Ecological Economics.  93:284-291. 2013
    2011 The Decentralization of Decision Making and Employee Involvement within the Workplace: Evidence from Four Establishment Datasets.  British Journal of Industrial Relations: an international journal of employment relations.  49:688-716. 2011
    2010 Workplace organization and innovation.  Canadian Journal of Economics.  43:622-639. 2010
    2010 Public-Private Partnerships, Cooperative Agreements and the Production of Public Services in Small and Rural Municipalities.  Public Administration Review.  Public Administration Review:895-906. 2010
    2009 Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Agreements in Municipal Service Delivery..  International Journal of Public Administration.  32:370-392. 2009
    2008 Distribution of Environmental Costs and Benefits, Additional Distortions, and the Porter Hypothesis.  Land Economics: a quarterly journal devoted to the study of economic and social institutions.  84:689-700. 2008
    2008 Public-Private Partnerships, Cooperative Agreements, and the Production of Public Services in Small and Rural Municipalities.  FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper.  2008
    2008 High-involvement work design and job satisfaction.  Industrial and Labor Relations Review.  61:275-296. 2008
    2006 Environmental performance standards and the adoption of technology.  Ecological Economics.  58:238-248. 2006
    2003 Land Development and Current Use Assessment: A Theoretical Note.  Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.  32:46-52. 2003
    2003 Suggested Subsidies are Sub-Optimal Unless Combined with an Output Tax.  BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy.  2. 2003
    2002 Technical change, external economies, and the Porter hypothesis.  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.  43:158-168. 2002

    Article

    Year Title
    2022 Western Economics Association International Annual Meeting: Weight Control Behaviors and Cigarette Taxes: A Theoretical Note 2022
    2022 University of Copenhagen, Economics Department Research Seminar, Copenhagen, Denmark: The Porter Hypothesis: A Review, Discussion, and Perspectives on Future Work. 2022
    2020 Valuing the Cancer Mortality Risk Reduction from Lowering the Arsenic Maximum Contaminant Level in New Hampshire Municipal Water Supplies..  Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors.  2020
    2019 Using tools to distinguish general and occupation-specific skills.  Journal for Labour Market Research.  2019
    2018 Using Tools to Distinguish General and Occupation-Specific Skills 2018
    2018 Environmental Justice and the Print Media During the Implementation of Superfund 2018
    2016 Economics of a Carbon Tax 2016
    2016 The scholastic and behavioral effects of weekend feeding backpack programs 2016
    2016 Environmental Justice and the Print Media During the Implementation of Superfund 2016
    2015 Using Tools and Tasks to Distinguish General and Occupationally-Specific Skills 2015
    2014 Within-­Firm Wage Compression and Job Skills in the National Compensation Survey 2014
    2013 Within-Firm Wage Compression and Job Skills in the National Compensation Survey 2013
    2012 The Distribution of Skills and Wages within Firms 2012
    2010 Service Delivery in Rural Municipalities: Privatize, Cooperate, or Go It Alone?” 2010
    2008 The Decentralization of Decision-Making and Employee Involvement within the Workplace: Evidence from British, Australian and Canadian Establishments 2008

    Chapter

    Year Title
    The Academic Effects of United States Child Food Assistance Programs—At Home, School and In- Between

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2024 Waiting for the Weekend – The Adoption and Proliferation of Weekend Feeding (“BackPack”) Programs in Schools.  BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy. 1223-1258. 2024
    Waiting for the Weekend – The Adoption and Proliferation of Weekend Feeding (“BackPack”) Programs in Schools
    Waiting for the Weekend – The Adoption and Proliferation of Weekend Feeding (“BackPack”) Programs in Schools

    Teaching Activities

  • Advanced Research Experience Taught course
  • Economics of Climate Change Taught course
  • Environ Econ: Theory & Policy Taught course
  • Independent Study Taught course
  • Microeconomics I Taught course
  • Microeconomics I Lab Taught course
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2024
  • Microeconomics I Taught course 2024
  • Microeconomics I Lab Taught course 2024
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2024
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2024
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2024
  • Economics of Climate Change Taught course 2023
  • Microeconomics I Taught course 2022
  • Microeconomics I Lab Taught course 2022
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2022
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2022
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2022
  • Advanced Research Experience Taught course 2021
  • Environ Econ: Theory & Policy Taught course 2021
  • Microeconomics I Taught course 2021
  • Microeconomics I Lab Taught course 2021
  • Student Research Experience Taught course 2021
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2021
  • Economics of Climate Change Taught course 2021
  • Economics of Climate Change Taught course 2021
  • Hon/Principles of Econ Micro Taught course 2020
  • Microeconomics I Taught course 2020
  • Microeconomics I Lab Taught course 2020
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2020
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2020
  • Economics of Climate Change Taught course 2020
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2020
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2019
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2019
  • Environ Econ: Theory & Policy Taught course 2019
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2019
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2018
  • Microeconomics I Taught course 2018
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2018
  • Senior Economics Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Microeconomics I Taught course 2017
  • Economics of Climate Change Taught course 2017
  • Senior Economics Seminar Taught course 2017
  • Environ Econ: Theory & Policy Taught course 2017
  • Microeconomics I Taught course 2016
  • Economics of Climate Change Taught course 2016
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2016
  • Senior Economics Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Microeconomics I Taught course 2015
  • Economics of Climate Change Taught course 2015
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2015
  • Senior Economics Seminar Taught course 2015
  • Environ Econ: Theory & Policy Taught course 2015
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2014
  • Principles of Economics Micro Taught course 2014

    • Education And Training

    Full Name

  • Robert Mohr