Current
Position:
Professor of Economics
· Telephone: (707) 826-3237
· E-Mail: hackett <at> humboldt.edu
· Website: www.humboldt.edu/~sh2
· Fax: (707) 826-3206
· Ph.D. 1989 (Economics) Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
· M.S. 1986 (Economics) Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
· B.S. 1983 (Agricultural Business/Economics) Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana (honors)
Applied microeconomics and public policy, with recent emphasis on...
· Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
· Fisheries Economics
· Energy Economics
· Economic Development
· Professor, Department of Economics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, July 2002 - present; Associate Professor, 1997 - 2002; Assistant Professor, 1994 - 1997.
· Associated Faculty: Environmental Science (undergraduate), Energy, Environment, and Society (graduate), Humboldt State University.
· Expert Consultant, ICF International.
· Principal Economist, Planwest Partners.
· Chairperson, Department of Economics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, August 2004 - 2006.
· Founding Director, Office for Economic and Community Development ("The Portal"), Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, Fall 2002 - 2003.
· Assistant Professor of Economics & Member of Graduate Faculty, Department of Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1989 - 1994.
· Hackett, S. "Economic and Social Considerations for Wave Energy Development in California." In P. Nelson and L. Engeman (eds.) White Paper on the Potential Effects of Wave Energy Development in California. Oakland, CA: California State Coastal Conservancy, 2008 (forthcoming).
· Kellermann, J., M. Johnson, A. Stercho, and S. Hackett. "Ecological and Economic Services Provided by Birds on Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Farms," Conservation Biology, 22(6) 2008 (forthcoming).
· Hackett, S., D. Hankin, M. Krachey, and S. Brown. "Derby Fisheries, Individual Quotas, and Transition in the Fish Processing Industry," Marine Resource Economics, April 2005, 20, pp. 47-60.
· Dewees, C., K. Sortais, S. Hackett, M. Krachey, and D. Hankin. "Racing for Crabs: Costs and Management Options in Dungeness Crab Fishery," California Agriculture, October-December 2004, 58, pp. 186-93.
· Hackett, S., M. Krachey, C. Dewees, D. Hankin, and K. Sortais. "Characteristics of Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) Processing in California," California Agriculture, October-December 2004, 58, pp. 190.
· Hackett, S., M. Krachey, C. Dewees, D. Hankin, and K. Sortais. "An Economic Overview of Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) Processing in California," California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 2003, 44, pp. 86-93.
· Maxwell, J., T. Lyon and S. Hackett, "Self-Regulation and Social Welfare: The Political Economy of Corporate Environmentalism," Journal of Law and Economics October 2000, 43, pp. 583-618.
· Hackett, S., and K. Srinivasan, "Do Supplier Switching Costs Differ Across Japanese and US Multinational Firms?" Japan and the World Economy, January 1998, 10, pp. 13-32.
· Hackett, S., "Pollution-Controlling Innovation in Oligopolistic Industries: Some Comparisons Between Patent Races and Research Joint Ventures," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, November 1995, 29(3), pp. 339-356.
· Hackett, S., "Heterogeneity and Share Contracting in Medical Group Practices," International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1995, 2 , 103-22.
· Hackett, S., D. Dudley, and J. Walker, "Heterogeneities, Information, and Conflict Resolution: Experimental Evidence on Sharing Contracts," Journal of Theoretical Politics, October 1994, 6, 495-525.
· Hackett, S., "Is Relational Exchange Possible in the Absence of Reputations and Repeated Contact?" Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, October 1994, 10, 360-89.
· Hackett, S., E. Schlager, and J. Walker, "The Role of Communication in Resolving Commons Dilemmas: Experimental Evidence with Heterogeneous Appropriators," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1994, 27, 99-126.
· Lyon, T., and S. Hackett, "Bottlenecks and Governance Structures: Open Access and Long Term Contracting in Natural Gas," Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, October 1993, 9, 380-98.
· Hackett, S., "Incomplete Contracting: A Laboratory Experimental Analysis," Economic Inquiry, April 1993, 31, 274-97.
· Hackett, S., "Consignment Contracting," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, February 1993, 20, 247-53.
· Hackett, S., "Heterogeneity and the Provision of Governance for Common-Pool Resources," Journal of Theoretical Politics, July 1992, 4, 325-42.
· Hackett, S., Environmental and Natural Resources Economics: Theory, Policy, and the Sustainable Society, 3rd Edition (M.E. Sharpe, Publishers 2006).
· Hackett, S., Environmental and Natural Resources Economics: Theory, Policy, and the Sustainable Society, 2nd Edition (M.E. Sharpe, Publishers, 2001).
· Hackett, S., Environmental and Natural Resources Economics: Theory, Policy, and the Sustainable Society (M.E. Sharpe, Publishers, 1998).
· Hackett, S., D. King, M. Hansen, and E. Price. “The Economic Structure of California’s Commercial Fisheries.” Technical Report under Contract P0670015, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA. 2009 (forthcoming).
· Hackett, S., and M. Hansen. “Cost and Revenue Characteristics of the Salmon Fisheries in California and Oregon.” Technical Report under Contract 8404-S-004, National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, DC. 2008.
· Hackett, S. "Natural Resources." In A. Vaidya (ed.) Globalization: Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor, and Politics, Volume 2. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2006, p. 820-828.
· Hankin, D., S. Hackett, and C. Dewees. "California's Dungeness Crab: Conserving the Resource and Increasing the Net Economic Value of the Fishery." 2005. California Sea Grant College Program Research Completion Reports. Paper Fisheries04_05. http://repositories.cdlib.org/csgc/rcr/Fisheries04_05.
· Hackett, S. "Management of Ocean Fisheries." In Water: Science and Issues, ed. E. Julius Dasch. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.
· Hackett, S. "An Economic Overview of the California Wetfish Industry Complex." In D. Pleschner-Steele (ed.) California's "Wetfish" Industry: It's Importance Past, Present and Future. Santa Barbara, CA: California Seafood Council, 2002.
· Hackett, S., and J. Walker, "Common-Pool Resources: The Relevance of Laboratory Experimental Research," Chapter 31 of Water Quantity/Quality Management and Conflict Resolution, Ariel Dinar and Edna Loehman, Eds., Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995, 409-23.
· Lyon, T., and S. Hackett, "Gas Inventory Charges and Peak-Load Reliability," in Proceedings of the 12th Annual North American Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics, October 1990, pp. 173-184.
· Consultant (ICF), Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, NHTSA. Collaborated in writing elements of sections 4.5.6.1 and 4.5.7.1 -- Resource Impacts of Climate Change, Affected Environment (2008).
· Consultant (ICF), Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Deregulation of Genetically Modified Alfalfa, USDA APHIS. Collaborated in writing elements of technical reports on the economic impacts on organic and conventional alfalfa agriculture, and economic impacts on downstream food markets (2008).
· Lead Economist (Planwest Partners), Economic Development Strategic Plan, City of Rio Dell (2008).
· Lead Economist (Planwest Partners), Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (chapter 9, Economic Analysis of Alternatives), City of Fortuna General Plan Update (2007).
· Lead Economist (Planwest Partners), Economic Development Element, City of Fortuna General Plan Update (2005-07).
· Lead Economist (Planwest Partners), Economic Development Strategic Plan, City of Arcata (2004).
· Hackett, S. and B. Culbertson. Ongoing. Cengage Learning (formerly South-Western/Thomson Learning) Internet Feature -- EconData Online (1999-present).
· Ihara, D., and S. Hackett. 2002. The Economics of Forest Road Decommissioning. Center for Environmental Economic Development, Arcata, California.
· Krachey, M, and S Hackett. 2003. "The Economics of the California Dungeness Crab Industry: Preliminary Findings." Journal of Shellfish Research 22(2): 597. (Abstract of technical paper presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Section, National Shellfisheries Association, Newport, Oregon, 27-30 September 2002).
· Hackett, S. "Land use, social, and economic trends in the Humboldt Bay watershed region." Proceedings of the Humboldt Bay and Watershed Symposium, 08-09 February 2002.
· Hackett, S., Abstract of "Is Relational Exchange Possible in the Absence of Reputations and Repeated Contact?" Journal of Financial Abstracts, July 13, 1994, 1 (21).
· Maxwell, J., T. Lyon and S. Hackett, "Self-Regulation and Social Welfare: The Political Economy of Corporate Environmentalism," Journal of Law and Economics October 2000, 43, pp. 583-618. Reprinted in T. Lyon, ed., Regulation (London, UK: Edward Elgar, 2006).
· Hackett, S., E. Schlager, and J. Walker, "The Role of Communication in Resolving Commons Dilemmas: Experimental Evidence with Heterogeneous Appropriators," reprinted in J. Shogren, Ed., Experiments in Environmental Economics, Volumes I and II (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2002).
· Lyon, T., and S. Hackett, "Bottlenecks and Governance Structures: Open Access and Long Term Contracting in Natural Gas," reprinted as Chapter 11 of M. McGinnis, Ed., Polycentric Games and Institutions: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Volume 3 (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2000), 308-29.
· Hackett, S., D. Dudley, and J. Walker, "Heterogeneities, Information, and Conflict Resolution: Experimental Evidence on Sharing Contracts" reprinted as Chapter 5 of R. Keohane and E. Ostrom, Eds., Local Commons and Global Interdependence [London: Sage (published under the auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University), 1995], pp. 93-124.
· Hackett, S., "The Comparative Advantage of Merchant and Broker Intermediation," reprinted in Economics Alert (Elsevier Science), September 1993, 8-11.
· Hackett, S., "A Comparative Review of 'Government and Business: The Economics of Antitrust and Regulation,' and 'Business and Government in the Global Marketplace,' " Journal of Economic Education, Fall 1996, 27(4), pp. 379-80.
· Hackett, S., "Review of Industrial Economics: Issues and Perspectives,'" Journal of Economic Education, Winter 1995, 26, 89-91.
· Hackett, S., "Review of 'Advanced Industrial Economics,' " Journal of Economic Education, Winter 1994, 25, 88-90.
· Hackett, S., "The Humboldt County Economy: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?" Times-Standard, February 1999.
· Chapter Author, California Ocean Protection Council Contract, Economic and Social Considerations for Wave Energy Development in California, 2008.
· Technical Affiliate (with SERC), Department of Energy contract, Wind and Hydro Energy Feasibility Study for the Yurok Tribe, 2007-09.
· Project Director, NOAA Fisheries contract, The Economic Structure of the Salmon Troll Fishery in California and Oregon, 2007-08.
· Project Director, California Department of Fish and Game contract, The Economic Structure and Impact of California’s Commercial Fisheries, 2007-09.
· Co-Project Director, California Integrated Waste Management Board contract, Market Plan, (with Maggie Gainer of OECD), 2006-07.
· Co-Project Director, California Sea Grant College Program grant, California's Dungeness Crab: Conserving the Resource and Increasing the Net Economic Value of the Fishery (with Dave Hankin of HSU and Chris Dewees of UC-D), 2001-2004.
· Co-Leader, California Seafood Council, The Socio-Economics of the California Wetfish Industry, (with Carrie Pomeroy of UC-SC), 2001.
· Project Director, Humboldt Area Foundation grant (plus donations from the business community), Index of Economic Activity for Humboldt County, 1998-02.
· Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant award SBR-9222656, Strategic Information in Bargaining and Contracting, jointly funded by the Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program and Economics Program, 1992-94.
· 2007 Outstanding Faculty Award, SDRC, Humboldt State University.
· 2005 Scholar of the Year, Humboldt State University.
· 2005 Northern Section, California Chapter of the American Planning Association: Award for Outstanding Planning/Implementation – Small Jurisdiction, for the City of Arcata's Economic Development Strategic Plan.
· 2005 Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals: Gold Award, Refereed Journal Category, for "Racing for Crabs: Cost and Management Options Evaluated in Dungeness Crab Fishery" (California Agriculture, Oct/Dec 2004)
· Humboldt Energy Independence Fund (2007)
· Humboldt Bay Ecosystem Program Advisory Team (2007)
· Economics Panel, California State Employment Development Department, Sacramento (2006)
· Discussant Panel, California Climate Action Team Report, Humboldt State University (2006)
· Fishery Management Plan Scientific Review Panel, California Department of Fish and Game (2003)
· Member, American Economic Association
· Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
· External reviewer, Department of Economics, University of Hawai’i Hilo, March 2007
· Instructor, CSF International Short Course on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Stanford University (2006).
· California Integrated Waste Management Board Market Plan (2006).
· Reviewer, Energy Element, County of Humboldt General Plan Update (2005).
· Founding Director, HSU Office for Economic and Community Development ("The Portal", 2002-03): <http://www.humboldt.edu/~econdev >
· Co-Founding Director, Index of Economic Activity for Humboldt County (1996-2003).
· Science
· National Science Foundation
· European Science Foundation
· Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
· Sea Grant Program (Maryland, Delaware)
· Academy of Finland, Research Council for Culture and Society
· Journal of Law and Economics
· Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
· Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
· Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research
· Marine Resource Economics
· Economic Inquiry
· Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
· International Journal of Game Theory
· Journal of Labor Economics
· Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
· Comparative Economic Studies
· Journal of Theoretical Politics
· U.S. Geological Survey
· California Agriculture
· Water International
· Intermountain Journal of Sciences