A/Prof Jack A. Sinden
Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) 1961, in forest science. (This four-year degree was completed in three years.)
M F University of Michigan 1962, in forest economics.
Ph D University of Wales 1965, in forest economics
Contact
| Email: | jsinden@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W40 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2293 (or +61 2 6773 2293 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3281 |
Areas of Teaching
Previous positions
Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of New England, 1972 - 1981
Lecturer, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of New England, 1967 - 1971.
Silvicultural Officer, Forest Research Institute, Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 1965 - 1967.
Study leave positions
1982 School of Renewable Natural Resources, The University of Arizona. To teach courses in recreation economics, and resource policy analysis.
1977 I was invited back to the School of Forestry and Environmental studies, Yale University, to teach a course jointly with Professor A C Worrell.
1972 School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, to teach a course jointly with Professor A C Worrell.
1971 Department of Agricultural Economics, Oregon State University, to undertake research into valuation of unpriced benefits and costs.
Present teaching responsibilities
I co-ordinate the resource economics stream of courses. A summary of student assessments of my abilities as a teacher is contained in Appendix 1. It indicates that I am rated very well, and much above the University average, in a range of courses and teaching situations.
Research interests
My research has concentrated in the application of economics to resolve problems of the use of natural resources and the environment, in particular:
(a) valuation of benefits and costs
(b) economics of sustainable environmental use, and
(c) benefit-cost analysis of alternative uses of natural resources.
I have raised some $1.3m to support this research. The list of books and journal articles suggests major contributions in the areas of valuation of unpriced benefits and costs, and the operation of the land market.
Consultancy
Recent major consultancies include:
-consultant to the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan on course development and rural policy research, January to April, 1997.
- advisor to State Forests New South Wales on preparation of benefit-cost analyses for forestry, 1993-1994,
-preparation of handbook for evaluation of the environment, Department of Environment Sport and Territories, and Department of Finance, and Resource Assessment Commission, 1992-1994, and
-assessment of the recreation value of the Ovens and King Rivers in northeastern Victoria, Office of Water Resources of Victoria, 1987-1991.
Editorial Boards
Member of the editorial board of Australian Journal of Environmental Management, and I am regularly asked to referee papers for the following journals
-Land Economics
-Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
-Australian Forestry
Publications
Books (4)
Sinden, J A and D J Thampapillai, (1995), Introduction to benefit-cost analysis, Longman, Melbourne, pp 262.
Sinden, J A and A C Worrell, (1979), Unpriced values: decisions without market prices, Wiley, New York, pp 511.
Sinden, J A, Editor (1972), The natural resources of Australia ; problems and prospects for development, McGraw-Hill, Sydney, pp 334
Sinden, Jack, Randall Jones, Susie Hester, Doreen Odom, Cheryl Kalisch, Rosemary James, and Oscar Cacho, 2004, The economic impact of weeds in Australia, CRC for Australian Weed Management Technical Series 8, pp 55.
Journal Articles: Sole Author (31)
Sinden, J A 2005, “Ten Facts and a Question: impacts of regulations to protect native vegetation on farm incomes and land values”, Farm Policy Journal, 2(4), 29-37.
Sinden, J A 2005, “Conservation of Native woodland by farmers in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales”, Australian Forestry, 68 (1), 65-72.
Sinden, J A 2004, ‘Do the public gains from vegetation protection in north-western New South Wales exceed the landholders loss of land value?”, The Rangeland Journal, 26 (2), 204-224.
Sinden, J A 2004, “Estimating the costs of biodiversity protection in the Brigalow belt, New South Wales”, Journal of Environmental Management, 70, 351-362.
Sinden, J A 2004, “Influence of conservation of native vegetation on land values in Moree Plains Shire, NSW”, The ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1(2) 48 –70.
Sinden, J A 2003, “Decision rules, government rules, and the costs of vegetation protection in New South Wales”, Journal of Forest Economics, 9, 1-4.
Sinden, J A 2001, “Do forest economists make a difference?”, Journal of Forest Economics, 7(1), 5-8.
Sinden, J.A., 1995, "Ecology, Environment and Resources: Contributions of an Economist", International Journal of Social Economics, 23(4/5/6), 88-97.
Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics
Sinden, J.A., 1988, "Empirical Tests of Hypothetical Bias in Consumers’ Surplus Surveys", Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 32(2/3), 98-112.
Sinden, J.A., 1987, "Community Support for Soil Conservation", Search, 18(4), 188-194
Sinden, J.A., 1984, "Who should Pay for Non-wood Forest Values?", Australian Forestry, 47(3), 154-163.
Sinden, J.A., 1982, "Application of Quality of Life Indicators: Policy Evaluation for 26 Australian Towns", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 41(4), 401-420.
Sinden, J.A., 1980, “On the Derivation of Indifference Maps for Estimating Consumer's Surplus: Reply", Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 24(3), 296-302.
Sinden, J.A., 1980, "Pangloss, Pandora and Pareto for the Aspiring Benefit-Cost Analyst", Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, 48(2), 99-109.
Sinden, J.A., 1980, "Newspaper Cover of Environmental Issues in Australia, 1978". Search, 11(3), 64-67. (reprinted in Professor Henry Mayer's Media Information Australia).
Sinden, J.A., 1978, "Estimation of Consumer's Surplus Values for Land Policies", Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 22(3), 175-193.
Sinden, J.A., 1977, "The Provision and Use of National Parks in Victoria: Empirical Tests of the Tisdell Propositions", Australian Economic Papers, 16(2), 175-193.
Sinden, J.A., 1977, "The Seasonality of National Park Use", Economic Analysis and Policy, 7(1), 35-44.
Sinden, J.A., 1976, "Carrying Capacity as a Planning Concept for National Parks: Available or Desirable Capacity?", Landscape Planning, 2, 243-247.
Sinden, J.A., 1974, " A Utility Approach to the Valuation of Recreational and Aesthetic Experiences", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 56(1), 61-72.
Sinden, J.A., 1970, "Poplar Growing and Farm Adjustment on the North Coast of New South Wales", Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, 38(3), 116.
Sinden, J.A., 1970, "The Rationale of Environmental Preservation", Australian Quarterly, 42(4), 83-95. Reprinted in the National Physical Fitness Journal.
Sinden, J.A., 1970, "Incentives and Disincentives to Farm Forestry: An Australian Case Study", Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 64(4), 321-331.
Sinden, J.A., 1968, "Technical and Financial Maturity of Radiata Pine", Australian Forestry, 32(1), 15-25.
Sinden, J.A., 1967, "Evaluation of Extra-Market Benefits: A Critical Review", World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts, 9(4), 1-16. (reprinted in Land-use planning: the methodology of choice, Ed. J.O. Jones, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau, Oxford).
Sinden, J.A., 1967, "Some Provisional Yield Tables for Radiata Pine", Australian Forest Research, 2(4), 1-14.
Sinden, J.A., 1966, "The Optimum Forest Size in a Budget Framework", Commonwealth Forestry Review, 45(4), 338-344.
Sinden, J.A., 1966, "Economic Investigations and the Practical Aspects of Forest Management", Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 60(3), 226-231.
Sinden, J.A., 1965, "An Economic Analysis to aid the Marginal Decision on Rotation Length: Part II', Forestry, 38(2), 201-217.
Sinden, J.A., 1964, "An Economic Analysis to aid the Marginal Decision on Rotation Length: Part I", Forestry, 37(2), 161-178
Journal Articles: Joint Author (55)
Jack Sinden and Garry Griffith, 2006, “Combining Economic and ecological arguments to value environmental gains from control of 35 weeds in Australia”, Ecological Economics (in press)
Jones, Randall, Oscar Cacho and J A Sinden, 2006, “The importance of seasonal variability on measuring the benefits of a technology: A case study of integrated weed management”, Agricultural Economics (in press)
Prayaga, Prabha, Rolfe, John and Jack Sinden, 2006, “Travel Cost Analysis of the Value of Special Events: Gemfest in Central Queensland”, Tourism Economics, Accepted in June 2005 for publication in December 2006
Sinden, Jack, Jones, Randall, Hester, Susie, Odom, Doreen, Kalisch, Cheryl, James, Rosemary, Cacho, Oscar and Garry Griffith, 2005, “The economic impact of weeds in Australia”, Plant Protection Quarterly, 20(1) 25-32.
Odom, Doreen, Sinden, J A, Cacho, Oscar and G R Griffith 2005, “Economic issues in the management of plants invading natural environments: Scotch broom in Barrington Tops National Park”, Biological Invasions, 7, 445 –457.
Odom Doreen I S, Cacho, Oscar J ,Sinden, J A and Garry R Griffith, 2003, “Policies for the management of weeds in natural ecosystems: the case of scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius, L.) in an Australian national park”, Ecological Economics, 44 , 119-135.
Odom, Doreen, Griffith G R, Schroder, Mellesa and J A Sinden, 2003, “Using aerial mapping to analyse factors affecting the spread of Scotch broom, Plant Protection Quarterly, 18 (1), 6-10.
Omiti, J M, Parton, K A, Ehui, S K and J A Sinden, 2000, “Some policy implications of the re-surfacing of rural factor markets following agrarian de-collectivisation in Ethiopia”, Human Ecology, 28(4), 585-603.
Mallick, Seeme, Sinden, J A, and Dodo J Thampapillai, 2000, “The relationships between environmentally-sustainable income, employment and wages in Australia, Australian Economic Papers, 39(2), 231-244.
Tamubula, I and J A Sinden, 2000, “Sustainability and economic efficiency of agroforestry systems in Embu District, Kenya: An application of environmental modelling”, Environmental Modelling and Software, 15(1), 13-21.
Omiti, J.M., Parton, K A., Sinden, J.A., and S K Ehui, 1999, “Monitoring changes in land-use practices following agrarian de-collectivisation in Ethiopia”, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 72, 111-118.
Middleton, M. M., M. J. Lockyer, N. A. Dean and J. A. Sinden, 1999, “The opportunity cost of preservation of woodland on Farms”, Australian Forestry, 62 (1), 38-44.
Sinden, J A, Ahmad, Bashir and M. Aslam Chaudhry, 1998, “Application of Quality-of-Life Indices to Compare Rural Welfare in Crop Ecological Zones of the Punjab”, Journal of Rural Development and Administration, 30(3), 44-71.
Rogers, M. F., J. A. Sinden, J. A., and T De Lacy, 1997, "The Precautionary Principle for environmental management: a defensive expenditure application", Journal of Environmental Management, 51(4), 343-360.
Walpole, S. C., and J. A. Sinden, 1997, "BCA and GIS: integration of economic and environmental indicators to aid land management decisions", Ecological Economics, 23, 45-57.
Walpole S.C., Sinden, J A and T.P. Yapp, 1996, "Land quality as an input to production: the case of land degradation and agricultural output", Economic Analysis and Policy, 26(2), 185-207.
Sinden J.A. and David A. King, 1996, "Conservation information: a market incentive to promote environmental quality", Biodiversity and Conservation, 5, 943-950.
Pitt, M.W., J.A. Sinden and T.P. Yapp, 1994, "Community Support for Soil Conservation, 1985 -1994", Australian Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 8(4), 3-8. Rewritten as “Trends in Community Support for Soil Conservation 1985 – 1994”, and published as occasional publication of NSW Department of Conservation and Land Management.
Butteriss, Crispin and J.A. Sinden, 1994, "Rural Waste Management in New South Wales: an economic application of the Precautionary Principle", Australian Journal of Environmental Management, 1(3), 156-174.
Rogers, M.F. and J.A. Sinden, 1994, "The Safe Minimum Standard for Environmental Choices: Old-Growth Forest in New South Wales", Journal of Environmental Management, 41, 89-103.
King, D.A. and J.A. Sinden, 1994, "Price Formation in Farm Land Markets", Land Economics, 70(1), 38-52.
Kirby, Michael C. Sinden, J A and G.W. Kaine, 1993, "Appraisal of Agroforestry Investment Under Uncertainty: A South Australian Case Study", Australian Forestry, 56(2), 109-119.
Syaukat, Yusman, Pandey, Sushil and John A. Sinden, 1992, "An Economic Evaluation of Conservation Tillage in Northern New South Wales: A Dynamic Programming Approach", Mimbar Sosek: Jurnal Sosial-Ekonomi Pertanian, 6, 52-73.
Yapp, T.P., Walpole, S C and J.A. Sinden, 1992, "Soil Conservation and Land Degradation – Finding the Balance", Search, 23(10), 308-310.
Jones, A.D., Davies, H I and J.A. Sinden, 1990, "Relationships Between Eucalypt Dieback, Land and Land Use in Southern New England, New South Wales", Australian Forestry, 53(1), 13-23.
Sinden, J.A. and D.A. King, 1990, "Adoption of Soil Conservation Measures in Manilla Shire, New South Wales", Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, 58(2/3), 179-192.
King, D.A. and J.A. Sinden, 1988, "Influence of Soil Conservation on Farm Land Values", Land Economics, 64(3), 242-255. Abstracted as Research Note 2/88 of the Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales.
Sinden, J.A. and D.A. King, 1988, "Who Adopts Conservation Practices?", Australian Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1(1), 32-37.
Knetsch, J.L. and J.A. Sinden, 1987, "The Persistence of Evaluation Disparities", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 691-695.
Marshall, J.D., J.A. Sinden and J.L, Knetsch, 1986, "Agent's evaluations and the Disparity in Measures of Economic Loss", Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 7, 115-127.
Delforce, R.J., J.A. Sinden and M.D. Young, 1986, "Policy preferences and social economic values to resolve Pastoralism-Tourism Conflicts", Landscape Planning, 12, 387-401.
Sinden, J.A. and A.D. Jones, 1985, "Eucalypt Dieback and Stocking Rates in Southern New England", Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 29(2), 149-156.
Knetsch, J.L. and J.A. Sinden, 1984, "Willingness to Pay and Compensation Demanded: Experimental Evidence of an Unexpected Disparity in Measures of Value", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 99(3), 507-521.
Majid, I., Sinden, J A and Alan Randall, 1983, "Benefit Evaluation of Increments to Existing Systems of Public Facilities", Land Economics, 59(4), 377-392.
Findlater, P.A. and J.A. Sinden, 1982, "Estimation of Recreation Benefits from Measured Utility Functions", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 64(1), 102-109.
Sinden, J.A., P.A. Kozcanowski and P.P. Sniekers, 1982, "Public Attitudes to Eucalypt Woodland, Eucalypt Dieback, and Dieback Research in the New England Region of New South Wales", Australian Forestry, 45(2), 107-116.
Sinden, J.A. and G.K. Windsor, 1981, "Estimating the Value of Wildlife for Preservation: A Comparison of Approaches", Journal of Environmental Management, 12, 111 -125.
O'Hanlon, P.W., and J.A. Sinden, 1981, "A Market Simulation Game to Value Unpriced Goods and Services", Regional Science and Urban Economics, 11, 101-119.
Vere, D.T., M.H. Campbell, and J.A. Sinden, 1980, "Social Benefits of Serrated Tussock Control in New South Wales", Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, 48(3), 123-138.
Reynolds, I.K. and J.A. Sinden, 1979, "The Cost of Amenity Management of Land in Multiple Use Policies", Australian Forestry, 42(4), 236-242.
Thampapillai, D.J. and J.A. Sinden, 1979, "Trade-offs for Multiple Objective Planning through Linear Programming", Water Resources Research, 15(5), 1028-1034.
Mackay, D.R. and J.A. Sinden, 1979, "Wombats are Worth $30,000: A Success for Environmental Preservation", Western Victoria Journal of Social Issues, 1(3), 59-71. (Reprinted in The Natural History Society of South Australia 25th Anniversary Volume)
Hitchens, M.T., D.J. Thampapillai, and J.A. Sinden, 1978, "The Opportunity Cost Criterion for Land Allocation", Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, 46(3), 275-293.
O'Hallon, P.W. and J.A. Sinden, 1978, "Scope for Valuation of Environmental Goods: Comment", Land Economics, 54(3), 381-387.
Sinden, J.A. and B.S. Moore, 1977, "Factors Influencing Timber Sales on Grazing Properties in Northern New South Wales", Australian Forestry, 40(2), 121-31.
Sinden, J.A. and J.B. Wyckoff, 1976, "Indifference Mapping: An Empirical Methodology for Economic Evaluation of the Environment", Regional Science and Urban Economics, 6, 81-103.
Sinden, J.A. and R.K. Smith, 1975, "The Analysis and Management of Forest Landscapes: Exotics, Eucalypts or Solitude", Australian Forestry, 38(3), 183-200.
Kingma, O.T. and J.A. Sinden, 1975, "Towards Practical Guidelines for Multiple Use Management", Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 23(3), 59-65.
Ramasamy, V. and J.A. Sinden, 1975, "Allocation of Time to Leisure and Between Leisure Activities", Economic Analysis and Policy, 6(1), 2-14.
Sinden, J.A. and O.T. Kingma, 1972, "Land Tenure in the Cypress Pine Areas of North Western New South Wales", Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 16(1), 11-21.
Ramasamy, V. and J.A. Sinden, 1972, "Flood Mitigation versus Poplar Growing as Alternative Public Investments: A Case Study", Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, 38(3), 182-184.
Ranken, R.L. and J.A. Sinden, 1971, "Causal Factors in the Demand for Outdoor Recreation", Economic Record, 1971, 418-426.
Lucas, A.E. and J.A. Sinden, 1970, "The Concept of Multiple Purpose Land Use: Myth or Management System?", Australian Forestry, 34(2), 73-83.
Sinden, J.A. and L. Sinden, 1965, "Americans – You've Never had it so Good", American Forests.
Sinden, J.A. and L. Sinden, 1964, "A Forest Recreation Survey: Implications for Future Development", Scottish Forestry, 18(2), 120-127.
Joint author papers in refereed conference proceedings (3)
Hester, S M, Sinden, J A and O J Cacho, 2004, “Valuation of the cost of a weed incursion
in a natural environment: a simulation approach”, pp 572 to 575 in Editors B M Sindel and S B Johnson Weed Management : Balancing People, Planet , Profit, Proceedings of 14th Australian Weeds Conference.
Odom, D I S and J A Sinden 2004, “Benefit cost analysis for weed risk assessment in
natural environments: full analysis, partial analysis or rules of thumb?”, pp 584 –587 in Editors B M Sindel and S B Johnson Weed Management : Balancing People, Planet, Profit, Proceedings of 14th Australian Weeds Conference.
Sinden, J A, Jones R, Hester, S, Odom, D, Kalisch, C, James, R and O Cacho, 2004, “The economic impact of weeds in Australian agriculture”’, pp 588 to 591 in Editors B M Sindel and S B Johnson Weed Management: Balancing People, Planet, Profit, Proceedings of 14th Australian Weeds Conference.