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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Agricultural Economics

Decision-making At Work for Nebraska

Gary D. Lynne

Professor

Gary D. Lynne 

103 Filley Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0922
Phone: (402) 472-8281
Fax: (402) 472-3460
E-mail: glynne1@unl.edu 

Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Oregon State University
M.S., Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University 
B.S., Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University

Curriculum Vitae
Brief Vitae

Websites and Resources

Market Mechanisms, Incentives and Conservation Technologies

Carbon Storage and Markets 

Water Conservation and Water Quality 

Metaeconomics

Social Capital

Research Interests

  • Motivations in natural resource (e.g. carbon and water) conservation and quality enhancement
  • Market mechanisms and incentives for environmental enhancement
  • Social theory development in behavioral economics and ecological economics

Courses

  • AECN 265 - Resource and Environmental (and Ecological) Economics I (syllabus)
  • AECN/NRES 883 - Ecological Economics (syllabus)
  • AECN 896 - Behavioral Economics (syllabus)

Recent Publications

  • Sautter, J., Ovchinnikova, N., Kruse, C., and Lynne, G. “Farmers’ Decisions Regarding Carbon Sequestration: A Metaeconomic View.” Society and Natural Resources (in press).
  • Ovchinnikova, N., Czap, H., Lynne, G. D. and Larimer, C.  “‘I don’t want to be selling my soul’: Two Experiments in Environmental Economics.” Journal of Socio-Economics 38,2 (March 2009): 221-229.
  • Lynne, G. D. Review of Bromley, D.W. “Sufficient Reason: Volitional Pragmatism and the Meaning of Economic Institutions.”  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006, 244 pp. in Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research 1,1 (January, 2009): 118-120.
  • Lynne, G.D. Review of Frank, R.H. “What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments.” Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004, 303 pp. in J. Socio-Economics 37 (2008): 1287-1291.
  • Lynne, G. D. Review of Bromley, D.W. “Sufficient Reason: Volitional Pragmatism and the Meaning of Economic Institutions.” Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006, 244 pp. in American J. of Agri. Econ. 89,4 (November 2007): 1120-1122.
  • Lynne, G.D. “On the Economics of Subselves: Toward a Metaeconomics” Chp. 6 In: Altman, Morris (Ed). Handbook of Contemporary Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Developments. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006, pp. 99-122.
  • Artikov, I., Hoffman, S.J., Lynne, G.D., PytlikZillig, L.M., Hu, Qi, Tomkins, A.J., Hubbard, K.G., Hayes, M.J. and Waltman, W. “Understanding the Influence of Climate Forecasts on Farmer Decisions as Planned Behavior.” J. Appl. Meteor. Climat. 45 (2006): 1202-1214
  • Hu, Qi, PytlikZillig, L.M., Lynne, G.D., Hubbard, K.G., Waltman, W.J., Hayes, M.J., Tomkins, A. J., Hoffman, S.J. and Wilhite, D.A. “Understanding Farmers’ Forecast Use from their Beliefs, Values, Social Norms and Perceived Obstacles.” J. Appl. Meteor. Clim. 45 (2006): 1190-1201.
  • Lynne, G.D. “Toward a Dual Motive Metaeconomic Theory.” J. Socio-Economics 35 (2006): 634-651.
  • Kalinowski, C.M., Lynne, G.D. and Johnson, B. “Recycling as a Reflection of Balanced Self-Interest: A Test of the Metaeconomics Approach.” Environ. and Behav. 38 (2006): 333-355.
  • Lynne, G.D. Review of DeGrieff, P. and Cronin, C. (eds). “Global Justice and Transnational Politics: Essays on the Moral and Political Challenges of Globalization.” Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2002, 320 pp. in Amer. J. Agri. Econ. 87,2 (May 2005): 532-534.
  • Hayes, W.H. and G.D. Lynne. “Towards a Centerpiece for Ecological Economics.” Ecological Economics 49,3 (July, 2004): 287-301
  • Cordes, S., J. Allen, R. Bishop, G. D. Lynne, L. Robison, V. D. Ryan and R. Shaeffer. “Social Capital, Attachment Value and Rural Development: A Conceptual Framework and Application of Contingent Valuation.” Amer. J. Agr. Econ. 85,5 (2003): 1201-1207.