Caroline L. Noblet

Caroline Noblet

Office: 305 Winslow
Phone: 207.581.3172
E-mail: caroline.noblet@maine.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Economic Psychology, 91±¬ÁÏ, 2012

M.S. Resource Economics and Policy, 91±¬ÁÏ, 2005

B.A. Economics and Environmental Science, Boston College, 1999

Research Areas and Interests

Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Information Processing (eco-labels, message framing, etc.), Environmental Economics and Behavior, Sustainability Science

My research interest is in behavioral/ experimental environmental economics with a particular focus on how people process and utilize information.  I am currently working on projects that examine the role of risk perceptions, choice architecture, valuation of the environment and environmental motivation in natural resource decision making.  I enjoy the opportunity to engage with decision-makers on research and am pleased to be able to conduct work in my home state of Maine.

Topic areas include: PFAS, coastal water quality and management, aquaculture, forests

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Curriculum Vitae Spring 2018

Teaching and Mentoring 

I teach courses in behavioral and experimental economics, and environmental economics and policy (see course list below). In my courses I focus on developing skill sets from the theories and applications associated with these fields, and how they can be applied to policy -relevant issues.

Working with students is something I greatly enjoy – I am proud to have been nominated by my students for: the Faculty Mentor award (2023), Awarded the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award for the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture (2016); the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture (2012) and Professor of the Year Award from Sigma Phi Epsilon (2011).

Courses

Fall 2023

  • ECO 404/ 504 Behavioral Economics
  • ECO 377 Environmental Economics
  • ECO 105 Environmental Policy

(offered in Fall 2022, 2024: ECO 403/503 Experimental Economics)

Select Recent Publications

  • 2023 –The (indirect) effects of windfall funds on sustainability behavior: Insights for carbon fee dividends. Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy. – with colleague Shana McDermott (Trinity College)
  • 2022 – Forever Chemicals Needing Immediate Solutions: Mainers’ Preferences for Addressing PFAS Contamination. Maine Policy Review. . – with graduate student Charity Zimmerman and undergraduate student Molly Shea
  • 2021 –  Economic valuation as a communication device for environmental philanthropy: Evidence from the lab and field. Land Economics. -with colleague Sandra H. Goff (Skidmore College) and former Graduate student J. Ross Anthony
  • 2018 – Assessing Consumer Preferences for Seafood Labels: Consumer Preferences for Seafood Attributes of Wild Harvested and Farm-Raised Products’. Aquaculture Economics and Management – with former Graduate Student Christian Brayden, and colleagues Keith S. Evans and Laura Rickard
  • 2017-Does one good turn deserve another? : Evidence of domain specific licensing in energy behavior. Environment and Behavior. – with colleague Shannon K. McCoy
    • Featured publication of September 2017 SCORAI Newsletter (Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative)
  • 2017-Does Pricing Nature Reduce Support for Conservation?: Evidence from Donation Behavior in an Online Experiment. Ecological Economics – with colleagues Sandra H. Goff (Skidmore College) and Timothy M. Waring
  • 2017-Public acceptance of coastal zone management efforts[1]:  The role of citizen preferences in allocation of funds. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review – with colleagues Keith S. Evans and Kathleen P. Bell and former graduate students Emma L. Fox and Abigail Kaminski
  • 2015-Public Preferences for Investments in Renewable Energy Production and Energy Efficiency. Energy Policy – with colleagues Mario F. Teisl, Keith S. Evans, Mark W. Anderson, Shannon K. McCoy and stakeholder Ed Cervone
  • 2015-Thinking Past, Thinking Future: An Empirical Test of the Effects of Retrospective Assessment on Future Preferences. Ecological Economics – with colleagues Mario F. Teisl, and Mark W. Anderson

Media

  • Local trumps organic – Aquaculture North America. Story features results of work with Master’s student W. Christian Brayden: )
  • Science with Attitude. Story features former graduate research assistant Emma Fox. http://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/news/news-2/science-with-attitude/
  • University study suggests support for energy efficiency. Maine Public. Story features results of 2015 study published in Energy Policy

Current Graduate Students

  • Charity Zimmerman – dual degree MS Economics & School for Policy and International Affairs (One Health and the Environment NRT)
  • Alissa Miller-Gonzalez – MS in Resource Economics and Policy
  • Ben Cotton –  MS Economics
  • Abby Leidenfrost – MS Economics
  • Yimin Wang – MS Economics
  • (as of Fall 2023) Molly Shea – MS Resource Economics and Policy (One Health and the Environment NRT)

Former Graduate Students

  • Emma Fox -IEC, Cambridge, MA
  • W. Christian Brayden – Project Manager, Maine Aquaculture Association
  • J. Ross Anthony, Governor’s Office of Energy (Maine)
  • Olga Bredikhina
  • Amy Bainbridge
  • Allyson Eslin
  • Chelsea Liddell

Links to Web Pages (Other 91±¬ÁÏ affiliations)