Dr. W Bowman Cutter

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

Pomona College

Claremont, CA 91711

909-607-8187

Bowman.Cutter@Pomona.edu


 

 

 

Education

 

Ph.D.., University of California, Los Angeles, CA , December 2002.

University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program Graduate Fellowship, 2000-2002.

 

      M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, CA, July 1999.

      University of California, Los Angeles, Research Mentorship Scholarship, 1999-2000.

 

B.A. with Honors, Economics and Mathematics, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, September 1993.

 

Academic Positions

 

Assistant Professor and Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist. Department of Environmental Science, University of California, Riverside, August 2002-Present.

 

Other Employment

 

Research Assistant.  U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Economic Policy.  1993-1995

 

Peace Corps Volunteer.  Agricultural Development.  Tarija, Bolivia. 1995-1997.

 

Teaching

 

Courses Taught: Environmental Economics (undergraduate), Freshman Advising Seminar

Guest Lecturer:  Environmental Science I and II and III, Introduction to Environmental Economics, Water Resources.

           

Publications: Refereed Scholarly

Baerenklau, K.A., W.B. Cutter, A. DeWoody, R. Sharma, and J. Lee. 2008.  “Infiltration Benefits of Capturing Urban Runoff with Competitive Bidding for Decentralized BMPs.”  Forthcoming at Water Resources Research.

 

Cutter, W.B., Pendleton, L., DeShazo, J.R. 2007.  “Activities in Models of Recreation Demand.” Land Economics. 83(4), pp. 370-381.

 

Cutter, W.B. 2007.  “Valuing Groundwater Recharge in an Urban Context.” Land Economics. 83(2). pp 234-252.

 

Cutter, W.B., DeShazo, J.R. 2007. “The Environmental Consequences of Decentralizing the Decision to Decentralize.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 53 (1): pp.32-53.

 

Cutter, W.B., DeShazo, J.R. 2006. “Evaluating Reforms in the Implementation of Hazardous Waste Policies in California.” California Policy Options 2006. UCLA School of Public Affairs.

 

Federman M. , Cutter W., , et. al. 1996. "What Does it Mean to be Poor in America?" Monthly Labor Review. Volume 119(5). pp. 3-17.

 

 

Publications: Refereed Professional/Practicioner

 

Dewoody, A., Cutter W.B., Crohn D. 2007. “Cost-Effectiveness of Stormwater Infiltration BMPs in Los Angeles County.”  StormCon: The North American Surface Water Quality Conference and Exposition. Phoenix, Arizona.

 

Cutter, W.B.  2006.  “Local Governments and Environmental Compliance: Lessons for Extending Environmental Regulation to Agriculture.” WaterWise. Fall 2005/Winter 2006.

 

Cutter, W.B., DeShazo, J.R. 2005. “Hazardous Waste.” Southern California Environmental Report Card. UCLA Institute of the Environment.

 

Cutter, W.B.  2004.  “New Developments in Water Quality Funding.”  WaterWise. Winter 2004.

 

Cutter, W.B.  2003. “California Water Supply Trends that Nurseries Should Notice.” CORF  News: Floriculture Education from the Kee Kitayama Research Foundation. Volume 7(3). pp.1-2.

 

Cutter, W.B.  2003.  “TMDL’s –A New Approach to Water Quality Regulation.” WaterWise. Winter. pp 1-2.

 

Cutter, W.B.  2003.  “Incentive-Based Regulation for TMDL’s.” WaterWise. Summer.

 

Publications:,Monographs, Reports

 

Cutter, W.B. and K.A. Baerenklau. 2007.  Implementing the Los Angeles Rivers Metals TMDL through Financial Incentives: A Sun Valley Case Study.  Report to the City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works.  June (69 manuscript pages).

 

Baerenklau, K.A. and W.B. Cutter. 2006.  Incentives for Voluntary Installation of Stormwater BMPs.  Report to the City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works.  December (25 manuscript pages). 

 

Dewoody, A., Cutter W.B., Crohn D. 2006. Costs and Benefits of the Watershed Augmentation Study Sites. Policy Paper for the Los Angeles San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council’s Water Augmentation Study. (http://www.lasgrwc.org/WAS.htm)

 

Cutter W.B. 2006  Report On Valuing Stormwater Infiltration in the Los Angeles Area. Policy Paper for the Los Angeles San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council’s Water Augmentation Study and the Southern California Association of Governments. (http://www.lasgrwc.org/WAS.htm)

 

Cutter, W.B.  2003. USC Stormwater Cost Estimate.  For the Los Angeles San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council.

 

Cutter, W.B.  2003.  Stormwater Utilities as a Vehicle for Cost-Effective Runoff Regulation. For the Southern California Association of Governments Water Policy Committee.  

 

Publications: Proceedings

 

Cutter, W.B., M. Neidell,   2006. “Voluntary Information Programs and Environmental Regulation: Evidence from ‘Spare the Air.” Third World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economics.

 

 

 

Publications: Submitted

Baerenklau, K.A., W.B. Cutter, A. DeWoody, R. Sharma, and J. Lee. 2008.  “Incentives for Decentralized BMPs: A Market-Based Alternative For Reducing Stormwater Runoff.”  Resubmitted July 2008  Policy Matters.

 

Cutter, W.B, A. DeWoody.  2007. “Valuing On-Site Parking in Commercial Real Estate In Progress.” Resubmitted July 2008 at Real Estate Economics.

 

Cutter, W.B., M. Neidell. 2007.  “Voluntary Information Programs and Environmental Regulation: Evidence from ‘Spare the Air.” Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. (33 manuscript pages).

 

Bubb, K., T. Meixner, K.A. Baerenklau, B. Cutter and A. van Griensven. 2007.  “Economic Impact of Model Predictive Uncertainty on TMDL Assessments: San Jacinto River, California Case Study.”  Submitted to Water Resources Research (35 manuscript pages).

 

Working Papers

 

Cutter, W.B, A. DeWoody.  “Do Parking Requirements Significantly Increase The Area Dedicated To Parking? A Test Of The Effect Of Parking Requirements Values In Los Angeles County.”  In Progress.  (30 manuscript pages).

 

Cutter, W.B, A. DeWoody. “Cost-Effectiveness of Stormwater Infiltration BMPs in Los Angeles County.” In Progress.  (26 manuscript pages).

 

Wu, X., W. Cutter. “Who Votes for Environmental Regulations in California? —A Spatial Econometric Approach” In progress. (30 manuscript pages).

 

Work In Progress

 

Cutter, W.B, L. Fernandez.  “Quasi-Experimental Valuation of Open Space using Repeat Sales.”  In progress.

 

Cutter, W.B.    “Effectiveness of Inspection Mandates in the California Underground Storage Tank Program.” In progress.

 

Presentations at Professional Meetings and Conferences or Workshops

Second World Conference of Environmental and Resource Economics, Monterey, California, 2002.

University of California-Riverside, February 28th, 2003.

Southern Economic Association/AERE/SCREE, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 2004.

American Economic Association, Philadelphia, PA, 2005. 

Western Economic Association, San Francisco, CA,  2005.

Santa Barbara Occasional Conference on Environmental Economics, Santa Barbara, California, 2005.

Occasional Conference on Environmental Economics, Santa Barbara, California, 2005.

Third World Conference of Environmental and Resource Economics, Kyoto, Japan, 2006.

Columbia University, New York, New York, 2007.

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Portland, Oregon, 2007.

StormCon: The North American Surface Water Quality Conference. Phoenix, Arizona, 2007.

Pomona College, 2008.

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Orlando, Florida, 2008.

 

Cooperative Extension Workshops and Presentations (invited speaker)

 

Southern California Association of Governments. 2002-2007

OHECC Workgroup Conference.  2003

Watershed University, North East Trees. 2003

Los Angeles and San Gabriels Rivers’ Watershed Council (LASGRWC)  / Water Augmentation Study (WAS) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) 2004-2007.

State Water Board Stormwater Technical Advisory Group. 2004

Natural Resources Coordinating Committee. 2004.

Fruit Grower/Packer Extension workshop. 2004.

Santa Monica Bay bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) workshop. 2004

Bureau of Reclamation meeting. 2004

Avocado Growers Workshop (2 talks). 2004

Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power, TMDL workshop. 2005

Watershed University, Santa Clara. 2005.

Southern California Environmental Report Card. 2006

CalFed Bay Delta Workshop. 2006

Los Angeles Board of Public Works (3 presentations). 2006-2007.

Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board-UCLA workshop. 2007

Natural Resources Coordinating Committee. 2008.

 

Extramural Funding

 

California State Water Board. “Evaluating BMP effectiveness to reduce volumes and improve quality of runoff from urban environments.” Cooperator. $3.2 million. 2005-2009

 

Environmental Protection Agency. “Implementing the Los Angeles River Metals TMDL through Financial Incentives.” Co-PI. $61,665. 2005-2007

 

Environmental Protection Agency. “Information, Altruism, and Regulation: Evidence from ‘Spare the Air’ Using a Regression Discontinuity Approach.” Co-PI. $150,000. 2005-2007

 

University of California Water Resources Center. “Assessing the Effectiveness of California’s Underground Storage Tank Annual Inspection Rate Requirements.” PI. $30,000. 2007-2008.

 

Alluvial Fan Flood Task Force. Department of Water Resources, California. Subcontractor. $14,715. August 2007-2008.

 

County of Los Angeles.  “TMDL Watershed Assessment.” Subcontractor. To Be Determined. 2007-2009.

 

Professional Service

Reviews

Western Economic Association Conference, 2005 Governors Science Report, California Urban Water Council (review of 2 book length reports), Giannini Foundation Monograph Series, California Agriculture

CalFed (online course review), Journal of Law, Economics and Organization

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Environmental Management.

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.

Conference Service

Discussant. Southern Economic Association/AERE/SCREE, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 2004.

Discussant. Western Economics Association Annual Meetings. San Francisco, CA. July, 2005.

Session Moderator. Western Economics Association Annual Meetings. San Francisco, CA. July, 2005.

Session Moderator. Third World Conference of Environmental and Resource Economics, Kyoto, Japan, 2006.

Discussant. Third World Conference of Environmental and Resource Economics, Kyoto, Japan, 2006.

Discussant. Association of Environmental and Resources Economics, Portland, Oregon, 2007.

 

 

University Service

Space committee 2005-2006.

Undergraduate Advising  2003-2008.

Reviewer for applications for the graduate Environmental Science program. 2003-2008

Web page committee 2006-2007

Academic Assembly Council, UCR Chair and representative, 2004-2008.

Compensation committee, Academic Assembly Council, 2004-2008.

Attended organizational meeting of the UC Mexus/UC joint environmental education proposal.

Member, DANR Water Quality Workgroup. 2002 to 2008.

Member, DANR Landscapes Workgroup. 2002 to 2008.

 

Other Service

Member, Board of Directors, Los Angeles and San Gabriel’s Rivers Watershed Council

Member, Southern California Association of Governments Water Policy Task Force

Technical Consultant, Alluvial Fan Flooding Task Force.

Member, Los Angeles and San Gabriel’s Rivers Watershed Council Water Augmentation Study technical advisory committee.

Member, Los Angeles and San Gabriel’s Rivers Watershed Council Southern California Watershed Assessment Framework technical advisory committee.

Technical Advisory Group, Municipal Stormwater Cost Survey.