BIO
Stephen Hynes is a senior researcher in the Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU)
in the National University of Ireland, Galway. He has a PhD in economics from NUI Galway
and in environmental economics from Stirling University, Scotland. He has a strong
background in applied environmental/natural resource economic research and extensive work
experience in econometric modelling. Stephen’s main research interest is in microeconomic
behaviour analysis, related to natural resource/environmental and rural development policy.
He specialised in the use of spatial micro-simulation modelling approaches for environmental
policy analysis and the use of non-market valuation techniques for estimating the value of
ecosystem services and for modelling recreational demand. Stephen has previously worked as
an environmental economist in the Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc and as a lecturer
in economics in the Department of Economics NUI Galway. He has published extensively in
various Irish and international journals.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Hynes, S., Morrissey, K., O’Donoghue, C. and Clarke, G. (2009). Building a Static Farm
Level Spatial Microsimulation Model for Rural Development and Agricultural Policy
Analysis in Ireland. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and
Ecology, 8 (3): 282-299.
Hynes, S., Morrissey, K., O'Donoghue, C. and Clarke, G.. (2009). A Spatial Microsimulation
Analysis of Methane Emissions from Irish Agriculture. Journal of Ecological Complexity 6:
135– 146.
Buckley, C. Hynes, S. and van Rensburg, T. (2009) Recreational demand for farm
commonage in Ireland: A contingent valuation assessment, Land Use Policy 26 (3): 846 –
854.
Hynes, S. and Hanley, N., (2009). The ‘‘Crex crex’’ lament: Estimating landowners
willingness to pay for corncrake conservation on Irish farmland, Biological Conservation 142:
180-188.
Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and O'Donoghue, C. (2009). Alternative treatments of the cost of time
in recreational demand models: an application to whitewater kayaking in Ireland. Journal of
Environmental Management 90(2):1014-1021.
O’Donoghue, C., Hynes, S. and Lennon, J (2009). The Life-Cycle Income Analysis Model
(LIAM): A Study of a Flexible Dynamic Microsimulation Modelling Computing Framework.
International Journal of Microsimulation 2 (1): 16-31.
Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and Scarpa, R. (2008). Effects on Welfare Measures of Alternative
Means of Accounting for Preference Heterogeneity in Recreational Demand Models.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90 (4): 1011-1027.
Hynes, S., Cahill, B. and Dillon, E. (2008). Estimating the amenity value of Irish woodlands.
Irish Forestry 64: 18-36.
Cullinan J., Hynes, S and O’Donoghue, C. (2008), Estimating catchment area population
indicators using network analysis: an application to two small-scale forests in County
Galway, Irish Geography, 41, 279-294.
Hynes S., O’Donoghue, C. Murphy, E. and Kinsella, A. (2008). The Impact of REPS
participation on farm chemical input usage and the production of negative externalities.
Tearmann, The Irish Journal of Agri-Environmental Research 6: 16-27
Morrissey, K., Hynes, S., Clarke, G., Ballas, D. and O’Donoghue, C. (2008). Analysing
Access to GP Services in Rural Ireland using micro-level Analysis. Area 40 (3): 354-364.
Buckley, C. van Rensburg, T. and Hynes, S. (2008) What are the financial returns to
agriculture from a common property resource? A case study of Irish Commonage. Journal of
Farm Management 13 (5): 311-325.
Hynes, S., Farrelly, N., Murphy, E. and O'Donoghue, C. (2008). Modelling habitat
conservation and participation in agri-environmental schemes: A spatial microsimulation
approach. Ecological Economics, vol. 66, issue 2-3, pages 258-269
Shrestha, S., Hennessy, T. and Hynes, S. (2007). The Effect of Decoupling on Farming in
Ireland: A Regional Analysis. Irish Journal of Agricultural & Food Research 46 (1): 1-14.
Hynes, S. and Cahill, B. (2007). Valuing the benefits to the local community of supplying
recreational facilities in community owned forests: an application of the contingent behaviour
method. Small-scale Forestry 6: 219–231
Christie, M., Hanley, N. and Hynes, S. (2007). Valuing Enhancements to Forest Recreation
using Choice Experiments and Contingent Behaviour Methods. Journal of Forest Economics,
Volume 13 (2): 75-102
Hynes, S., Buckley, C. and van Rensburg, T. (2007). Recreational Pursuits on Marginal Farm
Land: A Discrete-Choice Model of Irish Farm Commonage Recreation. The Economic and
Social Review 38 (1): 63 – 84.
Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and Garvey, E. (2007). Up the Proverbial Creek without a paddle:
Accounting for variable participant skill levels in Recreational Demand Modelling.
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 36: 413 – 426.
Mill, G., van Rensburg, T., Hynes, S. and Dooley, C. (2007). Valuing Preferences for Multiple
Use Forest Management in Ireland: Citizen and Consumer Perspectives. Ecological
Economics 60 (3): 642-653.
Hynes, S. and Hanley, N. (2006). Preservation versus Development on Irish Rivers:
Whitewater Kayaking and Hydro Power in Ireland. Land Use Policy 23: 170 - 180.
Publications: Book Chapters and National Reports
Christie, M., Hanley N., Garrod, B., Hyde., T, Lyons, N., Bergmann, E. and Hynes, S. (2006).
Valuing heterogeneity of forest recreation activities: Final report. Forestry Commission:
Edinburgh.
Hynes, S., Buckley, C and van Rensburg, T. (2008). Recreational Pursuits on Marginal Farm
Land: A Discrete-Choice Model, in Subir Ghosh (ed.) Rural Tourism. ICFAI Books (ISBN:
978-81-314-1507-8).
O’Donoghue, C., Leach, R. and Hynes, S. (forthcoming). Simulating Earnings in Dynamic
Microsimulation Models, in A. Harding, P Williamson and A Zaidi (eds.) New Frontiers in
Microsimulation Modelling. Amsterdam: North Holland.