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  • Gundimeda, Haripriya, Atkinson, Giles (2024). Measuring global human progress are we on the right track? Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 49(1), 599 - 622. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-112621-072941 picture_as_pdf
  • Gelan, Ayele U., Atkinson, Giles (2022). Climate change and food security: assessing the prospect for Kuwait using an economy-wide model. Kuwait Journal of Science, 49(4). https://doi.org/10.48129/kjs.15943 picture_as_pdf
  • Kruse, Tobias, Atkinson, Giles (2022). Understanding public support for international climate adaptation payments: evidence from a choice experiment. Ecological Economics, 194, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107321 picture_as_pdf
  • Atkinson, Giles, Ovando, Paola (2022). Distributional issues in natural capital accounting: an application to land ownership and ecosystem services in Scotland. Environmental and Resource Economics, 81(2), 215 - 241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00613-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Aldy, Joseph E., Atkinson, Giles, Kotchen, Matthew J. (2021). Environmental benefit-cost analysis: a comparative analysis between the United States and the United Kingdom. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 13(1), 267-288. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-040821-045913 picture_as_pdf
  • Atkinson, Giles, Hamilton, Kirk (2020). Sustaining wealth: simulating a sovereign wealth fund for the UK’s oil and gas resources, past and future. Energy Policy, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111273 picture_as_pdf
  • Atkinson, Giles, Groom, Ben, Hanley, Nicholas, Mourato, Susana (2018). Environmental valuation and benefit-cost analysis in U.K. policy. Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2018.6
  • Palmer Fry, Benjamin N., Agarwala, Matthew, Atkinson, Giles, Clements, Tom, Homewood, Katherine, Mourato, Susana, Rowcliffe, J. Marcus, Wallace, Graham, Milner-Gulland, Eleanor Jane (2017). Monitoring local well-being in environmental interventions: a consideration of practical trade-offs. Oryx, 51(1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060531500112X
  • Milner-Gulland, Eleanor Jane, Mcgregor, J.A., Agarwala, M., Atkinson, Giles, Bevan, P., Clements, Tom J., Daw, T., Homewood, Katherine, Kümpel, Noëlle F. & Lewis, J. et al (2014). Accounting for the impact of conservation on human well-being. Conservation Biology, 28(5), 1160-1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12277
  • Agarwala, Matthew, Atkinson, Giles, Fry, Benjamin Palmer, Homewood, Katherine, Mourato, Susana, Rowcliffe, J. Marcus, Wallace, Graham, Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2014). Assessing the relationship between human well-being and ecosystem services: a review of frameworks. Conservation and Society, 12(4), 437-449. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-4923.155592
  • Agarwala, Matthew, Atkinson, Giles, Baldock, Christopher, Gardiner, Barry (2014). Natural capital accounting and climate change. Nature Climate Change, 4(7), 520-522. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2257
  • Lázaro-Touza, Lara, Atkinson, Giles (2013). Nature, roads or hospitals? An empirical evaluation of 'sustainable development preferences'. Ecological Economics, 95, 63-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.08.008
  • Atkinson, Giles, Morse-Jones, Sian, Mourato, Susana, Provins, Allan (2012). ‘When to take “no” for an answer’? Using entreaties to reduce protests in contingent valuation studies. Environmental and Resource Economics, 51(4), 497-523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-011-9509-3
  • Atkinson, Giles, Bateman, Ian J., Mourato, Susana (2012). Recent advances in the valuation of ecosystem services and biodiversity. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 28(1), 22-47. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grs007
  • Metcalfe, Paul J., Baker, William, Andrews, Kevin, Atkinson, Giles, Bateman, Ian J., Butler, Sarah, Carson, Richard T., East, Jo, Gueron, Yves & Sheldon, Rob et al (2012). An assessment of the nonmarket benefits of the water framework directive for households in England and Wales. Water Resources Research, 48(3), W03526. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010WR009592
  • Jones, Julia P. G., Collen, Ben, Atkinson, Giles, Baxter, Peter W., Bubb, Philip, Illian, Janine B., Katzner, Todd E., Keane, Aidan, Loh, Jonathan & McDonald-Madden, Eve et al (2011). The why, what, and how of global biodiversity indicators beyond the 2010 target. Conservation Biology, 25(3), 450-457. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01605.x
  • Bateman, Ian J., Mace, Georgina M., Fezzi, Carlo, Atkinson, Giles, Turner, Kerry (2011). Economic analysis for ecosystem service assessments. Environmental and Resource Economics, 48(2), 177-218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9418-x
  • Dietz, Simon, Atkinson, Giles (2010). The equity-efficiency trade-off in environmental policy: evidence from stated preferences. Land Economics, 86(3), 423 -443.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Hamilton, Kirk, Ruta, Giovanni, Van Der Menbrugghe, Dominique (2010). Trade in 'virtual carbon': empirical results and implications for policy. Global Environmental Change, 21(2), 563-574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.009
  • Nicholson, Emily, Mace, Georgina M., Armsworth, Paul R., Atkinson, Giles, Buckle, Susan, Clements, Tom, Ewers, Robert M., Fa, John E., Gardner, Toby A. & Gibbons, James et al (2010). Priority research areas for ecosystem services in a changing world. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46(6), 1139-1144. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01716.x
  • Sælen, Håkon, Dietz, Simon, Hepburn, Cameron, Helgeson, Jennifer, Atkinson, Giles (2009). Siblings, not triplets: social preferences for risk, inequality and time in discounting climate change. Economics, 20(3), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2009-26
  • Atkinson, Giles, Mourato, Susana, Szymanski, Stefan, Ozdemiroglu, Ece (2008). Are we willing to pay enough to ‘Back the Bid’?: valuing the intangible impacts of London’s bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Urban Studies, 45(2), 419-444.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Mourato, Susana (2008). Environmental cost-benefit analysis. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 33(3), 317-344. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.environ.33.020107.112927
  • Atkinson, Giles (2008). Sustainability, the capital approach and the built environment. Building Research and Information, 36(3), 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210801900734
  • Atkinson, Giles, Hamilton, Kirk (2007). Progress along the path: evolving issues in the measurement of genuine saving. Environmental and Resource Economics, 37(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-007-9114-7
  • Atkinson, Giles, Gundimeda, Haripriya (2006). Accounting for India's forest wealth. Ecological Economics, 59(4), 462-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.10.022
  • Dietz, Simon, Atkinson, Giles (2005). Public perceptions of equity in environmental policy: traffic emissions policy in an English urban area. Local Environment, 10(4), 445-459. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549830500160982
  • Atkinson, Giles, Healey, Andrew, Mourato, Susana (2005). Valuing the costs of violent crime: a stated preference approach. Oxford Economic Papers, 57(4), 559-585. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpi036
  • Mourato, Susana, Atkinson, Giles, Ozdemiroglu, Ece, Newcombe, Jodi, De Garis, Yvette (2005). Does a cleaner thames pass an economic appraisal?: the value of reducing sewage overflows in the River Thames. Water International, 30(2), 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060508691858
  • Atkinson, Giles, Day, Brett, Mourato, Susana, Palmer, Charles (2004). 'Amenity' or 'eyesore'?: negative willingness to pay for options to replace electricity transmission towers. Applied Economics Letters, 11(4), 203-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850410001674803
  • Mourato, Susana, Ozdemiroglu, Ece, Hett, T., Atkinson, Giles (2004). Pricing cultural heritage: a new approach to managing ancient resources. World Economics, 5(3), 95-113.
  • Mourato, Susana, Atkinson, Giles (2004). Special issue on applied environmental economics: editors’ introduction. Portuguese Economic Journal, 3, 81-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10258-004-0036-9
  • Atkinson, Giles, Hamilton, Kirk (2003). Savings, growth and the resource curse hypothesis. World Development, 31(11), 1793-1807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.05.001
  • Cavatassi, Romina, Atkinson, Giles (2003). ‘Social’ and ‘private’ determinants of opposition to landfill siting in Italy. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 5(1), p. 27. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333203001243
  • Atkinson, Giles, Mourato, Susana, Healey, Andrew (2003). The costs of violent crime. World Economics, 4(4), 79-94.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Hamilton, Kirk (2002). International trade and the 'ecological balance of payments'. Resources Policy, 28(1-2), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-4207(03)00003-5
  • Atkinson, Giles, Machado, Fernando, Mourato, Susana (2000). Balancing competing principles of environmental equity. Environment and Planning A, 32(10), 1791-1806. https://doi.org/10.1068/a32106
  • Atkinson, Giles (2000). Measuring corporate sustainability. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 43(2), 235-252. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640560010694
  • Atkinson, Giles (2000). Re-thinking economic progress. World Economics, 1(1), 153-166.
  • Atkinson, Giles (2000). Reply to Professor Zimmerman. World Economics, 1(3), 149-152.
  • Proops, John L. R., Atkinson, Giles, Schlottheim, Burkhard Frhr.v., Simon, Sandrine (1999). International trade and the sustainability footprint: a practical criterion for its assessment. Ecological Economics, 28(1), 78-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8009(98)00030-5
  • Atkinson, Giles (1998). Discussion at the meeting on 'Alternatives to economic statistics as indicators of national well-being'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 161(3), p. 307. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-985X.00110
  • Pearce, David, Atkinson, Giles (1998). The concept of sustainable development: an evaluation of its usefulness ten years after Brundtland. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, 134(3), 251-269.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Hamilton, Kirk (1996). Accounting for progress: indicators for sustainable development. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 38(7), 16-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.1996.9930982
  • Hamilton, Kirk, Atkinson, Giles (1996). Air pollution and green accounts. Energy Policy, 24(7), 675-684. https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-4215(96)00057-2
  • Pearce, David, Hamilton, Kirk, Atkinson, Giles (1996). Measuring sustainable development: progress on indicators. Environment and Development Economics, 1(1), 85-101. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X00000395
  • Pearce, David, Atkinson, Giles, Dubourg, W. R. (1994). The economics of sustainable development. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, 19(1), 457-474. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.eg.19.110194.002325
  • Pearce, David, Atkinson, Giles (1993). Capital theory and the measurement of sustainable development: an indicator of “weak” sustainability. Ecological Economics, 8(2), 103-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-8009(93)90039-9
    • Book
  • Atkinson, Giles, Dietz, Simon, Neumayer, Eric (Eds.) (2007). Handbook of sustainable development. Edward Elgar.
  • Pearce, David, Atkinson, Giles, Mourato, Susana (2006). Cost-benefit analysis and the environment: recent developments. OECD.
  • Hamilton, Kirk, Atkinson, Giles (2006). Wealth, welfare and sustainability: advances in measuring sustainable development. Edward Elgar.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Dubourg, Richard, Hamilton, Kirk, Munasinghe, Mohan (1997). Measuring sustainable development: macroeconomics and the environment. Edward Elgar.
    • Chapter
  • Bateman, Ian J., Abson, David, Beaumont, Nicola, Darnell, Amii, Fezzi, Carlo, Hanleys, Nick, Kontoleon, Andreas, Maddison, David, Morling, Paul & Morris, Joe et al (2011). Economic values from ecosystems. In Uk National Ecosystem Assessment: Understanding Nature’s Value to Society: Technical Report (pp. 1067-1152). United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
  • Atkinson, Giles (2008). International regulation and the environment. In Desai, Vandana, Potter, Robert B. (Eds.), The Companion to Development Studies (pp. 292-295). Hodder Education (Firm).
  • Atkinson, Giles, Mourato, Susana (2007). Environmental valuation: a brief overview of options. In Florio, M. (Ed.), Cost-Benefit Analysis and Incentives in Evaluation: the Structural Funds of the European Union (pp. 188-207). Edward Elgar.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Dietz, Simon, Neumayer, Eric (2007). Introduction: handbook of sustainable development. In Atkinson, Giles, Dietz, Simon, Neumayer, Eric (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Development (pp. 1-27). Edward Elgar.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Dietz, Simon (2007). Progress in the measurement of sustainable development. In Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (pp. 195-222). EOLSS.
  • Atkinson, Giles (2006). Sustainability indicators and forest wealth in the developing world. In Hill, Jennifer, Terry, Alan, Woodland, Wendy (Eds.), Sustainable Development: National Aspirations, Local Implementation (pp. 51-66). Ashgate Dartmouth.
  • Newcombe, Jodi, Ozdemiroglu, Ece, Atkinson, Giles (2006). Towards Green Sectoral Accounts for UK Agriculture. In Pearce, David, Pearce, Corin, Palmer, Charles, Garis de, Y. (Eds.), Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries (pp. 409-434). Edward Elgar.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Day, Brett, Mourato, Susana (2006). Underground or overground?: measuring the visual disamenity from overhead electricity transmission lines. In Pearce, David (Ed.), Environmental Valuation in Developed Countries: Case Studies (pp. 213-239). Edward Elgar.
  • Mourato, Susana, Atkinson, Giles, Ozdemiroglu, Ece, Newcombe, Jodi (2006). Value of a tidier Thames: willingness to pay to reduce sewage overflows. In Pearce, David, Pearce, Corin, Palmer, Charles, Garis de, Y. (Eds.), Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries (pp. 293-316). Edward Elgar.
  • Hanley, N. D., Atkinson, Giles (2003). Models of sustainable economic development. In Berkhout, Franz, Leach, Melissa, Scoones, Ian (Eds.), Negotiating Environmental Change: New Perspectives From Social Science (pp. 77-108). Edward Elgar.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Pearce, David, Hamilton, Kirk (2001). Valuing nature. In van Ierland, Ekko, van der Straaten, Jan, Vollebergh, Herman. R. J. (Eds.), Economic Growth and Valuation of the Environment: a Debate (pp. 211-224). Edward Elgar.
  • Atkinson, Giles (2000). Sustainable development and policy. In Helm, Dieter (Ed.), Environmental Policy: Objectives, Instruments, and Implementation (pp. 29-47). Oxford University Press.
  • Atkinson, Giles (2000). Technology and sustainable development. In Frameworks to Measure Sustainable Development: an OECD Expert Workshop (pp. 97-104). OECD.
  • Pearce, David, Atkinson, Giles, Hamilton, Kirk (1998). The measurement of sustainable development. In Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den, Hofkes, Marjan W. (Eds.), Theory and Implementation of Economic Models for Sustainable Development (pp. 175-194). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Proops, J. L. R., Atkinson, Giles (1998). A practical sustainability criterion when there is international trade. In Faucheux, Sylvie, O'Connor, Martin, van der Straaten, Jan (Eds.), Sustainable Development: Concepts, Rationalities and Strategies (pp. 169-194). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Atkinson, Giles (1997). Crops. In ApSimon, Helen, Pearce, David, Ozdemiroglu, Ece (Eds.), Acid Rain in Europe: Counting the Cost (pp. 139-142). Earthscan Publications Ltd..
  • Atkinson, Giles (1997). Global warming and acid rain. In ApSimon, Helen, Pearce, David, Ozdemiroglu, Ece (Eds.), Acid Rain in Europe: Counting the Cost (pp. 139-142). Earthscan Publications Ltd..
  • Atkinson, Giles (1997). Green accounting. In O'Riordan, Timothy (Ed.), Ecotaxation (pp. 60-77). Earthscan Publications Ltd..
  • Atkinson, Giles (1997). Visibility. In ApSimon, Helen, Pearce, David, Ozdemiroglu, Ece (Eds.), Acid Rain in Europe: Counting the Cost (pp. 131-138). Earthscan Publications Ltd..
  • Atkinson, Giles (1996). Sustainable development. In Mackintosh, M., Thompson, G., Costello, N., Brown, V., Trigg, A. (Eds.), Economics and Changing Economies (pp. 927-959). International Thomson Business Press.
  • Atkinson, Giles, Pearce, David (1995). Measuring sustainable development. In Bromley, D. W. (Ed.), Handbook of Environmental Economics (pp. 166-182). Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
  • Pearce, David, Turner, R. K., Atkinson, Giles (1993). Defining sustainable development. In Pearce, David (Ed.), Blueprint 3: Measuring Sustainable Development (pp. 15-27). Earthscan Publications Ltd..
  • Atkinson, Giles (1993). Green measures of economic progress. In Pearce, David (Ed.), Blueprint 3: Measuring Sustainable Development (pp. 28-47). Earthscan Publications Ltd..
    • Dataset
  • Atkinson, Giles, Dietz, Simon, Helgeson, Jennifer, Hepburn, Cameron, Sælen, Håkon (2009). Siblings, Not Triplets: Social Preferences for Risk, Inequality and Time in Discounting Climate Change [Dataset]. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/svbg4n
    • Working paper
  • Filewod, Ben, Brutti, Giulia, Atkinson, Giles (2025). Valuing natural capital and its distribution in the Congo Basin forests. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Papers 426). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Atkinson, Giles, Gelan, Ayele (2021). Sustainability, natural capital and climate change in Kuwait. (LSE Middle East Centre Kuwait Programme Paper Series 12). LSE Middle East Centre, Kuwait Programme. picture_as_pdf