Caroline L. Noblet

Website: /soe/noblet/

Research Interests

  • Behavioral Economics and Economic Psychology
  • Sustainable and Environmental Behavior
  • Environmental Economics
  • Information Processing (Eco-Labels, Message Framing, etc.)
  • Sustainability Science

Research Projects

Media Expertise:

  • Sustainable Behavior
  • Public Acceptance of Policy

Student Opportunities:

Master鈥檚 students accepted through the School of Economics and the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program. Often hires undergraduate research assistants.

News Stories

Degrees

  • University of Maine, Ph.D. (Economic Psychology)
  • University of Maine, M.S. (Resource Economics and Policy)
  • Boston College, B.A. (Economics and Environmental Science)

Courses

  • ECO 120: Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECO 105: Environmental Policy
  • ECO 377:聽 Environmental Economics
  • ECO 404/504: Behavioral Economics
  • ECO 403/503 Experimental Economics

Profile

Caroline L. Noblet is an associate professor in the School of Economics at the University of Maine. Her research explores why people act the way they do towards the environment. This question takes her across academic disciplinary boundaries between the fields of economics, psychology, and communication. Noblet鈥檚 research has focused on the role of information in making decisions about, and towards, the environment. At a local level, Noblet researches the changing environmental and economic landscape of Maine.

Research Awards: In 2023 she was awarded the Outstanding Public Service through Economics award from the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA).听 In 2024, the College of Earth, Life and Health Sciences Research Collaboration Award (PFAS Collaborative).In 2022, Noblet won the award for Outstanding contribution toward the development of a solution by a research team from the George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions.

Teaching Awards :2024 University of Maine鈥檚 Faculty Mentor Award (nominated by both graduate and undergraduate students, also nominated in 2023), the 2024 Outstanding mentorship of students in sustainability research from the George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions (nominated by graduate students), the 2016 Outstanding Teaching Award from College of Earth, Life and Health Sciences and the 2012 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award.

Funding for Dr. Noblet鈥檚 research has come from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Forest Service, NOAA and other sources.

Selected Publications

Rickard, L., Noblet, C.L., Subasinghe, S., Miller-Gonzalez, A. (2025). Gaining Family Farms or Losing Aquaculture: Examining Framing Effects on Support for Aquaculture in Maine and the U.S.. Coastal Management. 53. 1-25. 10.1080/08920753.2025.2469291.

Cotton, B., Noblet, C.L., Wyatt, B., Evans, K., Teisl, M. (2023). Is Aquaculture a Path to Community Resilience in Maine?. Maine Policy Review. 32. 10.53558/PEAO1247.

Ghaznavi, S., Zimmerman, C., Shea, M., Macrae, J., Noblet, C.L., Apul, O., Kopec, A. (2023). Management of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-laden wastewater sludge in Maine: Perspectives on a wicked problem. Biointerphases. 18. 10.1116/6.0002796.

Sigaud, L., Daley, A., Rubin, J., Noblet, C.L. (2022). The effects of recent minimum wage increases on self-reported health in the United States. Social Science & Medicine. 305. 115110. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115110.

Zimmerman, C., Noblet, C.L., Shea, M. (2022). Forever Chemicals Needing Immediate Solutions: Mainers鈥 Preferences for Addressing PFAS Contamination. Maine Policy Review. 31. 55-63. 10.53558/DXSG7258.

Goff, S.H., Noblet C.L. and J.R. Anthony. (Accepted May 8, 2020). Economic valuation as a communication device for environmental philanthropy: Evidence from the lab and field. Land Economics.

Rickard, L. N., Britwum, K., Noblet, C. L., & Evans, K. S. (2020). Factory-made or farm fresh? Measuring US support for aquaculture as a food technology.听Marine Policy, 103858.

Anderson, M., & Noblet, C. L. (2020). 鈥淲e are Maine鈥濃擨s There an Authentic Maine Public Policy?.听Maine Policy Review,听29(2), 39-44.

Horne, L., Urioste-Stone, S. D., Daigle, J., Noblet, C., Rickard, L., Kohtala, H., & Morgan, A. (2019). Climate change risk perceptions in nature-based tourism systems: a case study from western Maine.听Winter tourism: trends and challenges, 73-81.

Rickard, L. N., Noblet, C. L., Duffy, K., & Christian Brayden, W. (2018). Cultivating benefit and risk: Aquaculture representation and interpretation in New England.听Society & Natural Resources,听31(12), 1358-1378.

Teisl, M. F., Noblet, C. L., Corey, R. R., & Giudice, N. A. (2018). Seeing clearly in a virtual reality: Tourist reactions to an offshore wind project.听Energy policy,听122, 601-611.

Noblet, C. L., & McCoy, S. K. (2018). Does one good turn deserve another? Evidence of domain-specific licensing in energy behavior.听Environment and Behavior,听50(8), 839-863.

Goff, S. H., & Noblet, C. L. (2018). Efficient, but immoral?: Assessing market attitudes as multidimensional.听Economics Letters,听170, 96-99.

Horne, L.R., De Urioste-Stone, S., Daigle, J., & Noblet, C. (2018). Using Pile Sorts to Understand Perceptions of Climate Change. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment,听227, 175-183.

Brayden 岫, W.C., C.L. Noblet. K.S. Evans and L. Rickard. (2018) Consumer Preferences for Seafood Attributes of Wild Harvested and Farm-Raised Products. Aquaculture Economics and Management, 22(3), 362-382.

Goff岫 , S.H., Waring, T.M. and C.L. Noblet (2017) Does Pricing Nature Reduce Support for Conservation?: Evidence from Donation Behavior in an Online Experiment. Ecological Economics, 141, 119-126

Huff岫, E. S., Leahy, J. E., Kittredge, D. B., Noblet, C. L., & Weiskittel, A. R. (2017). Psychological distance of timber harvesting for private woodland owners. Forest Policy and Economics, 81, 48-56.

Klein, SJW and Noblet, CL (2017), Exploring Sustainable Energy Economics: Net Metering, Rate Designs and Consumer Behavior, Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 4(2), 23-32(Invited). 1-10. DOI: 10.1007/s40518-017-0073-5

Noblet, C.L., Evans, K.S., Fox岫, E.L., Bell, K.P., Kaminski岫, A. (2017). Public acceptance of coastal zone management efforts1 : The role of citizen preferences in allocation of funds. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review,46(2), 268-295

Kaminski岫, A., Bell, K.P., Noblet, C.L., and Evans, K.S. (2017) An Economic Evaluation of Coastal Beach Safety Information Seeking Behavior. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 46(2), 365-387.

Anderson, M.W., Teisl, M.F. and Noblet, C.L. (2016) Whose Values Count: Is a Theory of Social Choice for Sustainability Science Possible? Sustainability Science. 11(3), 373-383.

Teisl, M.F., Lando, A.M, Levy,A.S., Noblet, C.L. (2016). Importance of cohorts in analyzing trends in safe at-home food-handling practices. Food Control, 62 (381-389).

Noblet, C.L., Teisl, M.F., Evans, K., Anderson, M.W., McCoy, S.K., and Cervone, E. (2015). Public Preferences for Investments in Renewable Energy Production and Energy Efficiency.听Energy Policy聽87 (December), 177-186

Noblet, C.L., Anderson, M.W., and Teisl, M.F. (2015). Thinking Past, Thinking Future: An Empirical Test of the Effects of Retrospective Assessment on Future Preferences.听Ecological Economics聽114, 180-187.

Teisl, M.F., McCoy, S., Marrinan, S., Noblet, C.L., Johnson, T.R., Wibberly, M., Roper, R., Klein, S.J.W. (2015). Will Offshore Energy Face 鈥淔air Winds and Following Seas鈥?: Understanding the Factors Influencing Offshore Wind Acceptance.听Estuaries and Coasts听38,279鈥286.

Noblet, C.L., Th酶gersen, J., & Teisl, M.F. (2014). Who Attempts to Drive Less in New England?.听Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour聽23C: 69-80.

Noblet, C.L., Anderson, M.W., & Lindenfeld, L. (2013). Environmental Worldviews: A Point of Common Contact, or Barrier?.听Sustainability聽5: 4825-4842.

Noblet, C.L., Anderson, M.W., & Teisl, M.F. (2013). An Empirical Test of Anchoring the NEP Scale in Environmental Ethics.听Environmental Education Research聽19, no. 4: 540-551.

Noblet, C.L., Teisl, M.F., Farrow, K.H., & Rubin, J. (2012). Biofuels Development in Maine: Using Trees to Oil the Wheels of Sustainability.听Maine Policy Review聽22, no. 1: 56-65.

Anderson, M.W., Teisl, M.F., & Noblet, C.L. (2012). Giving Voice to the Future in Sustainability: Retrospective Assessment to Learn Prospective Stakeholder Engagement.听Ecological Economics聽84: 1-6.

Th酶gersen, J., & Noblet, C.L., (2012). Does Green Consumerism Increase the Acceptance of Windpower?.听Energy Policy聽51: 854-862.

Anderson, M.W., Noblet, C.L. & Teisl, M.F. (2012). Our Environment: A Glimpse at What Mainers Value.听Maine Policy Review聽21, no. 1: 104-111.

Siriwardena, S., Hunt, G., Teisl, M.F., & Noblet, C.L. (2012). Effective Environmental Marketing of Green Cars: A Nested-Logit Approach. Transportation Research D聽17, no. 1: 237-242.

Mario F. Teisl, Mark W. Anderson, Caroline L. Noblet, George K. Criner, Jonathan Rubin, and Timothy Dalton, 鈥淎re Environmental Professors Unbalanced? Evidence from the Field,鈥澛Journal of Environmental Education聽42, no. 2 (2010): 67-83.

Reports, Books, and Chapters:

Noblet, C.L.., Lando, A.M.. and Teisl, M.F. 2015.听Health Communication: Advocacy Strategies, Effectiveness and Emerging Challenges. Chapter 4: What are Health Care Providers Telling Pregnant Women about Fish Consumption, Listeria and Food Safety? ISBN:聽978-1-63483-464-3

Noblet, C.L.and Teisl, M.F.. (2015).听Eco-Labelling as Sustainable Consumption Policy.听Handbook of Research on Sustainable Consumption聽Edward Elgar Publishing; John Th酶gersen and Lucia Reisch, editors. ISBN: 978 1 78347 126 3

Fox, E., Noblet, C.L., Bell, K.P., Kaminski, A., Snell, M. and Hallowell, A. (July 2016). Maine and New Hampshire Coastal Resident Survey: Technical Report.听Technical Report.

Noblet, C.L. and Teisl, M.F. (2014). Eco-Labeling as Sustainable Consumption Policy. in聽Handbook of Research on Sustainable Consumption, eds. Edward Elgar, John Th酶gersen, and Lucia Reisch.

Noblet, C.L.and Gabe, T.M. (2014). Business Climate for Maine鈥檚 Clean Technology Sector. in聽University of Maine School of Economics Staff Paper听(#607).

Katherine Farrow, Mario F. Teisl, Caroline L. Noblet, Shannon McCoy, and Jonathan Rubin. 鈥淒oes Money Grow on Trees? People鈥檚 Willingness to Pay for Cellulosic Wood Ethanol,鈥 in聽Biofuel/Book1聽(InTech Publishing, 2010).

Mario F. Teisl, Caroline L. Noblet, Andrew Knox, and Jonathan Rubin. 鈥淐onsumer Biofuel Knowledge and Preferences: Results of Focus Groups,鈥 in聽University of Maine School of Economics Staff Paper聽(#580, 2009).