Research
Publications
Higney, A., Hanley, N., and Moro, M., (2022). The Lead-Crime Hypothesis: A Meta-Analysis. Regional Science and Urban Economics. Appendix, Data
Szaszi, B., Higney, A., Charlton, A., Gelman, A., Ziano, I., Aczel, B., Goldstein, D.G., Yeager, D.S. and Tipton, E., 2022. No reason to expect large and consistent effects of nudge interventions. PNAS, 119(31), p.e2200732119.
Higney, A., Hanley, N., and Moro, M., 2025. The Impact of Lead Water Pollution on Birth Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in Scotland. Environmental and Resource Economics
Luo, H., Higney, A., Ye, Y., Zhao, J., and Hanley, N. (2026). Impacts of conservation easements on perceived land tenure security. Ecological Economics, 242, 108910.
Uebel, K., Ratcliffe, E., Buchan, C., Butler, S. J., Hanley, N., Higney, A., and Marselle, M. (2025).Natural soundscapes are associated with mental well-being via capacity-building and capacity-restoring pathways. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 106, 102735.
Higney, A., and Gibb, K. (2024). Net zero retrofit of older tenement housing – The contribution of cost benefit analysis to wider evaluation of a demonstration project. Energy Policy, 191, 114181.
Working Papers
Higney, A., Hanley, N., Moro, M., and Gasteen, A., 2022. The Impact of Lead Pollution on Human Capital Formation: Size of Dose Matters
Higney, A., Buchan, C., Butler, S., Crowther, L., Marselle, M., Ratcliffe, E., Uebel, K., and Hanley, N., 2025. The Effect of Birdsong on Self-reported Mental Well-Being. Pre-analysis plan. Appendix.
Anthony Higney, Charlotte Gerling, Claire Buchan, Simon Butler, Liam Crowther, Melissa Marselle, Eleanor Ratcliffe, Konrad Uebel, and Nick Hanley, 2025. Willingness to Pay for Birdsong.
Works in Progress
Higney, A., Hanley, N., Simpson, K., 2026. Willingness to pay to manage the risks of historic coastal landfills.
Higney, A., 2024. What is Estimated in a Meta-Regression?
Higney, A., 2022. Meta-Regression and Forecasting
Published Work (non-peer reviewed)
Higney, A., and Gibb, K., (2022). A cost-benefit analysis of a traditional Glasgow tenement net zero retrofit. UK Centre for Housing Evidence.