Below are some of the papers published by James Spurgeon on coral reef valuation, coral reef financing and coral restoration economics:

• The value of our vanishing reefs (in RICS Land Journal - 2019)

• Time for a third-generation economics approach to coral management (in Coral Reef Conservation - 2006)

• Blueprint for maximising sustainable coastal benefits - American Samoa case study (International Coral Reef Symposium - 2006)

• Valuation of coral reefs: The next 10 years (for WorldFish Centre - 2002)

• Improving the economic effectiveness of coral reef restoration (Bulletin of Marine Science 2001)

• The economics of coral reef restoration (in The Economics of Coral Reefs book - Cesar 2000)

• The economic valuation of coral reefs (in Marine Pollution Bulletin - 1992)