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Randall S. Rosenberger

Assistant Professor
Forest Resources
109 Peavy Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-5703
(541) 737-4425

Curriculum Vita (pdf)

BA, Philosophy, 1988, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
MA, Applied Ethics, 1992, Colorado State University
PhD, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1996, Colorado State University

Research Interests: non-market valuation, meta-analysis, recreation economics, environmental and resource economics

Current programs: non-market valuation of outdoor recreation, benefit transfer and meta-analysis, health and recreation supply linkages

Graduate Students: Arvin Vista (PhD, Forest Economics); Phillip Wolfe (MS, Forest Social Science)

Courses:

FOR 432/532, Economics of Recreation Resources
FOR 537, Valuation of Non-Market Resources

Selected Publications:

  • Collins, A.R. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2007. Protest adjustments in the valuation of watershed restoration using payment card data. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.

  • Rosenberger, R.S. 2007. Social and economic issues of global climate change in the western United States. R. Haynes and L. Joyce (eds.). USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report. (in press)

  • Rosenberger, R.S. and T.T. Phipps. 2007. Correspondence and convergence in benefit transfer accuracy: A meta-analytic review of the literature. In S. Navrud and R.Ready (eds.), Environmental Values Transfer: Issues and Methods. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  • Shrestha, R.K., R.S. Rosenberger and J.B. Loomis. 2007. Benefit transfer using meta-analysis in recreation economic valuation. In S. Navrud and R.Ready (eds.), Environmental Values Transfer: Issues and Methods. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  • Strager, M.P. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2007. Aggregating high priority landscape areas to the parcel level: An easement implementation tool. Journal of Environmental Management 82:290-298.

  • Strager, M.P. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2006. Incorporating stakeholder preferences for land conservation: Weights and measures in spatial MCA. Ecological Economics 58:76-92.

  • Rosenberger, R.S. and T.D. Stanley. 2006. Measurement, generalization, and publication: Sources of error in benefit transfers and their management. Ecological Economics 60:372-378.

  • Loomis, J.B. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2006. Reducing barriers in future benefit transfers: Needed improvements in primary study design and reporting. Ecological Economics 60:343-350.

  • Collins, A.R., R.S. Rosenberger and J.J. Fletcher. 2005. The economic value of stream restoration. Water Resources Research 41:W2017, 1-9.

  • Rosenberger, R.S., Y. Sneh, T.T. Phipps and R. Gurvitch. 2005. A spatial analysis of linkages between health care, expenditures, physical inactivity, obesity and recreation supply. Journal of Leisure Research 37(2):216-235.

  • Rosenberger, R.S., A.R. Collins and J.B. Svetlik. 2005. Private provision of a public good: Willingness to pay for privately stocked trout. Society and Natural Resources 18(1):75-87.

  • Rosenberger, R.S. and D.B.K. English. 2005. Impacts of wilderness on local economic development. In: H.K. Cordell, J.C. Bergstrom and J.M. Bowker (eds), The Multiple Values of Wilderness. State College, PA: Venture Publishing. Pp. 181-204.

  • Hailu, Y.G. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2004. Modeling migration effects on agricultural lands: A growth equilibrium model. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 33(1):50-60.

  • Rosenberger, R.S. and J.B. Loomis. 2003. Benefit Transfer. In: P. Champ, K. Boyle and T. Brown (eds.), A Primer on Non-Market Valuation. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 445-482.

  • Rosenberger, R.S., G.L. Peterson, A. Clarke, and T.C. Brown. 2003. Dispositions for Lexicographic Preferences of Environmental Goods: Integrating Economics, Psychology, and Ethics. Ecological Economics 44(1):63-76.

  • Rosenberger, R.S., G.L. Peterson, and J.B. Loomis. 2002. Applying a Method of Paired Comparison to Measure Economic Values for Multiple Goods Sets. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 34(1):215-229.

  • Rosenberger, R.S. and J.B. Loomis. 2001. Benefit Transfer of Outdoor Recreation Use Values: A Technical Document Supporting the Forest Service Strategic Plan (2000 Revision). General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-72. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 59pp. (http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/)

  • Rosenberger, R.S. and J.B. Loomis. 2000. Panel stratification in meta-analysis of economic studies: An investigation of its effects in the recreation valuation literature. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 32(3):459-470.

  • Rosenberger, R.S. and J.B. Loomis. 2000. Using meta-analysis for benefit transfer: In-sample convergent validity tests of an outdoor recreation database. Water Resources Research 36(4):1097-1108.

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