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Randall Rosenberger
Randall S. Rosenberger

Associate Professor
Environmental Economics

318 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
  • Office: 318 Richardson Hall
  • Phone: 541-737-4425
  • Fax: 541-737-1393
  • B.A., Philosophy, 1988, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
  • M.A., Applied Ethics, 1992, Colorado State University
  • Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1996, Colorado State University
  • Lauren Bell
  • Margaret Hamilton
  • Arvin Vista
  • Caitlin Moehrke
Non-market valuation, meta-analysis, benefit transfer, recreation economics, environmental and resource economics
  1. Literature Review of Economics and Mountain Pine Beetle. 2009-2010. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; PI: R.S. Rosenberger ($20,000).
  2. Community Benefits of Recreation, Leisure, and Urban Proximate Public Lands. 2009-21012. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; co-PIs: M.D. Needham, R.S. Rosenberger ($65,000).
  3. Meta-Analysis of Economics Research Workshop. 2008-2009. US Environmental Protection Agency. PI: R.S. Rosenberger ($67,705).
  4. Public Support, Demand, and Potential Revenue for Recreation on the McDonald-Dunn Forest. 2008-2010. College of Forestry, Oregon State University. Co-PIs: R.S. Rosenberger and Mark D. Needham ($48,500).
  5. Meta-Analysis and Benefit Transfer at Different Levels of Aggregation: Comparing Group-Averaged and Individual-Level Models Using Hierarchical Bayesian Methods. 2007-2009. STAR Grant (#EPA-G2006-STAR-G-1), US Environmental Protection Agency to University of Nevada, Reno; co-Is: K. Moeltner, R. Johnston and R. Rosenberger ($198,675).
  6. Developing Sustainability Metrics B.c. for Forest Ecosystem Services Contributions to Society. 2007-2008. Oregon Department of Forestry; co-PI: Joshua Baur ($36,153).
  7. Meta-Regression Analysis of Recreation Valuation and Demand Elasticities: Identifying and Correcting Publication Selection Bias to Improve Benefit Transfer. 2005-2008. STAR Grant (#RD-832421-01), US Environmental Protection Agency to Oregon State University; co-PIs: R.S. Rosenberger and T.D. Stanley ($409,947).
  1. Johnston, R.J. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2009. Methods, Trends and Controversies in Contemporary Benefit Transfer. Journal of Economic Surveys (forthcoming).
  2. Moeltner, K., R.J. Johnston, R.S. Rosenberger and J.M. Duke. 2009. Benefit Transfer from Multiple Contingent Experiments: A Flexible Two-Step Model Combining Individual Choice Data with Community Characteristics. American Journal of Agricultural Economics (forthcoming).
  3. Rosenberger, R.S., T. Bergerson and J.D. Kline. 2009. Macro-Linkages between Health and Outdoor Recreation: The Role of Parks and Recreation Providers. Journal of Parks and Recreation Administration 27(3):8-20.
  4. Rosenberger, R.S. and R.J. Johnston. 2009. Selection Effects in Meta-Analysis and Benefit Transfer: Avoiding Unintended Consequences. Land Economics 85(3):410-428.
  5. Collins, A.R., R.S. Rosenberger and J.J. Fletcher. 2009. Valuing the restoration of acidic streams in the Appalachian Region: A stated choice method. In H.W. Thurstone, M.T. Heberling and A. Schrecongost (eds.), Environmental Economics for Watershed Restoration. Boca Raton, FL: CRC/Taylor Francis. Pp.29-52.
  6. Vista, A.B. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2009. If You Provide It, Will They Read It: Response Time Effects in a Choice Experiment. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 57:365-377.
  7. Moeltner, K. and R.S. Rosenberger. 2008. Predicting Resource Policy Outcomes via Meta-Regression: Data Space, Model Space, and the Quest for ‘Optimal Scope’. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 8(1):article 31.
  8. Rosenberger, R.S., M. Sperow and D.B.K. English. 2008. Economies in Transition and Public Land-Use Policy: Discrete Duration Models of Eastern Wilderness Designation. Land Economics 84(2):267-281.
  9. Brown, R.N.K., R.S. Rosenberger, J.D. Kline, T.E. Hall and M.D. Needham. 2008. Visitor Preferences for Managing Wilderness Recreation after Wildfire. Journal of Forestry 106(1):9-16.
  10. 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 36(2):321-335.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.), 2007, Environmental Values Transfer: Issues and Methods. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp.23-43.
  13. 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.), 2007, Environmental Values Transfer: Issues and Methods. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp.23-43.
  14. Rosenberger, R.S. 2007. Social and Economic Issues of Global Climate Change in the Western United States. In L. Joyce, R. Haynes, R. White and R.J. Barbour (tech cords.) Bringing Climate Change into Natural Resource Management: Proceedings. Gen Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-706. Portland, OR: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Pp.67-89.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
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