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Category: Forestry Resources
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"Are you REALLY the guy that wrote that book on nonmarket valuation?" Nameless graduate student, to me, at lunch today Context: I was honored to give the keynote address to open the International Society of Forest Resource Economics Annual Meeting, this morning (Proof here because I know most of you don't believe I would be…
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Valuing Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Control in Public Forests: Scope Effects with Attribute Non-AttendanceChris Giguere, Chris Moore and John C. Whitehead No 18-07, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University Abstract: Sensitivity to the scope of public good provision is an important indication of validity for the contingent valuation method. An online survey was…
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We're working on PhD recruitment this week (if you applied to OSU AEDE and were accepted, join us, we're FUN!). I put together a Google map with our PhD placements since 2007. A bit scary that I might be influencing thinking for this many people and this wide an area.
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*Doing what it takes: "Hiking" the 4.8 mile roundtrip Grandfather Trail (the last half mile featured thunder, lightning, pouring rain and some hail) at Grandfather Mountain State Park to better understand Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (I think that dead tree in the middle is a Hemlock). The last time I hiked this trail was 7 years ago (enough…
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I paid $60 for an ~8 foot tree at the choose and cut lot on Poplar Grove (Boone, NC): For the past several years, I’ve bought my Christmas tree from a stand around the corner from my apartment in Brooklyn. It was always the same, simple price: $10 per foot, which seemed reasonable when I…
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Apparently what we used to call a nature walk (or a stroll through the park, or a walk in the woods) is now a form of meditation: To give shinrin-yoku a try, choose a spot based on physical ability and convenience. Do not choose a route that is too strenuous: It is recommended that in…
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The Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (my department) in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (my college) at The Ohio State University (my university) is hiring for four new faculty positions–and I am not ashamed of taking advantage of this blog to promote the positions. If you have (or are close…
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From the inbox: Bourbon Feels the Burn of a Barrel Shortageby: Tripp MickleMay 12, 2015 TOPICS: Supply and Demand SUMMARY: Distilleries are navigating a bourbon-barrel shortage, as increased demand for the drink coincided with reduction of logging of the white oak wood. Prices of barrels are up sharply. The shortage reflects a supply-chain conundrum. Upstream, barrel makers…
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Yesterday I posted an update on the interminable and undeterable march of the invasive Emerald Ash Borer through Ohio. In the related story, it was stated: The emerald ash borer is an invasive species from Asia that destroys vital tissue beneath the bark. State officials estimate there are 3.8 billion ash trees in Ohio. This…
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John's Mark Trail post from earlier reminded me to post this update on the Ohio Emerald Ash Borer invasion from hell: Central Ohio has been especially hard hit by the ravages of a killer insect that has destroyed tens of thousands of majestic ash trees the last few years. The Columbus Dispatch reports that American Electric…
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