Jerald J. Fletcher
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Voice: (304) 293-4832, ext. 4452 |
Professor
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Division of Resource Management
Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences
West Virginia UniversityDirector
Natural Resource Analysis Center
West Virginia University
Current Positions
- Director, Natural Resource Analysis Center
- Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Faculty Research Associate, Regional Research Institute
- Adjunct Professor, Economics
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Agricultural Economics, 1982
- M.A., University of California, Davis, Economics, 1979
- B.S., University of Wyoming, Mathematics, 1976
Research Interests
- Natural resource and environmental economics
- Quantitative methods
- Spatial applications in economic analysis
- Computer applications in applied economic analysis
- Energy
Selected Publications
- Tay, R., P. S. McCarthy, and J. J. Fletcher. 1996. A portfolio choice model of the demand for recreational trips. Transportation Research Part B 30,5: 325-337.
- Adamowicz, Wiktor L., Jerald J. Fletcher, and Theodore Graham-Tomasi. 1994. Functional form and the statistical properties of welfare measures: Reply. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 76,4: 958-959.
- Norton, Nancy Anders, Tim T. Phipps, and Jerald J. Fletcher. 1994. Nonpoint pollution policy: The role of voluntary programs. Contemporary Policy Issues 12,1: 1-9.
- Fiske, W. A., G. E. D'Souza, J. J. Fletcher, T. T. Phipps, W. B. Bryan, and E. C. Prigge. 1994. An economic and environmental assessment of alternative forage-resource production systems: A goal-programming approach. Agricultural Systems 45: 259-270.
- Dai, Qi, Jerald J. Fletcher, and John G. Lee. 1993. Incorporating stochastic variables in crop response models: Implications for fertilizer decisions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75,2: 377-386.







