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Welcome to Prof. Joe Kerkvliet's Homepage
I am a Professor of Economics in the Department
of Economics at Oregon State University.
I have been here since 1988 and received my Ph.D degree from the University of
Wyoming in 1986. I teach mostly principles of economics, environmental
economics, and econometrics. My research is in applied econometrics. Any human
behavior that can be quantified (albeit imperfectly) and at least partially
understood by applying statistical tools is a potential subject for my
research. Past published research include the following topics: biases in statements
of willingness to pay from survey respondents; addressing negative willingness
to pay for public goods; student cheating and effective measures to reduce it;
subsistence natural resources use; contracts between coal mines and electric
utilities; differences between the way people say they will vote on bond issues
and how they actually vote; relative efficiency of vertically integrated firms;
the economic value of blue ribbon trout streams;and the behavior of fly
fishermen.
My current research includes issues in forest economics, including carbon
sequestration, biodiversity, and the certification of forest lands. One of
these projects is funded by the National
Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry, entitled Surveying the Lessons
Learned about Managing Forests for Biodiversity Based on Past Experience.
Courses
Principles of Economics - Honors College
Research
Outside campus
Fishing Picture#1
Fishing Picture#2
FishingNorth Platte River, Wyoming, on a hot head leech
FishingNorth Platte River, Wyoming, on a wooley bugger
Other Economics Resources
Contact me at: joe.kerkvliet@orst.edu
Information:
Department of Economics,
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97333
(503) 737-1482
If you have any questions, comments, and/or suggestions regarding these web pages, please contact: economics@orst.edu
Last Update : 3/18/2004
