JERALD J. FLETCHER

Adjunct Professor

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

Current Positions:

Adjunct Professor of Economics
Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Faculty Research Associate, Regional Research Institute
Chair, Agricultural and Resource Economics Program

Selected Previous Positions:

Associate Professor, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University, 1989-94.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Economics, West Virginia University, 1993-94.
Faculty Research Associate, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, 1990-94.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Mineral Economics, West Virginia University, 1990-91.
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 1982-89.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1987.

Research Interests:

Natural resource and environmental economics; quantitative methods; production economics, GIS and other computer applications in applied economic analysis.

Selected Recent Publications and Papers, 1990-Present:

Strager, M.P. and J.J. Fletcher. Watershed analysis with GIS: The watershed characterization and modeling system. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, forthcoming.

Strager, Michael P., Jerald J. Fletcher, Tim T. Phipps, and Charles B. Yuill. A compromise programming model to select acid mine drainage affected watersheds for reclamation. Revise and resubmit to Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Fletcher, Jerald J., Qingyun Sun, and Michael P. Strager. 2001. Using GIS to model stream water quality and acid loading in West Virginia, in Computer Applications in the Mineral Industries, Xie Heping, Yuehan Wang, and Yaodong Jiang, Eds. A.A. Balkema, The Netherlands, 773-778.

Tay, R., P. S. McCarthy, and J. J. Fletcher. October, 1996. A portfolio choice model of the demand for recreational trips. Transportation Research Part B., 30, 5: 325-337.

Phipps, Tim T., Jerald J. Fletcher, and Jeffrey G. Skousen. 1995. A methodology for evaluating the costs of selective handling of overburden materials, Chapter 11 in Acid Mine Drainage Control & Treatment, compiled by Jeffrey G. Skousen and Paul F. Ziemkiewicz. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University and the National Mine Land Reclamation Center, 95-110.

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. Role of voluntary programs in agricultural nonpoint pollution policy. Contemporary Economic Policy, 12, 1: 113-121.

Fletcher, Jerald J., Gordon W. McClung, and Tim T. Phipps. 1993. Travel and tourism in the West Virginia economy. In West Virginia in the 1990s: Opportunities for Economic Progress, eds. R. Dilger and T. Witt. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 243-256.

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.

Fletcher, Jerald J., and Tim T. Phipps. 1991. Data needs to assess environmental quality issues related to agriculture and rural areas. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73, 3: 926-932.

Fletcher, Jerald J., Theodore Graham-Tomasi, and Wiktor L. Adamowicz. 1990. The travel cost model of recreation demand: Theoretical and empirical issues. Leisure Sciences 12, 1: 119-147.

Graham-Tomasi, Theodore, Wiktor L. Adamowicz, and Jerald J. Fletcher. 1990. Errors of truncation in approximations to expected consumer surplus. Land Economics 66, 1: 50-55.

Selected Scholarly Service and Honors:

Consultant, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1988-.
Liaison, Census Bureau Advisory Committee for the Census of Agriculture, 1989-98.
Member, American Economics Association Committee on Agricultural Statistics, 1989-.
Outstanding Journal Article for the Year in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1989.
Chair, Board of Directors, Council of Professional Association on Federal Statistics, 1999-.
Jerald J. Fletcher
Division of Resource Management
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6108
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Voice: (304) 293-6253
Email: jfletch@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
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