TIMOTHY T. PHIPPS

Adjunct Professor

Education:

Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Agricultural Economics, 1982
M.S. University of California, Davis, Agricultural Economics, 1977
B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Economics, 1973

Current Positions:

Adjunct Professor of Economics
Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Faculty Research Associate, Regional Research Institute

Selected Previous Positions:

Fellow, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, 1985-1989.
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Maryland, 1981-85.

Research Interests:

Agricultural policy and environmental quality; land use policy; environmental policy; and applied econometrics.

Selected Recent Publications and Papers, 1990-Present:

Phipps, Tim T. 2003. Discussion: Agricultural land values, government payments and production, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming.

Kim, Chongwon, Tim Phipps, and Luc Anselin. 2003. Measuring the benefits of air quality improvement: A spatial hedonic approach, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 45: 24-39.

Phipps, Tim T. and Paavo Eliste. 1998. Agriculture and the environment in transitions: A case study of Estonia, in agriculture, trade, and environment. The impact of liberalization on sustainable development. Joseph Lekakis, editor. Edward Elgar publisher, 223-240.

Shi, Yue Jin, T. Phipps, and D. Colyers. 1997. Agricultural land values under urbanizing influences. Land Economics 73, 1: 90-100.

Norton, Nancy Anders, Tim T. Phipps, and Jerald J. Fletcher. 1994. Nonpoint pollution policy: The role of voluntary programs. Contemporary Policy Issues 12, 1: 113-120.

D'Souza, G., D. Cyphers, and T. Phipps. October 1993. Factors affecting the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 159-165.

Fiske, W., G. D'Souza, J. Fletcher, T. Phipps, W. Bryan, and E. Prigge. October 1993. An economic and environmental assessment of alternative forage-resource production systems: A goal-programming approach. Agricultural Systems.

Fletcher, Jerald J., Gordon W. McClung, and Tim T. Phipps. 1992. Travel and tourism in the West Virginia economy. In West Virginia in the 1990s: Policies for Economic Progress, eds. R. Dilger and T. Witt. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press.

Phipps, Tim T., and Jerald J. Fletcher. 1992. Agriculture and the West Virginia economy. In West Virginia in the 1990s: Policies for Economic Progress (see above listing).

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.

Phipps, Tim. 1991. Commercial agriculture and the environment: An evolutionary perspective. Northeast Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 20,2: 143-150.

Phipps, Tim, G. Rossmiller, and W. Meyers. 1990. Decoupling and related farm policy options. In Agricultural Policies in a New Decade, Resources for the Future. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

Phipps, T. 1990. Groundwater policy: Constraints, options and implications of options. In Groundwater and Agrichemicals: Suggested Policy Directions for 1990. Freshwater Foundation.

Selected Scholarly Service and Honors:

Chair, National Research Initiative Panel on Markets and Trade 1997 and 1998.
Chair, WVU Senate Research and Travel Grant Program, 1997.
Graduate Resource Economics Club Best Professor Award, 1993.
National Research Initiative Panel, 1992-94.
Associate Editor, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 1990-1996.
Board of Directors, Northeast Association of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1992-1995.
Consultant, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, 1989.
Member, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development Technical Advisory Committee, 1992-1998.
Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Pesticides and Agricultural Policy, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1990.
Quality of Communication Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1991.