Peter V. Schaeffer

Adjunct Professor

Education:

Ph.D. University of Southern California, Economics, 1981
M.A. University of Southern California, Economics, 1979
lic.oec.publ. University of Zurich, Switzerland, Licentiate in Economics, 1975

Current Positions:

Professor and Director, Resource Management, West Virginia University.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
Faculty Research Associate, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University.

Selected Previous Positions:

Visiting Professor, Institute for Local, Regional and National Planning, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1999-2000
Director, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Colorado at Denver, 1988-1993, and Associate Professor 1987-1993.
Research Associate, Institue of Behavioral Science, Population Processes, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1990-1993.
Adjunct Professor, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1990-1992.
Visiting Research Associate, International Labour Office, United Nations in Geneva Switzerland, June, 1990.
Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, 1982-1988.
Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Southern California, 1976-1982.
Economic Development Consultant, Carl Fingerhuth & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland, 1974-1976.

Research Interests:

Primary research interests in regional and development with emphasis on labor markets, human capital, and geographical and occupational mobility.

Selected Recent Publications and Papers, 1990-Present:

Bukenya, James O., Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Peter V. Schaeffer. 2003. Analysis of rural quality of life and health: A spatial approach. Economic Development Quarterly, forthcoming.

Bukenya, James O., Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Peter V. Schaeffer. 2003. Analysis of quality of life and rural development: Evidence from West Virginia data. Growth and Change, 34, forthcoming.

Lewis, Jennifer L., Harry N. Boone, Peter V. Schaeffer, and Robert A. Dailey. 2002. How farmers in a mid-Atlantic state use value-added processing to increase annual income. 56th Annual AAAE Eastern Research Conference Proceedings.

Schaeffer, Peter V. and Scott Loveridge. 2002. Toward an understanding of types of public-private cooperation. Public Performance and Management Review 26 (2): 169-189.

Peter V. Schaeffer. 2002. Connecting community and household assets. Southern Perspectives guest edited by Jane Schuchardt, Anthony E. Smith, and Peter V. Schaeffer, Forthcoming.

Eckart Lange and Peter Schaeffer. 2001. A comment on the market value of a room with a view. Landscape and Urban Planning, 55, 113-120.

Peter V. Schaeffer and Scott Loveridge. 2001. Towards a better understanding of types of public-private cooperation. Regional Research Institute Working Paper 2001-5.

Schaeffer, Peter V. and Scott Loveridge. 2000. Small Town and Rural Economic Development: A Case Studies Approach. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Peter V. Schaeffer. 1999. Leadership Challenges for Effective Management. Ireland: Blackhall 228 pages.

Yuk, Lee, Theresa Cameron, Peter V. Schaeffer and Charles G. Schmidt. 1997. Ethnic minority small business: A comparative analysis of restaurants in Denver. Urban Geography, 18, 7: 591-621.

Schaeffer, Peter V. and Richard S. Mack. 1997. An appraisal of the conceptual foundations of the new International Division of Labor. Journal of Planning Literature, 12, 1: 3-15.

Schaeffer, Peter V. 1995. The work effort and the consumption of immigrants as a function of their assimilation. International Economic Review, 36: 625-642.

Mack, Richard S. and Peter V. Schaeffer. 1993. Nonmetropolitan manufacturing in the United States and product cycle theory: A review of the literature. Journal of Planning Literature, 8: 124-139.

Schaeffer, Peter V. 1992. Deconcentration, counter-urbanization, or trend reversal? The population distribution of Switzerland, 1900-1980. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 26, 2: 89-102.

Schaeffer, Peter V. 1992. Auswirkungen demographischer entwicklung auf das stadtewachstum. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, 128: 369-381.

Schaeffer, Peter V. and Cecily Ahern Millerick. 1991. The impact of historic district designation on property values: An empirical study. Economic Development Quarterly, 5, 4: 301-312.

Schaeffer, Peter V. 1991. Guests who stay. Geographical Analysis, 23, 3: 247-260.

Sander, William and Peter Schaeffer. 1991. Schooling and urban employment: 1980-84. Journal of Economics and Business, 43: 69-77.

Selected Scholarly Service and Honors:

Listed in the Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Industry and Finance, Who's Who in America: Science and Engineering.
Annual Outstanding Research Award, 2001, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University.
Holderbank Fellowship, Holderbank Foundation, Holderbank, Switzerland, 1976.
President, Lightstone Community Development Corporation, Inc., Moyers, WV. 2002-present.
Referee for:
Annals of Regional Science
Environment and Planning A
International Migration Review
International Economic Review
International Regional Science Review
Journal of the American Planning Association
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Journal of Planning Education and Research
Journal of Planning Literature
Journal of Regional Science
Journal of the Community Development Society
Papers in Regional Science: The Journal of the RSAI
Regional Science and Urban Economics
Society and Space (Environment and Planning D)
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Editorial Boards:
Journal of Planning Literature, 1996-present
International Regional Science Review, 1995-present
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1989-present
Peter V. Schaeffer
Division of Resource Management
West Virginia University
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Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Voice: (304) 293-4832
Email: peter.schaeffer@mail.wvu.edu
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