Economics

Randy Bluffstone curriculum vitae

Revised January 2023
 

Education

Degree Year Awarded University
Ph.D. 1993 Boston University, Economics
M.A. 1991 Boston University, Political Economy
B.S. 1982 Miami University (Ohio), Business Economics

Employment

Title Institution Year
Professor of Economics Portland State University September 2008-Present
Director Institute for Economics and the Environment, Portland State University July 2013-Present
Department Chair Department of Economics, Portland State University March 2008-September 2011
Associate Professor Portland State University September 2003 – September 2008
Assistant Professor Department of Economics, University of Redlands 1999-2003
Deputy Director International Environment Program, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University 1998 – 1999
Development Associate International Environment Program, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University
(Directed Central Asia Programs)		 1997 – 1998
Senior Environmental Policy Advisor and Development Associate International Environment Program, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University (Based in Vilnius, Lithuania as advisor to the government) 1994 – 1997
Research Associate and Project Manager International Environment Program, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University 
($25 million USAID project)		 1993 – 1994
Peace Corps Volunteer Peace Corps and Nepal Bank Ltd. 1983 – 1985

Other Positions

Title Institution Year
Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Fulbright Commission, Nepal and Kathmandu University March 2017- March 2018
Faculty Member Semester at Sea September 2018 - December 2018
Senior Research Fellow Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative July 2008-Present

Publications

Books

  • Randall A. Bluffstone. Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Services.  Under contract and in preparation.  Textbook for university course in environmental and natural resource economics for students with little or no economics background.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson, Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Local Control for Improved Livelihoods, Forest Management, and Carbon Sequestration.  2015, Taylor & Francis/RFF Press.  Edited volume.  Three chapters co-authored. 24 international authors. Reviewed by Sarah Eissler in Agriculture and Human Values 35: 547-548.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin, Agricultural Productivity in East Africa: Investment, Sustainability and Poverty Reduction. Earthscan/Resources for the Future Press, June 2011. Edited volume.  Two chapters co-authored. Ten international authors.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Bruce A. Larson, Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies: Theories and Methods, Edward Elgar Publishing Company, London, November 1997, 279 pages.  Edited volume.  Three chapters co-authored.  Reviewed by Ekko van Ierland in Environment and Development Economics 4 (4), 1999, pp. 598 – 602.

Book Chapters

  • Randall A. Bluffstone, “Economic Drivers and Incentives,” Handbook of Global Environmental Pollution Volume 1, Bill Freedman, ed. Springer Reference. 2012.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, “Child Labor and Improved Common Forest Management in Bolivia,” Understanding the Social Dimension of Sustainability, Mary King and Veronica Dujon, eds, Rutledge Press, 2008.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, “Privatization and the Environment,” in Privatization and Environment in the Mediterranean Region: Selected Case Studies, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2000, pp. 1 – 4
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "Do Pollution Charges Reduce Emissions in Central and Eastern Europe?  Evidence from Lithuania,” in The Market and the Environment: The Effectiveness of Market-Based Policy Instruments for Environmental Reform, T. Sterner ed., Edward Elgar Publishing Co., London, 2000, pp. 374 – 388
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "The Use of Economic Instruments in European Transition Economies: Past Trends and Prospects for the Future," in Role of Economic Instruments in Integrating Environmental Policy with Sectoral Policies, J. Becvar and M. Kokine, eds., United Nations, New York and Geneva, 1998, pp. 49 - 56.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "Valuation of Environmental Assets," in the Importance of National Assets within Economic Policy.  Proceedings of an International Conference Sponsored by the President of Lithuania and UNDP, BSPB Publishing, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1996, pp.126 - 130.

Published Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Randall A. Bluffstone. Forthcoming.  “Open Access to Forests and Forest Tenure Reform.”  Pathways to Research in Sustainability
  • Mani Nepal, Apsara Karki, Randall A. Bluffstone. 2022. “Labour Outmigration, Farmland Fallowing, Livelihood Diversification and Technology Adoption in Nepal.”  International Labour Review. 
  • Alemu Mekonnen, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Michael Toman, Ferdinand Vieider. 2022. “Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia Using a Field Experiment with Electronic Monitoring.” Ecological Economics. 198: 107467.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Abebe Beyene, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen and Michael Toman.  2022. “Learning, Experience, Fuelwood and Time Savings from Improved Biomass Cookstoves: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Cooking Tests in Ethiopia.” Environmental and Resource Economics 81: 271 – 285.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Abebe D. Beyene, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, Ferdinand Vieider. 2021. Does Providing Improved Biomass Cooking Stoves Free-of-Charge Reduce Regular Usage? Do Use Incentives Promote Habits?” Land Economics 97: 180-195.
  • Allen Blackman and Randall A. Bluffstone Decentralized Forest Management: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence. 2021. World Development 145: 105509 (Introduction to World Development Special Issue on Forest Governance Decentralization and Devolution)
  • Daniel LaFave, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman. 2021. “Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health: Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia” World Development 140: 105332.
  • Marc Jeuland, T. Robert Fetter, Yating Li, Subhrendu K Pattanayak, Faraz Usmani, Randall A. Bluffstone, Carlos Chávez, Hannah Girardeau, Sied Hassen, Pamela Jagger, Mónica M Jaime, Mary Karumba, Gunnar Köhlin, Luciane Lenz, Erin L Litzow, Lauren Masatsugu, Maria Angélica Naranjo, Jörg Peters, Ping Qin, Remidius D Ruhinduka, Montserrat Serrano-Medrano, Maximiliane Sievert, Erin O Sills, Michael Toman.  2021. Is Energy the Golden Thread? A Systematic Review of the Impacts of Modern and Traditional Energy Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 135 110406.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Astrid Dannenberg, Peter Martinsson, Prakash Jha, Rajesh Bista. 2020. “Cooperative Behavior and Common Pool Resources: Experimental Evidence from Community Forest User Groups in Nepal.” World Development 129: 104889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104889 
  • Christina Barstow, Randall A. Bluffstone, Kyle Silon, Karla Linden, Evan Thomas. 2019. “A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Livelihood, Environmental and Health Benefits of a Large-Scale Water Filter and Cookstove Distribution in Rwanda.” Development Engineering 4 100043.
  • Robert Haight, Randall A. Bluffstone, John Couston, Jeffrey Kline, David Wear, Katherine Zook. 2019. “Estimating the Present Value of Carbon Sequestration in U.S. Forests, 2015-2050, or Evaluating Climate Change Mitigation Federal Policies.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 2019: 1-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/age.2019.20 
  • Abebe Beyene, Alemu Mekonnen, Randall A. Bluffstone and Rahel Deribe. 2019. Household Level Determinants of Agroforestry Practices Adoption in rural Ethiopia.” Forests, Trees and Livelihoods https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2019.1620137
  • John Anasis, Christopher Butenoff, Aslam Kalil, Randall A. Bluffstone and George Lendaris. 2019. “Optimal Energy Resource Mix for the US and China to Meet Emissions Pledges.” Applied Energy 238: 92-100. 
  • Mahmud Yesuf and Randall A. Bluffstone.  2019. “Consumption Discount Rates, Risk Aversion and Wealth in Low-Income Countries: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia.” Journal of African Economies 28: 18-38.
  • John Anasis, Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil, Christopher Butenhoff, Randall A. Bluffstone, George Lendaris.  2018. “A Combined Energy and Geoengineering Optimization Model (CEAGOM) for Climate and Energy Policy Analysis.” Applied Energy 218: 246-255.
  • Harisharan Luintel, Robert Scheller and Randall A. Bluffstone. 2018. “Assessments of Biodiversity, Carbon, and their Relationships in Nepalese Forest Commons: Implications for global Climate Initiatives,” Forest Science 64: 418-428.
  • Harisharan Luintel, Randall A. Bluffstone and Robert Scheller. 2018. “Do Nepal Community Forestry Program Forests have more Carbon and Biodiversity than Government Forests?” PLOSOne.  DOI: https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199526
  • Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman. 2018. “Fuel Savings, Cooking Time and User Satisfaction with Improved Biomass Cookstoves: Evidence from Controlled Cooking Tests in Ethiopia.” Resource and Energy Economics 52: 173-185.
  • Harisharan Luintel, Randall A. Bluffstone and Robert Scheller. 2018. “An Assessment of Collective Action Drivers of Carbon Storage in Nepalese Forest Commons,” Forest Policy and Economics 90; 39-47.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, E. Somanathan, Prakash Jha, Harisharan Luintel, Rajesh Bista, Michael Toman, Naya Paudel, Bhim Adhikari.  2018. “Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon?  Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Programme,” World Development 101: 133–141
  • Ferdinand Vieider, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson and Alemu Mekonnen.  2018. “Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia,” Economic Development and Cultural Change. 66 (3): 417- 446.
  • Harisharan Luintel, Randall A. Bluffstone, Robert Scheller and Bhim Adhikari. 2017. The Effect of the Nepal Community Forestry Program on Equity in Benefit Sharing” Journal of Environment and Development 26 (3) 297-321.
  • John Anasis, Christopher Butenoff, Aslam Kalil, George Lendaris and Randall A. Bluffstone. 2017. “An Analysis of the Optimal Mix of Global Energy Resources and the Potential Need for Geoengineering Using the CEAGOM Model,” Global Challenges.  DOI: 10.1002/gch2.201700040
  • Alemu Mekonnen and Randall A. Bluffstone. 2017. “Does Community Forest Collective Action Promote Private Tree Planting? Evidence from Ethiopia.” International Business Research. 10 (5):86-106.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone. 2017. “Child Labor, the Wealth Paradox, and Common Forest Management in Bolivia, Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development. 8 (1): 49-92.
  • Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone and Alemu Mekonnen.  2016. “Community Forests, Carbon Sequestration and REDD+: Evidence from Ethiopia,” Environment and Development Economics. Vol 21 (2): 249-272.
  • Marc Jeuland, Subhrendu Pattanayak and Randall A. Bluffstone.  2016. “The Economics of Household Indoor Air Pollution,” Annual Review of Environmental and Resource Economics. Vol 7: 81-108.
  • E. Somanathan and Randall A. Bluffstone. 2015. “Biogas: Clean Energy Access with Low-Cost Mitigation of Climate Change,” Environmental and Resource Economics. Vol 62: 265-277.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Eswaran Somanathan, Prakash Jha, Harisharan Luintel, Rajesh Bista, Mike Toman, Naya Paudel, Bhim Adhikari.  2015. “Collective Action and Carbon Sequestration in Nepal,” Journal of Forests and Livelihood. Vol. 13 (1): 1 – 7.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Mahmud Yesuf, Takuro Uehara, Bilisuma Bushie, Demissie Damite. 2015. “Livestock and Private Tree Holdings in Rural Ethiopia: The Effects of Collective Action Institutions, Tenure Security and Market Access,” Journal of Development Studies. Vol.51 (9): 1193-1209.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone. 2014. “Economics of REDD+ and Community Forestry,” Journal of Forest and Livelihood, Vol. 11 (2): 69-74.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Elizabeth Robinson and Paul Guthiga. 2013. “REDD+ and Community Controlled Forests in Low-Income Countries: Any Hope for a Linkage?” Ecological Economics, Vol. 87: 43-52.
  • Menale Kassie, Stein Holden, Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin. 2011. “Are Soil Conservation Technologies ‘Win-Win?’ Evidence from the Ethiopian Highlands,” Natural Resources Forum 35: 89–99
  • Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, David Ervin, Randall A. Bluffstone, James Boyd, Darrell Brown, Heejun Chang, Veronica Dujon, Elise Granek, Stephen Polasky, Vivek Shandas and Alan Yeakley.  2011. “Valuing Ecological Systems and Services,” F1000 Biology Reports 2011, 3:14
  • Mahmud Yesuf and Randall A. Bluffstone. 2009. “Poverty, Risk Aversion and Path Dependence in Low Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  Vol. 91 (4): 1022-1037.  2009.
  • Jorge Garcia, Randall A. Bluffstone and Thomas Sterner. 2009. “Corporate Environmental Management in Transition Economies: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe,” Czech Journal of Economics and Finance.  Vol. 59 (5): 410-425.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Marco Boscolo and Ramiro Molina. 2008. “Does Better Common Property Forest Management Promote Behavioral Change?  On-Farm Tree Planting in the Bolivian Andes” Environment and Development Economics. Vol. 13: pp. 137 – 170.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Granville Braman, Linda Fernandez, Tom Scott and Pei-Yi Lee. 2008. “Housing, Sprawl and the Use of Development Impact Fees:  The Case of the Inland Empire,” Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 26, pp. 433-447.
  • Menale Kassie, John Pender, Mahmud Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin, Randall A. Bluffstone and Elias Mulugeta. 2008. “Estimating Returns to Soil Conservation Adoption in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands,” Agricultural Economics Journal.  Vol. 38: pp. 213 – 232.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone. 2007. “Privatization and Contaminated Site Remediation in Central and Eastern Europe: Do Environmental Liability Policies Matter?” Ecological Economics, 63 (1): 31-41.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Thomas Sterner. 2007. “Explaining Environmental Management in Central and Eastern Europe,” Comparative Economic Studies, 48: 619-640.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Brad Ouderkirk. 2007. “Warehouses, Trucks and PM2.5: Human Health and Logistics Industry Growth in the Eastern Inland Empire.” Contemporary Economic Policy, 25 (1): 79 - 91.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Dararatt Anantanasuwong and Ivan Ruzicka. 2006. “Using Economic Instruments to Address Non-Conventional Pollution Problems in Developing Countries: What to do about Shrimp Aquaculture in Thailand?” Environment and Development Economics, 11 (5): 651-667.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone. 2003. “Environmental Taxes in Developing and Transition Economies,” Public Finance and Management 3 (1): 143 – 175.  Also in Environmental Taxation in Practice, Thomas Sterner and Adrian Muller, eds., Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and J.R. DeShazo. 2003. “Are Households in Eastern Europe Willing to Pay to Upgrade Municipal Environmental Services to European Union Levels? A Case Study of Lithuania,” Environment and Development Economics 8 (4): 637 – 654.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Daiva Semeniene and Jochem Jantzen. 2003. “How much will it Cost to Join the Club? The Costs of Approximating Lithuania’s Environmental Laws with those of the European Union,” Environmental and Resource Economics 26 (2): 279 - 303.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Theodore Panayotou. 2000."Environmental Liability and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: Toward an Optimal Policy," Environmental & Resource Economics 23 (2): 335 – 352.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone. 1999. "Are the Costs of Pollution Abatement Lower in Central and Eastern Europe? Evidence from Lithuania,” Environment and Development Economics 4 (4): 449 – 470.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone. 1998."Reducing Degradation of Forests in Poor Countries When Permanent Solutions Elude Us: What Instruments Do We Really Have?" Environment and Development Economics, 3 (3): 295-318.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone. 1995. "The Effect of Labor Market Performance on Deforestation in Developing Countries under Open Access: An Example from Rural Nepal," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 29 (1): 42-63.  1995. Also reprinted in Property Rights and Environmental Problems Volume II, Bruce A. Larson ed., Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2003.
  • Theodore Panayotou, Randall A. Bluffstone and Vladislav Balaban. 1994."Lemons and Liabilities: Privatization, Foreign Investment and Environmental Liability in Central and Eastern Europe," Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 14 (2, 3): 157 – 168. 

Peer Reviewed Working Papers

Peer Reviewed Working Papers Subsequently Published in Peer Reviewed Journals (Titles and Some Content May Have Changed)

  • Alemu Mekonnen, Abebe D. Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Michael Toman and Ferdinand Vieider, “Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia Using a Randomized Treatment Trial with Electronic Monitoring” Policy Research Working Paper 7324, June 2015. The World Bank, Washington, DC. 
  • Daniel LaFave, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman. “Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health: Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia” Policy Research Working Paper 8929, June 2019, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Astrid Dannenberg, Peter Martinsson, Prakash Jha, Rajesh Bista, “Cooperative Behavior and Common Pool Resources: Experimental Evidence from Community Forest User Groups in Nepal,” Policy Research Working Paper 7323, June 2015, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Abebe D. Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen and Ferdinand Vieider, “The Improved Biomass Stove Saves Wood, but How Often do People Use it?” Policy Research Working Paper 7297, June 2015. The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Alemu Mekonnen, Mike Toman, , Sahan Dissanayake and Peter Martinsson. “Can Improved Biomass Cookstoves Contribute to REDD+ Contracts in Low-Income Countries? Evidence from a Controlled Cooking Test Trial with Randomized Behavioral Treatments.” Policy Research Working Paper 7394, August 2015. The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Mahmud Yesuf and Randall A. Bluffstone, “Consumption Discount Rates, Risk Aversion and Wealth in Low-Income Countries: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia.” 2008. EfD/RFF Discussion Paper 08-16.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Eswaran Somanathan, Prakash Jha, Harisharan Luintel, Rajesh Bista, Naya Paudel, Bhim Adhikari, Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? The Case of the Nepal Community Forestry Program,” Policy Research Working Paper 7327, June 2015, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone. “Child Labor, the Wealth Paradox, and Common Forest Management in Bolivia.” 2014. EfD/RFF Discussion Paper Series EfD DP 14-16
  • Ferdinand Vieider, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, “Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia: Risk Tolerance and Exogenous Income Proxies,” Policy Research Working Paper 7137, December 2014. The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone and Alemu Mekonnen, “Community Controlled Forests, Carbon Sequestration and REDD+ Some Evidence from Ethiopia.” EfD/RFF Discussion Paper 12-11.
  • Alemu Mekonnen and Randall A. Bluffstone, “Is there a Link between Common Property Forest Management and Private Tree Growing? Evidence of Behavioral Effects from Highland Ethiopia.”  2008 EfD/RFF Discussion Paper Series EfD DP 08-29.
  • Menale Kassie, John Pender, Mahmud Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin, Randall A. Bluffstone and Elias Mulugeta, “The Role of Soil Conservation in Mean Crop Yield and Variance of Yield: Evidence from the Ethiopian Highlands,” Resources for the Future Discussion Paper.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Mahmud Yesuf, Takuro Uehara, Bilisuma Bushie, Demissie Damite “Household Rural Livelihoods and Natural Capital Investments.  Does Forest Social Coordination Play a Role? Evidence from Ethiopia,” EfD and Resources for the Future Discussion Paper EFD DP 08-07.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Theodore Panayotou, “Does the Treatment of Environmental Liability during Privatization Really Matter? An Empirical Evaluation in Central Europe,” Environmental Strategy Paper No. 9, the World Bank Environmental Department, December 2003.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Theodore Panayotou, “Optimal Environmental Liability Policy for Central and Eastern Europe,” Development Discussion Paper No. 571, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University, February, 1997.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "Estimating Pollution Charge Rates in Lithuania," Central and Eastern Europe Environmental Economics and Policy Project Lithuania Program Working Paper No. 4, March, 1995.

Peer Reviewed Working Papers under Review by Peer Reviewed Journals

  • Abebe Beyene, Alemu Mekonnen, Randall Bluffstone, Yemiru Tesfaye. 2022.  “Does Participatory Forest Management Increase Forest Resource Use to Cope with Shocks? Empiriical Evidence from Ethiopia.”  Environment for Development Initiative Working Paper 22-12.
  • Adolfo Uribe, Carlos Chávez, Walter Gómez, Marcela Jaime, Randall A. Bluffstone Private Benefits from Ambient Air Pollution Reduction Policies – Evidence from the Household Heating Stove Replacement Program in Chile, EfD Discussion Paper, October 2022.
  • Alemu Mekonnen, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Michael Toman. “Improved Biomass Cookstove Use in the Longer Run: Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia” Policy Research Working Paper 9272, June 2020, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Sahan T. Dissanayake, Abebe. D. Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman, Ferdinand Vieider, “Preferences for REDD+ Contract Attributes in Low-Income Countries: A Choice Experiment in Ethiopia,” Policy Research Working Paper 7296, June 2015, The World Bank, Washington, DC.

Other Papers under Review by Peer Reviewed Journals

Peer Reviewed Working Papers under Revision for Submission to Peer Reviewed Journals 

  • Sahan Dissanayake, George Voigt, Abbie Cooper, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Daniel LaFave, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman. “Stability and Evolution of Preferences for Improved Cookstoves: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of a Choice Experiment from Ethiopia” Policy Research Working Paper 8928, June 2019, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Sahan Dissanayake, Randall A. Bluffstone, Eswaran Somanathan and Harisharan Luintel, “Forest Carbon Supply in Nepal: Evidence from a Choice Experiment” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 8648, November 2018. (Now titled Community Forest Carbon Sequestration is Not Cheap: Evidence from Nepal)

Other Peer Reviewed Working Papers

  • Randall A. Bluffstone, Daniel LaFave, Alemu Mekonnen, Sahan Dissanayake, Abebe Beyene, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Michael Toman. “Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations?  If so, for Whom?” Policy Research Working Paper 8930, June 2019, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Michael Toman, Govinda Timilsina, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sunil Malla, “Challenges in Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Household Cooking Energy in Lower-Income Countries.” Policy Research Working Paper 8008, March 2017, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Sahan T. Dissanayake, Prakash Jha, Bhim Adhikari, Rajesh Bista, Randall A. Bluffstone, Harisharan Luintel, Peter Martinsson, Naya Paudel, Eswaran Somanathan, Michael Toman, "Community Managed Forest Groups and Preferences for REDD+ Contract Attributes: A Choice Experiment Survey of Communities in Nepal,” Policy Research Working Paper 7326, June 2015, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "What Tax is Best? The Economics of Natural Resource Taxation in Lithuania," Environment Discussion Paper No. 14, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University, January, 1997.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "Achieving Environmental and Fiscal Goals in Lithuania Using Pollution Charges," Central and Eastern Europe Environmental Economics and Policy Project Lithuania Program Working Paper No. 1, February, 1995.

In Preparation for Submission/Re-Submission to Peer Reviewed Journals

  • Adolfo Uribe, Carlos Chávez, Walter Gómez, Marcela Jaime, Randall A. Bluffstone “Are there Synergies in Sustainable Heating from Cleaner Stoves and Retrofitted Houses?  Evidence from Air Pollution Reduction Policies in Chile”
  • Harisharan Luintel, Randall A. Bluffstone, Naya Paudel, Michael Toman Do Formal Community Forestry Programs Improve Forest Collective Action and Outcomes? Evidence from Nepal.

Non-Refereed Papers, Reports and Workshop Proceedings

  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Laura Costadone. 2019. “Effectiveness of Natural Resource Management (NRM) Interventions for Addressing Natural Resource Degradation and Human Vulnerability: Integrated Land and Water Management.” Prepared for the Independent Evaluation Group, The World Bank.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, John Coulston, Robert Haight, Jeff Kline, Steve Polasky, Dave Wear, Kate Zook.  2017. “Carbon Sequestration Valuation of United States Forests.” Final Report for the Project Valuation of Ecosystem Services on Farms and Forests. Council on Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics (CFARE) and USDA.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Michael Toman. 2015. “An Analytical Framework for Assessing the Economic Costs of Household Cooking Energy Alternatives,” Prepared for the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, The World Bank.
  • Alemu Mekonnen, Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin, “Increasing Forest Cover in Ethiopia: Lessons from Economics and International Experience.”  In Policies to Increase Forest Cover in Ethiopia, Proceedings of a Policy Workshop Organized by the Ethiopian Development Research Institute 18 – 19 September 2007, Addis Ababa.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, James Woods, Joshua Newkirk, Marla Pemberton and Jessica Bonar, “Economics of Improved Indoor Air Quality and the Use of Construction Methods that Promote Building Durability in Affordable Multi-Family Dwellings,” Report prepared for the Portland Development Commission, July 2009.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, “After A Dozen Years of Transition, Why are Industrial Firms in Central and Eastern Europe Generally Greener?” Report prepared for the University of Gothenburg and SIDA, 2002.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Rafat Fazeli, “What is the Value of a State Park in the San Timoteo Canyon?” Prepared for the City of Redlands, California and presented at the Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economics, Monterey, California, June 2002.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and several co-authors, including Joseph Fuczko, Glenn Morris and Stanislaw Kosina, “The Costs of Complying with EU Air Pollution Legislation in Slovakia.”  Report for the Government of Slovakia, NIRAS Consulting Engineers, Planners and the Environmental Protection Agency of Denmark, 2001.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and several co-authors, including Glen Anderson, Gretta Goldenman and Daiva Semeniene, “Lithuanian Environmental Finance Strategy.”  Report for the Government of Lithuania, Milieu Ltd. and the Environmental Protection Agency of Denmark, 2000.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and several co-authors, including Ivan Ruzicka, Dararatt Anantanasuwong and Clifford Zinnes. “Promotion of Market-Based Instruments for Environmental Management in Thailand.” Report for the Government of Thailand, the Harvard Institute for International Development and the Asian Development Bank, 2000.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, “What Next? Assisting Kazakhstan to Meet its Commitments Under the Framework Convention on Climate Change,” for the Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University and the Government of Kazakhstan.  Sponsored by the US Agency for International Development, 1999.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone “The Costs of Approximating Lithuanian Environmental Legislation with the European Union.” Final report and spreadsheet model prepared for the Government of Lithuania and the European Commission, 1998.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and Arunas Kundrotas, “National Environmental Finance Strategy of the Republic of Lithuania.” Report prepared for the Government of Lithuania, USAID and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1998.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "The Costs of Approximating Lithuanian Legislation with Selected Components of the European Union Air Pollution Environmental Acquis," with Jochem Jantzen, for the Ministry of Environment and the European Commission, December, 1997.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone and R. Scott Farrow, "Implementable Options for Air Pollution Reduction in Northern Bohemia," for the Government of the Czech Republic and USAID, with Scott Farrow, September, 1994.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "An Analysis of Retail Food Prices in Maputo, Mozambique."  Report prepared for US Agency for International Development /Mozambique, 1992.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "Simulating the Effects of Household Production System Changes on Forests in Nepal," for the Harvard Institute for International Development Workshop on Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis, June, 1993.
  • Randall A. Bluffstone, "Improved Cookstove Promotion and the Proper Public Role: A Case Study of Salyan, Nepal." For the National Cooperative Business Center and US Agency for International Development /Nepal, 1989.

Honors, Grants and Fellowships

Honors and Fellowships

  • 2017 – 2018. Fulbright Senior Scholar– Nepal.
  • 2019 – Present.  Editorial Board, Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative
  • 2018 – Present.  Forest Devolution and Governance Special Issue Co-Editor (with Allen Blackman).  World Development.
  • 2016 - Present.  Co-Coordinator, Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative Forest Collaborative (with Allen Blackman).
  • 2016 – Present.  Associate Editor, Journal of Forest Economics.
  • 2018, 2019.  Faculty Presenter.  Summer Institute, South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics. 
  • 2011 – Present. Faculty Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University.
  • 2011 – 2012. Malmsten Guest Professor, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University.
  • 2011 – 2012 Faculty Fellow, Ecotrust Northwest, Portland, Oregon

Academic Grants (PI unless otherwise noted)

  • 2023 – 2025 ($150,000).  US Forest Service. Nature Prescriptions – Effectiveness of Nature Prescriptions for Cardiac Rehabilitation in Diverse Populations Under Climate Change.
  • 2021-2023 ($15,000). Portland State University.  Faculty Enhancement Award to pilot a study on nature prescriptions for cardiac patients to be conducted with support from Kaiser Permanente Northwest and the US Forest Service.
  • 2021 – Present ($49,044). City of Portland, Parks and Recreation. Public Value Analysis of Recreational Infrastructure: Estimating the Full Value with a Focus on Historically Marginalized Groups.  
  • 2021 – Present ($27,035). City of Portland, Parks and Recreation. Pilot Public Value Analysis for Recreational Infrastructure.  With Fletcher Beaudoin.
  • 2020 – Present ($20,000).   US Forest Service. Human Health of Under-Served Populations and Recreational Use of Urban Forests in Portland, Oregon. Co-PI.  Sahan Dissanayake, PI.
  • 2019 – Present ($50,000).  US Forest Service.  Estimating Ecosystem Services from Forest Park. Co-PI.  Sahan Dissanayake, PI.
  • 2018 – 2020 ($61,000 per year).  Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative.  Funding to support the EfD Forest Collaborative.
  • 2018 – Present.  Portland State University.  Faculty Enhancement Award to prepare book manuscript focusing on environmental economics for non-economists ($11,000).
  • 2017 – 2018.  College of Urban and Public Affairs Dean’s Office, Portland State University. Institute for Economics and the Environment, Environment, Economics and You Speaker Series ($2000)
  • 2016-2018. Institute for Sustainable Solutions and College of Urban and Public Affairs Dean’s Office, Portland State University. Institute for Economics and the Environment, Environment, Economics and You Speaker Series ($9000)
  • 2016-2018. World Bank. Community Forestry as Pro-Poor Carbon Sequestration Policy. ($130,500).
  • 2016-2018. World Bank. The Effect of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Indoor Air Quality and Respiratory Health in Rural Ethiopia ($248,500)
  • 2015-2016. Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University.  Institute for Economics and the Environment, Environment, Economics and You Speaker Series ($8000).
  • 2015-2016. Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University. The Value of Forest Park’s Ecosystem Services ($5600). 
  • 2012 – 2014. World Bank. Forest Sector Institutional Reform and REDD+ in Ethiopia: Making Participatory Forest Management Pro-Poor Carbon Sequestration Policy ($409,000)
  • 2012 – 2014. World Bank. Nepal Community Forestry Program and the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+): Making Community Forestry Pro-Poor Carbon Sequestration Policy ($367,000)
  • 2007 – 2009. Gothenburg University and Sida.  Environmental Economics Research and Policy in Africa ($36,925).  Edited book, served as forestry theme leader and advised on Ethiopia-specific forest policy and research.  
  • 2008 – 2009.  Portland Development Commission.  Economic and Financial Analysis of Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in Affordable Housing Projects ($20,000).  Directed project to analyze benefits and costs of applying key aspects of green building practices to affordable housing.  
  • 2006 – 2007. Gothenburg University and Sida.  Environmental Economics Research and Policy Advising in Ethiopia ($251,000).  Conducted research and policy advising while in residence in Ethiopia during 2006-2007 academic year and summer 2007.  
  • 2005. USAID SANREM-CRSP Program. Planning grant for preparation of full proposal on sustainable natural resource management in Central and South America.  Co-PI.  PI Douglas Southgate, Ohio State University.  Portland State University activities focus on forestry in Bolivia ($2100).
  •  2005. Portland State University Second Summer Stipend for research on the determinants of environmental performance in European transition economies? ($4000). 
  • 2005. Portland State University Social Sustainability Faculty Working Group.  Preparation of a chapter for an anthology on social sustainability in the Bolivian Andes (one course release)
  • 2005 – 2006. Portland State University Faculty Enhancement Grant.  Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability in the Bolivian Andes ($5000).  
  • 2004 – 2006. John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.  Sprawl and Housing in Southern California.  With Linda Fernandez and Tom Scott of the University of California, Riverside ($88,000). 
  • 2004 – 2005. Gothenburg University and Swedish Sida.  Research on the environmental consequences of transitions to market economies in Central and Eastern Europe ($13,200)
  • 2004 – 2005. Portland State University Faculty Enhancement Grant.  Sustainability and the Determinants of Pollution Emission Reductions in Lithuania ($4491). 
  • 2003 – 2005. John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.  Research on the environmental costs of logistics industry expansion in the eastern part of Southern California ($10,000).  
  • 2002. John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.  Research on policies for combating sprawl in Southern California ($10,000);
  • 2001 – 2002. World Bank. Empirical research on environmental liability in Central and Eastern Europe.  Co-PI.  PI Theodore Panayotou ($40,200);
  • 2002 – 2003. Gothenburg University and SIDA.  Empirical research on environmental performance in Central and Eastern Europe ($7400);
  • 2001. City of Redlands.  Contingent valuation study focusing on the establishment of a state park near Redlands.  ($9200);
  • 2001, 2000. University of Redlands.  Faculty Research Grants;
  • 1999 – 2000. Avina Foundation and the Center for International Development, Harvard University, and the. Research focusing on empirical evaluation of the benefits of common property management of forests in the Bolivian Andes ($50,000). Co-PI. Theodore Panayotou, PI;
  • 1989. USAID/Nepal.  Research on the use of low wood-using cooking stoves in rural Nepal ($7200).

Invited Presentations and Presentations at Professional Meetings (since 2017)

  • June and September 2022. How Does International Migration Change Things Down on the Farm? Evidence from Nepal.  Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Rimini, Italy and Annual Conference of the Environment for Development Initiative, Kampala, Uganda.
  • May 2022. Forests, Climate Change and Energy.  Presidential Career Research Award Lecture.  Portland State University
  • November 2021.  Can Community Forestry Contribute to SDGs?  Evidence from Nepal.  DISES International Symposium: Implications for Asia.  Carolina Asia Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • June 2021. REDD+ and Forest Collective Action: Evidence from Nepal School of Business, University of Surrey.
  • May 2021. Climate Policy and Potential Opportunities for Lower  Income Countries: An Example from Ethiopia Department of Economics Seminar Series, Portland State University (jointly with Sahan Dissanayake)
  • November 2020. Environmental Justice and Urban Greenspace: Exploring Use, Barriers, and Values of Urban Nature Department of Economics Seminar Series, Portland State University (jointly with Sahan Dissanayake, Jeff Klein, Jake Kennedy)
  • May 2020.  Labor Outmigration, Agriculture and Livelihood Choices in Nepal Department of Economics Seminar Series, Portland State University.
  • June 2019.  Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health: Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics, Manchester, UK.
  • October 2018. Does the Mirt Improved Biomass Injera Stove Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations? If So, for Whom? University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 
  • September 2018.  If People Pay for Improved Biomass Stoves, Do they Use Them More Frequently? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia? University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
  • June 2018.  Cooperative Behavior and Common Pool Resources: Experimental Evidence from Community Forest User Groups in Nepal World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • May 2018.  Does the Mirt Improved Biomass Injera Stove Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations? If So, for Whom? Third Meeting of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative, Duke University, Durham, NC.
  • February 2018. Does Giving Forests to the People Improve Outcomes: Evidence from Nepal and Other Countries?  South and Central Asia Fulbright Conference, Delhi, India.
  • February 2018. If People Pay for Improved Biomass Stoves, Do they Use Them More Frequently? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia?  Invited Presentation to the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, India.
  • January 2018. How Can Economics Support Decisions on Forest Management? International Insights.  Invited Plenary Presentation to the Sri Lankan Academy of Sciences, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • December, 2017. The Effects of Forest Collective Action, Invited Plenary Presentation at the 11th Biannual Conference of the South Asian Network of Development and Environmental Economists, Kathmandu, Nepal.  
  • October, 2017 and June 2017. Forest Carbon Supply in Nepal: Evidence from a Choice Experiment, 11th Annual Meeting of the Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (October) and First Meeting of the Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative Forest Collaborative, Athens, Greece (June).
  • April 2017. “Learning, Experience, Fuelwood and Time Savings from Improved Biomass Cookstoves: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Cooking Tests in Ethiopia,” Second Meeting of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative, Duke University.

Teaching, Mentoring and Curricular Achievements

  1. Co-developed Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (approved 2008) and member of advisory committee of the Graduate Certificate in Energy Policy and Management (approved 2015)
  2. Ph.D. Dissertation Committees – total of 8
  3. Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committees – total of 5
  4. Ph.D. Dissertation International Advisor or External Examiner – total of 6
  5. Economics Master’s Degree Projects – total of 3
  6. Community-Partnerships in Teaching
  • Winter 2019 and 2020. Policy Analysis Assignment (EC 427/527), Washington State Institute for Public Policy 
  • Winter 2016 Social Sustainability of Equal Exchange Programs (EC 522), Equal Exchange.
  • Fall 2016 Bureau of Environmental Services Internship) (R&C Course), City of Portland.
  • Summer 2016 SOLVE Internship (R&C Course), SOLVE
  • Fall 2016 Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of its Inmate Work Program at South Fork Forest Camp (R&C Course), with Oregon Department of Forestry
  • Winter 2015 Economic Value of Forest Park Ecosystem Services (EC 427/527 and EC 520), with Forest Park Conservancy
  • Winter 2011 and Winter 2014, Analytical Support for Energy Trust of Oregon (EC 427/527)
  • Spring 2014 Preparation of an Economic Viability Model for Climate-Friendly Projects (R&C Course), with The Climate Trust
  • January 2002. Travel Course to Thailand, Department of Economics, University of Redlands.

Select Community Engagement 

Analysis

  • November – December 2020. EfD Initiative and Gothenburg University. Development of International Master’s Degree Curriculum in Sustainable Forestry.  With Jintao Xu
  • January 2020. Independent Evaluation Group, The World Bank. Peer Review of Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) for SLMP I and SLMP II. 
  • December 2019. Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW). Valuation of Carbon Loss Due to Constructing the Nijgadh International Airport in Nepal. 
  • July – December 2019. Independent Evaluation Group, The World Bank. Structured Literature Review on Sustainable Land Management. Included presentation of findings to World Bank officials.
  • 2016 – 2017. Council on Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics (CFARE) and US Department of Agriculture.  Resource Team Member. Valuation of Ecosystem Services on Farms and Forests. 
  • July 2012 International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. Technical advisor on site contamination. 
  • September – December 2010.  Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Oregon Consumption-Based Emissions Inventory Project Technical Working Group. 
  • April 2010. Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP).  Taught 3-day short course on Key Topics in Environmental and Development Economics For grantees and new grant applicants.  
  • 2004 – 2005.  Asian Development Bank.  Served as Environmental Institutions and Training Specialist for technical assistance project in the Republic of Tajikistan.   Analyzed environmental institutions, provided economics training and organized study tour to Thailand for senior Ministry of Environment officials.
  • April 2000 – August 2001. NIRAS Consulting Engineers and Planners, Carl Bro Consulting and the Environmental Protection Agency of Denmark.  Served as economist on a project to develop a strategy for Slovakia to harmonize its environmental legislation with that of the European Union. Specific responsibilities included estimation of costs and the development of financing options for control of air pollution.
  • November 1992.  US Agency for International Development /Mozambique. Consulting economist.
  • June – August 1989.  National Cooperative Business Center and US Agency for International Development /Nepal. Consulting on low wood-using cookstoves.

Community Presentations and Other Engagement Activities (Since 2016)

  • October 2019. Moving Toward a Fossil Fuel Free Future: The Economic Benefits for Rural Communities, Douglas County Global Warming Coalition.  
  • September 2019. Internalizing Externalities or Incentivizing Collective Action?  Envisioning Policies for Materials Management in Oregon State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, Oregon.
  • March 2017. When Academics Get Political.  Provost’s Lecture Series, Portland State University.
  • October 2016. The Economic Value of Forest Park Ecosystem Services.  Stakeholder workshop held at Institute for Sustainable Solutions.  Organized with the Forest Park Conservancy.
  • October 2016. Improving Forests in Low-Income Countries is a Good Step toward Several SDGs: How to Move Forward? United Nations Association, Rose Villa – Chapter 139.

Governance Activities for the University, College and Department

Select Service to Portland State University

  • 2023. Chair, Research Award Selection Committee
  • 2022-2023. Interim Director, Graduate Certificate in Energy Policy and Management.
  • 2021- 2022.  Internationalization Council Co-Chair.
  • 2015/2016 - Present. Internationalization Council Member
  • 2015 – Present. Steering Committee member, Graduate Certificate in Energy Policy and Management.
  • 2013/2014; 2015/2016 - 2017.  Elected Faculty Senate Representative
  • 2013 – 2014. Faculty Senate Committee on Committees
  • 2012.  Member of Strategic Investments Task Force, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • 2007.  Member of Sustainability Advisory Group appointed by Provost Roy Koch.  Work with others to analyze and make recommendations for faculty sustainability investments.
  • 2005 – 2006 Graduate Council Member
  • 2003 – 2004.  Member of the PSU Accreditation Self Study Committee for standard 7 (finance).

Select Service to the Department of Economics

  • 2022 – 2023. Committee Member Representing Department of Economics, College of Urban and Public Affairs Dean’s Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee.
  • 2013 – Present. Founding Director of the Institute for Economics and the Environment. Wrote successful proposal to found institute.  Recruited faculty members from across PSU to participate.  Since Winter 2013, hosted 17 open lectures for the PSU and Greater Portland communities, attended by an average of approximately 80 people.  Completed several grant-funded projects linked to the Institute
  • 2007 - Present.  Director of the Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
  • 2008 – 2011 Department Chair
  • 2007 – 2008, 2014-2015, 2019-2020. Elected Chair of Promotion and Tenure Committee
  • 2012 – 2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2020-2021. Elected Member of Promotion and Tenure Committee
  • 2018-2021.  Graduate Committee
  • 2010 – 2014.  Chaired and member of several faculty search committees
  • 2015-2016.  Undergraduate Committee
  • 2015 – 2016. Post-Tenure review evaluation committee.

Select Professionally-Related Service

Significant and On-Going Professional Service

  • 2022.  External Reviewer, 6th Oregon Climate Change Assessment Chapter 6, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute.
  • 2022. External Research Tenure/Promotion Review of Two Faculty Members.
  • 2022.  External Review Panel Member, Environment for Development Initiative Vietnam Center.
  • 2021- Present.  External Evaluator for University of Montana, Department of Economics.
  • 2008 – Present.  Program Committee Member, Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (2010, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021).
  • 2020 – 2021.  Local Organizing Committee Proposal Co-Chair (with Trudy Cameron).  William Jaeger, Chair. 2023 World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (proposal suspended)
  • 2017 – Present.  External Reviewer. NSF-PIRE grant Confronting Energy Poverty in Southern Africa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Pam Jagger, PI).
  • 2005 – 2017.  Co-organizer of the Oregon Resource and Environmental Economics (OREE) Workshop Held Semi-Annually at Willamette University
  • 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. Program Committee Member, Annual Conference of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 
  • 2010 – Present.  Proposal and Final Paper Reviewer, South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics. 
  • 2009 – Present. Paper reviewer and discussant, Environment for Development Initiative Annual Conference, University of Gothenburg.
  • 2015. External Evaluator for University of Massachusetts, Lowell Department of Economics.
  • 2014. Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Fellowship reviewer, National Economic Research Council, United Kingdom.
  • 2011. External Tenure Reviewer, Occidental College
  • 2011 – 2013.  Local Forest Reform Theme Co-Leader, Environment for Development Initiative, University of Gothenburg.

Partial List of Referee Service to Journals (Currently averaging 10 per year)

  • Ambio.
  • American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Climate Policy
  • Comparative Economic Systems.
  • Contemporary Economic Policy.
  • Development Engineering
  • Ecological Economics. 
  • Economic Development and Cultural Change.
  • Energy Economics
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy, Sustainability and Society
  • Environmental Management.
  • Environment and Development Economics.
  • Environmental and Resource Economics.  
  • Environmental Practice
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Forests
  • Forest Economics
  • Forest Policy and Economics 
  • International Forestry Review
  • Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Journal of African Economics
  • Journal of Development Studies
  • Journal of Development Engineering
  • Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
  • Journal of Environment and Development
  • Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal of Environmental Science and Management
  • Journal of Forest Economics
  • Journal of Political Ecology
  • Land Economics
  • Land Use Policy
  • Natural Resources Forum
  • Nature Energy
  • Oxford Economic Papers
  • Review of Energy Economics
  • Society and Natural Resources

Language Capabilities

  • Nepali – good based on 3 years living in Nepal (previously certified by US State Department as near fluent) and 2017/2018 Fulbright Senior Scholar award in Nepal.
  • Lithuanian – fair based on 3 years living in Lithuania
  • Amharic –limited based on 10 months living in Ethiopia
  • French – fair based on university study
  • Spanish – limited based on post-university study

Non-Academic Service

  • 2019 – 2020.  Board chair.  Congregation Shir Tikvah, Portland, Oregon.
  • 2015 – 2021.  Board member.  Congregation Shir Tikvah, Portland, Oregon.
  • 2010 – 2013; 2019 – Present.  Volunteer.  Meals on Wheels, Portland, Oregon