AAE 875

Spatial Modeling in Resource Economics

Fall 2005

Syllabus

Papers

Week 1 (9/12/05): Urban Spatial Structure

Anas, R. Arnott, and K. A. Small. 1998. “Urban Spatial Structure.” Journal of Economic Literature, 36 1426-64.

Mills, D.E. 1981. “Growth, Speculation and Sprawl in a Monocentric City.” Journal of Urban Economics, 10: 201-226.

Week 2 (9/19/05): Amenities and Urban Spatial Structure

Wu, J. and A.J. Plantinga. 2003. “Open Space Policies and Urban Spatial Structure.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 46(2): 288-309.

Turner, M.A. 2005. “Landscape Preferences and Patterns of Residential Development.” Journal of Urban Economics, 57(1): 19-54.

Week 3 (9/26/05): Forestry

Swallow, S.K., Talukdar, P., and D.N. Wear. 1997. “Spatial and Temporal Specialization in Forest Ecosystem Management under Sole Ownership.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79:311-326.

Albers H.J. 1996. “Modeling Ecological Constraints on Tropical Forest Management: Spatial Interdependence, Irreversibility, and Uncertainty.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 30, 73-94.

Week 4 (10/3/05): Fisheries

J.N. Sanchirico and J.E. Wilen. 1999. “Bioeconomics of Spatial Exploitation in a Patchy Environment.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 37,129-150.

Costello, C.J. and S. Polasky. 2005. “Spatial Bioeconomics Under Uncertainty.” Paper presented at 2005 AERE Workshop on Natural Resources at Risk.

Week 5 (10/10/05): Habitat Conservation / Electricity Pricing

Nalle, D.J., Montgomery, C.A., Arthur, J.L., Polasky, S., and N.H. Shumaker. 2004. “Modeling Joint Production of Wildlife and Timber.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 48(3): 997-1017.

Bohn, R.E., Caramanis, M.C., and F.C. Schweppe. 1984. “Optimal Pricing in Electrical Networks over Space and Time.” Rand Journal of Economics, 15(3): 360-376.

Week 6 (10/17/05): Spatial Sorting

Sieg, H., Smith, V.K., Banzhaf, S., and R. Walsh. 2004. “Estimating the General Equilibrium Benefits of Large Changes in Spatially Delineated Public Goods.” International Economic Review, 45: 1047-1077.

Bayer, P., and C. Timmons. 2005. “Estimating Equilibrium Models of Sorting Across Locations.” Working Paper.

Weeks 7 & 8 (10/24/05 & 10/31/05): Spatial Econometrics

Anselin, L. 2001. “Spatial Econometrics,” In B. Baltagi (ed.), A Companion to Theoretical Econometrics. Oxford: Basil Blackwell: 310–330.

Anselin, L. 2002. “Under the Hood: Issues in the Specification and Interpretation of Spatial Regressions Models.” Agricultural Economics, 27(3): 247-267.

Week 9 (11/7/05): Lab Session on Spatial Data

Lab Workbook

No required reading, but the following is good background:

Bateman, I.J., Jones, A.P., Lovett, A.A., Lake, I.R., and B.H. Day. 2002. “Applying Geographical Information Systems to Environmental and Resource Economics.” Environmental and Resource Economics 22: 219-269.

Week 10 (11/14/05): Spatial Hedonic Models

Kim, C.W., Phipps, T.T., and L. Anselin. 2003. “Measuring the Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: A Spatial Hedonic Approach.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 45: 24-39.

Irwin, E.G. 2002. “The Effects of Open Space on Residential Property Values.” Land Economics, 78(4): 465-480.

Week 11 (11/21/05): Urban Growth

Bockstael, N.E. 1996. “Modeling Economics and Ecology: The Importance of a Spatial Perspective.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1168-1180.

Irwin, E. and N.E. Bockstael. 2002. “Interacting Agents, Spatial Externalities and the Evolution of Residential Land Use Patterns.” Journal of Economic Geography, 2: 331-54.

Week 12 (11/28/05): Tropical Deforestation

Chomitz, K.M., and D.A. Gray. 1996. “Roads, Land Use, and Deforestation: A Spatial Model Applied to Belize.” The World Bank Economic Review, 10(3): 487-512.

Nelson, G.C., Harris, V., and S.W. Stone. 2001. “Deforestation, Land Use, and Property Rights: Empirical Evidence from Darien, Panama.” Land Economics, 77(2): 187-205.

Week 13 (12/5/05): Fisheries Management / Habitat Fragmentation

Smith, M.D., and J.E. Wilen. 2003. “Economic Impacts of Marine Reserves: the Importance of Spatial Behavior.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46(2): 183-206.

Lewis, D.J., and A.J. Plantinga 2005. “Policies to Reduce Habitat Fragmentation: Combining Econometric Models with GIS-Based Landscape Simulations.” Working Paper.

Week 14 (12/12/05): Cellular Automata

Wu, F. 2002. “Calibration of Stochastic Cellular Automata: the Application to Rural-Urban Land Conversions.” International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 16(8): 795-818.