Voice: (304) 293-4832, ext. 4452 E-Mail: jfletch@wvu.edu Fax: (304) 293-3752 Resource Economics West Virginia University P.O. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108

Current Positions

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

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

Research Interests

• natural resource and environmental economics
• quantitative methods
• spatial applications in economic analysis
• computer applications in applied economic analysis

Selected Publications

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

• 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. Nonpoint pollution policy: The role of voluntary programs. Contemporary Policy Issues 12,1: 1-9.

• Fiske, W. A., G. E. D'Souza, J. J. Fletcher, T. T. Phipps, W. B. Bryan, and E. C. Prigge. 1994. An economic and environmental assessment of alternative forage-resource production systems: A goal-programming approach. Agricultural Systems 45: 259-270.

• 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.

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