Courses

Since arriving at Reed I have taught the following courses:

Research

I. Research on Property Values

Eight Reed senior theses (Jocelyn Manuel 1993; Joe Hendrickson 1993; Benjamin Bolitzer 1995; Van Butsic 2003; Greg Agamalian 2005; Yves Savoir 2005; Lex Hoffman 2006; David Kling 2007) have examined factors influencing property values. The results of Ben Bolitzer's thesis have been incorporated into a paper titled "The Impact of Open Spaces on Property Values in Portland, Oregon." A more detailed analysis is presented in "The Effect of Open Space Type and Proximity on a Home's Sale Price: Portland, Oregon" which was co-authored with Margot Lutzenhiser ('99). Funding for this research was provided by a Bernard Goldhammer Summer Collaborative Grant.

Butsic, V. ('03) and N. R. Netusil. 2007. Estimating a Price for Water Rights in the Umpqua Basin, Oregon. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Netusil, N.R. 2006. Economic Valuation of Riparian Corridors and Upland Wildlife Habitat in an Urban Watershed Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education 134 (July) 39-45.

Netusil, N. R. 2005. Does Ownership Matter? Examining the Relationship between Property Values and Privately and Publicly Owned Open Spaces, Streams and Wetlands Reed College, Department of Economics, Working Paper (June 1).

Netusil N.R. and S. Chattopadhyay. 2005. Economic Benefits of Large Patches of Tree Canopy: A Second-Stage Hedonic Price Analysis Conference Proceedings, W-1133 2005 Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah (February 13-15).

Netusil, N. R. 2005. The Effect of Environmental Zoning and Amenities on Property Values: Portland Oregon Land Economics 81 (2): 227-246.

Lutzenhiser, M. ('99) and N.R. Netusil. 2001. The Effect of Open Space Type on a Home's Sale Price: Portland, Oregon Contemporary Economic Policy, 19 (1): 291-298.

B. Bolitzer ('95) and N.R. Netusil. 2000. The Impact of Open Spaces on Property Values in Portland, Oregon Journal of Environmental Management, 59:185-193.

Netusil, N.R., E. Boyd, Z. van Giffen, and M. LaMerrill. 2000. Can Open Spaces be Self-Financing: Results from Portland, Oregon Choices (Second Quarter): 21-23.

II. Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture

Soil eroded from agriculture is considered to be a nonpoint (diffuse) source of pollution. The following papers explore the potential use of transferable discharge permit markets to achieve water quality standards in a cost-effective manner.

Netusil, N.R. and J.B. Braden. 2001. Transaction Costs and Sequential Bargaining in Transferable Discharge Permit Markets Journal of Environmental Management, 61(3): 253-262.

Braden, J., N. Netusil and R. Kosobud. 1994. Incentive-Based Nonpoint Source Pollution Abatement in a Reauthorized Clean Water Act. Water Resources Bulletin 30:781-791.

Netusil, N. and J. Braden. 1993. Market and Bargaining Approaches to Nonpoint Source Pollution Abatement Problems. Water Science and Technology 28: 35-45.

III. Impacts of Gold Mining on Water-Related Resources in the Humboldt River Basin, Nevada

In 1997 the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation awarded a 3-year grant through their Water and Watershed program to investigate the impact of gold mining activities in the Humboldt River Basin of Nevada. Several papers have been written on the preliminary research that has been undertaken.

Huzar, E.J., N. R. Netusil and W.D. Shaw. 2001. Contingent Valuation of Some Externalities from Mine Dewatering Journal of Water Resources Planning and Managment, 127(6): 369-377.

Huszar, Eric, W. Douglass Shaw, Jeff Englin, and Noelwah R. Netusil. 1999. Recreational Damages from Reservoir Storage Level Changes Water Resources Research 35, 11: 3489-3494.

Netusil, N.R., D. Shaw, E. Huszar and C. Leversee. 1998. Potential Economic Impacts of Mine Dewatering in the Humboldt River Basin of Nevada: Preliminary Survey Results. University Council of Water Resources 1998 Conference Proceedings (August) Hood River: OR.

IV. Teaching of Economics

The Economics Department at Reed has a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and research. Experiments have been used in the introductory economics (Economics 201) class at Reed since 1989. Some experiments, or variations on existing experiments, have been designed specifically for the Reed lab. Examples of experiments can be found in the Economics 201 syllabus and in the following papers.

Crouter, J. and N. R. Netusil. 2007. A Cross-Campus Cooperative Course Project on the Estimated Benefits of Snake River Salmon and Steelhead Restoration. Perspectives on Economic Education Research.

Netusil, N.R. 2000. Variations on a Theme: The Double-Oral Auction Market Experiment and Voluntary Contribution Mechanism Experiment. Review of Agricultural Economics 22, 1: 268-285.

Netusil, N. and M. Haupert. 1999. Teaching Experiments: A Classroom Primer. Business Education Forum 53 (February): 40-42.

Netusil, N. and M. Haupert. 1995. The Economics of Information: A Classroom Experiment. Journal of Economic Education 26: 357-363.

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Community Service

Current Service

I currently serve as Chair of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Independent Economic Analysis Board. I have been a member of the IEAB since December of 2002.

I am on the board of Mercy Corps Northwest, Oregon Water Trust, and Resource Innovations.

Past Service

From 1999-2006 I served on the board of the Green House Network, a Portland, Oregon non-profit that is dedicated to grassroots education about the economics, politics and peer-reviewed science of global warming. I was also part of the team that developed the Moneyville exhibit for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

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