Conrad, Jon M

research

research and scholarship focus

Resource management might be viewed as an exercise in dynamic optimization; how best to use resources over time. I am interested in using mathematical models and methods of dynamic optimization to improve resource allocation.

research areas

applied economics | collaborative research area (CALS)

submitted impact statement

Resource and environmental economics: mathematical models to improve the management of fishery, forest, and water resources or the dynamic control of pests or disease | 2007 Impact statement
Resource and environmental economics: Mathematical models to improve the management of fishery, forest, and water resources or the dynamic control of pests or disease | 2006 Impact statement
Computational agriculture | 2005 Impact statement
When to drill? Trigger prices for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | 2004 Impact statement
Adapting to Climate Change | 2004 Impact statement
Fisheries management in the Galapagos Marine Reserve | 2004 Impact statement

affiliations

faculty appointment in

Applied Economics and Management (AEM) | Cornell department

member of graduate field

Applied Economics and Management | graduate field
Economics | graduate field
Public Affairs | graduate field
Regional Science | graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

Institute for Computational Sustainability | research center

teaching

teaching focus

My appointment is 50% teaching and 50% research. I enjoy both. I try to incorporate my own research and the latest research in my field within the courses I teach, hopefully keeping both my courses and myself timely and relevant.

teaches

AEM 4500 - Resouce Economics (TR 02:55:PM-04:10:PM) | fall 2009 class
AEM 4970 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
AEM 7500 - Resource Economics (TR 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2009 class
AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ECON 4500 - Resouce Economics (TR 02:55:PM-04:10:PM) | fall 2009 class
AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
AEM 7130 - Dynamic Optimization (TR 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | spring 2009 class
AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
AEM 4500 - Resouce Economics (TR 02:55:PM-04:10:PM) | fall 2008 class
ECON 4500 - Resouce Economics (TR 02:55:PM-04:10:PM) | fall 2008 class

service

current professional activities

• President, Resource Modeling Association, 2002-04
• Associate editor, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1988-90
• Board of Governors, Resource Modeling Association, 1988-90
• Board of Directors, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 1998-2000
• Senior editor for economics, Natural Resource Modeling, 1998-2001

background

educational background

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1973
M.S., University of Washington, 1970
B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1968

featured in

Cornell's supercomputers will crunch weather data to help farmers manage chemicals | Cornell Chronicle feature

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

Working Papers

Conrad, J. M. 2002. Renewable resource management. To appear in the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, United Nations, UNESCO, Paris. (366KB)

Bosetti, V., J. M. Conrad, and E. Messina. 2003. Ginostra: The value of flexibility. (96KB)

Conrad, J. M. 2003. Open access and extinction of the passenger pigeon in North America. (96KB)

Conrad, J. M., and K. Kotani. 2003. When to Drill? Trigger Prices for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (219KB)

Recent Publications

Rondeau, D., and J. M. Conrad. 2003. Managing urban deer. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(1):266-81.

Azzaino, Z., J. M. Conrad, and P. J. Ferraro. 2002. Optimizing the Riparian buffer: Harold Brook in the Skaneateles Lake watershed, New York. Land Economics 78(4):501-14.

Conrad, J. M., and A. Lopez. 2002. Stochastic water quality: The timing and option value of treatment. Water Resources Research 38(5):2-1, 2-7.

Conrad, J. M. 2000. Wilderness: Options to preserve, extract, or develop. Resource and Energy Economics 22:205-19.

Conrad, J. M. 1999. Resource economics. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Conrad, J. M. 1999. The bioeconomics of marine sanctuaries. Journal of Bioeconomics 1:205-17.