Economics Department
Noelwah R. Netusil
Stanley H. Cohn Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd
Portland, OR 97202-8199, USA
Vollum 227
Office: (503) 517-7306
Fax: (503) 777-7776
netusil@reed.edu
B.S. Chemistry and Economics, Allegheny College 1986
Ph.D. Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1992
Courses
Research
Community Service
Courses
- Economics 201: Introduction to Economic Analysis
- Economics 311: Survey of Econometric Methods
- Economics 348: Economics of the Public Sector
- Economics 351: Environmental Economics
- Economics 352: Natural Resource Economics
- Economics 371: Law and Economics
- Economics 402: Junior Seminar
Research
I am working with a team of researchers on an NSF Urban Long Term Research Area grant to examine if environmental conditions have been influenced by different approaches to governance in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington.
Working papers based on the ULTRA grant include:
Drake-McLaughlin, N. ('09) and N. R. Netusil. 2011. Valuing Walkability and Vegetation in Portland, Oregon.
Netusil, N. R. 2011. Urban Environmental Amenities and Property Values: Does Ownership Matter?
Netusil, N.R., Z. Levin ('11), and V. Shandas. 2011. Valuing Green Infrastructure in Portland Oregon.
Representative publications include:
Kadish, J. and N. R. Netusil. 2011. Valuing Vegetation in an Urban Watershed. Landscape and Urban Planning Forthcoming
Netusil N.R., S. Chattopadhyay and K. Kovacs. 2010. Estimating the Demand for Tree Canopy: A Second-Stage Hedonic Price Analysis. Land Economics 86 (2) 281-293.
N.R. Netusil and M.T. Summers ('08). 2009. Valuing Instream Flows Using the Hedonic Price Method. Water Resources Research 45
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 43(3): 622-629.
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. 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Seung, C.K., T.R. Harris, J.E. Englin, and N.R. Netusil. 2000. Impacts of Water Reallocation: A Combined Computable General Equilibrium and Recreation Demand Model Approach. The Annals of Regional Science, 34(4): 473-487.
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.
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. and M. Haupert. 1995. The Economics of Information: A Classroom Experiment. Journal of Economic Education 26: 357-363.
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.
Community Service
Current Service
I currently serve on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Independent Economic Analysis Board, the board of Mercy Corps Northwest, the Audubon Society of Portland board, the steering committee for the Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver, and the editoral board of Land Economics.
Past Service
I've served on the boards of The Resource Innovation Group/The Climate Leadership Initiative (2004-2010), Oregon Water Trust (2006-2008), and Green House Network/Focus the Nation (1999-2006). I was also part of the team that developed the Moneyville exhibit for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.