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WU Junjie

Current Positions

Emery N. Castle Chair in Resource and Rural Economics, Oregon State University Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

Director, Center for Agricultural and Environmental Policy, Oregon State University

 

Other Academic Affiliations

University Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington DC Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK

Changjiang Visiting Professor, Renmin University of China, China Visiting Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Jinguang Distinguished Visiting Professor, Peking University, China

 

Education

Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, University of Connecticut, USA, 1992  Graduate Diploma, Business Economics, Yellow River University, China, 1987 B.S., Mathematics, Henan Normal University, China, 1983

 

Fields and Research Areas

Environmental and resource economics; agricultural economics; regional and urban economics; and economic geography. Main research topics include:

Responsive behavior and the effectiveness of environmental policy
Optimal design of agri-environmental policy
Agglomeration, environmental amenities, and the spatial distribution of economic activity
Agricultural production, water quality and ecosystem services
Rural-urban interdependency


Awards and Recognition

2018:   Best Choices Article Award, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2017:            Leadership and Service Award, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2016:            Fellow, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2014:   Sir Frederick McMaster Fellowship, CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia 2013:            Visiting Fellowship, AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Angers, France

2011–: Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics Blue Ribbon Panel of Experts 2010–: Northwest Power and Conservation Council Independent Economic Analysis Board 2009–: US Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board Environmental

Economics Advisory Committee

2009–: University Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington DC 2009–: Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK

2009:   Changjiang Visiting Professorship Award, Ministry of Education, China

2009:   Outstanding Published Research Award, Western Agricultural Economics Association

2008:   F.E. Price Agricultural Research Foundation Excellence in Research Award, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University

2008:   Fulbright Scholar Award, U.S. Department of State Council for International Exchange of Scholars

2008:   Visiting Fellowship, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK

2007:   Outstanding Published Research Award (Honorable Mention), Western Agricultural Economics Association, USA

2003:   Outstanding Published Research Award, Western Agricultural Economics Association 2003:            Research Fellow, Rural Development Research Consortium, University of California-

Berkeley

2002:   Quality of Research Discovery Award, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2002:  Savery Award for Outstanding Young Faculty, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon

State University

2002:   Outstanding Journal Article Award (Honorable Mention), Canadian Agricultural Economics Society

2001:   Membership of Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor Society of Agriculture

1993:   Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award (Honorable Mention), American Agricultural Economics Association

1988:   Outstanding Lecturer, Yellow River University, China

 

Editorial Services

2013–2018: Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics

2012–2015: Associate Editor, Journal of Regional Science

2010–2014 Editorial Board, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

2009–:        Editorial Council, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy (Chinese)

2007–:        Editorial Council, Land Economics

2007–2014: Editorial Council, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2004–2007: Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2004–2008: Editorial Council, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

 

Professional Experience

2014:          Sir Frederick McMaster Fellow, CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia

2012–:        Director, Center for Agricultural and Environmental Policy, Oregon State University 2012–2017: Project Director, OSU-UC Davis Partnership for Agricultural Policy Research

2009:          Fulbright Scholar, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

2008:          Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

2005–:        Emery N. Castle Chair in Resource and Rural Economics, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University

2003–:        Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University 2000–2002: Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University 1997–2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon

State University

1995–1997: Associate Scientist and Manager of the Resource and Agricultural Policy System (1996-1997), Visiting Scientist (1995-1996), Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

1992–1994: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

1987–1988: Lecturer, Department of Economics and Business Management, Yellow River University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

1983–1985: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Henan Normal University, Xinxong, Henan, China

 

Publications

·Books

Duke, J.M., and J. Wu (eds). 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Wu, J. (section ed). 2013. Resources. Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics. London, UK: Elsevier.
Wu, J., P. Barkley, and B. Weber (eds). 2008. Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics. Washington DC: RFF Press.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Wang, C., J. Wu, and B. Zhang. Forthcoming. Environmental Regulation, Emissions and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese COD-emitting Manufacturers. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Oueslati, W., J. W. Salanié, and J. Wu. 2018. Urbanization and Agricultural Productivity: Some Lessons from European Cities. Journal of Economic Geography. doi:10.1093/jeg/lby001.
Wu, J., Y. Gong, and J. Wu. 2018. Spatial Distribution of Natural Reserves in China. Driving Forces in the Past and Conservation Challenges in the Future. Land Use Policy 77: 31-42.
Wu, J., and J. Yu. 2017. Efficiency-Equity Tradeoffs in Targeting Payments for Ecosystem Services. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 99(4): 894-913.
Langpap, C., and J. Wu. 2017. Threshold, Pervasive Incentives, and Preemptive Conservation of Endangered Species. Journal of Association of Environmental and Resource Economics Association. doi/10.1086/692070.
Wu, J., B. Weber, and M. Partridge. 2017. Rural-Urban Interdependency: A Framework Integrating Regional, Urban and Environmental Economic Insights. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99(2): 464-480.
Claassen, R., C. Langpap, and J. Wu. 2017. Impacts of Federal Crop Insurance on Land Use and Environmental Quality. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99(3): 592–613.
Olen, B., and J. Wu. 2017. “Tracking the Evolution and Recent Development in Whole Farm Insurance Programs.” Choices 3rd Quarter.
Received the Outstanding Choices Article Award from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Castle, E.N., B.A. Weber, R. Sandler, and J.Wu. 2017. A Conversation with Emery Neal Castle. Annual Review of Resource Economics 9: 1–12
Wu, J., and W. Oueslati. 2016. How Does Urbanization Affect the Economy and the Environment? Policy Challenges and Research Needs. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 10(1): 1-35.
Wu, J., and J. Reimer. 2016. Pollution Mobility, Productivity Disparity, and the Spatial Distribution of Polluting and Nonpolluting Firms. Journal of Regional Science 56: 615–634.
Wu, J., and Y. Chen. 2016. The Evolution of Municipal Structure. Journal of Economic Geography 16: 917-940.


Olen, B., J. Wu, and C. Langpap. 2016. Irrigation Decisions for Major West Coast Crops: Water Scarcity and Climate Determinants. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 98: 1–22.
Saito, H., and J. Wu. 2016. Agglomeration, Congestion, and Regional Disparities in U.S. Employment Growth. Journal of Regional Science 56: 53-71.
Li, M., J. Wu, and X. Deng. 2016. Land Use Change and Soil Carbon Sequestration in China: Where Does It Pay to Conserve? Global Environmental Change. DOI 10.1007/s10113-016- 0948-9.
Cho, S.-H., K. Tanaka, J. Wu, R.K. Robert, and T. Kim. 2016. Effects of Nuclear Power Plant Shutdowns on Electricity Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions after the Tohoku Earthquake. Energy Economics 55: 223–233.
Wu, J., W. Xu, and R. Alig. 2016. Optimal Location, Size and Budget of Open Space Conservation. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 52: 73–97.
Rashford, B.S., R.M. Adams, J. Wu, R.A. Voldseth, G. Guntenspergen, B. Werner, W.C. Johnson. 2016. Impacts of Climate Change on Land-Use and Wetland Productivity in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America. Regional Environmental Change 16: 515-526.
Wu, J., and C. Langpap. 2015. The Price and Welfare Effects of Biofuel Mandates and Subsidies. Environmental and Resource Economics 62: 35–57.
Lewis, D., and J. Wu. 2014. Land-Use Patterns and Spatially Dependent Ecosystem Services: Some Microeconomic Foundations International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 8: 191-223.
Wu, J. 2014. Public Open Space Conservation under a Budget Constraint. Journal of Public Economics 111: 96-101.
Li, M., J. Wu, and X. Deng. 2013. Identifying Drivers of Land Use Change in China: A Spatial Multinomial Logit Model Analysis. Land Economics 89: 632-654.
Ervin, D., J. Wu, M. Khanna, C. Jones, and T. Wirkkala. 2013. Motivations and Barriers to Corporate Environmental Management. Business Strategy and the Environment 22: 390-409.
Jaeger, W. K., A.J. Plantinga, H. Chang, K. Dello, G. Grant, D. Hulse, J. J. McDonnell, S. Lancaster, H. Moradkhani, A.T. Morzillo, P. Mote, A. Nolin, M. Santelmann, J. Wu. 2013. Toward a Formal Definition of Water Scarcity in Natural-human Systems. Water Resources Research 49: 45-6-4517.
Hascic, I., and Wu, J. 2012. The Cost of Land Use Regulation versus the Value of Individual Exemption: Oregon's Measures 37 and 49. Contemporary Economic Policy 30: 159-214.
Wu, J., J. Wu, X. Wang, and Z. Ma. 2012. Securing Water for Wetland Conservation: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Options to Protect a National Nature Reserve in China. Journal of Environmental Management 94: 102-111.
Langpap, C., and J. Wu. 2011. Potential Environmental Impacts of Increased Reliance on Corn-Based Bioenergy. Environmental and Resource Economics 49: 147-171.
Castle, E.N., J. Wu, and B. Weber. 2011. Rural–Urban Economic Spatial Relations: A Different Perspective. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 33: 1-26. (Featured article).
Wang, C., and J. Wu. 2011. Locational Amenities, Increasing Returns, and Urban Development. Journal of Economic Geography 11: 687-707.


Saito, H., M. Gopinath, and J. Wu. 2011. Heterogeneous Firms, Trade Liberalization and Agglomeration. Canadian Journal of Economics 44: 541-560.
Wu, J., M. Fisher, and U. Pascual. 2011. Urbanization and the Viability of Local Agricultural Economies. Land Economics 87: 109-125.
Wu, J. 2010. Economic Fundamentals and Urban-Suburban Disparities. Journal of Regional Science 50: 570-591.
Wu, J., and H. Lin. 2010. The Effect of the Conservation Reserve Program on Land Values.
Land Economics 86: 1-21.

Wu, J. 2009. Environmental Compliance: The Good, the Bad, and the Super Green. Journal of Environmental Management 90: 3363-3381.
Lewis, D., A. Plantinga, and J. Wu. 2009. Targeting Incentives to Reduce Habitat Fragmentation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91: 1080-1096.
Irwin, E., K.P. Bell, N.E. Bockstael, D. Newburn, M.D. Partridge, and J. Wu. 2009 The Economics of Urban-Rural Space. Annual Review of Resource Economics 1: 1-26.
Wu, J., and T.M. Wirkkala. 2009. Firms’ Motivations for Environmental Overcompliance.
Review of Law and Economics 5: 399-433.

Wu, J., and M. Gopinath. 2008. What Causes Spatial Variations in Economic Development in the United States? American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90: 392-408.
Received the Outstanding Published Research Award from Western Agricultural Economics Association

Wu, J. 2008. Land Use Change: Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts. Choices. 4th Quarter.
Wu, J., and E. Irwin. 2008. Optimal Land Development with Endogenous Environmental Amenities. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90: 232-248.
Langpap, C., I. Hascic, and J. Wu. 2008. Protecting Watershed Ecosystems through Targeted Local Land Use Policies. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90: 684-700.
Langpap, C., and J. Wu. 2008. Predicting the Effect of Land Use Policies on Wildlife Habitat Abundance. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 56: 195-271.
Wu, J. 2007. How Does Suburbanization Affect Local Public Finance and Communities?
Review of Agricultural Economics 29: 564-571.

Wu, J., and S.-H. Cho. 2007. The Effect of Local Land Use Regulations on Urban Development in the Western United States. Regional Science and Urban Economics 37: 69- 86.
Wu, J. 2006. Environmental Amenities, Urban Sprawl, and Community Characteristics. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 52: 527-547.
Received the Outstanding Published Research Award (Honorable Mention) from Western Agricultural Economics Association

Watanabe, M., R.M. Adams, and J. Wu. 2006. The Economics of Environmental Management in a Spatially Heterogeneous River Basin. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88: 617-631.


Segerson, K., and J. Wu. 2006. Voluntary Approaches to Nonpoint Pollution Control: Inducing First-Best Outcomes through the Use of Threats. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 51: 165-184.
Hascic, I., and J. Wu. 2006. Land Use and Watershed Health in the United States. Land Economics 82: 214-239.
Wu, J., and K. Tanaka. 2005. Reducing Nitrogen Runoff from the Upper Mississippi River Basin to Control Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: Easements or Taxes? Marine Resource Economics 20: 121-144.
Watanabe, M., R.M. Adams, J. Wu, J.P. Bolte, M.M. Cox, S.L. Johnson, W.J. Liss, W.G. Boggess, and J.L. Ebersole. 2005. Toward Efficient Riparian Restoration: Integrating Economic, Physical, and Biological Models. Journal of Environmental Management 75: 93- 104.
Wu, J. 2005. Slippage Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program: Reply. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(1): 252-255.
Cho, S.-H., J. Wu, and R. Alig. 2005. Land Development under Regulations: A Comparison between the East and West Sides of the Cascade Range on Oregon, Washington, and California. Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies 17: 1-17.
Wu, J. 2004. Using Sciences to Improve the Economic Efficiency of Conservation Policies.
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 33: 18-23.

Tanaka, K., and J. Wu. 2004. Evaluating the Effect of Conservation Policies on Agricultural Land Use: A Site-Specific Modeling Approach. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 52: 217-235.
Langpap, C., and J. Wu. 2004. Voluntary Conservation of Endangered Species: When Does No Regulatory Assurance Mean No Conservation? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 47: 435-57.
Santelmann, M.V., D. White, K. Freemark, J.I. Nassauer, J. Eilers, K. Vache, B.J. Danielson,
R.C. Corry, M.E. Clark, S. Polasky, R. Cruse, J. Sifneos, C. Coiner, J. Wu, and D. Debinski. 2004. Assessing Alternative Futures for Agriculture in Iowa, U.S.A. Landscape Ecology 19: 357-374.

Wu, J., R.M. Adams, C.L. Kling, and K. Tanaka. 2004. From Micro-Level Decisions to Landscape Changes: An Assessment of Agricultural Conservation Policies. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86: 26-41.
Wu, J., R.M. Adams, and A.J. Plantinga. 2004. Amenities in an Urban Equilibrium Model: Residential Development in Portland, Oregon. Land Economics 80: 19-32.
Wu, J., and A.J. Plantinga. 2003. The Influence of Public Open Space Policies on Urban Spatial Structure. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 46: 288-309.
Received the Outstanding Published Research Award from Western Agricultural Economics Association

Cho, S.-H., J. Wu, and W. Boggess. 2003. Measuring Interactions Among Urbanization, Land Development, and Public Finance. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85: 988-999.
Wu, J., and S.-H. Cho. 2003. Estimating Households’ Preferences for Environmental Amenities Using Equilibrium Models of Local Jurisdictions. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 50: 189-206.


Wu, J., K. Skelton, W.G. Boggess, and R.M. Adams. 2003. Pacific Salmon Restoration: Tradeoffs between Economic Efficiency and Political Acceptance. Contemporary Economic Policy 21: 78-89.
Plantinga, A.J, and J. Wu. 2003. Co-Benefits from Carbon Sequestration in Forests: Evaluating the Reductions in Agricultural Externalities from an Afforestation Policy in Wisconsin. Land Economics 79: 74-85.
Wu, J., and K. Skelton. 2002. Targeting Conservation Efforts in the Presence of Threshold Effects and Ecosystem Linkages. Ecological Economics 42: 313-331.
Wu, J., and R.A. Adams. 2002. Micro vs. Macro Acreage Response Models: Does Site- Specific Information Matter? Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 27:40-60.
Wu, J. 2001. Environmental Amenities and the Spatial Patterns of Urban Sprawl. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83:691-697 (Proceedings).
Coiner, C., J. Wu, and S. Polasky. 2001. Economic and Environmental Implications of Alternative Landscape Designs in the Walnut Creek Watershed of Iowa. Ecological Economics 38: 119-139.
Wu, J., D. Zilberman, B.A. Babcock. 2001. Environmental and Distributional Effects of Conservation Targeting Strategies. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 41: 333-350.
Received the Quality of Research Discovery Award from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Wu, J. 2001. Optimal Weed Control Under Static and Dynamic Decision Rules. Agricultural Economics 25:119-130.
Wu, J., and R.M. Adams. 2001. Production Risk, Acreage Decisions, and Implications for Revenue Insurance Programs Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 49: 19-35.
Received the Outstanding Journal Article Award (Honorable Mention) from Canadian Agricultural Economics Society

Reprinted in Risk Management and the Environment: Agriculture in Perspective, Eds. B.A. Babcock, R.W. Fraser, and J.N. Lekakis, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

Wu, J., and B.A. Babcock. 2001. Spatial Heterogeneity and the Choice of Instruments to Control Nonpoint Pollution. Environmental and Resource Economics 18: 173-192.
Wu, J. 2000. Slippage Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82: 979-992.
Wu, J., R.M. Adams, and W.G. Boggess. 2000. Cumulative Effects and Optimal Targeting of Conservation Efforts: Steelhead Trout Habitat Enhancement in Oregon. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82: 400-413.
Wu, J., R.M. Adams, D. Zilberman, and B.A. Babcock. 2000. Targeting Resource Conservation Expenditures. Choices, Second Quarter.
Wu, J. 2000. Input Substitution and Pollution Control under Uncertainty and Firm Heterogeneity Journal of Public Economic Theory 2: 273-288.
Wu, J., and W.G. Boggess. 1999. The Optimal Allocation of Conservation Funds. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 37: 302-321.
Wu, J., and B.A. Babcock. 1999. Metamodeling Potential Nitrate Water Pollution in the Central United States. Journal of Environmental Quality 28: 1916-1928.


Gopinath, M., and J. Wu. 1999. Environmental Externalities and the Optimal Level of Market Power. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81: 825-833.
Wu, J., and B.A. Babcock. 1999. The Relative Efficiency of Voluntary vs. Mandatory Environmental Regulation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 37: 158- 175.
Wu, J. 1999. Crop Insurance, Acreage Decisions, and Nonpoint-Source Pollution. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81: 305-320.
Reprinted in Risk Management and the Environment: Agriculture in Perspective. Eds. Babcock, B. A., R. W. Fraser, and J. N. Lekakis. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2003.

Wu, J., and B.A. Babcock. 1998. The Choice of Tillage, Rotation, and Soil Testing Practices: Economic and Environmental Implications. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80: 494-511.
Babcock, B.A., P.G. Lakshminarayan, J. Wu, and D. Zilberman. 1997. Targeting Tools for the Purchase of Environmental Amenities. Land Economics 73: 325-339.
Wu, J., D.J. Bernardo, H.P. Mapp, S. Geleta, M.L. Teague, K.B. Bradley, G.J. Sabbagh, R.L. Elliott, and J.H. Stone. 1997. An Evaluation of Nitrogen Runoff and Leaching Potential in the High Plains. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 52: 73-80.
Wu, J., and B.A. Babcock. 1996. Contract Design for the Purchase of Environmental Goods from Agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78: 935-945.
Babcock, B.A., P.G. Lakshminarayan, J. Wu, and D. Zilberman. 1996. The Economics of a Public Fund for Environmental Amenities: A Study of CRP Contracts. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78: 961-71.
Reprinted in The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy: The Economics of Land Use, Eds. Peter J. Parks and Ian W. Hardie, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publish Limited, March 2003.

Wu, J., D.J. Bernardo, and H.P. Mapp. 1996. Integrating Economic and Physical Models for Analyzing Water Quality Impacts of Agricultural Policies in the High Plains. Review of Agricultural Economics 18: 353-72.
Wu, J., and K. Segerson. 1995. The Impact of Policies and Site Characteristics on Potential Groundwater Pollution in Wisconsin. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77: 1033-47.
Reprinted in The Economics of Agri-Environmental Policy, Sandra S. Batie and Richard

D. Horan, eds., Ashgate Publishing, 2004, pp. 351-365.

Reprinted in The Economics of Land Use, Peter J. Parks and Ian W. Hardie, eds., Ashgate Publishing, 2002, pp. 71-85.

Wu, J., and B.A. Babcock. 1995. Optimal Design of a Voluntary Green Payment Program under Asymmetric Information. Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics 20: 316-27.
Wu, J., Mark L. Teague, Harry P. Mapp, and Daniel J. Bernardo. 1995. An Empirical Analysis of the Relative Efficiency of Policy Instruments to Reduce Nitrate Water Pollution in the U.S. Southern High Plains. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 43: 403-20.
Wu, J., and B.W. Brorsen. 1995. The Impact of Government Programs and Land Characteristics on Cropping Patterns. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 43: 87-104.


Wu, J., and K. Segerson. 1995. On the Use of Aggregate Data to Evaluate Groundwater Protection Policies. Water Resources Research 31: 1773-80.
Wu, J., H.P. Mapp, and D.J. Bernardo. 1994. A Dynamic Analysis of the Impact of Water Quality policies on Irrigation Investment and Crop Choice Decisions. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 26: 506-25.