Current Publications

Publications
Brent Sohngen, 06/09/06

Working Papers (Please see the following pages)

Forests, economics, and climate change
Lake Erie Beaches
Economics and Sediments in the Maumee River Basin

Peer Reviewed Publications

Irland, L.; D. Adams, R. Alig, C.J. Betz, C. Chen, M. Hutchins, B. A. McCarl, K. Skog, and Brent L. Sohngen. 2001. "Assessing Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Forest, Wood-Product Markets, and Forest Recreation." Bioscience. 51(9): 753- 764.

Murray, C., B. Sohngen, and L. Pendleton. 2001. "Valuing Water Quality Advisories and Beach Amenities in the Great Lakes." Water Resources Research. 37(10) 2583 - 2590.

Sohngen, B., R. Mendelsohn, and R. Sedjo. 2001. " A Global Model of Climate Change Impacts on Timber Markets." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 26(2): 326-343.

Lindner, M., B. Sohngen, L.A. Joyce, D.T. Price, P.Y. Bernier, and T. Karjalainen. "Integrated Forestry Assessments for Climate Change Impacts." In Press: Forest Ecology and Management.

Sohngen, B. and R. Sedjo. 2000. "Potential Carbon Flux from Timber Harvests and Management in the Context of a Global Timber Market." Climatic Change. 44: 151-172.

Nakao, M. and Sohngen, B. 2000. "The Effect of Site Quality on the Costs of Reducing Soil Erosion with Filter Strips." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 55(2): 231-237.

Sohngen, B and R. Alig. 2000 "Mitigation, Adaptation, and Climate Change: Results from Recent Research on the U.S. Forest Sector. Environmental Science and Policy. 3:235-248.

Sohngen, B., R. Mendelsohn, R. Sedjo. 1999. "Forest Management, Conservation, and Global Timber Markets" American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 81(February 1999): 1 - 13.

Sohngen, B. and R. Mendelsohn. 1998. "Valuing the Market Impact of Large Scale Ecological Change: The Effect of Climate Change on US Timber." American Economic Review, 88(4): 689 - 710.

Sohngen, B., R. Mendelsohn, and R. Neilson. 1998. "Predicting CO₂ Emissions from Forests During Climate Change: A Comparison of Human and Natural Response Models." Ambio, 27(7): 509-513.

Pendelton, L., B. Sohngen, R. Mendelsohn, and T. Holmes. 1998. "Measuring Environmental Quality in the Southern Appalachian Mountains." Forest Science 44(4): 603-609

Sohngen, R. and R. Sedjo. 1998. "A Comparison of Timber Market Models: Static Simulation and Optimal Control Approaches." Forest Science, 44(1): 24-36.

Sohngen, B. and R. Haynes, (1997),"The Potential for Increasing Carbon Storage in United States Unreserved Timberlands by Reducing Forest Fire Frequency: An Economic and Ecological Analysis," Climatic Change, 35(2): 179-197.

Sohngen, B. and R. Mendelsohn. 1997. "A Dynamic Model of Carbon Storage in the United States During Climatic Change." Pages s309-s322 in Economics of Carbon Sequestration in Forestry, Edited by R. Sedjo, N. Sampson, and J. Wisniewski. Boca Raton: Lewis Press. Also in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 27/Special Edition.

Richards, K., R. Alig, J. Kinsman, M. Palo, and B. Sohngen. 1997. "Consideration of Country and Forestry/Land-Use Characteristics in Choosing Forestry Instruments to Achieve Climate Mitigation Goals." Pages s47-s64 in Economics of Carbon Sequestration in Forestry, Edited by R. Sedjo, N. Sampson, and J. Wisniewski. Boca Raton: Lewis Press. Also in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 27/Special Edition.

Other Publications

Sohngen, B. and R. Mendelsohn. 2001. "Optimal Forest Carbon Sequestration." Working Paper AEDE-WP-0009-01, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics. The Ohio State University.

Sedjo, R., B. Sohngen, and R. Mendelsohn. 2001. "Estimating Carbon Supply Curves for Global Forests and Other Land Uses." Discussion Paper 01-19. Washington: Resources For the Future.

Hite, D., B. Sohngen, J. Simpson, and J. Templeton. 2001. "Land Use Change at the Rural-Urban Fringe: Evidence from Delaware County, Ohio." Southern Perspectives. 5(1): 7-9.

Sedjo, R. and B. Sohngen. 2001. "Forests and Climate Change." Chapter 7 in Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology. Edited by M. Toman. Washington: Resources For the Future.

Sohngen, B. and R. Mendelsohn. 2001. "Timber: Ecological-Economic Analysis." Chapter 4 in Global Warming and the American Economy: A Regional Assessment of Climate Change Impacts. Edited by R. Mendelsohn. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Gitay, H., S. Brown, W. Easterling, B. Jallow, J. Antle, M. Apps,R. Beamish, T. Chapin, W. Cramer, J. Frangi, J. Laine, L. Erda, J. Magnuson, I. Noble, J. Price, T. Prowse, T. Root, E. Schulze, O. Sirotenko, B. Sohngen, and J. Soussana. 2001. "Ecosystems and Their Goods and Services." Chapter 5 in Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Edited by J.J. McCarthy, O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken, and K.S. White. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Sohngen, B. 2001. Review of Book: "The Natural Wealth of Nations: Harnessing the Market for the Environment" by David Malin Roodman (New York: Norton. 1998). Journal of Environmental Quality. 30: 1482-1483.

Sohngen, B. and R. Sedjo. 2001. "Forest Set-Asides and Carbon Sequestration." Chapter 4 in World Forests, Markets, and Policies. World Forests, Volume III. Edited by M. Palo, J. Uusivuori and G. Mery. Dordrecth: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Tweeten,L; B.Sohngen, and J.Hopkins 2000. "Assessing the Economics of Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture" In R.Lal, J.M.Kimble, R.F.Follett, and B.A.Stewart(Eds) Assessment Methods for Soil Carbon Pools. CRC/Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

Sedjo, R. and B. Sohngen. 2000. "Forestry Sequestration of CO2 and Markets for Timber." Discussion Paper 00-35. Washington: Resources For the Future.

Sohngen, B. and R. Mendelsohn. 1999. "The US Timber Market Impacts of Climate Change." Chapter 5 in The Market Impacts of Climate Change on the US Economy. Edited by R. Mendelsohn and J. Neumann. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.

Sohngen, B., F. Lichtkoppler, and M. Bielen. 1999. " The Value of Day Trips to Lake Erie Beaches." Technical Bulletin TB-039. Columbus, OH: Ohio Sea Grant Extension.

Sedjo, R., and B. Sohngen. 1999. "Carbon Sequestration By Forestry -- Effects of Timber Markets." Report Number PH3/10, June 1999. London, England: International Energy Agency, Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Program.

Sohngen, B. and D. Chapman. 1999. "Agriculture, the Environment, and Economics." Chapter 15 in Environmental Economics: Theory, Application, and Policy. Textbook by D. Chapman. New York: Addison Wesley Longman HarperCollins (forthcoming in October, 1999).

Sohngen, Brent. 1998. "Incentive Based Conservation Policy and the Changing Role of Government." Working Paper WP-98-6. American Farmland Trust, Center for Agriculture in the Environment.

Sohngen, B. and R. Mendelsohn. 1998. "The US Timber Market Impacts of Climate Change," Chapter 5 in The Market Impacts of Climate Change on the US Economy, edited by Robert Mendelsohn and James Neumann. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.

Neilson, R. (lead author), R. Alig, M. Apps, D. Brooks, L. Joyce, J. Malcolm, D. L. Martell, R. J. Norby, W.M. Post, B. Sohngen, B. Stocks. 1997. "Forested Ecosystems." Chapter 8.4 in The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability, Eds. R.T. Watson, M.C. Zinyowera, and R.H. Moss, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 518 pages

Sohngen, B., R. Mendelsohn, R. Sedjo, and K. Lyon, (1997), "An Analysis of Global Timber Markets." Discussion Paper 97-37, Washington, D.C.: Resources For the Future.

Sohngen, B., R. Sedjo, R. Mendelsohn, and K. Lyon, (1996), "The Role of Human Adaptation in Ameliorating the Impact of Climate Change on Global Timber Markets." Proceedings of a Workshop: Instruments for Global Warming Mitigation: The Role of Agriculture and Forestry, held in Trento, Italy, May 22 - 25, 1996.

Sohngen, B., R. Sedjo, R. Mendelsohn, and K. Lyon, (1996), "Analyzing the Economic Impact of Climate Change on Global Timber Markets." Discussion Paper 96-08, Washington, D.C.: Resources For the Future.

Sohngen, B. and R. Sedjo, (1996), "A Comparison of Timber Models for Use in Public Policy Analysis." Discussion Paper 96-12, Washington, D.C.: Resources For the Future.

Sohngen, B. and R. Haynes, (1994), "The 'Great' Price Spike of '93: An Analysis of Lumber and Stumpage Prices in the Pacific Northwest." Research Paper PNW-RP-476. Portland: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.

Sohngen, B. and R. Haynes (1994), "Hardwood Price Reporting." Research Paper PNW-RP-470. Portland: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.

Sohngen, B., T. Holmes, and R. Mendelsohn, (1993), "Hedonic Travel Cost Analysis of Forest Attribute Values in the Southern United States." Proceedings: Southern Forest Economic's Workshop, Durham, NC, April 21-23, 1993.