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WORK EXPERIENCE IN USA�

WORK EXPERIENCE IN USA:

10/1999-Present: Forester (Forest Economics)
Portland Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1221 SW Yamhill St. Suite 200, Portland, OR 97205, USA

  • Research Project: Financial Evaluation of Ecological Management Activities (FEEMA); Software development, and Spreadsheet applications. (Supervisor's Name: Dr. Roger D. Fight)

  • 08/1999-10/1999: Post Doctoral Research Associate (Forest Economics)
    Mississippi State University, Department of Forestry, PO Box 9681, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9681, USA

  • Research projects include: Market integration analysis of southern timber markets; land-use valuation; comparison of SAF and non-SAF forestry consultants; impact of pulpwood/sawtimber price differentials on rotation length; landowner and wildlife survey.

  • Other responsibilities include: developing new research grant proposals; assisting in data analysis and manuscript preparation for other projects; non-research related projects; advising and/or assisting graduate students with their research; and other tasks as assigned. (Supervisor's Name: Dr. Ian A. Munn)

  • 08/1996-07/1999: Graduate Research Assistant
    Mississippi State University, Department of Forestry, PO Box 9681, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9681, USA

  • Stumpage price analysis, hardwood supply demand econometric analysis, market integration studies using cointegration analysis; analyzed data, prepared three research papers and presented at Southern Forest Economics Workgroup annual conferences. A paper on market integration of hardwood stumpage markets was also presented in June, 1999, at the Sixth Conference on Environmental Economics at Ulvon, Sweden. (Supervisor's Name: Dr. Ian A. Munn)

  • 01/1994-04/1996: Graduate Research Assistant
    Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, 1145 Krannert Bldg., West Lafayette, IN 47907-1145, USA

  • Worked on forestry program participation behavior of nonindustrial private forest landowners using probit analysis, economic analysis of tillage systems of corn and soybean, rural development in America, agricultural development in Africa; prepared several papers, reports, presented in seminars, and published a refereed journal article in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. (Supervisor's Name: Dr. Kevin T. McNamara)

  • PUBLICATION WORK IN USA:

    REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS:

  • Nagubadi, V., I.A. Munn, and A. Tahai. (Forthcoming) Integration of hardwood stumpage markets in the Southcentral United States. Accepted for publication in Journal of Forest Economics (Sweden).

  • Nagubadi. V., K.T. McNamara, W.L. Hoover, and W.L. Mills Jr. 1996. "Program Participation Behavior of Nonindustrial Forest Landowners: A Probit Analysis", Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, December 28(2):323-336.

  • Mills, W.L., Jr., W.L. Hoover, K.T. McNamara, and V. Nagubadi. 1996. "Factors influencing participation in public assistance programs." Woodland Steward, 5(2): 6-7,9.
  • THESIS/DISSERTATION:

  • Venkatarao Nagubadi. 1999. DYNAMICS OF HARDWOOD STUMPAGE MARKETS IN THE SOUTHCENTRAL UNITED STATES. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. 159p.

  • Venkatarao Nagubadi. 1995. PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION BEHAVIOR. Unpublished MS Thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. 86p.
  • INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS:

  • Nagubadi, V., and I.A. Munn. 1999. "Integration of hardwood stumpage markets in the Southcentral United States." Paper presented at the Sixth Conference on Environmental Economics, held at Ulvon, Sweden, June 16-18, 1999.
  • CONFERENCE/PROCEEDINGS PAPERS:

  • Nagubadi, V., and I.A. Munn. 1999. "Integration of pulpwood stumpage markets in the South Central U.S." In Abt, K.L., and R.C. Abt, (eds.) Proceedings of the 1998 Southern Forest Economics Workshop (SOFEW) anual meeting, Williamsburg, VA, March 25-27, 1998, pp:88-93.

  • Nagubadi, V., and I.A. Munn. 1999. "An econometric study of the hardwood stumpage market in the South Central United States." In Abt, K.L., and R.C. Abt, (eds.) Proceedings of the 1998 Southern Forest Economics Workshop annual meeting, Williamsburg, VA, March 25-27, 1998, pp:185-190.

  • Nagubadi. V., and Ian A. Munn. 1998. "Pine and Hardwood Stumpage Price Trends in the South." In: Kluender, R.A, M.M. Corrigin, and N.B. Smith (eds.) Valuing Non-timber Forest Resources: Timber Primacy is Pass�, Proceedings of the 27th SOFEW annual meeting, Little Rock, AR, March 19-21, 1997, pp:74-79.

  • Nagubadi, V., and K.T. McNamara. 1996. "Private Forest Landowners Participation in Forestry Programs", Selected paper for presentation at American Agricultural Economists Association Annual Conference at San Antonio, Texas, July 28-31. Abstract published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 1996, 78(5): 1417.

  • Mills, W.L., W.L. Hoover, Sudha Vasan, K.T. McNamara, and V. Nagubadi. 1996. "Factors Influencing Participation in Public Management Assistance Programs", at Symposium on Non-Industrial Forests, Washington, D.C., February 18-20, 1996. Published in Proceedings of Symposium on Nonindustrial Private Forests: Learning From the Past, Prospects for the Future, pp:204-213.
  • PAPERS IN PROGRESS:

  • V. Nagubadi, I.A. Munn, and A. Tahai. Are pulpwood markets integrated in the Southcentral United States? Paper under preparation.