Robert R. Gottfried Professor of Economics Office: Walsh-Ellet 313 Phone: (931) 598-1243 E-Mail: rgottfri@sewanee.edu

Professor Gottfried is interested in the interrelationships between humans and their natural environment: How and why do people change their environment, what ecological impact does this change have, and how does this impact, in turn, affect other people. Most recently he has been researching forest policy in Costa Rica, the effectiveness of Tennessee's Forest Greenbelt program, the role of forests in the economic development of the southern Cumberland Plateau, and the causes and effects of conversion of native hardwood forests to other uses on the Cumberland Plateau. He collaborates closely with a number of faculty and students in other departments in the University in these projects. See the following web site for more information: lal.sewanee.edu.

In addition, Professor Gottfried is very interested in the relationship between Christian theology and economics. Download a copy of Dr. Gottfried’s book on the subject (effective 2002 Dr. Gottfried now owns the copyright for the book): Economics, Ecology, and the Roots of Western Faith: Perspectives from the Garden.

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Education

• Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• B.A. Davidson College

Teaching Interests

• Environmental Economics
• Economic Development
• Political Economy of Sustainable Development
• Microeconomics
• International Economics

Research Interests

• Land Use Change
• Forest Policy
• Environmental Theology and Economics
• Sustainable Development
• Principal investigator: USEPA STAR Grant: A Dynamic Spatial Socioeconomic and Ecological Model to Assess Environmental Impacts of Forest Change on the Southern Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee.

Professional Involvement

• International Society for Ecological Economics
• Association of Environmental and Resource Economics

Selected Publications and Papers

• Williams, D., R. Gottfried, and M. Lane. 2004. Hedonic Land Prices in a Dynamic Rural Landscape. Presented at the Western Economic Association International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 2.
• McGrath, D., J. Evans, K. Smith, D. Haskell, N. Pelkey, R. Gottfried, C. Brockett, M. Lane, D. Williams. 2004 Mapping Land-Use Change and Monitoring the Impacts of Hardwood-to-Pine Conversion on the Southern Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. Earth Interactions. Vol. 8, paper no. 9.
• Williams, D., R. Gottfried, C. Brockett, J. Evans. 2004. The Effectiveness of Tennessee's Forest Greenbelt Program in Protecting Forest Cover. Landscape and Urban Planning. Vol. 69, pp. 287-97.Presented at the 9th International Symposium for Society and Resource Management, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, June 2-5.
• Gottfried, R. and D. Williams. 2003. Information, Spatial Interactions, and Forest Conversion in the Rural South. To be presented at the Eastern Economic Association meeting Feb. 21-23, New York, NY.
• Gottfried, R. 2002. Salvation, Development, and the Ecological Individual. Presented at the conference, Christianity and Economics: Integrating Faith and Learning in Economic Scholarship, Baylor University, November 7-9, 2002.
• Brockett, C. D. and R. Gottfried. 2002. “State Policies and Forest Cover Preservation: Lessons from Contrasting Public Policy Regimes in Costa Rica.” Latin American Research Review. Vol. 37, No. 1.
• Williams, D., R. Gottfried, C. Brockett, J. Evans. 2001. "An Integrated Analysis of the Effectiveness of Tennesse’s Forest Greenbelt Program. Presented at the Southern Economics Association Meeting, Tampa, FL, November 17.
• Williams, D., R. Gottfried, C. D. Brockett, and J. Evans. 2001. How Effective Is Tennessee’s Forest Greenbelt Program in Protecting Forest Cover and Ecological Values? Presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics, Duluth, MN, July 11-13.
• Brockett, C. D., R. Gottfried, and J.Evans. 2001. The Use of State Tax Incentives to Promote Forest Preservation on Private Lands in Tennessee: An Evaluation of Their Equity and Effectiveness Impacts. In review.
• Gottfried, R., Haddican, M., and J. Presley 1999. "Does Tennessee's Greenbelt Program Really Protect Forest Cover?" Presented at the Southern Economic Association meeting in New Orleans, November 22, 1999.
• Brockett, C. D., Gottfried, R., and J. Evans. 1999. "Economic Incentives and Institutional Innovations to Promote Forest Preservation on Private Lands: A Case Study from the Southern United States." Under revision for journal submission. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Fifth Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics in Santiago, Chile, November 15-19, 1998.
• Gottfried, R. and M. Haddican 1999. "The Effectiveness of Tennessee's Greenbelt Program in Preserving Forest: A Case Study." Presented at the Midwest Economics Association meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, March 26, 1999.
• "Growth: Boon or Bane? An In-depth Analysis of the Prospective Effects of Economic and Population Growth on Franklin County, Tennessee."With Dutch Horchem. Presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, University of Missouri-Columbia, May 29, 1998.
• "The Efficacy of TN's Forest Greenbelt Program as an Incentive for Protecting Biodiversity: A Case Study of Franklin County." With Madelaine Haddican. Presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, University of Missouri-Columbia, May 29, 1998.
• Twilley, R. R., Gottfried, R. R., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Zhang, W., Armijos, M. M., and Alejandro Bodero."1998. An Approach and Preliminary Model of Integrating Ecological and Economic Constraints of Environmental Quality in the Guayas, River Estuary, Ecuador." Environmental Science & Policy 1:271-288.
• Gottfried, R., Rivera-Monroy, V. and Twilley, R. "The Economic Impact of Mangrove Deforestation on Shrimp Ponds: Results and Potential Applications of a Simulation Model of the Guayas River Estuary." Presented at the Latin American Studies Association XX International Congress, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19, 1997.
• "The Impact of Contrasting Public Policy Regimes on Forest Preservation in Costa Rica." Co-authored with Charles Brockett. In review.
• "Institutional Solutions to Market Failure on the Landscape Scale." Ecological Economics Vol. 18, No. 2 (August 1996). Prinicpal author with David Wear and Robert Lee.
• "Nonforestry Policies' Effects on Forestry in Costa Rica," co-author with Segura, Miranda, and G‡mez. Presented at the IV meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Boston, August 7-10, 1996.
• "El Establecimiento y Mantenimiento de Corredores Biol—gicos en Propiedades Privadas." CINTERPEDS report. Funded by Faculty Development Fund, University of the South. June, 1996.
• "Politicas del Sector Forestal en Costa Rica." Co-author with Olman Segura, Miriam Miranda, and Luis G‡mez. CINTERPEDS report for Consejo Centroamericano de Bosques y çreas Protegidas. May, 1996.
• "Perspectives from The Garden on the Roles of the State and Markets in Achieving Sustainable Land Use." Presented at the Second International Economics Meeting, C—rdoba, Argentina, June 21-23, 1995.
• Economics, Ecology, and the Roots of Western Faith: Perspectives from the Garden. Lanham, MD:Rowman & Littlefield, 1995.
• "Towards an Ecologic-Economic Dynamic Simulation Model of Shrimp Pond and Mangrove Interactions in Ecuador." Principal author of poster co-authored with Pozo, Zhang, and Twilley. Presented by Gottfried at the III International Meeting of The International Society for Ecological Economics, October 24, 1994, San Jose, Costa Rica.
• Lee, R.G., R. Flamm, R. Gottfried, R.J. Naiman, M. Turner, and D. Wear. 1994. An holistic approach to management. Journal of Forestry 92(4):51-53.
• "Development of Ecosystem Models to Simulate Mangrove and Shrimp Pond Sustainable Management." Poster co-authored with Twilley, Zhang, C‡rdenas and Bodero. Presented by Gottfried at the III International Meeting of The International Society for Ecological Economics, October 24, 1994, San Jose, Costa Rica.
• "The Implications of Landscape Economics for Rational Land Use," (principal author with David Wear and Robert Lee). Presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Fort Collins, CO, June 10, 1994.
• "Landscapes, Ecosystem Value, and Sustainability" (principal author, with Robert Lee and David Wear). Presented at the 1994 Association for Environmental and Resource Economists National Workshop, Boulder, CO, June 6, 1994.
• "The Impact of the Public Policy Environment on the Adoption of Sustainable Forestry Practices" (co-authored with Charles Brockett). Presented at the 18th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, March 12, 1994.
• "Models of Sustainable Development and Forest Resource Management in Costa Rica," Principal author with Charles Brockett and William Davis. Ecological Economics. Vol. 9 , No. 2 (February 1994).
• Economics, Computer Simulation and Transition Probabilities for Landscape Simulation. Poster paper presented at the Eighth Annual U.S. Landscape Ecology Symposium, International Association of Landscape Ecology, Oak Ridge, TN, March 24-27, 1992.
• "Land Rent Revisited: A Natural Systems Perspective." presented at the 1992 Eastern Economic Association meeting.
• "On Gardening and Human Welfare, or, the Role of Attitudes and Natural Capital in Sustainable Welfare," Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Fall 1992).
• "Integrating Sustainable Development and Environmental Vitality: A Landscape Ecological Approach," co-authored with Robert Lee et al. In R. J. Naiman, ed. Watershed Management: Balancing Sustainability with Environmental Change. NY: Springer-Verlag, 1992.
• "Natural Capital, Resource Decision-making, and Economic Development: The Case of the Osa Peninsula," presented at the Seminario Internacional sobre Pol’ticas Econ—micas para el Desarrollo Sostenible de Centroamerica, sponsored by the Maestr’a en Pol’tica Econ—mica para Centroamerica y el Caribe, Universidad Nacional, November 28-29, Hotel Herradura, San Jose, Costa Rica. Published as "Capital natural asignaci—n de recursos y desarrollo econ—micoŃel« caso de la Peninsula de Osa" in Olman Segura, ed. Desarollo sostenible y pol’ticas econ—micas en America Latina. San Jose, Costa Rica: DEI, 1992.
• "Incentives and Disincentives for Natural Forest Management in Costa Rica,"Report to the BOSCOSA Project, Fundaci—n Neotr—pica, San Jose, Costa Rica, August, 1991 (with Charles Brockett and William Davis).
• "The Value of a Watershed as a Series of Linked Multiproduct Assets," presented at the International Society for Ecological Economics international conference , "The Ecological Economics of Sustainability" at the World Bank, Washington, D.C., May 22, 1990. Revised version: Ecological Economics, Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1992), pp. 145-61.
• "Management of an Ecosystem as a Multiproduct Asset in a Developing Country Context," presented at the International Society for Ecological Economics international conference, "The Ecological Economics of Sustainability" at the World Bank, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1990 (coĐauthored with Sergio Castillo).
• "The Economic Value of an Ecosystem as a Multiproduct Asset," presented at the Eastern Economic Association meeting, March 1990, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• "An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Development," presented at the Association for Social Economics session, Eastern Economic Association meeting, March 1990, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• "Some Reflections on the ISEW," in Clifford Cobb. Green National Product. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994.
• "Creation, Humanity, and the Divine Economy," presented at Human Economy Center session, Eastern Economic Association meeting, March 1988, Boston.
• "Tempest Over El Yunque: U. S. National Forest Planning on a Tropical Rain Forest," presented at Association of Environmental and Resource Economists session, Eastern Economic Association meeting, March 1987, Washington, D.C.
• "Report on the Final Plan for the Caribbean National Forest," #CEERĐTĐ226, Center for Energy and Environment Research, UPR/DOE, October 23, 1986, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• "Tropical Storms and the Problem of Erosion in Puerto Rico," co-authored with Jerry Ingles, presented at the International Symposium on Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in the Third World, Columbus, Ohio, September 6, 1985. Included in the select proceedings.
• "Can Energy Cane Stem the Tide?,"presented at the 1985 meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, Pittsburgh, March 16, 1985. Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3 (September, 1987).
• "Potential Environmental and Economic Costs to the Puerto Rican Government from Energy Cane Technology," presented at the 1984 International Meeting of the North American Economic and Finance Association, Mexico City, July 25-28.
• "The Potential Impact of Energy Cane on the Rum Industry and Government of Puerto Rico,"presented at the 1984 meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, New York City, March 15-17. World Development, Vol. 14, Number 10/11 (Oct./Nov. 1986).
• Potential Economic and Environmental Costs to the Puerto Rican Government from Energy Cane Technology, report #CEER-T-192, Center for Energy and Environment Research, UPR/DOE, July 1984, San Juan, Puerto Rico. "The Environment: The Missing Dimension in GuatemalaŐs Energy Policy," presented at the 1983 Eastern Economic Association meeting.
• "The Effect of Recreation Communities on Local Land Prices: The Case of Beech Mountain," presented at the 1982 Eastern Economic Association meeting. American Economist, Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 1988.
• "La racionalizaci—n del uso de energ’a en Guatemala: una imperante necesidad," Estudios Sociales, No. 16-17.

Hobbies

• Latin American and U.S. Folksongs: voice, piano, flute, guitar, dulcimer, banjo
• Spirituality
• Hiking and Camping
• Facilitator: Opening the Book of Nature Program