Publications related to EfD by Jesper Stage
Jesper Stage was Research Officer for the EfD initiative from January 2007 until July 2008. His research has mainly been on agricultural issues and towards nature tourism, in both cases mostly oriented towards developing countries. He gained his PhD from Umeå University in 2003 and is now professor of environmental economics at Mid Sweden University.
Jesper worked closely with the Environmental Economics Unit of the Directorate of Environmental Affairs in the Government of Namibia between 1998 and 2004. In 2003 he was given the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Scholarship, a three year post-doctoral scholarship. In 2005, he was awarded the Arnberg Prize for most promising young economist by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. In 2006, he was a visiting fellow at the University of California at Berkeley. He was an international fellow of the International Institute for Environment and Development from 2006 to 2010. He is currently an associate editor of Ambio.
He has taught courses on environmental and natural resource economics in various venues, notably the University of Gothenburg, the University of California, the University of Namibia, Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Link to page at Mid Sweden University (including cv)
Expertise/Research area:
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Development Economics
Energy Economics
Peer reviewed
- Climate Change and Total Factor Productivity in the Tanzanian Economy Bezabih, M., Chambwera, M. and Stage, J. (2011): Climate change and total factor productivity in the Tanzanian economy. Climate Policy 11 (6): 1289 – 1302
- Formal microlending and adverse (or non-existent) selection: A case study of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh Andersson, C., Holmgren, E., MacGregor, J. and Stage, J. (2011): Formal microlending and adverse (or non-existent) selection: A case study of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh. Applied Economics 43 (28): 4203 – 4211
- Impacts of the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia on livestock Andersson, Camilla, Alemu Mekonnen, and Jesper Stage, 2011, "Impacts of the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia on livestock and tree holdings of rural households", Journal of Development Economics 94 (1): 119 - 126.
- Is urbanization contributing to higher food prices? Stage, J., Stage, J. & McGranahan, G. (2010): “Is urbanization contributing to higher food prices?” Environment and Urbanization 22 (1): 199 – 215.
- Economic valuation of climate change adaptation Stage, J. (2010) "Economic valuation of climate change adaptation in developing countries", Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1185: 150 – 163
- Climate change impacts on Namibia’s natural resources and economy Reid, H., Sahlén, L., Stage, J. and MacGregor, J. “Climate change impacts on Namibia’s natural resources and economy” Climate Policy 8 (5): 452 – 466, 2008.
- A net back valuation of irrigation water in the Hardap region in Namibia Nilsson, A., L. Sahlén, and J. Stage. 2003. "A net back valuation of irrigation water in the Hardap region in Namibia". Agrekon 42(3): 252–270.
- Optimal harvesting in an age-class model with age-specific mortalities: An example from Namibian linefishing Stage, J. 2006. "Optimal harvesting in an age-class model with age-specific mortalities: An example from Namibian linefishing". Natural Resource Modeling 19(4): 609–631.
- Index number analysis of Namibian water intensity Luyanga, S., R. Miller, and J. Stage. 2006. "Index number analysis of Namibian water intensity". Ecological Economics 57(3): 374–381.
- An economic comparison of the commercial and recreational linefisheries in Namibia Stage, J., and C. H. Kirchner. 2005. "An economic comparison of the commercial and recreational linefisheries in Namibia". African Journal of Marine Science 27(3): 577–584.
- Potential monopoly rents from international wildlife tourism: An example from Uganda’s gorilla tourism Andersson, P., S. Croné, and J. Stage. 2005. "Potential monopoly rents from international wildlife tourism: An example from Uganda’s gorilla tourism". Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review 21(1): 1–18.
- The HIPC initiative and free trade in tobacco – a comparison of effects on the Malawi economy using a CGE model Andersson, A., E. Holmgren, and J. Stage. 2004. "The HIPC initiative and free trade in tobacco – a comparison of effects on the Malawi economy using a CGE model". Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies 23(3 – 4): 66–83.
- Implicit water pricing in Namibian farmland markets Stage, J., and R. Williams. 2003. "Implicit water pricing in Namibian farmland markets". Development Southern Africa 20(5): 633–645.
- Hedonic pricing in Windhoek townships Humavindu, M. N., and J. Stage. 2003. "Hedonic pricing in Windhoek townships". Environment and Development Economics 8(2): 391–404.
- The potential for monopoly rents from Etosha National Park, Namibia Ågren, J., C. Nyyssölä, and J. Stage. 2003. "The potential for monopoly rents from Etosha National Park, Namibia". South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 6(3): 459–472.
- Structural shifts in Namibian energy use: An input-output approach Stage, J. 2002. "Structural shifts in Namibian energy use: An input-output approach". South African Journal of Economics 70(6): 1103– 1125.
- Decomposition of Namibian energy intensity Stage, J. 2001. "Decomposition of Namibian energy intensity". South African Journal of Economics 69(4): 698–707.
- Energy use in the Namibian economy from 1995 to 1998 Stage, J., and F. Fleermuys. 2001. "Energy use in the Namibian economy from 1995 to 1998". Development Southern Africa 18(4): 423–441.
EfD Discussion Papers
- Climate Change and the Ethiopian Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis Gebreegziabher Zenebe, Stage Jesper, Mekonnen Alemu, and Atlaw Alemu, 2011, “Climate Change and the Ethiopian Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis”. Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, EfD DP 11-09.
- What Do Respondents Bring to Contingent Valuation? A Comparison of Monetary and Labor Payment Vehicles Vondolia Godwin Kofi, Eggert Håkan, Nåvrud Stale, and Stage Jesper, 2011, “What Do Respondents Bring to Contingent Valuation? A Comparison of Monetary and Labor Payment Vehicles”. Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, EfD DP 11-13.
- Climate Change and Total Factor Productivity in the Tanzanian Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis Mintewab Bezabih, Muyeye Chambwera and Jesper Stage (2010),"Climate Change and Total Factor Productivity in the Tanzanian Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis",EfD Discussion Paper 10-14, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, June 2010.
- Impacts of the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia on Livestock and Tree Holdings of Rural Households Camilla Andersson, Alemu Mekonnen, and Jesper Stage, 2009, "Impacts of the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia on Livestock and Tree Holdings of Rural Households", EfD Discussion Paper 09-05, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. Mars 2009.
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