Faculty
Andrew F. Seidl
Associate Professor
Ph.D.: University of Florida
Location: B309 Clark Bldg.
Telephone: (970) 491-7071
E-mail:
Research Interests:
My work involves natural resource based economic development. I use the tools of non-market valuation, cost-benefit analysis, economic policy and community or regional economics to help inform community, regional and national scale economic development decisions involving natural resource management. In particular, my recent research has involved land use planning, agricultural land preservation, recreation and tourism, and some fiscal impact analyses of consumptive (e.g., hunting, mining) and nonconsumptive (e.g., skiing, nature tourism) natural resource based industries and policies.
Courses:
AREC 340 - Natural Resource Economics: An Introduction
AREC 460 - International Agricultural Development
AREC 566 - Contemporary Economic Issues in Developing Countries
AREC 572 - Social Benefit Cost Analysis
Selected Publications, Presentations and Projects:
Recent Publications
Willingness-to-pay for prescribed fire in the Colorado (USA) wildland urban interface. 2007. Forest Policy and Economics. 9: 8: 928-937. May 2007. P. Kaval, J. Loomis, and A. Seidl.
Optimizing protected area entry fees across stakeholders: The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacan, Mexico. 2007. Environment and Development Economics. A. Kido & A. Seidl. Forthcoming.
Cruising for colones: Cruise tourism economics in Costa Rica. 2007. Tourism Economics. 13: 1: 67-85. March 2007. Seidl, A., Guiliano, F., Pratt, L.
Comparative analysis of non-market valuation techniques for the Eduardo Avaroa Reserve, Bolivia. 2007. Ecological Economics. 60: 3, 517-525. Ellingson, L.J., Seidl, A.
Estimating the local cost of protecting Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal: A contingent valuation approach. 2007. Environment, Development and Sustainability. Shrestha, R.K., Alavalapati, J., A.F. Seidl, K.E. Weber, and T.B. Suselo.
Cruise tourism and community economic development in Central America and the Caribbean: The case of Costa Rica. 2006. PASOS: Journal of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. 4:2, 213-224, April 2006. Seidl, A.F., Guiliano, F., and Pratt, L. http://www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/4206/PS070206.pdf
Alternate valuation strategies for public open space purchases: Stated versus market evidence. 2006. Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy: Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe. R.J. Johnston and S.K. Swallow, eds. Chapter 9, Pp 183-202. Resources for the Future, Mass. Loomis, J., Seidl, A., Rollins, K., and V. Rameker.
The role of ethnicity and language in contingent valuation analysis: A fire prevention policy application. 2006. Natural Resources, Taxation and Regulation: Unusual perspectives on a classic topic. Laurence S. Moss, ed. Blackwell Publications. Pp-87-114. (reprinted from American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 65:3: 559-586, July 2006). Loomis, J.B., Ellingson, L.J., Gonzales Caban, A, and A. Seidl.
Winter tourism and land development in Gunnison County, Colorado. 2006. Mountain resort planning and development in an era of globalization. Clark, T., Gill, A., and R. Hartmann, eds. Chapter 8, pp 91-107. Cognizant Communications Corporation. Orens, A., Seidl, A. and S. Weiler.
Panel estimators that combine travel cost and contingent behavior data sets for evaluation protected areas (Estimadores de panel que combinan informacion de costos de viaje y conjuntos de datos de valoracion contingente para evaluar aras naturales protegidas). 2005. Agricultura, sociedad y desarrollo. Julio-diciembre, 2(2): 75-82. Kido, A., Seidl, A., J. Loomis. http://www.colpos.mx/asyd/volumen2/numero2/vol_2_num_2.htm
Ex ante cost benefit analysis of an all-terrain vehicle transportation corridor in the Kuskokwim River delta. 2005. Transportation Research Forum. 44:3,113-130.Fall. K.L. Elder and A. Seidl. http://www.trforum.org/journal/2005fall/
Presentations
Panel estimators to combine travel cost and contingent behavior data sets for evaluating protected areas. 2007. Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). September 5-8, 2007, Montreal, Canada. Kido, A. and A. Seidl. (Kido)
A regional welfare analysis and of agricultural land policy options: Routt County, Colorado. 2007. Conference on the Science and Education of Land Use: A transatlantic, multidisciplinary and comparative approach. September 24-26, 2007. Washington D.C., USA. Seidl, A., Ellingson, L, Magnan, N., and C.J. Mucklow. (Seidl)
Quantifying the local effects of oil and gas development. 2007. Colorado Legislature Severance Tax Working Group. Denver, Colorado. August 29, 2007. (18 people)
Tourists' value of ranch open space over time: A panel data estimation. 2007. Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting. 2007. Ellingson, L., Seidl A., and C.J. Mucklow. July 31, 2007. 10 people. (Ellingson)
Fiscal impact analysis and local government's role in private land use. 2007. Joint meeting of the Black Hills RC&D County Commissioners, Sturgis, South Dakota. July 28, 2007. 70 people.
Wheat, Walmart or Winnebagos: Addressing questions of land use and community economic development. 2007. Public Meeting, Pennington County Fairgrounds, Rapid City, South Dakota. July 27, 2007. 75 people.
The community economics of community forestry: Two case studies in the Intermountain West. 2007. 13th International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources. Park City, Utah. June 19, 2007. Seidl, A. and E. Myrick. (Myrick) 30 people.
Regional impact analysis of ranchland open space in Routt County, Colorado. 2007. 13th International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources. Park City, Utah. June 21, 2007. Ellingson, L., Seidl, A., and Mucklow, CJ. (Ellingson)
Community economic implications of oil and gas development on BLM lands. 2007. Fueling Thought: Trends in Energy. May 4, 2007. Craig, CO. Davies, Davies, and Seidl. (Seidl) (120 people)
Economic impact of rural landscapes. Club 20 Spring Meeting. April 6-7, 2007. Grand Junction, CO, Mucklow, C.J., Ellingson, L., and A. Seidl. (Mucklow)
Can economics help gateway communities benefit from natural treasures? The case of El Calafate and Glaciers National Park, Argentina. 2007. CSU Conservation Biology Association. March 28, 2007. Fort Collins, CO. (12 people).
Economic contribution sportfishing to the Bethel Census Area. 2007. Alaska. February 6-9, 2007. Symposium on the Sustainability of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwin Fisheries. K. Lee Elder and A. Seidl. (Elder) (poster presentation)
Land use planning and the economic value of working landscapes. 2007. Salida, Colorado. February 24, 2007.
Colorado producers' preferences for federal agricultural policy. 2007. Colorado Cooperative Council Annual Meeting. Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 9, 2007. (30 people)
Tourism research in Belize: Applications to Albania. 2007. Albania Ministry of Health, Sport and Tourism. Tirana, Albania, January 31, 2007. (9 people).
Castles or cattle: The community economic value of working landscapes. 2007. Western RC&D Annual Meeting. Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 22, 2007. (65 people)
Tourists value of Routt County's rural open spaces. 2007. Steamboat Springs, Colorado. January 18, 2007. (Ellingson). (45 people)
Current Projects
Recreational fishing in the Western United States; Land use planning in Chaffee and Routt Counties, Colorado; Tourism development in Albania; Cruise tourism in the Caribbean; Regional public investment planning in the Black Hills, South Dakota and Colorado; Parks and community development in Alaska and Argentina.
Base Appointment:
Resident Instruction, Research, and Outreach