Faculty
Dana L. Hoag
Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Ph.D.: Washington State University
Location: B330 Clark Bldg.
Telephone: (970) 491-5549
E-mail:
Research Interests:
I am interested in how to analyze and make decisions about issues where agriculture and the environment collide. This includes a cross section of research fields such as policy, production economics, resource economics and regional economics. Current and recent projects include the use of conservation easements, elk and bison management in Yellowstone, ground and surface water contamination, manure management, invasive species, the economic returns to research, gender and risk, sexed semen in dairy cattle, decision analysis with multiple objectives, sustainability, and non-market valuation in wildlife refuges. I developed the award-winning RightRisk research and education program for risk management. I have worked with colleagues and state and federal agencies throughout the United States and in South Africa, Bolivia, and Australia.
Courses:
AREC 478 - Agricultural Policy
AREC 505 - Production Economics
AGRI 637 - Understanding Policy and Emerging Issues
AREC 678 - Agricultural and Resource Policy
Selected Publications, Presentations and Projects:
Selected Publications
Hoag, Dana L.Chris Bastian, Catherine Keske-Handley, Don McLeod and Andrew Marshall. Evolving Conservation Easement Markets in the West. Western Economic Forum, Fall 2005.
Hoag, Dana. Economic principles for saving cooperative extension. J. Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol 30: p. 397-410.
Hoag, D., M. Lacy and J. Davis. Pressures and Preferences Affecting Willingness to Apply Beef Manure on Crops in the Colorado High Plains. J. Agricultural and Resource Economics 29(2004): 461-480.
Conradie B.I. and D.L. Hoag A Review of Mathematical Programming Models of Irrigation Water Val Risk and Income Stability: Distinguishing Two Factors Behind Long-Run Technology Adoption Decisions. Water South Africa 30(2004): 287-292
Hoag, Dana, James Ascough, and Alejandra Engler. Impact matrix and decision rules to enhance index dimensionality, flexibility and representation. Ecological Indicators, Vol. 2 (2002): p. 161-1688.
Ribaudo, Marc, Dana Hoag, Mark Smith and Ralph Heimlich. Environmental Indices and the Politics of The Conservation Reserve Program. Ecological Indicators, Vol. 1 (2001): p. 11-20.
Popp, Jennie, Dana Hoag, and D. Eric Hyatt. Sustainability Indices When There Are Multi-Objectives. Ecological Indicators, Vol. 1 (2001): p. 37-47.
Van Doren, Terry, Dana L. Hoag and Thomas G. Field. Political And Economic Factors Affecting Agricultural PAC Contribution Strategies. Accepted in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 81 (1999): 397-407.
Vickner, S., D. Hoag, M. Frasier, and J. Ascough. A Dynamic Economic Analysis of Nitrate Leaching in Corn Production under Nonuniform Irrigation Conditions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol 80 (1998): p. 397-408
Hoag, D. and A. Hornsby. 1992. Coupling Groundwater Contamination With Economic Returns When Applying Farm Pesticides. Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 21: p. 579 586.
(book) Koontz, SR, DL Hoag, DD Thilmany, J. Grannis and J. Green. 2005. The economics of livestock disease insurance: concepts, issues and international case studies. CABI publishing Oxfordshire, UK (ISBN: 0851990770)
(book) Hoag, Dana. Agricultural Crisis in America. Contemporary World Issues: ABC-CLIO Publishing, Santa Barbara, California, December, 1999: 275 pages (isbn: 0-87436-737-9).
Koontz, Lynne, and Dana L. Hoag. 2005. Analyzing Stakeholder Preferences for Managing Elk and Bison at the National Elk Refuge and Grand Teton National Park: an Example of the Disparate Stakeholder Management Approach. U.S. Geological Survey, in Cooperation with Colorado State University
Sprague, D. Hoag, J. Pritchett and J. Parsons. EWS Farms. RightRisk Scenario Guide and Computer Simulation Game, Publication No: SG-05-05, RightRisk Education Team Colorado State University, (www.RightRisk.org), September, 2005.
Base Appointment:
Resident Instruction, Research, and Outreach