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Faculty Profile
John Wagner

John  Wagner

Professor and Associate Chair

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304 Bray Hall

315-470-6971
jewagner@esf.edu

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Highest Education

Ph.D., Colorado State University (Forestry and Wood Science), 1990.

Areas of Study

Forest resource economics. My research focuses primarily on developing mathematical and economic models to critically analyze questions concerning the sustainable management and use of forest resources.

Courses Taught

Most Recent Publications

Stehman, S.V. and J.E. Wagner. 2024. Choosing a Sample Size Allocation to Strata Based on Trade-offs in Precision when Estimating Accuracy and Area of a Rare Class from a Stratified Sample. Remote Sensing of Environment – In press

Pokharel, M., R.H. Germain, J.E. Wagner, and W.B. Smith. 2023. Estimating a Regional Economic Conservation Benefit of Using Domestic Hardwoods vs. Apitong for Trailer Decking: A Case Study on US Army Use. Forests. 14(7):1428

Lamsal, B, J. Wagner, and R. Germain. 2023. A Least Cost Dynamic Optimization Approach for Obtaining a Desired Balanced Uneven-aged Structure. Forest Science 69(1):10-23.

Wagner, J.E. 2020. Ruminations on Economic Decision Modeling of Managing Forests with a Focus on Family Forest Landowners. Journal of Forestry. 118(4):362-372.

Wagner, J.E., J. Rahn, and M. Cavo. 2019. A Pragmatic Method to Forecast Stumpage Prices. Forest Science. 65(4):429-438.

Deldoost, Mostafa, and John E. Wagner. 2016. A 2004 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Analysis for Italy. International Business Management. 10(7):1192-1202.

Germain, R.H., C.A. Nowak, and J.E. Wagner. 2016. The tree that built America – Not making the grade. Journal of Forestry. 114(5):552-561.

Hendricks, A.M., J.E. Wagner, T.A. Volk, and D.H. Newman. 2016. Regional Economic Impacts of Biomass District Heating in Rural New York. Biomass and Bioenergy. 88:1-9.

Yoo, S. and J.E. Wagner. 2016. A Review of the Hedonic Literature in Environmental Amenities from Open Space: A Traditional Economic vs. Spatial Econometric Model. International Journal of Urban Sciences. 20(1):141-166. (DOI:10.1080/12265934.2015.1137780)

Hendricks, A.M, J.E. Wagner, T.A. Volk, D.H. Newman, and T.R. Brown. 2016. A Cost-Effective Evaluation of Biomass District Heating in Rural Communities. Applied Energy. 162:561-569.

Wagner, J.E. and S.V. Stehman. 2015. Optimizing sample size allocation to strata for estimating area and map accuracy. Remote Sensing of Environment. 168:126-133

Wagner, J.E., D. Kiernan, and E. Bevilacqua. 2013. Economically Derived Yields for Even- and Uneven-aged Stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 43:691-698.

Wagner, J.E. and D.H. Newman. 2013. The Simon-Ehrlich Bet: Teaching Relative vs. Absolute Scarcity. The American Economist. 58(1):16-26.

Newman, D.H. and J.E. Wagner. 2012. Putting Samuelson’s Economics of Forestry into Context: The Limits of Forest Economics in Policy Debates. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research. 4(3):214-218.

Yoo, S., Y, J. Im, and J.E. Wagner. 2012. Variable selection for hedonic modeling using machine learning approaches: A case study in Onondaga County, NY, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning. 107:293-306.

Smith, L.S., M. Narkowski-Lindsay, M., J.E. Wagner, and D.B. Kittredge. 2012. Stumpage Prices in southern New England (1978 – 2011): How do red oak, white pine and hemlock prices vary over time? Northern Journal of Applied Forestry – Field Note. 29(2):97-101.

Szantoi, Z., F. Escobedo, J. Wagner, J. Rodriguez, S. Smith. 2012. Socioeconomic Factors and Urban Tree Cover in a Subtropical Urban Forest. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 49(3):428-449.

Nordman, E., and J.E. Wagner. 2012. Public purchases and private preferences: Challenges for analyzing public open space acquisitions. Urban Forest & Urban Greening. 11(2):179-186.

Wagner, J.E. 2012.Misinterpreting the Internal Rate of Return in Sustainable Forest Management Planning and Economic Analysis. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 31:239-266.

Escobedo, F., S, T. Kroeger, and J.E. Wagner. 2011. Urban forests and pollution mitigation: Analyzing ecosystem services and disservices. Environmental Pollution. 159:2078-2087.

Current Graduate Advisees

Richard GentryRichard Gentry
rgentry@syr.edu

  • Degree Sought: MF
  • Graduate Advisor(s): Wagner and Bevilacqua
  • Area of Study: Forest Mgt and Operations

Basanta LamsalBasanta Lamsal
blamsal@syr.edu

  • Degree Sought: PHD
  • Graduate Advisor(s): Wagner and Cavo
  • Area of Study: FRM Natural Resources Mgt

Cody WilkesCody Wilkes
cewilkes@syr.edu

  • Degree Sought: MPS
  • Graduate Advisor(s): Wagner
  • Area of Study: Forest Resources Management

Books

Books

Wagner J. E. 2024. Forestry Economics: A Managerial Approach, 2nd ed. Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics. Routledge Press, London (ISBN: 978-1-138-93314-9)

Wagner J. E. 2012. Forestry Economics: A Managerial Approach. Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics. Routledge Press, London (ISBN: 978-0-415-77476-5)

Martinez de Anguita, Pablo and John E. Wagner. 2010. Environmental Social Accounting Matrices: Theory and application. Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics, Routledge Press, London (ISBN13: 978-0-415-77630-1)

Book Chapters

Wagner, J. 2019. Chapter 15 – Economics in Forest and Renewable Resource Management. In: John C. Hendee, Chad P. Dawson and Wenonah F. Sharpe. Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources (9th edition). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc. pp. 318-335.

Wagner, J. 2012. Chapter 15 – Economics in Forest and Renewable Resource Management. In: John C. Hendee, Chad P. Dawson and Wenonah F. Sharpe. Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources (8th edition). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc. pp. 318-335.

Martinez de Anguita, Pablo and John E. Wagner. 2006. Capítulo 5: Sostenibilidad Económica: Análisis Económico Regional. In Martinez de Anguita, Pablo, Desarrollo Rural Sostenible, McGraw-Hill, Madrid Spain (ISBN: 8448156838; ISBN-13: 9788448156831)

Sedjo, Roger A., Dale E. Toweill and John E. Wagner. 1999. Economic Interactions at Local, Regional, National, and International scales. In: W.T. Sexton, A.J. Malk, R.C. Szaro, and N.C. Johnson (eds), Ecological Stewardship: A Common Reference for Ecosystem Management, vol. III, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford. (ISBN: 0080432069)