Rao V. Nagubadi

Postdoctoral Fellow, Forest Economics

• PhD (Forest Economics), Mississippi State University, 1999
• MS (Agric. Economics), Purdue University, 1995
• MSc (Agric. Economics), Kanpur University, India,
• BSc (Agriculture), Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India

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Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Auburn University (2001-
• Forester, Pacific Northwest Research Station (1999-2001)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mississippi State University (1999)
• Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State University (1996-99)
• Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University (1993-96)
• Agricultural Economist, ICAR Research Complex, Meghalaya, India
• Agricultural Extension Officer & Farm Manger, Dept. of Agriculture, AP, India

Research Interests

• US-Canada softwood lumber dispute
• Land use change determinants
• Productivity growth and technical change
• International forest products trade
• Timberland investments
• Foreign direct investment
• Deforestation and property rights

Selected Publications

• Nagubadi, Rao V., and Daowei Zhang. 2011. Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment in Forest Industry between the U.S. and Canada. Forest Policy and Economics, 13:338- 344.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., and Daowei Zhang. 2010. Urbanization Effects on Timberland by
  Ownership Class: A Modified Multinomial Logit Analysis. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 34(3):101-109.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., and Daowei Zhang. 2009. Timberland Ownership in the Southern
  United States: Urbanization and Socio-Economic Factors. Pp. 10-17 in J. Siry, B. Izlar, P.
  Bettinger, T. Harris, T. Tye, S. Baldwin, and K. Merry (eds), Forest Land Ownership in
  the South: Implications for Management, Production, and Conservation, Published
  as the Second Paper in the Volume.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., H. Thompson, and D. Zhang. 2009. Productivity and Trade during the
  Softwood Lumber Dispute. International Trade Journal, 23(3):301-324.
• Li, Y., D. Zhang, and Rao V. Nagubadi. 2008. Productivity in the U.S. and Canadian
  sawmill industries: A non-parametric programming analysis. Forest Products Journal,
  58(12):33-40.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., and D. Zhang. 2008. Foreign direct investment flows in the forest
  products industry: the case of the United States and Japan. International Forestry
  Review, 10(4):632-640.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., and D. Zhang. 2007. Urbanization and Timberland Use Change in the
  Southern United States. Pp. 211-224 in Dube, Yves and Schmithsen, Franz (eds),
  Cross-Sectoral Policy Developments in Forestry. Cambridge, MA: CABI Publications.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., and D. Zhang. 2006. Production structure and input substitution in the
  sawmills and wood preservation industry in Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest
  Research, 36:3007-3014.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., and D. Zhang. 2006. Competitiveness in the Sawmills and Wood
  Preservation Industry in the U.S. and Canada. Pp. 3-23 in K. Potter-Witter, L.A. Leefers
  and R. Yin ( eds), Proceedings of the U.S.-Canada Forest Products Trade: A Bilateral
  Technical Symposium, held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, March 6-8,
  2005. Published as the First Paper in the Volume.
• Zhang, D., and Rao V. Nagubadi. 2006. Total factor productivity growth in the sawmills
  and wood preservation industry in the United States and Canada: A comparative study.
  Forest Science, 52(5):511-521.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., and D. Zhang. 2006. Competitiveness in the sawmills and wood
  preservation industry in the United States and Canada. Forest Science, 52(4):340-352.
  Published as the First Paper in the Special Issue of the Journal.
  
• Zhang, D., and Rao V. Nagubadi. 2005. The Influence of urbanization on timberland use by forest type in the Southern United States. Forest Policy and Economics, 7(5):721-731.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., and D. Zhang. 2005. Determinants of timberland use by ownership and forest type in Alabama and Georgia. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 37(1):173-186.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., D. Zhang, J.P. Prestemon, and D.N. Wear. 2004. Softwood lumber products in the United States: Substitutes or complements or unrelated? Forest Science, 50(4):416-426.
• Barbour, R.J., R.D. Fight, G.A. Christensen, G.L. Pinjuv, and Rao V. Nagubadi. 2004. Thinning and prescribed fire and projected trends in wood product potential, financial return, and fire hazard in Montana. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-606. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 78p.
• Fight, R.D., R.J. Barbour, G.A. Christensen, G.L. Pinjuv, and Rao V. Nagubadi. 2004. Thinning and prescribed fire and projected trends in wood product potential, financial return, and fire hazard in New Mexico. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-605. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 46p.
• Nagubadi, Rao V., R.D. Fight, and R.J. Barbour. 2003. Valuing a log: Alternative approaches. Res. Note. PNW-RN-541. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 15p.
• Nagubadi, V., I.A. Munn, and A. Tahai. 2001. Integration of hardwood stumpage markets in the Southcentral United States. Journal of Forest Economics, 7(1):69-98.
• Mills, W.L., Jr., Hoover, W.L., McNamara, K.T., and Nagubadi, V. 1996. Factors influencing participation in public assistance programs. Woodland Steward, 5(2):6-7,9.
• Nagubadi, V., McNamara, K.T., Hoover, W.L., and Mills, W.L., Jr. 1996. Program Participation Behavior of Nonindustrial Forest Landowners: A Probit Analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, December 28(2):323-336.