报 告 人：Rodney Smith(明尼苏达大学)

时 间：2012年10月09日(周二) 19:00

主 持 人：方向明

工作语言：英语

地 点：经济管理学院行政楼313会议室

主办单位：中国农业大学MBA教育中心

联 系 人：肖亦天

联系方式：62738685

Rodney Smith(明尼苏达大学)：

Rodney Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics

at the University of Minnesota. He received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics

from the University of Maryland. His current research focus is on economic growth

and development, applied production economics, and resource economics. He has

published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the Journal of

Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics, the Journal of Development

Studies and the Journal of Policy Modeling. Dr. Smith has research experience in

China, India, Japan and South Africa, and has lectured, presented seminars and

participated in workshops throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. His personal

interests include listening to live jazz and reading science fiction.

专题介绍：

Abstract: This seminar outlines a methodology for measuring the

contribution of natural assets to gross domestic product and a

potential starting point on measuring the stock value of such assets.

I discuss: (i) the general notion of flow and stock values of natural

assets (in this case water and land) in an economy, (ii) their

potential role in national account data, and (iii) a general approach

to measuring the flow values. I then take up the problem of

calculating the (per unit) stock value of the assets, and measuring

the contribution of a natural asset to economic growth. The

methodology has both a theoretical and empirical component: the theory

is based on a dynamic, general equilibrium model of economic growth,

the empirical analog relies on national account and production data,

and is implemented using software, like Mathematica.