Dept. of Economics & Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences PO Box 5033, NO-1432 Aas, Norway

Eirik Romstad Sr. research fellow Telephone: (+47) 6496 5708 Telefax: (+47) 6496 5701 E-mail: eirik.romstad(at)umb.no Office: Tower building, room T347 Main area: Agricultural policy, environmental and resource economics         Research     |     Teaching     |     Education     |     Other

Research

• Environmental policy instruments, where resource allocation mechanisms and game theoretical approaches are essential. Main applications include public goods provision from agriculture, nonpoint source pollution, eco system functions, tradable permits and team economics.
• Risk and uncertainty. Main applications on rational expectations and the effects of political and institutional uncertainty.
• Economic theory (game theory and production economics).

Teaching

Current courses

Guest lectures in game theory at the MSc and PhD level.

PhD candidates - completed

Education

Other

Offices and other positions currently held

• President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (Aug. 27, 2005 - Aug. 30, 2008).
• Member of the steering group of EuroChoices (Since May 2005).
• Member of the scientific advisory panel of the Center for Analysis of Society and Environment, a joint research center of the Danish Environmental Research Institute and Risø Research Institute, Roskilde, Denmark (since 1999).
• Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Forest Economics (since 1998).

Current and recent joint work

• Amternens og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut, Denmark
• Environmental Economics Group and Farm Management Group, Wageningen University and Research (formerly Wageningen Agricultural University), The Netherlands
• Cemagref, France (on the EU project AgriBMPwater)
• The Ulvön Conference in Environmental Economics (co-organizer, head organizer is Prof. Bengt Kriström at the Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå)
• EU FP6 research program Seamless (System for Environmental and Agricultural Modelling Linking European Science and Society).

Selected publications

Vatn, A. , L. Bakken, M.A. Bleken, O.H. Baadshaug, H. Fykse, L.E. Haugen, H. Lundekvam, J. Morken, E. Romstad, P.K. R›rstad, A.O. Skjelv†g & T. Sogn (2006): "A methodology for integrated economic and environmental analysis of pollution from agriculture", Agricultural Systems, 88:270-293.

Bergland, O., R. Ready & E. Romstad (2006): "Differentiating at the Speed of Light in a Universe of Trees and Moose", pp. 202-224 in Aronsson, T., R. Axelsson & R. Brännlund (eds.): The Theory and Practice of Environmental and Resource Economics - Essays in Honor of Karl-Gustaf Löfgren, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.

Romstad, E. (2005): "Environmental policies for changing times", Joural of Forest Economics, 11(3):123-124 (editorial)

Turpin, N., P. Bontems, G. Rotillon, I. Bärlund, M. Kaljonen, S. Tattari, F. Feichtinger, P. Strauss, R. Haverkamp, M. Garnier A. LoPorto, G. Benigni, A. Leone, M.N. Ripai, O-M. Eklo, E. Romstad, T. Bioteau, F. Birgand, P. Bordenave, R. Laplana, J-M. Lescot, L. Piet & F. Zahm (2005): "AgriBMPWater: systems approach to environmentally acceptable farming", Environmental Modelling & Software, 20(2):187-196.

Romstad, E. (2004): "Policies for Promoting Public Goods in Agriculture", pp. 56-77 in Brouwer, F. (ed.), Sustaining Agriculture and the Rural Environment: Governance, Policy and Multifunctionality, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.

Fykse, H., K. Semb Tørresen & E. Romstad (2004): "Production Systems and Plant Protection Requirements in Cereals: a Model Analysis of Long-term effects", Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B: Soil and Plant Science, 54:149-160.

Romstad, E. (2003): "Team Approaches to Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution", Ecological Economics, 47(1):71-78.

Hasler, B., E. Romstad & J.S. Schou (2003): "The complexity of modelling farmers' provision of landscape goods in a multifunctional setting", pp. 163-182 in Brandt, J. & H. Vejre (eds.), Multifunctional Landscapes: Monitoring, Diversity and Management, WIT Press, Southampton, England.

Lundekvam, H., E. Romstad & L. Øygarden (2003): "Agricultural Policies in Norway and Effects on Soil Erosion", Environmental Science and Policy, 258:57-67

Romstad, E. (2002): "The Provision of Public Goods - Sending the Right Price Signals", pp. 183-194 in Clinch, P., K. Schlegelmilch, R-U. Sprenger & U. Triebswetter (eds.), Greening the Budget: Budgetary Policies for Environmental Improvement, Edward Elgar Publishers, Aldershot, England.

Romstad, E. (2001): "Forestry and the Environment", editorial, Journal of Forest Economics, 7(2):99-100.

Romstad, E. & H. Folmer (2000): "Green Taxation", pp. 529-563 in Folmer, H. & H.L. Gabel (eds.), Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics: A Guide for Students and Decision-Makers, 2nd ed., Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK.

Romstad, E. (2000): "Theoretical Considerations Regarding the Effectiveness of Environmental Policy Instruments" pp. 49-64 in Sterner, T. (ed.) Environmental Implications of Market Based Policy Instruments, Edward Elgar Publishers, Aldershot, England.

Vatn, A., L.R. Bakken, P. Botterweg & E. Romstad (1999): "ECECMOD: An interdisciplinary system for analyzing nutrient and soil losses from agriculture", Ecological Economics, 30(2):189-205.

Romstad, E. (1999): "Theoretical Considerations Regarding Environmental Indicators", pp. 13-23 in Brouwer, F.M. & B. Crabtree (eds.), Environmental Indicators and Agricultural Policy, CAB International, Oxon, UK.

Botterweg, P., R. Leek, E. Romstad & A. Vatn (1998): "EUROSEM-GRIDSEM Modelling System for Erosion Analysis under Different Natural and Economic Conditions", Ecological Modelling, 108(1):115-129.

Romstad, E. (1998): "Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness", pp. 185-196 in Barker, T. & J. Köhler (eds.), International Competitiveness and Environmental Policies, Edward Elgar Publishers, Aldershot, England.

Botterweg, P, R. Leek, E. Romstad & A. Vatn (1998): "Erosion control under different economic conditions", Soil Technology, 46:31-49.

Vatn, A., L.R. Bakken, P. Botterweg, H. Lundeby, E. Romstad, P.K. Rørstad, & A. Vold (1997): "Regulating Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture: An Integrated Modelling Analysis", European Review of Agricultural Economics, 24(2):207-229.

Romstad, E. & O. Bergland (1997): "Manipulation of Emission Permit Markets", pp. 75-86 in Nau, R., E. Grønn M. Machina & O. Bergland (eds.), Economic and Environmental Risk and Uncertainty, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Romstad, E., J.W. Simonsen & A. Vatn (1997): "Mineral Emissions - An Introduction", pp. 1-9 in Romstad, E., J.W. Simonsen & A. Vatn (eds.), Controlling Mineral Emissions in European Agriculture: Economics, Policies and the Environment, CAB International, Oxon, UK.

Romstad, E., A. Vatn, L. Bakken & P. Botterweg (1997): "Eco-Eco Modelling: The Case of Nitrogen", pp. 225-249 in Romstad, E., J.W. Simonsen & A. Vatn (eds.), Controlling Mineral Emissions in European Agriculture: Economics, Policies and the Environment, CAB International, Oxon, UK.

Botterweg, P., L. Bakken & E. Romstad (1994): "Nitrate Leaching from Agricultural Soils: Ecological Modelling under Different Economic Constraints", Ecological Modelling, 75/76, pp. 359-369.

Romstad, E. & P.K. Rørstad (1994): "Expected Profits and Information Under Uncertainty", pp. 275-288 in Machina, M.J. & B.R. Munier (eds.), Models and Experiments on Risk and Rationality, Theory and Decision Library, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam.

August 13, 2007
Eirik Romstad