Warnell School of
Forest Resources
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
Position at Coweeta
LTER:
Principle Investigator (Retired)
Specialty:
Economics, Policy
Habitat: Regional Streams
Organism: People, Invertebrates
Core Area(s): Modeling/Synthesis (7)
Education:
B.A., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Forestry, 1977
M.A., Duke University, Forest Economics, 1985
Ph.D., Duke University, Resource Economics, 1986
Appointments:
Professor,
University of Georgia, 1988-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Duke University, Associate Professor,
1986-1988
Volunteer, US Peace Corps, 1979-1981
Publications
(Five as examples
of research foci):
Newman, D.H.,T. Brooks, and C. Dangerfield. 2000. Conservation use
valuation and land protection in Georgia. Forest Policy and Economics
1(3):257-266.
Yin, R. and D.H. Newman. 1998. An intervention analysis of Hurricane
Hugo's effect on South Carolina's stumpage prices. Canadian Journal of
Forest Research 29:779-787.
Carter, D.R. and D.H. Newman. 1998. An econometric analysis of first
price, sealed bid federal timber auctions. Forest Science 44(4):485-495.
Yin, R. and D.H. Newman. 1997. When to harvest a stand of trees. Natural Resource Modeling 10(3):251-261.
Burkhard, D.R. and D.H. Newman. 1996. Fragmentation and legal boundaries:
Potential edge effect through legal boundaries of Georgia's nature
reserves. Natural Areas Journal 16(1):24-35.
Synergistic
Activities:
1.
Research on tax impacts on land use have been presented to state
legislators
2.
Publication of first book detailing the economic impacts of technical
change in forestry.