School of Economics and Business Norwegian University of Life Sciences PO Box 5033, NO-1432 Aas, Norway

Eirik Romstad Associate professor Telephone: (+47) 6723 1144 Telefax: (None: scan + email) E-mail: eirik.romstad(at)nmbu.no Office: Tower building, room T347 Main areas: Agricultural policy, environmental and resource economics NMBU personal page: https://www.nmbu.no/om/ansatte/eirik-romstad Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eirik_Romstad         Research     |     Teaching     |     Education     |     Elected offices

Research

• Environmental policy instruments, where resource allocation mechanisms and game theoretical approaches are essential. Main applications include public goods provision from agriculture, policy instruments to deal with nonpoint source pollution, auctions and 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

• ECN 120 Macroeconomics I, part 1: Markets, economic development, welfare, and business cycles (undergraduate course, in Norwegian),
• ECN 122 Macroeconomics II, part 2: Policies for economic growth, welfare, and crisis management (undergraduate course, in Norwegian),
• ECN 275 Natural resource and environmental economics - theory (undergraduate course), and
• ECN 375 Natural resource and environmental economics - theory and applications (graduate course, only the application part: ECN 376 Natural resource and environmental economics - applications)
• BIOEC 350 Biologically based production, industrial processes and markets (graduate course) (with Aida Tabarroky Ardebili

PhD candidates - current

PhD candidates - completed

Per Kristian Rørstad (2008): Essays on the Multifunctionality of Agriculture and Policy Options. Current position: Research fellow, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

Kenneth Løvold Rødseth (2011): Treatment of undesirable outputs in production analysis: Desiarble modeling strategies and applications. Current position: , Transport Economics Institute (TØI), Norway.

Kidanemariam Abreha Gebretsadik (2020): Demand Side Implications for Irrigation Management and Policies. Current position: Staff member, Department of Economics, Mekelle University.

Kine Josefine Aurland-Bredesen (2020): The optimal management of catastrophic risk. Current position: Post Doc, School of Econmics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

Miria Nakamya (2022): Bioenergy and sustainable development in developing countries. Current position: Assistant professor, Makerere University Business School.

Education

Elected offices

Selected publications (downloads may require that you have the appropriate license from the publisher/links provided)

Gebretsadik, K.A.& E.Romstad (2020): Climate and farmers’ willingness to pay for improved irrigation water supply. World Development Perspectives 20. (Download from ScienceDirect).

Romstad, E. & G. Stokstad (2019): Land lease at the extensive and intensive margins. Ch. 12 (pp. 247-262) in Olaussen, J.O. (ed.): Contributions in natural resource economics – Festschrift to Anders Skonhoft, Fagbokforlaget, Bergen, Norway.

Liland, A., Y. Tomkiv, D. Oughton, S. Navrud, E. Romstad & L. Skuterud (2017): The power of collaborative deliberation in stakeholder dialogue seminars. Journal of Risk Research 20(11):1-25. (Download from Taylor Francis)

Barton, D.N., T. Andersen, O. Bergland, A. Engebretsen, S.J. Moe, G.I. Orderud, K. Tominaga, E. Romstad & R.D. Vogt (2016): Eutropia: Integrated Valuation of Lake Eutrophication Abatement Decisions Using a Bayesian Belief Network. In Niel, Z. P. (Ed.) Handbook of Applied Systems Science, Ch. 14, pp. 297-320.. Routledge, New York and London. DOI: 10.4324/9781315748771.ch14 ( Download from Routhledge)

Rødseth, K. & E. Romstad (2014): Environmental Regulations, Producer Responses, and Secondary Benefits: Carbon Dioxide Reductions under the Acid Rain Program. Environmental and Resource Economics 59(1):111-135 (Download from SpringerLink).

Abu-Hatab, A. & E. Romstad (2014): Competitiveness analysis of Egyptian cotton exports with special focus on the Chinese market. China Agricultural Economic Review. 6(2):248-263 (Download from Emerald).

Romstad, E. (2014): The economics of eutrophication. Ch. 4 (pp. 45-53) in Ansari, A. & S.S. Gill (eds): Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences and Control, Vol. 2. Springer (Download from Springer).

Romstad, E., M. Boman & H. Lindhjem (2012): Low cost approaches for managing biological diversity in Nordic forests: The applicability of procurement auctions. Report 2012:6, Expert Group for Environmental Studies, Swedish Ministry of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden. (Download from the Expert Group for Environmental Studies).

Hatab, A.A., E. Romstad & X. Huo (2010): Determinants of Egyptian Agricultural Exports: A Gravity Model Approach. Modern Economy 1(3):129-133. (Download from Modern Economy).

Ladegård, G. & E. Romstad (2010): Understanding the demand side and coordinating the supply side for connected goods and services. Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 4(1-2):17-23. (Download from AgEcon Search).

Pérez Domínguez, I., I. Bezlepkina, T. Heckelei, E. Romstad, A. Oude Lansink & A. Kanellopoulos (2009): Capturing market impacts of farm level policies: a statistical extrapolation approach using biophysical characteristics and farm resources. Environmental Science and Policy 12(5):588-600. (Download from ScienceDirect).

Romstad, E. (2008): The Informational Role of Prices. European Review of Agricultural Economics 35(3):263-280.(Download from Oxford University Press).

Hansen, L. & E. Romstad (2007): Nonpoint Source Regulation - A Self-Reporting Mechanism. Ecological Economics 62(3-4):529-537. (Download from RepEc).

Vatn, A. , L. Bakken, M.A. Bleken, O.H. Baadshaug, H. Fykse, L.E. Haugen, H. Lundekvam, J. Morken, E. Romstad, P.K. Rørstad, A.O. Skjelvåg & T. Sogn (2006): A methodology for integrated economic and environmental analysis of pollution from agriculture. Agricultural Systems, 88:270-293. (Download from Science Direct).

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

Romstad, E. (2005): Environmental policies for changing times. Editorial 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. (Download from ScienceDirect)

Romstad, E. (2004): Policies for Promoting Public Goods in Agriculture. In Brouwer, F. (ed.), Sustaining Agriculture and the Rural Environment: Governance, Policy and Multifunctionality, pp. 56-77. 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. (Download from Science Direct).

Hasler, B., E. Romstad & J.S. Schou (2003): The complexity of modelling farmers' provision of landscape goods in a multifunctional setting. In Brandt, J. & H. Vejre (eds.), Multifunctional Landscapes: Monitoring, Diversity and Management, pp. 163-182. 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. In Clinch, P., K. Schlegelmilch, R-U. Sprenger & U. Triebswetter (eds.), Greening the Budget: Budgetary Policies for Environmental Improvement, pp. 183-194. Edward Elgar Publishers, Aldershot, England.

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

Romstad, E., A. Vatn, P.K. Rørstad & V. Søyland (2000): Multifunctional Agriculture - Implications for Policy Design Report No 21/2000, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Agricultural University of Norway (currently: Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. (Download from NMBU, 1.6 MB, 18 + 140 pages).

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

Romstad, E. (2000): Theoretical Considerations Regarding the Effectiveness of Environmental Policy Instruments. In Sterner, T. (ed.) Environmental Implications of Market Based Policy Instruments, pp. 49-64. 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. In Brouwer, F.M. & B. Crabtree (eds.), Environmental Indicators and Agricultural Policy, pp. 13-23. 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. In Barker, T. & J. Köhler (eds.), International Competitiveness and Environmental Policies, pp. 185-196. 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. In Nau, R., E. Grønn M. Machina & O. Bergland (eds.), Economic and Environmental Risk and Uncertainty, pp. 75-86. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

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

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

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

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

Updated: December 3, 2023
Eirik Romstad