Jeffrey O. Sundberg
Professor
Economics and Business

Phone 847-735-5139
E-mail jsundber@lakeforest.edu
Web http://campus.lakeforest.edu/jsundber/

Specialization
Natural Resource Economics
Environmental Economics
Economics of Higher Education
 
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University
M.A., Economics, Stanford University
B.A., Carleton College, with Distinction in Economics

Courses Taught
Economics 210: Intermediate Microeconomics
Economics/Business 237: Introduction to Finance
Economics 260: Law and Economics
Economics 340: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Economics/Business 415: Corporate Finance Seminar
Environmental Studies 200: North American Wildlife

Articles
“Measuring the Effect of State Income Tax Incentives on Land Conservation”, October 2007.  Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper.

"Biodiversity, Profitability, and Vegetation Structure in Coffee Agroecosystems of Central Veracruz, Mexico," with Caleb Gordon (Lake Forest College), Robert Manson (Instituto de Ecologia, Veracruz Mexico), and Andrea Cruz-Angon (Instituto de Ecologia, Veracruz Mexico), Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment (in press).

"Voting for Public Funding of Open Space," working paper, available on line from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, September 2006.

"Private Provision of a Public Good: Land Trust Membership," Land Economics, Vol. 82, no. 3, August 2006, pp.353-366.

"Tax and Property Value Effects of Conservation Easements," working paper, with Richard Dye, available on line from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, March 2006.

"Birding For Vagrants: A Look At Illinois", with William Moskoff, Birding, Feb. 2001, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 35-37.

"A Model of Tax Increment Financing Adoption Incentives", with Richard Dye, Growth And Change, Vol. 29, no. 4, Winter 1998, pp. 90-110.

"Student Research Opportunities: The Economics of Open Space", with Lake Forest College students Mitch King and Chris Nyren, in Conference Proceedings, Greening of the Campus II, Ball State University, September 1997, pp. 79-84.

"Fourth Down and Gold to Go? Assessing the Link Between Sports Success and Alumni Giving", with Robert Baade, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 77, no. 4, December 1996, pp. 789-803.

"What Determines Alumni Generosity?", with Robert Baade, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 15, no. 1, March, 1996, pp. 75-82.

"Research Grants: Who Pays the Overhead?", Education Economics, vol. 2, no. 1, 1994, pp. 45-64.

"Identifying the Factors That Stimulate Alumni Giving", with Robert Baade, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 29, 1993, p. B1.

"The Social Security Cost of Smoking", with John Shoven and John Bunker, in Wise, David (ed.), The Economics of Aging, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Chicago Press, 1989, pp. 231-250.

Invited Talks
“Tax Incentives for Conservation Easement Donations”, December 2006.  National Tax Association Annual Meeting.

"A Study of Land Trust Membership Patterns," delivered at the Land Trust Alliance Rally, Oct. 14, 2006, Nashville, TN.

"Tax and Property Value Effects of Conservation Easements," presented at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, May 4, 2006.

"Private Provision of a Public Good: Land Trusts and Their Environmental Benefits," presented at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Feb. 17, 2005.

"Is Open Space a Luxury Good?", presented at the Illinois Economic Association annual meeting, University of Illinois-Chicago, October 22, 1999.

"Student Research Opportunities: The Economics of Open Spaces", presented at Greening of the Campus II, Ball State University, September 19, 1997.

"The Status of the Economics Major", presented at the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Conference on Challenges in the Undergraduate Economics Major, March 8, 1997.

"An Economist's Approach to the Problem of Global Warming", presented at the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Conference on Environmental Education and the Liberal Arts, March 12, 1994.

"A Theoretical Assessment of Tax Increment Financing Choices", presented at the Illinois Economic Association Meetings, October 2, 1993; also presented at a Northwestern University Department of Economics seminar, November 30, 1993.

"The Impact of Quality on Alumni Giving", presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 3, 1993; also presented at the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Development Officers meeting, September 27, 1993.

"Environmental Regulations and Their Economic Consequences: Good News and Bad", presented at Lake Forest College as part of the series ALake Forest College Looks At The Global Environment@, Nov. 8, 1990.

Popular Work
Various talks about birds and conservation-related issues.

Regular bird walks led for Chicago Audubon Society, Lake Bluff Open Lands, and Liberty Prairie Conservancy.

Awards and Honors
Elected "Great Teacher", May 1996, by Lake Forest College Class of 1996.