About

Faculty

James Yoo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Office Phone:	(951) 552-8973
Email:	jamyoo@calbaptist.edu
Department:	Business
Office Location:	Business Building 240
Office Hours:	By appointment

Education

Degree	Major Emphasis	Institution	Date
PH.D.	Environmental Economics	Pennsylvania State University	12-17-2011

Classes Taught

BUS 217 - Microeconomics

BUS 218 - Macroeconomics

BUS 315 - Business Statistics

BUS 334 - International Business

BUS 440 - Quantitative Business Analysis

MBA courses

BUS 535 - Economic Analysis & Changing Business Environment

BUS 542 - Quantitative Business Modeling

BUS545- Global Business Management

AEREC598 - Applied Mircoeconomics Analysis

ECON341- Research Methods in Business

ECON302- Intermediate Microeconomics

ECON303 - Advanced Microeconomics

Doctoral-Level Courses

BUS740 - Applying Economic Theory to Business

BUS750 - International Business in Global Markets

BUS760 - Quantitative Research Methods

Academic Areas / Scholarly Interests

Microeconomics, Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Regional Economics, Non-market Valuation, Valuation of Ecosystem Service, Applied Statistics

Teaching Experience at Institutions Other than CBU

Pennsylvania State University

Research, Presentations, and Publications

Publications

Yoo, J., Simonit, S., Connors, J.P., Perrings, C., Kinzig, A.(2013). The Value of Water Rights in Agricultural Properties in Urbanizing Areas. Ecological Economics, 91:57-68

Yoo, J., Simonit, S., Connors, J.P., Perrings, C., Kinzig, A. (2014). The Valuation of Off-Site Ecosystem Service Flows: The Impact of Deforestation on Lake-Sedimentation in Prescott, Arizona. Ecological Economics, 97: 74-83

Yoo, J, Ready, R.C. (2014). The Study of Consumer Preference Heterogeneity for Renewable Energy Technologies. Energy Economics(42): 101-114

Yoo, J., Simmonit, S, Connors, J.P., Perrings, C., Kinzig, A (2014). Estimating the Approximated Price Elasticity of Residential Water Demand in Phoenix. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, 36(2): 333-350

Simonit S, John P. Connors, Yoo, J, Kinzig A, Perrings C (2015). The Impact of Forest Thinning on the Reliability of Water Supply in Central Arizona. PLos ONE 10(4)

Yoo, J. (2015). The Economic Impacts of the Change in Sectoral Water Use in Maricopa County, Arizona: Modified Input-Output Approach, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences

Yoo, J., Perrings, C. (2016). An Externality of Groundwater Depletion: Land Subsidence and Residential Property Prices in Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 5(3): 1-13

Yoo, J., Ready, R.C. (2016). The Impact of Agricultural Conservation Easement on Nearby House Prices: Incorporating Spatial Correlation and Spatial Heterogeneity”. Journal of Forest Economics, 25: 78-93

Yoo, J., Perrings, C. (2017). Modeling the Short-Run Costs of Changes in Water Availability in a Desert City: a Modified Input-Output Approach. International Review of Applied Economics, 31(4), 549-564

Yoo, J., Frederick, T. (2017). Varying Impact of Land Subsidence and Earth Fissures on Residential Property Values in Maricopa County – A Quantile Regression Approach - International Journal of Urban Sciences, 21(2), 204-216.

Yoo, J., Browning, J., & Minesinger, K. (2017). Open Space Premium near Commercial Zones - a Case Study in the City of Corona. International Journal of Urban Sciences (In Press)
Yoo, J., & Browning, J. (2021). The Heterogeneity of Residents' Preference over a Wide Array of Services, Provided by a Master Planned Community. International Review of Applied Economics, 35.

Yoo, J., Ready, C. R., & Claremonte. (2022). Preference and Wilingness to Pay for, Renewable Energy Technology. The Journal of Energy & Development. (In Press) Papers in Review & Working Papers

Yoo, J. Ready, RC. (2016). “The Urban and Rural PA Residents’ Preference for Different Types of Renewable Energy Technologies” – In Review

Yoo, J., Perrings, C. (2016) “Spatial Hedonic Methods that Estimate Amenity Value of Green Space in Yavapai County - In Review

Yoo, J. (2016) "Do Land Subsidence Depress the Economic Value of Forest and Urban Park?" - In Review

Yoo, J., Browning, J., Minesinger, Kenneth. (2016). "Open Space Premium near Commercial Zones- A Case Study in the City of Corona, California - In Review

Yoo, J., Perrings, C. (2016). “Estimating the Approximated Cross Price Elasticity of Electricity Demand in Phoenix” - Working Paper

Yoo, J., (2016). The Consumer's Preference over Urban Amenity - A Stated Preference Approach" - Working paper

Yoo, J., Browning, J. (2016). Factors that affects willingness-to-pay for attributes supplied by Land Use Management in Southern California - Latent Class Approach - Working paper

Yoo, J. (2016). The Capitalized Values of development pressures on the Nearby Residential Property Values in Southern California - Propensity Score Estimators - Working paper

Yoo, J. (2016). Are Biological, Recreational, and Economic Benefits from Land Use Change? - Difference-in-Difference (DID) Approach - A Case Study in Southern California - Working paper

Yoo, J. (2016). The Capitalized Value of the Future Expectation about Shopping Center" - Difference-In-Difference (DID) Approach -A Case Study in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - Working paper\

Yoo, J. (2016). The Capitalized Value of Outlet Renovations in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - DID & Propensity Score Approaches - Working paper

Presentation

Yoo, J., Ready, R.C, “A New Hedonic Price Model that Incorporates Spatial Correlationand Spatial Heterogeneity”Agricultural and Applied Economic Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 23-26, 2011

Yoo, J., Ready, R.C. “The Urban and Rural PA Residents’ Preference for Different Types of Renewable Energy Technologies”Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar, Department of Economics, ASU, Tempe, AZ, Oct 28, 2011

Yoo, J., Ready, R.C. “Latent Class and Random Parameter Approaches to Accomodating Preference in Stated Preference Surveys”, 2012 W2133 Conference, Newpark Boulevard Park City, Utah, February 22-24, 2012

Connors, J.P., Maliszewski, P.J., Simonit, S., Yoo, J., Perrings, C., Kinzig, A. “Environment and Water: Decision Support Tools for Managing Ecosystem Services in Arizona” Planet Under Pressure, London, UK, March 25-31, 2012.

Yoo, J. “The Value of Water Rights in Agricultural Properties in the Phoenix Active Management Area”EcoSERVICES Lab Meeting, Tempe, AZ, April 14, 2012

Yoo, J., Simonit, S., Connors, J.P., Maliszewski, P.J., Perrings, C., Kinzig., A. “The Value of Water Rights in Agricultural Properties in the Phoenix Active Management Area” Agricultural and Applied Economic Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA August 12-14, 2012

Yoo, J “Estimating the Approximated Price Elasticity of Residential Water Demand in Phoenix” EcoSERVICES Lab Meeting, Tempe, AZ, November 12, 2012

Yoo, J., Simonit, S., Connors, J.P., Perrings, C., Kinzig, A. “The Valuation of Off-Site Ecosystem Service Flows: The Impact of Deforestation on Lake-Sedimentation in Prescott, Arizona”, ACE & Ecosystem Market 2012, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 10-14, 2012

Yoo, J., Simonit, S., Connors, J.P., Perrings, C., Kinzig, A. “The Valuation of Off-Site Ecosystem Service Flows: The Impact of Deforestation on Lake-Sedimentation in Prescott, Arizona”, EcoSERVICES Lab Meeting, Tempe, AZ, April 8, 2013

Yoo, J., Ready, R.C. "Preferences over, and Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy Technology", Seoul International Conference on Social Sciences and Management (SICSSAM), Seoul, South Korea, January 8-10, 2015
Yoo, J., Perrings, C. "The Economic Impacts of the Change in Sectoral Water Use in Maricopa County, Arizona: Modified Input-Output Approach", 19th International Academic Conference, Florence, Italy, September 16-19, 2015

Yoo, J. "The Economic Impact of Developable Open Space on Housing Prices: A Case Study in the City of Corona, California". Agricultural and Applied Economic Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 31-August 2, 2016

Yoo, J. Browning, J., Minesinger, K. "Open Space Premium near Commercial Zones - A Case Study in the City of Corona, California." ACES 2016 Conference- A Community on Ecosystem Services Jacksonville, FL, December 5-9, 2016.

Yoo, J., Frederick, T. "The Varying Impact of Land Subsidence and Earth Fissures on Residential Property Values in Maricopa County "ACES 2016 Conference-A Community on Ecosystem Services, Jacksonville, FL, December 5-9, 2016.