# James Mjelde

**Source**: https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/mjelde-james/
**Parent**: https://agecon.tamu.edu/ms-agricultural-economics-thesis/

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:   Professor

Office:
:   AGLS 212

Email:
:   [[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deb4bfb3bbadf0b3b4bbb2babb9ebfb9f0aabfb3abf0bbbaab)

Phone:
:   (979) 393-0931

## Education

Undergraduate Education
:   B.S. Fish and Wildlife Management, Montana State University
:   B.S. Biology, Montana State University

Graduate Education
:   M.S. Applied Economics, Montana State University
:   Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois

## Areas of Expertise

- Natural Resource Issues
- Energy economics and willingness-to-pay
- Pricing Systems

## Professional Summary

James “Jim” Mjelde is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. Mjelde’s research has primarily focused on the design of information forecasting systems. His secondary emphasis has been incorporating dynamics into decision making models.

## Selected Publications

Chavez, D., Palma, M., Nayga, R., and **J.W. Mjelde**. “Partial and Full Incentivization in Discrete Choice Experiments.” *Journal of Choice Modelling*forthcoming volume 36 September 2020. 

**Mjelde, J.W**., R. Dudensing, J. Brooks, G. Battista, M. Carrillo, B. Counsil, A. Giri, M.K. Kim, and V.D. Pyrialakou. “Stakeholders’ Opinions and Concerns Pertaining to Rural Transit for the Elderly and Transportation Disadvantaged.” *SAGE Open*10, 2 (2020). 

Binder, K.E., M. Pourahmadi, and **J.W. Mjelde**. “The Role of Temporal Dependence in Factor Selection: Implications for Forecasting.” *Empirical Economics*58, 3 (2020): 1185-1223. 

Duangnate, K., and **J.W. Mjelde**. “Prequential Forecasting Analysis of Returns in North America Natural Gas Spot Markets.” Printed version forthcoming *Empirical Economics*Online 13 May 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-019-01706-4. 

Lee, C.K. E. Lee, J.W. **James W. Mjelde**, T.K. Kim, and Y. Choi. “Willingness-to-pay for Whale Tour Attributes using a Choice Experiment.” *Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research*24, 6(2019): 606-617.