Jaren Pope Assistant Professor Environmental, Public and Urban Economics Ph.D. 2006, North Carolina State University Office: 313 Hutcheson Hall Phone: (540) 231-4730 FAX: (540) 231-7417 E-mail: jcpope@vt.edu

Jaren Pope joined the faculty in the fall of 2006.  His primary research area is in environmental, public and urban economics.  Jaren’s current work focuses on identifying the role of imperfect information in markets where decision making is complex.  Examples of his research include: (i) using quasi-random experimental methods to estimate the impact of imperfect information about environmental disamenities on housing prices, and (ii) analyzing how college sports success influences where high school students choose to go to college. 

His outside interests include playing basketball, reading, and spending time with his wife and three daughters.

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Publications:

Devin G. Pope and Jaren C. Pope, “The Impact of Sports Success on the Quantity and Quality of Student Applications.” Southern Economic Journal (forthcoming)

Jaren C. Pope, “Do Seller Disclosures Affect Property Values? Buyer Information and the Hedonic Model.” Land Economics (forthcoming).

Daniel J. Phaneuf, V. Kerry Smith, Raymond B. Palmquist, Jaren C. Pope, “Integrating Property Value and Local Recreation Models to Value Ecosystem Services in Urban Watersheds.” Land Economics (forthcoming).

Jaren C. Pope, “Buyer Information and the Hedonic:  The Impact of a Seller Disclosure on the Implicit Price for Airport Noise.” Journal of Urban Economics (2008) 63, 498-516.

V. Kerry Smith, Jared C. Carbone, Jaren C. Pope, Daniel G. Hallstrom, Michael E. Darden, “Adjusting to Natural Disasters.”  Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2006) 33:37-54.