Professor of Resource Economics,
Adjunct Professor of Economics, and Benedum Distinguished Scholar, West Virginia
University
Research Associate, GREQAM, and
Visiting Professorm, Faculté d'Economie Appliquée, Université
D'Aix-Marseille
Visiting Professor, LAMETA, Universitè
de Montpellier, France
Facultry Research Assoicate, Regional
Research Institute, West Virginia University.
Research Fellow, Research Group
on INternational Commodity Makrets (GAMMAP), Faculteé des Sciences Economiques,
Universite Pierre-Mendes France, Genoble
Selected Previous Positions:
Lecturer, Inter-university Consortium
for Political and Social Science Research, University of Michigan
Visiting Professor, Centre d’Econometrie
pour L'enterprise, Université de Montpellier and the Research Center
on World Commodity Markets, Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers de Paris, 1990-91.
Gunnar Myrdal Scholar in Residence,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, 1990-91.
Visiting Professor, Applied Economics
Department, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, 1994-97.
Visiting Professor, Institute
Superieure de Petrochemie et de Synthese Organique Industrielle, Université
d’Aix-Marseille, France, 1987.
Research Fellow, Institute for
International Economic Studies, University of Stockholm, 1983-85.
Research Associate, Minerals Trade
Project, Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, 1983-84.
Chairman, Department of Mineral
and Energy Resource Economics, 1984-87.
Visiting Scholar, Energy Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981-82.
Research Associate, National Bureau
of Economic Research, New York, 1977-81.
Visiting Professor, Graduate Institute
of International Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1969-75.
Teaching Fields:
Resource economics, econometrics, microeconomics, international trade.
Specializations: a. economics of commodity markets, commodity modeling, simulation,
Time series analysis, forecasting.
b. agricultural, mineral and energy markets, resources and environment, trade
and development.
Awards:
St. Vincent College, Alumnus of Distinction, 1997
Outstanding Researcher, CAF, West Virginia University, 1998
Master Knight, Order of the Vine, Sacramento Chapter, 1994.
Claude Worthington Benedum Distinguished Scholar, West Virginia University,
1990.
Gunnar Myrdal Scholar, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 1990.
Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981-1982.
International commodity market modeling and forecasting; time series analysis;
resources, environment, trade, and development; mineral, energy, and agricultural
market analyses.
Publications:
Selected Articles in Refereed Journals
Huang, H. and Labys, Walter C. 2000. "Environment and Trade: A Review
of Issues and Methods." International Journal of Global Environmental
Issues, 1,1: 1-62.
Labys, Walter C. 2000. "Can World Market Volatility Upset the U.S.
Economy?" Economic Directions, Center for Economic and Policy
Research, St Vincent College, Latrobe, PA.
Cromwell, J., Labys, W.C. and E. Kouassi. 2000. "What Color are Commodity
Prices? A Fractal Analysis, Empirical Economics, forthcoming
Labys, Walter C., Achouch, A. and M. Terrazza. 1999. "Metal Prices
and the Business Cycle," Resources Policy, 25:229-238.
Labys, Walter C., Kouassi, E. and M. Terraza. 2000. "Short-Term Cycles
in Primary Commodity Prices," Journal of Developing Economies, forthcoming.
Badillo, Dominique, Labys, Walter C., and Yangru-Wu. 1999. "Identifying
Trends and Breaks in Primary Commodity Prices," European Journal of
Finance, 5:315-330
Barkoulas, John, Walter C. Labys and Joseph Onochie. 1999. "Long Term
Memory In Commodity Futures Prices." Financial Review, forthcoming.
Labys, Walter C., Lesourd, J.B., and Badillo,D. 1998. "Existence of
Metal Price Cycles," Resources Policy, 24,3:147-155.
Davidson, Russell, Walter C. Labys, and Jean-Bapiste Lesourd. 1998. "Wavelet
Analysis of Commodity Price Behavior." Computational Economics
11:103-128.
Cohen, Bruce, Walter C. Labys, and Wojtek Suwala. 1998. "Econometric
Analysis of Comparative Energy
Efficiencies in Eastern Europe." Journal article in Polish. Gospodarka
Paliwami I Energia, 66:1-4.
Cohen, Bruce and Walter C. Labys. 1998. "The Econometric Approach to
CO2 Concentration Modeling: Uncertainties and the Policy Dimension."
International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 9:333-340.
Also published in Global Energy Issues. 1998, 10:174-179.
Barkoulas, John, Walter C. Labys and Joseph Onochie. 1997. "Fractional
Dynamics in International Commodity Prices." Journal of Futures Markets.
1,2: 161-189.
Huang, B.N., Yang, C.W., and W.C. Labys. 1997. "The Random Walk of
the Emerging Stock Markets Revisited." Journal of Financial Studies,
5,2:59-86.
Labys, Walter C., Dominique Badillo et Jean Baptiste Lesourd. 1997. "Cycles
des Prix en Matieres Premieres Agricoles." Economie Rurale.
Labys, Walter C. and Chin-wei Yang. 1996. "Spatial Price Equilibrium
as the Core to Spatial Commodity Modeling." Regional Science Papers,
76,2: 199-228.
Cohen, Bruce C. and Walter C. Labys. 1996. "Uncertainty, Carbon Dioxide
Concentrations and Fossil Fuel Use." International Journal of Environment
and Pollution, 6.1: 4-12.
Cohen, Bruce C., and Walter C. Labys. 1994. "CO2 Emissions
and Concentration Coefficients Revisited.International Journal of Global
Energy Issues 6,6:366-370.
Park, Se Hark, and Walter C. Labys. 1994. Divergences in manufacturing energy
consumption between the North and the South. Energy Policy 22,6: 455-469.
Bocoum, Brigitte, and Walter C. Labys. 1993. Modelling the economic impacts
of further mineral processing: The case of Zambia and Morocco. Resources
Policy 19,4: 1-27.
Labys, Walter C., and Alfred Maizels. 1993. Impact of commodity price fluctuations
on the developed economies. Journal of Policy Modeling 15,3: 335-352.
Decoster, Greg, Walter C. Labys and Douglas Mitchell. 1992. Evidence of
chaos in commodity futures prices. Journal of Futures Markets, 12,3:291-305.
Labys, Walter C., and Montague J. Lord. 1992. Inventory and equilibrium
adjustments in international commodity markets: A multi-cointegration approach.
Applied Economics 24: 77-84.
Rose, Adam Z., Walter C. Labys, and Thomas T. Torries. 1991. New technology
and the future demand for coal. Annual Review of Energy 14,1:
61-94.
Labys, Walter C., and Chin-wei Yang. 1991. Advances in the spatial modeling
of international mineral and energy issues. International Regional Science
Review 14,1: 61-94.
Labys, Walter C., and Montague J. Lord. 1990. Portfolio optimization and
the design of Latin American export diversification policies. Journal of
Development Studies 26,2: 260-277.
Labys, Walter C., and Jean-Baptiste Lesourd. 1989. Facteurs explicatifs
des ajustements de prix sur le marchJ
international du charbon. Revue de L’energie 416, DJcembre:
1035-1045.
Labys, Walter C. And Lorna M. Waddell. 1989. Commodity life-cycles in U.S.
materials demand. Resources Policy 15, September: 238-252.
Kim, Bong, and Walter C. Labys. 1988. Application of the translog model
of energy substitution to developing countries. Energy Economics 10:
313-323.
Waddell, Lorna, and Walter C. Labys. 1988. Transmaterialization: Technology
and materials demand cycles. Materials and Society 12,1: 59-86.
Labys, Walter C. 1986. "The West Virginia Natural Gas Industry Model,"
Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 16, Research Triangle Park: Instrument
Society of America, (with A. Rose and T. Witt).
Labys, Walter C. 1986. "An Economic Analysis of the Stability of East-West
Mineral Trade Patterns," in J. Tilton (ed.) East-West Mineral Trade.
Special Issue, Resources Policy, 1986.
Labys, Walter C. 1985. "Resource Commodity Dependency and State Econometric
Modeling," with F. Shahrokh and T. Witt, Review of Regional Studies,
15 : 36-48.
Golomb, Daniel, Stephen Batterman, James Gruhl, and Walter C. Labys. 1985.
Sensitivity analysis of the kinetics of acid rain models. Atmospheric Environment
17,3: 645-653.
Shahrokh, Fereidoon, and Walter C. Labys. 1985. A commodity-regional model
of West Virginia. Journal of Regional Science 25,3: 383-411.
Yang, Chin-wei, and Walter C. Labys. 1985. A sensitivity analysis of the
linear complementarity programming model: Appalachian steam coal and the natural
gas market. Energy Economics 7: 145-152.
Labys, Walter C. 1983. "Cyclical Disequilibrium in the U.S. Copper
Market," with A. Afrasiabi, Applied Economics 15: 437-51.
Labys, Walter C. 1983. Una politica comercial optima para contrarrestar
la inestabilidad en la exportacion de productos latinoamericanos. Integracion
Latin America 8: 3-19.
Labys, Walter C., and Ahmad Afrasiabi. 1983. Cyclical disequilibrium in
the U.S. copper market. Applied Economics 15: 437-451.
Labys, Walter C., Rajendra K. Pachuri, and Charles L. Blitzer. 1983. Coal:
A development challenge. Natural Resources Forum 7: 299-310.
Labys, Walter C., and Chin-wei Yang. 1983. Sensitivity analysis of the stability
properties of the quadratic programming commodity model. Empirical Economics
7: 93-107.
Labys, Walter C. 1982. "The Rational Cavist," with B. Cohen and
C. Yang, in European Review of Agricultural Economics.
Labys, Walter C. 1982. Measuring the validity and performance of energy
models. Energy Economics 4: 159-168.
Labys, Walter C. And Chin-Wei Yang. 1981. Stability of Appalachian coal
shipments under policy variation. Energy Journal 2: 111-128.
Labys, Walter C. 1980. Commodity price stabilization models: A review and
appraisal. Journal of Policy Modeling 2: 121-136.
Labys, Walter C. 1980. A model of disequilibrium adjustments in the copper
market. Materials and Society 4: 153-164.
Labys, Walter C., and Chin-wei Yang. 1980. A quadratic programming model
of the Appalachian steam coal market. Energy Economics 2: 86-95.
Labys, Walter C. 1979. "An Econometric Simulation Model of the U.S.
Market for Steam Coal," with S. Paik and AM. Liebenthal, Energy Economics
1:19-26.
Labys, Walter C. 1979. Simulation of an international buffer stock for jute.
Journal of development Studies 3: 154 166.
Labys, Walter C., Soon Paik, and Andres M. Liebenthal. 1979. An econometric
simulation model of the U.S. market for steam coal. Energy Economics
1: 19-26.
Laybs, Walter C. 1978. Critique of Econometric Studies of Commodity Price
Stabilization. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association.
Labys, Walter C., and Bruce Cohen. 1978. Wine as a medium term investment
vehicle. European Review of Agricultural Economics 5: 35-49.
Labys, Walter C. 1977. "Optimal Portfolio Analysis of a Multicommodity
Stabilization Scheme" Bulletin of the OxfordInstitute
of Economics and Statistics 39: 219-228.
Labys, Walter C. 1977. Multicommodity substitution patterns in international
fats and oil market. European Review of Agricultural Economics 4: 75-84.
Labys, Walter C. 1977. World grain markets. A functional analysis. World
Development 5: 537-548.
Labys, Walter C. 1976. International commodity markets, models, and forecasts.
Columbia Journal of World Business 4: 36-45.
Labys, Walter C. 1976. An international comparison of price and income elasticities
for wine consumption. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics
20: 33-36.
Labys, Walter C., and Yves Perrin. 1976. Multivariate analysis of price
aspects of commodity price stabilization schemes. Weltwirtschaftliches
Archives 112: 556-564.
Labys, Walter C. 1975. "Commodity Approaches to Resources, Energy and
Regional Planning," Indian Journal of Politics IX: 153-62.
Labys, Walter C. 1975. Commodity modeling approaches to resources, energy,
and regional planning. Indian Journal of Politics 9: 153-162.
Labys, Walter C. 1975. The problem and challenges for international commodity
models and model builders. American Journal of Agricultural Economics
57: 873-878.
Labys, Walter C. 1975. Speculation, hedging, and commodity price behavior:
An international comparison. Applied Economics 7: 287-301.
Labys, Walter C. 1971. "Copper Price Behaviour and the London Metal
Exchange." Applied Economics 3:99-113.
Selected Books, Edited Volumes, and Chapters in Books
Labys, Walter C., 2000. "Transmaterialization," in R.Ayres and
L. Ayres (eds.), Handbook of Industrial Ecology. London: Edward Elgar,
forthcoming.
Labys, Walter C., 1999 Modeling Mineral and Energy Markets. Boston,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Book.
Labys, Walter C., 1999 "Commodity Market and Models: The Range of Experience."
In D. Greenaway and W. Morgan (eds). The Economics of Commodity Markets.
London: Edward Elgar. This book is in the Encyclopedia Series: The International
Library of Critical Writings in Economics.
Kouassi, E., Labys, W.C., and D. Colyer. 1999. "Structural Time Series
Forecasting of Commodity Prices. Proceedings of the Conference on the DynamicAnalysis
and forecasting of Commodity Markets and Prices (Dynam des Prix et Marches
de Matiers Premiieres: Analyyse et Prevision) GAMMA, November 5-6, 1998, University
of Grenobl
Labys Walter C., 1998 "Inventory Behavior and the Competitiveness
of Agricultural Commodities." In Trade, Policy, and Competition,
Southern Cooperative Series, Bulletin No 390, Auburn University.
Labys, Walter C., and Se Hark Park. 1998 Industrial Development and Environmental
Degradation, London: Edward Elgar, Book.
Cohen, Bruce C., and Walter C. Labys. 1997. "An Econometric Approach
to CO2 Concentration Modeling," In Measuring and Accounting
Environmental Nuisances and Benefits: Essays in Environmetrics, eds. F.
Carlevaro and J.B. Lesourd, London: Macmillan.
Labys, Walter C., and Chin-wei Yang. 1996. Le Chatelier’s principle and
the allocation sensitivity of spatial commodity models. In Recent advances
in spatial equilibrium modeling: Methodology and application (essays in honor
of Takashama Takayama), eds. J.C. van der Bergh, Peter Nijkamp, and Peter
Rietveld. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Labys, Walter C., Veronique Murcia, and Michel Terraza. 1996. Modeling of
the petroleum spot market: A vector autoregressive approach. In Models
for Energy Policy. ed. J.B. Lesourd. London: Routledge Publishing Company.
Bocoum, Brigitte, and Walter C. Labys. 1994. Modelisation de l’impact economique
de la valorisation locale des minerais: Les cas de la Zambia et du maroc.
In Matieres premieres: Marches mondiaux, desequilibres, organization,
ed. S. Calabre. Paris: Economica, Chapter 10.
Labys, Walter C., Dominique Badillo, and Jean-Baptiste Lesourd. 1994. Les
prix des produits de base; Sont ils devenues plus instables. In Matieres
premieres; Marches mondiaux, desequilibres, organisation, ed. S. Calabre.
Paris: Economica, Chapter 2.
*Cromwell, Jeff, Walter C. Labys, and Michel Terraza. 1994. Univariate
tests for time series models. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
*Cromwell, Jeff, Mike Hannan, Walter C. Labys, and Michel Terraza. 1994.
Multivariate tests for time series models. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Labys, Walter C. 1993. Model validation. In Systems modeling handbook,
eds. John P. Weyant and Thomas A. Kuczmowski. New York: Pergamon Press.
Labys, Walter C. 1993. The changing severity and impact of commodity price
instability. In Economic crisis in developing countries: New perspectives
on commodities, trade and finance (essays in honor of Alfred Maizels),
ed. Machiko Nissanke. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
*Spahni, Pierre, and Walter C. Labys. 1992. Le Vin (Le marche international
du vin). Paris: Economica.
*Guvenen, Orhan, Walter C. Labys, and Jean-Baptiste Lesourd, eds. 1991.
International commodity market models. London: Chapman Hall Publishing
Company.
Afrasiabi, Ahmad, Masood Moallem, and Walter C. Labys. 1991. Spectral interpretation
of stock adjustment processes in mineral markets. In International commodity
market models. (See above listing.)
*Guvenen, Orhan, Walter C. Labys, and Jean-Baptiste Lesourd, eds. 1991.
Politiques economiques et marches internationaux des matieres premieres:
Analyses econometriques. Paris: Economica.
Labys, Walter C. 1991. International minerals trade. In Concise encyclopedia
of materials economics, policy and management, ed. M.B. Bever. New York;
Pergamon Press.
Labys, Walter C., and John P. Weyant. 1990. Integrated models. In Engineering-economic
modeling: Energy Systems, eds. John P. Weyant and Thomas A. Kuczmowski.
New York: Pergamon Press.
*Labys, Walter C., Takashi Takayama, and Noel D. Uri. Eds. 1989. Quantitative
methods for market-oriented economic analysis over space and time. Aldershot:
Gower Publishing Company.
Labys, Walter C., and Chin-wei Yang. 1989. A sensitivity analysis of the
linear complementarity programming model: Appalachian steam coal and natural
gas. In Quantitative methods for market-oriented economic analysis over
space and time. (See above listing.)
Labys, Walter C. 1989. An integrated exhaustible resource model of copper
market dynamics. In Economics in theory and in practice: An eclectic approach
(Essays in honor of F. Gerard Adams), eds. J. Marquez and L. Klein (NL).
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Labys, Walter C. Harmon Thomas, and Daniel Gijsbers. 1989. Monetary and
economic determinants of international commodity price behavior. In A reappraisal
of the efficiency of financial markets, eds. R. Guimaraes, B.G. Kingsman,
and S. Taylor. Heidelberg; Springer-Verlag.
Labys, Walter C. "An Integrated Model of Exhaustible Resource Behavior,"
with M. Radetzki. In International Commodity Market Models and Policy Analysis,
O. Guvenen (ed.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.
Labys, Walter C. 1988. "Energy Model Evaluation." Chapter in Handbook
of Energy Modeling, H. Kuczmowski and J. Weyant (eds.) New York, Praeger
Publishing Co., 1988.
Labys, Walter C., Jean-Baptiste Lesourd, and J. Keith Jacques. 1988. Forecasting
for energy management. In Modern applied energy conservation, eds.
J.K. Jacques, Jean-Baptiste Lesourd, and Jean-Michel Ruiz. New York and London:
Ellis Harwood/John Wiley.
*Labys, Walter C. 1987. Commodity markets and models: An international
bibliography. Aldershot: Gower Publishing Company.
Labys, Walter C. 1986. "The Growth of Public Enterprise and Its Impact
on Mineral Trade," In W.R. Bush (ed.) Economics of Internationally
Traded Minerals. New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers.
Labys, Walter C. 1986. International minerals trade and minerals inventories.
In Encyclopedia of material science and engineering, ed. Michael B.
Bever. New York and Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Labys, Walter C., and Takashi Takayama. 1986. Spatial equilibrium analysis:
Mathematical and programming model advances in spatial, agricultural, energy,
and mineral modeling. In Handbook of regional economics, ed. P. Nijkamp.
Amsterdam: North-Holland.
Labys, Walter C. 1985. "Energy Modeling," with D. Wood (MIT);
and "Mineral Modeling" with J. Clark and F. Church (MIT). Two chapters
in new edition of Mineral Economics (W. Vogely, ed.). New York: American
Institute of Mining Engineers.
*Labys, Walter C., and Peter K. Pollak. 1985. Commodity models for forecasting
and policy analysis. London: Croom-Helm.
Labys, Walter C. 1984. "Role of the Soviet Union in Critical Metals
Markets," in M. Kostecki (ed.) The Soviet Impact onCommodity
Markets, London: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Labys, Walter C. 1984. An optimal trade policy to counter Latin American
commodity market instability. In Terms of trade and the optimal tariff
in Latin America, ed. E. Conesa. Buenos Aires: Institute for Latin American
Integration.
Labys, Walter C., and Fereidoon Shahrokh. 1983. A dynamic forecasting model
of the U.S. coal market. In Conference on the use of computers in the coal
industry, eds. Y.J. Wang and Richard L. Sanford. New York:American Institute
of Mining Engineers.
Labys, Walter C. 1982. Role of state trading in international commodity
markets. In State trading in market economies, ed. Maciek Kostecki.
London: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Labys, Walter C., ed. 1982. Minerals demand modeling. Washington,
DC: Board on Mineral and Energy Resources, National Academy of Sciences.
*Labys, Walter C., M.I. Nadiri, and J. Nunez del Arco, eds. 1980. Commodity
markets and Latin American development: A modeling approach. New York:
National Bureau of Economic Research.
*Labys, Walter C. 1980. Market structure, bargaining power and resource
price formation. Lexington; Heath Lexington Books.
Labys, Walter C. 1978. "Market Structure, Power and Performance in
Resource Price Formation," in Proceedings of the Wisconsin Seminar
on Natural Resource Policies in Relation to Economic Development and International
Cooperation, Vol. I, University of Wisconsin-Madison, pp. 217-252.
Labys, Walter C. 1978. Bibliography of commodity models. In Econometric
models of world commodity markets, ed. F. Gerard Adams, Lexington: Heath
Lexington Books.
Labys, Walter C. 1978. Commodity markets and models: the range of experience.
In Stabilizing worked commodity markets: Analysis, practice and policy,
eds. F. Gerard Adams and Lawrence S. Klein. Lexington: Heath Lexington Books.
Labys, Walter C. 1976. "Evolution of U.S. Commodity Policy," in
United States Commodity Policies, U.S. Committee on International Relations,
Document No. 70-728, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, pp. 10-33.
Labys, Walter C. 1976. Bidding and auctioning on international commodity
markets. In Bidding and auctioning in theory and practice, ed. Gerhard
Amihud. New York:New York University Press.
Labys, Walter C. 1976. Foreign investment in the U.S. mineral industry:
The case of West Virginia coal. In A study of alien investment in United
States lands, ed. E. Wunderlick. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Labys, Walter C. 1976. Naivety and optimality on commodity price forecasting.
In Primary commodity prices: analysis and forecasting, ed. W. Driehuis.
The Netherlands: Rotterdam University Press.
*Labys, Walter C., ed. 1975. Quantitative models of commodity markets.
Cambridge: Ballinger Publishing Company.
*Labys, Walter C. 1973. Dynamic commodity models: Specification, estimation,
and simulation. Lexington: Heath Lexington Books.
*Labys, Walter C., and Clive W.J. Granger. 1970. Speculation, hedging
and commodity price forecasts. Lexington: Heath Lexington Books. (Japanese
translation, Tuttle, 1976.)
*Books authored or edited.
Selected Recent Reports
Labys, Walter C. et Michel Terraza. 2000. "Une Decennie de Commerce
Globale du Vin." Journee Vinicole, forthcoming.
Labys, Walter C. et Michel Terraza 2000 « Globalisation de Structure
de Marche du Vin. Journee Vinicole, forthcoming.
Colyer, D. and W.C. Labys. 1999. "International Trade un Poultry Meat."
Prepared for West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin XXX,
Morgantown, WV.
Suwala, N., Walt C. Labys, and M. Kudelko. 1999. Modeling Transition
in the Polish Coal Industry. Published by the Polish Academy of Sciences,
Kracow.
Labys, Walter C. 1996. Modeling Methods Important for the Polish Mineral
and Energy Industries. Report prepared for the Polish Academy of Sciences,
Cracow.
Labys, Walter C. 1993. World advanced materials industry. Report
prepared for the Global Studies Branch, UN Industrial Development Organization,
Vienna.
Labys, Walter C. 1991. World copper industry. Report prepare for
the Global Studies Branch, UN Industrial Development Organization, Vienna.
Selected Recent Working Papers
Labys, Walter C. "Globalization, Oil Price Volatility and the US Economy."
Research Paper 20006, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University
Labys, W.C., Cohen, B.C., and Eliste, P. "Cyclical Analysis of CO2
Emissions and Concentration." Working Paper, Natural Resource Economics
Program, West Virginia University.
Badillo, D., Labys, W.C., Lesourd, J.B. "Agricultural Price Cycles."
Working Paper, Natural Resource Economics Program, West Virginia University.
Kouassi, E. Labys, W.C. and D. Colyer. "Endogenous vs. Exogenous Models
of Commodity Price Cycles. "Working Paper, Natural Resource Economics
Program, West Virginia University.
Labys, Walter C., and Eugene Kouassi. Structural Time Series Modeling of
Commodity Price Cycles, Research Paper 9602, Regional Research Institute,
West Virginia University.
Labys, Walter C., D. Badillo and J.B. Lesourd. The Cyclical Behavior of
Individual Commodity Price Series. Document de Travail 95B03, GREQAM, Universities
dAix-Marseille II, III.
Labys, W.C., Kouassi, E and Colyer, D. Forecasting Commodity Prices with
the Structural Time Series Approach. Working paper, Natural Resource Economics
Program, West Virginia University.
Selected Scholarly Service and Positions:
Millenium Lecture, Center for Economic and Policy Research, St. Vincent
College, Latrobe, PA.
Economic Advisor, Mineral and Energy Economic Research Center, Polish National
Academy of Sciences, sponsored by the Sklowdowska-Curie Polish-American Fund
1995- 1999.
Scientific Committee, Group for Analyses of Primary Commodity Markets, Conference
on Analysis and Forecasting of Dynamic Commodity Markets. University of Grenoble,
1998.
AMPART Guest Lecturer, U.S. International Communication Agency (USIA), Department
of State. Lectures, radio and television appearances in Thailand, Malaysia,
Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan, 1979.
Award Nomination Committee in Economics, The Nobel Prize (The Bank of Sweden
Prize Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel), Stockholm.
Coordinator, Conference on Commodity Markets and Latin American Development,
National Bureau of Economic Research, Lima, Peru, 1976-79.
Coordinator, Conference on International Commodity Market Modeling. (French)
Applied Econometric Association and World Bank, Washington, D.C., 1988-89.
Associate Editor, Global Report on Industry and Development, UN Industrial
Development Organizations, Vienna, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94.
Editorial Board, Environmental and Resource Economics, A Kluwer Environmental
Journal, 1988-98.
Editorial Panel, Board on Mineral and Energy Resources, National Resource
Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1981-82.
Expert Working Group, Office International de La Vigne et du Vin, Paris,
1992-97.
External Advisor, International Economics Department, International Commodity
Markets Division, World Bank, Washington, DC, 1987-91.
Fulbright Visiting Faculty Sponsor: Ivory Coast and Japan.
Project Director, World Institute for Development Economic Research, United
Nations University, Helsinki, 1986-90.
Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, Who’s Who’s Who International in Wine,
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in the Southwest, Dictionary
of International Biography, International Who’s Who of Intellectuals, Contemporary
Authors, Directory of American Authors, Directory of Leading Americans.
Referee: Energy Economics, Applied Economics, Economic Development and Cultural
Change, Empirical Economics, Journal of Resource and Environmental Economics,
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Journal
of Development Economics. International Regional Science Review, Journal of
Resource and Energy Economics, Operations Research, World Development, Journal
of Futures Markets, NRI-USDA Competition, National Science Foundation, Kluwer
Publishers, Sage Publishers.