Articles & Reports

Refereed Journal Publications

1. Uusivuori, J., Rämö, J. and O.P Kuusela. 2025. On the extraction of common-pool resources: impacts of population, amenity values and income inequality.” Environment and Development Economics, 30(6):483-499.

2. Puettmann, K.J., Braybrook, R., Zuckerman, S. and O.P. Kuusela. 2024. "Financial Outcomes of Harvests Aimed at Diversifying Forests in Western Oregon and Washington." Small-scale Forestry, 23(4):673-692. 

3. Rushakoff, B., Cushing, T.L., Kline, J.D. and O.P. Kuusela. 2024. “Factors influencing forest landowner enrollment in preferential property tax programs: Evidence from Oregon.” Trees, Forests and People, 18, 100684. 

4. Rossi, D., B. Rushakoff and O.P. Kuusela. 2023. "Impacts of the Small-Tract Forestland (STF) Tax Program on Forestland Use in Oregon." Forest Science, 69(5):498-509. 

5. Rossi, D. and O.P. Kuusela. 2023. “Carbon and timber management in Western Oregon under tax-financed investments in wildfire risk mitigation.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp. 376-397.

6. Zhai, J. and O.P. Kuusela. 2023. "An Econometric Study of Oregon's Log and Lumber Markets: Estimation of Price Elasticities Using Two Approaches." Forest Policy and Economics 149.

7. Rossi, D., O.P. Kuusela, and C. Dunn. 2022. "A microeconometric analysis of wildfire suppression decisions in the western United States." Ecological Economics 200.

8. Zhai, J. and O.P. Kuusela. 2022. "Incidence of domestic subsidies vs. export taxes: an equilibrium displacement model of log and lumber markets in Oregon." Forest Policy and Economics 135.

9. Bruck, S. and O.P. Kuusela. 2021. "How health and market access associate with agroforestry adoption decisions: evidence from Tabora, Tanzania." Agroforestry Systems 95:1073-1086.

10. Rossi, D, Zhai, J., and O.P. Kuusela. 2021. “Measuring the value of softwood log exports: evidence from Oregon.” Journal of Forestry 119(4):351-362.

11. Kuusela, O.P. and J. Lintunen. 2020. "Modeling market-level effects of disturbance risks in age structured forests." Forest Policy and Economics 118.

12. Zhai, J. and O.P. Kuusela. 2020. “Estimating price dynamics in the aftermath of forest disturbances: The Biscuit Fire in southwest Oregon.” Forest Science 66:556-567. 

13. Rossi, D. and O.P. Kuusela. 2020. "The influence of risk attitudes on suppression spending and on wildland fire program budgeting." Forest Policy and Economics 113.

14. Kuusela, O.P. and T. Laiho. 2020. "The role of research in common pool problems." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 100.

15. Kuusela, O.P. and J. Lintunen. 2020. “A cap-and-trade commitment policy with allowance banking.” Environmental and Resource Economics 75:421–455.

16. Kuusela. O.P., M. Bowman, G.S. Amacher, R.B. Howarth, N.T. Laporte. 2020. "Does infrastructure and resource access matter for technical efficiency? An empirical analysis of fishing and fuelwood collection in Mozambique." Environment, Development and Sustainability 22:1811–1837.

17. Kuusela, O.P. and J. Lintunen. 2019. “Financial valuation and the optimal rotation of a fully regulated forest.” Canadian Journal of Forest Research 49:819-825.

18. Rossi, D. and O.P. Kuusela. 2019. “Cost plus net value change (C+NVC) revisited: a sequential formulation of the wildfire economics model.” Forest Science 65(2):125-136. 

19. Lintunen, J., and O.P. Kuusela. 2018. "Business cycles and emission trading with banking."  European Economic Review 101:397-417. 

20. Kuusela, O.P., G.S. Amacher, and K. Moeltner. 2017. "Enforcing the rules in timber concessions: Performance bonding in the presence of corruption risk."  Forest Policy and Economics 85:52-64.

21. Kuusela, O.P., and G.S. Amacher. 2016. "A review of performance bonding in forest policy settings."  Current Forestry Reports 2 (3):189-200.

22. Kuusela, O.P., and G.S. Amacher. 2016. "Changing political regimes and tropical deforestation." Environmental and Resource Economics 64 (3):445-463.

Book Chapters

• Kuusela, O.P. 2021. “Performance Bonding for Environmental Protection.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Environmental Economics.

Reports, Working Papers, and Other Articles

1. Kuusela O.P. and A. Khajuria. 2025. “How to promote circular economy transformation in the Global South? A review of industrial policy options.” WIDER Working Paper 2025/104. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. 

2. Ali-Yrkkö, J. Kuusela O.P., Kuusi T., Maczulskij T. and M. Pajarinen. 2025. "How is Finland responding to the shifts in the geopolitical landscape?" Publications of the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities 2025:4.

3. Kuusela, O.P. and O. Ropponen. 2025. "Moving Faster towards a Circular Economy: A Review of Policies and Indicators". ETLA Report 159.

4. Ali-Yrkkö, J., Kuusela, O.P. and T. Kuusi. 2024. ”Geopolitics is Changing the Global Economy”. ETLA Report 150. 

5. Kuosmanen, N., Kaitila, V., Kuusela, O.P., Lintunen, J., Maczulskij, T. and T. V. Valkonen. 2023. “Transition to carbon neutrality:  Implications for productivity, competitiveness and investments.” Publications of the Government’s Analysis, Assessment and Research Activities 2023:62.

6. Kauhanen, A. and O.P. Kuusela. 2023. “Changing composition of workforce and skills during green transition.” Finnish Labour Review 3/2023. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

7. Kuusela, O.P., Mykrä N., Jousilahti, J., Neuvonen, A., Arola, T., Markkanen, I., Nokkala, T., Lehtonen, A., Heikkinen, H., Oinonen, I., Alhola, K., Huttunen, S., Paloniemi, R., Pohjola, J. and T. Saarinen. 2023. “Skills and education needs in the green transition VISIOS.” Publications of the Government’s Analysis, Assessment and Research Activities 2023:31.

8. Kuusi T., Kuusela O.P., Puonti P., Ropponen O., Valkonen T. and V. Vihriälä. 2023. ”General government fiscal frameworks and their development needs in Finland.” Publications of the Government´s analysis, assessment and research activities 2023:21.

9. Valkonen, T., Kuusi, T., Pohjola, J.,  Sillanaukee, O., Kuusela, O.P., Lehmus, M., Lintunen, J., Sarkia, K., and S. Fronzek. 2023. “Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change on Public Finances.” Publications of the Government’s Analysis, Assessment and Research Activities 2023:17.

10. Kuusela, O.P., and J. Lintunen. 2022. “Electricity Markets in a State of Crisis: An Overview of the Suggested Policy Measures.” Etla Brief 113.

11. Kaitila, V., O.P. Kuusela, T. Kuusi, J. Pohjola, and S. Soimakallio. 2022. “Revisiting the Economic Impacts of the EU CBAM on Finland and the EU.” Etla Reports 128.

12. Deegen, P., R.J. Brazee, and O.P. Kuusela. 2020. “The Sixth International Faustmann Symposium: The mathematical way of thinking continues to yield.” Forest Policy and economics 120.

13. Kuusela, O.P., D. Rossi, G. Latta, P. Watson, and T. Nadreu. 2019. “Forest Resources and Markets: Trends and Economic Impacts. The 2019 Forest Report.” Oregon Forest Research Institute (OFRI).

Other Collaborations

• The Sixth International Faustmann Symposium Special Issue (published in Forest Policy and Economics)