Selected Recent Publications by Center Researchers:

  • Olen, B., and S. Auld. 2018. A Roadmap for Assessing Relative Risks for Agricultural Production. Choices 4th Quarter. Article
  • Ando, A., and C. Langpap. 2018. The Economics of Species Conservation. Annual Review of Resource Economics Vol 10.
  • Chen Y., H. Park, Y. Chen, P. Corcoran, D. Cox, J. Reimer, and B Weber. 2018. Integrated Engineering-Economic Model for the Assessment of Regional Economic Vulnerability to Tsunamis. Natural Hazards Review 19 (4), 04018018. 
  • Antle, J., H. Zhang, J. E. Mu, J. Abatzoglou, and C. Stöckle. 2018. Methods to assess between-system adaptations to climate change: dryland wheat systems in the Pacific Northwest United States. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 253: 195-207.
  • Yu J. and D. Sumner. 2018. Effects of subsidized crop insurance on crop choices. Agricultural Economics 49(4): 533-45.
  • Capalbo S., C. Seavert, J. Antle, J. Way, and L. Houston. 2018. Understanding Tradeoffs in the Context of Farm-Scale Impacts: An Application of Decision-Support Tools for Assessing Climate Smart Agriculture. Climate Smart Agriculture 173-97.
  • Langpap, C., J. Kerkvliet, and J. Shogren. 2017. The Economics of the US Endangered Species Act: A Review of Recent Developments. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 12(1): 69-91.
  • Olen, B., and J.J. Wu. 2017. Tracking the Evolution and Recent Development of Whole Farm Insurance Programs. Choices 3rd Quarter. Article
  • Wu, J., and J. Yu. 2017. Efficiency-Equity Tradeoffs in Targeting Payments for Ecosystem Services. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99(4): 894-913.
  • Langpap, C., and J. Wu. 2017. Threshold, Pervasive Incentives, and Preemptive Conservation of Endangered Species. Journal of Association of Environmental and Resource Economics Association. doi/10.1086/692070
  • Wu, J., B. Weber, and M. Partridge. 2017. Rural-Urban Interdependency: A Framework Integrating Regional, Urban and Environmental Economic Insights. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 99(2): 464-480.
  • Wu, J., and W. Oueslati. 2016. How Does Urbanization Affect the Economy and the Environment? Policy Challenges and Research Needs. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 10(1): 1-35.
  • Claassen, R., C. Langpap, and J. Wu. 2017. Impacts of Federal Crop Insurance on Land Use and Environmental Quality. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99(3): 592–613.
  • Wu, J., and J. Reimer. 2016. Pollution Mobility, Productivity Disparity, and the Spatial Distribution of Polluting and Nonpolluting Firms. Journal of Regional Science 56: 615–634.
  • Wu, J., and Y. Chen. 2016. The Evolution of Municipal Structure. Journal of Economic Geography 16: 917-940.
  • Olen, B., J. Wu, and C. Langpap. 2016. Irrigation Decisions for Major West Coast Crops: Water Scarcity and Climate Determinants. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 98: 1–22.
  • Saito, H., and J. Wu. 2016. Agglomeration, Congestion, and Regional Disparities in U.S. Employment Growth. Journal of Regional Science 56: 53-71.
  • Li, M., J. Wu, and X. Deng. 2016. Land Use Change and Soil Carbon Sequestration in China: Where Does It Pay to Conserve? Global Environmental Change. DOI 10.1007/s10113-016-0948-9.
  • Cho, S.-H., K. Tanaka, J. Wu, R.K. Robert, and T. Kim. 2016. Effects of Nuclear Power Plant Shutdowns on Electricity Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions after the Tohoku Earthquake. Energy Economics 55: 223–233.
  • Wu, J., W. Xu, and R. Alig. 2016. Optimal Location, Size and Budget of Open Space Conservation.Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 52: 73–97.
  • Rashford, B.S., R.M. Adams, J. Wu, R.A. Voldseth, G. Guntenspergen, B. Werner, W.C. Johnson. 2016. Impacts of Climate Change on Land-Use and Wetland Productivity in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America. Regional Environmental Change 16: 515-526.
  • Wu, J., and C. Langpap. 2015. The Price and Welfare Effects of Biofuel Mandates and Subsidies.Environmental and Resource Economics 62: 35–57.
  • Olen, B, J. Wu and C. Langpap. Irrigation Decisions for Major West Coast Crops: Water Scarcity and Climatic Determinants. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. first published online June 15, 2015 doi:10.1093/ajae/aav036. Article
  • Antle, J.M. and L. Houston. "A Regional Look at the Distribution of Farm Program Payments and How It May Change with a New Farm Bill."  Choices 4th Quarter (2013). (PDF) (Additional Graphs - PDF)
  • Buccola, S., C. Li, and J. Reimer. Minimum Wages, Immigration Control, and Agricultural Labor Supply, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(2) (2012): 464-470.
  • Chen, Y. and B. Weber, “Federal Policy, Rural Community Growth, and Wealth Creation: The Impact of the Federal Forest Policy and Rural Development Spending in the Pacific Northwest” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 94(2):542-548. January 2012. Article
  • Okrent, A. and J.M. Alston. “The Effects of Farm Commodity and Retail Food Policies on Obesity and Economic Welfare in the United States.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(1) (February 2012): 611-646. Article
  • Rickard, B.J., A.M. Okrent, and J.M. Alston. “How Have Agricultural Policies Influenced Calorie Consumption and Obesity in the United States?” Health Economics (2012).
  • Langpap, C., and J. Wu. “Potential Environmental Impacts of Increased Reliance on Corn-Based Bioenergy.” Environmental and Resource Economics:  49(2011): 147-171. (PDF)
  • Castle, E.N., J. Wu and B. Weber, “Place Orientation and Rural-urban Interdependence,” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 33(2) (Summer 2011): 179-204. (PDF)
  • Reimer, J. The Domestic Content of Imports and the Foreign Content of Exports, International Review of Economics and Finance 20 (2011): 173-184.
  • Wu, J., M. Fisher, and U. Pascual.  “Urbanization and the Viability of Local Agricultural Economies.” Land Economics 87(February 2011): 109-125. (PDF)
  • Antle, J.M. and S.M. Capalbo "Adaptation of Agricultural and Food Systems to Climate Change: An Economic and Policy Perspective." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 32 (2010):386-416. (PDF)
  • Sumner, D.A., J.M. Alston, and J.W. Glauber. "Evolution of the Economics of Agricultural Policy." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(2) (April 2010): 403-423.
  • Sumner, D.A., W.A. Matthews, J.A. Mench, and J.T.R. Molina. "The Economics of Regulations on Hen Housing in California." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42(3) (2010):429-438.
  • Wu, JunJie, and Haixia Lin.  “The Effect of the Conservation Reserve Program on Land Values.”  Land Economics 86(February 2010): 1-21. (PDF)
  • Antle, J.M. "Asymmetry, Partial Moments and Production Risk." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92 (2010):1294-1309. (PDF)
  • Alston, J.M. "Efficiency of Income Transfers to Farmers through Public Agricultural Research—Theory and Evidence from the United States." American Journal of Agricultural Economics91(5) (December 2009): 1281-1288. (PDF)
  • Lee, H., J. Huang, S. Rozelle, and D.A. Sumner. "Wine Markets in China: Assessing the Potential with Supermarket Survey Data." Journal of Wine Economics 4(1) (2009):94-113.
  • Weber, B., “Rural Poverty:  Why Should States Care and What Can State Policy Do?” Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Vol. 37(1): 48-52, 2007. (PDF)