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Working Papers

2022

1. Creating American Farmland: Governance Institutions and Investment in Agricultural Drainage
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Creating American Farmland: Governance Institutions and Investment in Agricultural Drainage, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2025) (2025)
2. Left in the Dust? Environmental and Labor Effects of Rural-Urban Water Sales
   2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
   Also in CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2021)
   CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2021)
3. Property Rights to Land and Agricultural Organization: An Argentina-United States Comparison
   CEH Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (2)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
   See also Journal Article Property Rights to Land and Agricultural Organization: An Argentina–United States Comparison, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2020

4. The Economics of Groundwater Governance Institutions Across the Globe
   CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
   Also in CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2020)
   See also Journal Article The Economics of Groundwater Governance Institutions across the Globe, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2019

5. Community Impacts of Fishery Privatization
   CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
   Also in CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2019)

2017

6. How Transaction Costs Obstruct Collective Action: Evidence from California’s Groundwater
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2016

7. An Illiquid Market in the Desert: Estimating the Cost of Water Trade Restrictions in Northern Chile
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article An illiquid market in the desert: estimating the cost of water trade restrictions in northern Chile, Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2011

8. A Comparative Assessment of Water Markets: Insights from the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia and the Western US
   ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (8)

2010

9. Water Scarcity and Water Markets: A Comparison of Institutions and Practices in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia and the Western US
   ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research

Undated

10. Land Ownership and Irrigation on American Indian Reservations
    CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Also in CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
11. Sooner or Safer? Bureaucracy in Oil and Gas Production
    CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Also in CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Journal Articles

2025

1. Creating American Farmland: Governance Institutions and Investment in Agricultural Drainage
   The Journal of Economic History, 2025, 85, (3), 806-843
   See also Working Paper Creating American Farmland: Governance Institutions and Investment in Agricultural Drainage, NBER Working Papers (2022) (2022)
2. The capitalization of property rights to groundwater
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2025, 107, (2), 390-410 View citations (1)
3. Water, dust, and environmental justice: The case of agricultural water diversions
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2025, 107, (4), 1041-1058

2024

4. The Economics of Drought
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2024, 16, (1), 105-124

2023

5. Paper Water, Wet Water, and the Recognition of Indigenous Property Rights
   Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2023, 10, (6), 1545 - 1579 View citations (2)
6. Teaching Price Elasticity of Demand and Marginal Analysis using Household Water Pricing
   Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR), 2023, 5, (3) View citations (1)

2022

7. Property Rights to Land and Agricultural Organization: An Argentina–United States Comparison
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2022, 65, (S1), S1 - S33 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Property Rights to Land and Agricultural Organization: An Argentina-United States Comparison, CEH Discussion Papers (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
8. The Impact of Property Rights to Fish on Remote Communities in Alaska
   Land Economics, 2022, 98, (2), 239-253

2021

9. The Economics of Groundwater Governance Institutions across the Globe
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (4), 1571-1594 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Economics of Groundwater Governance Institutions Across the Globe, CEnREP Working Papers (2020) (2020)

2020

10. Institutional and Organizational Analysis: Concepts and Applications. By Eric Alston, Lee Alston, Bernardo Mueller, and Tomas Nonnenmacher. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. 406. $78.91, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (3), 926-927
11. Irrigation Investment on an American Indian Reservation
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020, 102, (4), 1083-1104 View citations (9)
12. Predator–prey dynamics in general equilibrium and the role of trade
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2020, 61, (C) View citations (1)

2018

13. An illiquid market in the desert: estimating the cost of water trade restrictions in northern Chile
    Environment and Development Economics, 2018, 23, (6), 615-634 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper An Illiquid Market in the Desert: Estimating the Cost of Water Trade Restrictions in Northern Chile, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (3) (2016)
14. How transaction costs obstruct collective action: The case of California's groundwater
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 91, (C), 46-65 View citations (23)
15. The Role of Irrigation in the Development of Agriculture in the United States
    The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (4), 1103-1141 View citations (17)

2016

16. Book Review: “Chasing Water — A Guide for Moving from Scarcity to Sustainability”
    Water Economics and Policy (WEP), 2016, 02, (02), 1-4
17. What Lies Beneath? Aquifer Heterogeneity and the Economics of Groundwater Management
    Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2016, 3, (2), 453 - 491 View citations (40)

Chapters

2022

1. The Economics of Climatic Adaptation: Agricultural Drainage in the United States
   A chapter in American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change, 2022, pp 29-51