Details about Stephen Polasky

Homepage:	https://www.apec.umn.edu/people/stephen-polasky
Postal address:	Department of Applied Economics University of Minnesota 1994 Buford Ave. St. Paul, MN 55108 USA
Workplace:	Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-St. Paul, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2017

1. Estimated Values of Carbon Sequestration Resulting from Forest Management Scenarios
   C-FARE Reports, Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE) View citations (2)

2016

2. Cooperation on Climate-Change Mitigation
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Cooperation on climate-change mitigation, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2017) View citations (9) (2017)

2015

3. Recreational demand for clean water: evidence from geotagged photographs by visitors to lakes
   ISU General Staff Papers, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (34)

2014

4. Climate engineering reconsidered
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (12)
   Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (2014) View citations (9)
5. Welfare and Biodiversity Tradeoffs in Urban Open Space Protection
   2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2012

6. Evaluating the Return in Ecosystem Services from Investment in Public Land Acquisitions
   2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (8)

2011

7. Reputation, Policy Risk, and Land Use: A Study of China's 'Grain for Green' Programme
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)
8. The Size of Stable International Environmental Agreements in the case of Stock Pollution
   CeNDEF Working Papers, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance

2010

9. Optimal Management with Potential Regime Shifts
   CeNDEF Working Papers, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance View citations (3)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2010) View citations (3)
   Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (2010) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Optimal management with potential regime shifts, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2011) View citations (124) (2011)

2009

10. The Effects of Well Management and the Nature of the Aquifer on Groundwater Resources
    2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Effects of Well Management and the Nature of the Aquifer on Groundwater Resources, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2013) View citations (6) (2013)
11. The Efficiency of Voluntary Incentive Policies for Preventing Biodiversity Loss
    Staff Paper Series, University of Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Staff Papers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2009) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The efficiency of voluntary incentive policies for preventing biodiversity loss, Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (50) (2011)

2007

12. Can Conservation and Profits Co-Exist?: The Case of Lion Hunting
    2007 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2007, Portland, Oregon, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
13. Cooperation in the Commons with Unobservable Actions
    Working Papers, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Cooperation in the commons with unobservable actions, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2008) View citations (27) (2008)

2006

14. Detection Strategies in Invasive Species Management
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2005

15. Optimal Bioeconomic Management Strategies for Prevention and Control of Invasive Alien Species
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
16. Voting on Open Space: An Analysis of the Decision to Hold a Referendum and of Referendum Results
    Staff Papers, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics

2003

17. A DISCRETE SPACE URBAN MODEL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article A discrete-space urban model with environmental amenities, Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (14) (2008)
18. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION WITH INNOVATION AND LEARNING: RULES VERSUS DISCRETION
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2002

19. Conserving biodiversity by conserving land
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

2001

20. Minnesota Agricultural Economist 703
    Minnesota Applied Economist\Minnesota Agricultural Economist, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics

1998

21. Oligopoly and Exploration Incentives for Exhaustible Natural Resources
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1993

22. Asymmetric Oligopoly Equilibrium In A Non-renewable Resource Market: Theory And Evidence
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
23. Divide And Conquer: On The Profitability Of Forming Independent Rival Divisions
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Divide and conquer On the profitability of forming independent rival divisions, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1992) View citations (30) (1992)
24. Entry Deterrence In The Commons
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Entry Deterrence in the Commons, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1994) View citations (24) (1994)
25. Option Value, Gallot's Inequality, And The Measurement Of Biological Diversity
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (18)
26. Searching For Uncertain Benefits and the Conservation Of Biological Diversity
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Searching for uncertain benefits and the conservation of biological diversity, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (1993) View citations (20) (1993)
27. The Conservation Of Biological Diversity: An Economic Framework
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
28. Welfare Enhancing Mergers
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1990

29. Do Oil Producers Act as 'Oil'iglopolists?
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Do oil producers act as 'Oil'igopolists?, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (1992) View citations (33) (1992)
30. Exhaustible Resource Oligopoly: Open-Loop and Markov Perfect Equilibria
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (6)

1988

31. Information Acquisition and Revelation in an Oligopolistic Exhaustible Resource Market
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
32. Knowledge-Based Growth
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Knowledge-based growth, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (1992) View citations (11) (1992)
33. On the Measurement of Biological Diversity
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article On the Measurement of Biological Diversity, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (1993) View citations (60) (1993)
34. Strategic Incentives for Exploration
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1986

35. The Private and Social Incentive to Explore for Stocks of an Exhaustible Natural Resource
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2020

1. Ecosystem services of Earth’s largest freshwater lakes
   Ecosystem Services, 2020, 41, (C) View citations (2)

2018

2. An auction mechanism for the optimal provision of ecosystem services under climate change
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 92, (C), 20-34 View citations (12)
3. Partnerships to prevent deforestation in the Amazon
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 92, (C), 498-516 View citations (11)
4. Reconciling corruption with conservation triage: Should investments shift from the last best places?
   PLOS Biology, 2018, 16, (8), 1-6

2017

5. Cooperation on climate-change mitigation
   European Economic Review, 2017, 99, (C), 43-55 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Cooperation on Climate-Change Mitigation, CESifo Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (4) (2016)
6. Cost-effective Land Use Planning: Optimizing Land Use and Land Management Patterns to Maximize Social Benefits
   Ecological Economics, 2017, 139, (C), 75-90 View citations (17)
7. So you want your research to be relevant? Building the bridge between ecosystem services research and practice
   Ecosystem Services, 2017, 26, (PA), 170-182 View citations (28)

2016

8. Climate consequences of low-carbon fuels: The United States Renewable Fuel Standard
   Energy Policy, 2016, 97, (C), 351-353 View citations (12)
9. Global Food Demand and Carbon-Preserving Cropland Expansion under Varying Levels of Intensification
   Land Economics, 2016, 92, (4), 579-592 View citations (3)
10. Quantifying flood mitigation services: The economic value of Otter Creek wetlands and floodplains to Middlebury, VT
    Ecological Economics, 2016, 130, (C), 16-24 View citations (14)

2015

11. Notes from the field: Lessons learned from using ecosystem service approaches to inform real-world decisions
    Ecological Economics, 2015, 115, (C), 11-21 View citations (108)
12. Towards integrated social–ecological sustainability indicators: Exploring the contribution and gaps in existing global data
    Ecological Economics, 2015, 118, (C), 140-146 View citations (5)

2014

13. The optimal management of renewable resources under the risk of potential regime shift
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2014, 40, (C), 195-212 View citations (39)

2013

14. Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: modeling and policy implications
    Environment and Development Economics, 2013, 18, (2), 111-132 View citations (51)
15. The Effects of Well Management and the Nature of the Aquifer on Groundwater Resources
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013, 95, (1), 94-116 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Well Management and the Nature of the Aquifer on Groundwater Resources, 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China (2009) View citations (2) (2009)

2012

16. Are investments to promote biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services aligned?
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2012, 28, (1), 139-163 View citations (8)
17. Catching the Right Wave: Evaluating Wave Energy Resources and Potential Compatibility with Existing Marine and Coastal Uses
    PLOS ONE, 2012, 7, (11), 1-14 View citations (10)
18. General Resilience to Cope with Extreme Events
    Sustainability, 2012, 4, (12), 1-12 View citations (45)
19. Regime shifts and management
    Ecological Economics, 2012, 84, (C), 15-22 View citations (36)
20. Uncertainty in ecosystem services valuation and implications for assessing land use tradeoffs: An agricultural case study in the Minnesota River Basin
    Ecological Economics, 2012, 79, (C), 71-79 View citations (25)

2011

21. Conservation and Human Welfare: Economic Analysis of Ecosystem Services
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2011, 48, (2), 151-159 View citations (6)
22. Entrepreneurs, Chance, and the Deterministic Concentration of Wealth
    PLOS ONE, 2011, 6, (7), 1-6 View citations (8)
23. Optimal management with potential regime shifts
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2011, 62, (2), 229-240 View citations (124)
    See also Working Paper Optimal Management with Potential Regime Shifts, CeNDEF Working Papers (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
24. The Impact of Land-Use Change on Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Returns to Landowners: A Case Study in the State of Minnesota
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2011, 48, (2), 219-242 View citations (146)
25. The efficiency of voluntary incentive policies for preventing biodiversity loss
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2011, 33, (1), 192-211 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper The Efficiency of Voluntary Incentive Policies for Preventing Biodiversity Loss, Staff Paper Series (2009) View citations (3) (2009)

2010

26. Optimal control of an invasive species with imperfect information about the level of infestation
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2010, 32, (4), 519-533 View citations (20)
27. The value of urban tree cover: A hedonic property price model in Ramsey and Dakota Counties, Minnesota, USA
    Ecological Economics, 2010, 69, (8), 1646-1656 View citations (78)

2009

28. Conservation economics: economic analysis of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services
    Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2009, 10, (1), 1-20 View citations (3)
29. Integrating Ecology and Economics in the Study of Ecosystem Services: Some Lessons Learned
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2009, 1, (1), 409-434 View citations (36)

2008

30. A discrete-space urban model with environmental amenities
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2008, 30, (2), 170-196 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper A DISCRETE SPACE URBAN MODEL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES, 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada (2003) View citations (3) (2003)
31. Comments on ‘Key issues for attention from ecological economists’ by Paul Ehrlich
    Environment and Development Economics, 2008, 13, (1), 25-28 View citations (1)
32. Cooperation in the commons with unobservable actions
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2008, 55, (1), 37-51 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Cooperation in the Commons with Unobservable Actions, Working Papers (2007) (2007)
33. Optimal harvesting of stochastic spatial resources
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2008, 56, (1), 1-18 View citations (76)
34. What's Nature Done for You Lately: Measuring the Value of Ecosystem Services
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2008, 23, (2), 5 View citations (11)

2007

35. Measures of the effects of agricultural practices on ecosystem services
    Ecological Economics, 2007, 64, (2), 286-296 View citations (76)
36. Optimal detection and control strategies for invasive species management
    Ecological Economics, 2007, 61, (2-3), 237-245 View citations (43)
37. Voting on open space: What explains the appearance and support of municipal-level open space conservation referenda in the United States?
    Ecological Economics, 2007, 62, (3-4), 580-593 View citations (26)

2006

38. Cooperation in the commons
    Economic Theory, 2006, 29, (1), 71-88 View citations (18)

2005

39. Diversity, productivity and temporal stability in the economies of humans and nature
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2005, 49, (3), 405-426 View citations (51)
40. Environmental regulation with technology adoption, learning and strategic behavior
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2005, 50, (3), 447-467 View citations (53)
41. Evidence on the Amenity Value of Wetlands in a Rural Setting
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (3), 14 View citations (15)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2005, 37, (3), 589-602 (2005) View citations (15)
42. What motivates membership in non-renewable resource cartels?: The case of OPEC
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2005, 27, (4), 321-342 View citations (7)

2004

43. Dynamic reserve site selection
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2004, 26, (2), 157-174 View citations (90)
44. Effects of Flood Hazards on Property Values: Evidence Before and After Hurricane Floyd
    Land Economics, 2004, 80, (4) View citations (194)
45. Modeling joint production of wildlife and timber
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2004, 48, (3), 997-1017 View citations (52)
46. On trade, land-use, and biodiversity
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2004, 48, (2), 911-925 View citations (24)

2003

47. Dynamic environmental policy with strategic firms: prices versus quantities
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2003, 45, (2, Supplement 1), 356-376 View citations (55)
48. Externally validating contingent valuation: an open-space survey and referendum in Corvallis, Oregon
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 51, (2), 261-277 View citations (45)

2002

49. Advertising with Subjective Horizontal and Vertical Product Differentiation
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2002, 20, (3), 253-265 View citations (34)
50. Nature Reserve Site Selection to Maximize Expected Species Covered
    Operations Research, 2002, 50, (6), 946-955 View citations (26)
51. Strategic Preemption in a Common Property Resource: A Continuous Time Approach
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2002, 23, (3), 255-278 View citations (10)
52. The Economics of Wetland Ecosystem Restoration and Mitigation: Discussion
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2002, 84, (5), 1379-1380

2001

53. Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History of America's Wetlands by Ann Vileisis, Island Press, Washington, D.C. and Covelo, CA, 1997
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2001, 31, (1), 127-129
54. Economic and environmental implications of alternative landscape designs in the Walnut Creek Watershed of Iowa
    Ecological Economics, 2001, 38, (1), 119-139 View citations (12)
55. Entry Deterrence and Signaling in a Nonrenewable Resource Model
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2001, 42, (3), 235-256 View citations (5)
56. Levin, Simon A. Fragile Dominion: Complexity and the Commons. Reading MA: Perseus Books, 1999, 254 pp., $27.00
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, 83, (1), 246-247
57. Renewable resource management with environmental prediction
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (1), 196-211 View citations (37)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2001, 34, (1), 196-211 (2001) View citations (29)
58. Selecting Biological Reserves Cost-Effectively: An Application to Terrestrial Vertebrate Conservation in Oregon
    Land Economics, 2001, 77, (1), 68-78 View citations (98)

2000

59. Valuing Urban Wetlands: A Property Price Approach
    Land Economics, 2000, 76, (1), 100-113 View citations (127)

1999

60. The Endangered Species Act as a Tool to Conserve Biological Diversity
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 1999, 14, (3), 5

1998

61. On the welfare effects of mergers: Short run vs. long run
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1998, 38, (1), 1-24 View citations (5)
62. Takings, Compensation and Endangered Species Protection on Private Lands
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (3), 35-52 View citations (47)
63. The Value of El Niño Forecasts in the Management of Salmon: A Stochastic Dynamic Assessment
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1998, 80, (4), 765-777 View citations (38)
64. When the Truth Hurts: Endangered Species Policy on Private Land with Imperfect Information
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1998, 35, (1), 22-47 View citations (41)

1997

65. ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION ON PRIVATE LAND
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1997, 15, (4), 66-76 View citations (9)
66. The Optimal Number of Firms in the Commons: A Dynamic Approach
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1997, 30, (4), 1143-60 View citations (29)

1996

67. Exploration and Extraction in a Duopoly-Exhaustible Resource Market
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1996, 29, (2), 473-92 View citations (10)

1995

68. On the Value of a Collection of Species
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1995, 29, (3), 298-303 View citations (44)
69. The Paretian Liberal Paradox and ecological economics
    Ecological Economics, 1995, 14, (1), 45-56 View citations (2)

1994

70. Entry Deterrence in the Commons
    International Economic Review, 1994, 35, (2), 507-25 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Entry Deterrence In The Commons, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1993) (1993)

1993

71. On the Measurement of Biological Diversity
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1993, 24, (1), 60-68 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper On the Measurement of Biological Diversity, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1988) (1988)
72. Searching for uncertain benefits and the conservation of biological diversity
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 1993, 3, (2), 171-181 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Searching For Uncertain Benefits and the Conservation Of Biological Diversity, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1993) View citations (18) (1993)

1992

73. Divide and conquer On the profitability of forming independent rival divisions
    Economics Letters, 1992, 40, (3), 365-371 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Divide And Conquer: On The Profitability Of Forming Independent Rival Divisions, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1993) (1993)
74. Do oil producers act as 'Oil'igopolists?
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1992, 23, (3), 216-247 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Do Oil Producers Act as 'Oil'iglopolists?, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1990) (1990)
75. Knowledge-based growth
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1992, 30, (1), 3-24 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Knowledge-Based Growth, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1988) (1988)
76. The private and social value of information: Exploration for exhaustible resources
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1992, 23, (1), 1-21 View citations (8)

Edited books

2011

1. Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (110)

Chapters

2005

1. The Economics of Biodiversity
   Chapter 29 in Handbook of Environmental Economics, 2005, vol. 3, pp 1517-1560 View citations (14)