Other Writing


Other Publications

--Federal Swings in Water Regulations Dramatically Changed Policy for Energy Projects(with Joseph Shapiro, Hannah Druckenmiller, Simon Greenhill, and Sherrie Wang) Energy Institute Blog, UC Berkeley. February 2024. 
--The Iowa Rural Drinking Water Survey: Water Quality Perceptions and Avoidance Behaviors Among Rural Iowa Households(with Gabriel Lade, Jacqueline Comito, Jamie Benning, and Cathy Kling) Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. August 2022. 
--Measuring the Benefits of Power Plant Effluent Regulation: The 2020 Steam Electric Reconsideration Rule and Potential Future Methods(with Bethany A. Davis Noll, Cathy Kling, and Rachel Rothschild) Institute for Policy Integrity. June 2022. 
--Report on the Repeal of the Clean Water Rule and its Replacement with the Navigable Waters Protection Rule to Define Waters of the United States (WOTUS)(with Sheila Olmstead, Kevin Boyle, Victor Flatt, Bonnie Keeler, Daniel Phaneuf, Joe Shapiro, and Jay Shimshack) A Report for the External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee. December 2020. Media Coverage: MPRNews; Public News Service; InsideEPA; UMass Amherst
--The Clean Water Rule and Economic Research on US Water Pollution Regulation(with Joe Shapiro) VoxEU. October 2019.
--The Social Cost of Water Pollution(with Cathy Kling and Dan Phaneuf) Resources, Issue 201, May 2019.
--The  Costs and Benefits of Nutrient Reduction Programs. (with Chuan Tang, Jimmy Shr, Gabe Lade, and Cathy Kling) CARD Agricultural Policy Review, Fall 2018.
--How the Clean Water Act has served the environment and the economy. (with Joe Shapiro) VoxEu. October 2018.
--Ozone pollution in U.S. national parks is nearly the same as in large cities. (with Gabe Lade and Ivan Rudik) The Conversation. July 2018. 
--Economic Benefits of Nitrogen Reductions in Iowa. (with Chuan Tang, Jimmy Shr, Gabe Lade, and Cathy Kling) February 2018.Media Coverage: Drovers; The Progressive Farmer
--Research Needs and Challenges in the Food, Energy, and Water System: Findings from an NSF Funded Workshop. (with Cathy Kling, Ray Arritt, and Gray Calhoun) CARD Agricultural Policy Review, Spring 2016.
--Research Needs and Challenges in the FEW System: Coupling economic models with agronomic, hydrologic, and bioenergy models for sustainable food, energy, and water systems.(with Cathy Kling et al.)  Working Paper 16-WP 563, March 2016, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.
--The Unintended Consequences of Household Phosphate Bans.(with Alex Cohen) CARD Agricultural Policy Review, Fall 2015.