Research

Published Papers

• "Wildfire risk, salience, and housing development in the Wildland-Urban Interface"
  Journal of Regional Science, 2023.
  (with K.J. Black & S.J. McCoy) 

• "Time is money: Water quality's impact on home liquidity and property values"
  Ecological Economics,199, 2022.
  (with D. Wolf)

• "Water in the time of corona(virus): The effect of stay-at-home orders on water demand in the desert"
  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 106, 2021.
  (with S.J. McCoy & I.K. McDonough)

• "Price and Liquidity Dynamics for Single and Multi-Family Homes During Housing Market Shocks"
  Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2021.
  (with M.R. Livy)

• "Sunny days: Spatial spillovers in photovoltaic system adoptions"
  Energy Policy, 151, 2021.

• "Measuring environmental (dis)amenity value during a pandemic: Early evidence from Maryland"
  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 106, 2021.
  (with M.R. Livy)

• "Days and confused: Housing price and liquidity response to new local public schools"
  Journal of Real Estate Research,43(1), 21–46, 2021.
  (with M.R. Livy)

• "The role of distance-dependent vs. localized amenities in polarizing urban spatial structure: A spatio-temporal analysis of residential location value in Columbus, Ohio, 2000-2015"
  Geographical Analysis, 2020.
  (with J. Lee, H.J. Miller, & E.G. Irwin)

• "Legacies of lead – Estimating homebuyer response to potential lead exposure"
  Land Economics, 96(2) 171–187, 2020.

• "Keeping up appearances: Spatial spillovers and housing renovations"
  Papers in Regional Science, 98(5), 2115–2133, 2019.

• "Constructed wetlands for water quality improvements: Benefit transfer analysis from Ohio"
  Journal of Environmental Management, 141: 1063–1071, 2018.
  (with E.G. Irwin, J.F. Martin, P. Aracena)

• "Do stormwater basins generate co-benefits? Evidence from Baltimore County, Maryland"
  Ecological Economics, 141: 202–212, 2017.
  (with H.A. Klaiber and E.G. Irwin)

• "Market thinness, income sorting and leapfrog development across the urban-rural gradient"
  Regional Science and Urban Economics, 66: 213–223, 2017.
  (with Y. Chen, E.G. Irwin, & C. Jayaprakash)

• "Human adaptations in food, energy, and water systems"
  Journal of Environmental Studies and Science, 6(1): 1–13, 2016.
  (with E.G. Irwin, J. Campbell, R. Wilson, A. Faggian, & R. Moore)

Book Chapters

• "Effects of Disamenities and Amenities on Housing Markets and Locational Choices"
  in Science for the Sustainable City: Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology, S. Pickett et al., (eds.), Yale University Press, 2019.
  (with E.G. Irwin, J. M. Grove, H. A. Klaiber, C. A. Towe & A. Troy) 

• "The Role of Regulations and Norms in Land Use Change"
  in Science for the Sustainable City: Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology, S. Pickett et al., (eds.), Yale University Press, 2019.
  (with E.G. Irwin, G.L. Buckley, M. Gnagey, D.A. Newburn, E. Price, D.H. Wrenn & W. Zhang) 

Working Papers

• "Is it really bridging the gap? Fiber internet’s impact on housing values and homebuyer demographics"
  (with D. Wolf) revisions requested at Journal of Regional Science

• "Boom-bust cycles of urban sprawl and potential consequences for U.S. residential land"
  (with B. Cultice, E.G. Irwin & W. Lai) revisions requested at Journal of Housing Economics 

• "Close competition: The contagion effect of neighborhood listings on seller motivation"
  (with M.R. Livy) under review

• "Do fiber networks stimulate entrepreneurial activity? Evidence from fiber expansion and new business starts"
  (with D. Wolf) in progress

• "Green rebound effects: Residential water usage and solar panel installation"
  (with A. Cassidy) in progress

• "Rebuilding this city: How do housing markets respond to city-led redevelopment?"
  (with E.G. Irwin) in progress