Working papers
"When the regulator goes home: The effectiveness of environmental oversight", revisions requested at Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (with J.M. Walter and D. Earnhart).
"Precision dairy farming, robotic milking, and profitability in the United States", (with J. McFadden).
"Robotic milking's effects on labor", (with J. McFadden).
"Barriers to humane farming: Evidence from the literature", under submission (with T. Wooley, S. Pailler, J. McFadden, S. Raszap, and K. Kuruc).
"The differential benefits of market-based water pollution control policy", under submission (with A. Meyer and A. Wardle).
"The impact of concentrated animal feeding operations on groundwater quality in private vs. public wells", under submission (with A. Meyer).
"Environmental monitoring and enforcement at at animal feeding operations: The effects on surface water quality", (with D. Earnhart).
"Chemical manufacturers' use of treatment capital and environmental labor to manage wastewater: Insight from responses to regulatory enforcement", under submission (with D. Earnhart). [online appendix]
"Livestock concentration, school absences, and test scores", (with D. Ginther and A. Meyer).
Peer-reviewed publications
"The effect of water pollution regulation on prices: Evidence from Wisconsin's phosphorus rule and sewer utility bills", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024, 124:102914 (with A. Meyer). [working paper version, with online appendix]
"Remotely sensed imagery reveals animal feeding operations increase downstream dissolved reactive phosphorus", Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2024, 60 (2), 620-638 (with A. Meyer and S. Porter). [working paper version] [online appendix]
"Do political leaders impact economic freedom at the local level? Evidence from close elections'', Public Finance Review, 2024, 10911421231225779 (with A. Swanson and D. Zanzalari). [working paper version, with online appendix]
"Identifying the regulator's objective: Does political support matter?", Public Choice, 2023, 194 (3-4), 277-295. [working paper version] [online appendix]
"Political differences in air pollution abatement under the Clean Air Act", Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 212:104688 (with and A. Meyer and J.M. Walter). [working paper version] [online appendix]
"Perennial grassland agriculture restores critical ecosystem functions in the US Upper Midwest", Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022, forthcoming (with C. Wepking, H.C. Mackin, D. Shrestha, A. Orfanou, E.G. Booth, C. Kucharik, C. Gratton, and R.D. Jackson). [open source]
"Employment and environmental protection: The role of regulatory stringency", Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, 321:115896 (with D. Earnhart). [working paper version] [online appendix]
"CAFOs and surface water quality: Evidence from Wisconsin", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2022, 104 (1), 161-189 (with A. Meyer). [working paper version] [online appendix]
"Shifts in precipitation, hydrology, and land use affects phosphorus concentrations and loads in agricultural watershed", Journal of Environmental Management, 2021, 284:112019 (with D. Waller, A. Meyer, and S. Apfelbaum). [working paper version]
"Regulatory avoidance and spillover: The effects of environmental regulation on emissions at coal-fired power plants", Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020, 75 (3), 387-420 (with J.M. Walter). [working paper version, with online appendix]
"The effect of environmental enforcement on labor: Environmental workers and production workers", Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2020, 57 (2), 118-133 (with D. Earnhart). [working paper version, with online appendix]
"Evaluating the efficacy of ambient air quality standards at coal-fired power plants", Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2020, 45 (3), 428-444 (with J.M. Walter). [open source]
"The effects of Clean Water Act enforcement on environmental employment", Resource and Energy Economics, 2019, 57, 1-17 (with D. Earnhart). [working paper version, with online appendix]
"Effect of cooperative enforcement strategies on wastewater management", Economic Inquiry, 2018, 56 (2), 1357-1379 (with D. Earnhart). [working paper version] [online appendix]
Other publications
"Delivering on the promise of water quality markets", in E. Edwards and S. Regan (Eds.), The future of water markets: Obstacles and opportunities, 2022, Property and Environment Research Center.
"Exploring Wisconsin's innovative water quality nutrient trading options", UW-Madison Nelson Institute brief, April 2022, 3 (2) [with T. Byrnes, K. Genskow, M. Husain, A. Meyer, M. Scanlan, and Z. Wu].
"Well-managed perennial pasture: Setting the gold standard for ecosystem services", fact sheet, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 2022 (with L. Paine, R. Jackson, E. Booth, C. Gratton, A. Gibson, D. LeZaks, S. Lloyd, and C. Wepking).
"Measuring societal benefits of soil health: Non-farm costs to local municipalities, rural communities, and states", technical report prepared for the National Center for Appropriate Technology, 2022 (with many
Learning beyond coal: Data collection, economic revitalization, and workforce development strategies in communities affected by coal plant closures, policy report prepared for the Sierra Club “Beyond Coal” Campaign, 2012 (with J. Schroeder, D. O’Donnell, M. McMurray, W. Winston, and K. Olp).