Working Papers

“Public acceptance of lawncare policy instruments to reduce nonpoint source pollution.” R&R Land Economics (with Rob Johnston, Tom Ndebele, and Ewa Zawojska)

“Sweet spots for nitrogen restoration in a coastal watershed.” R &R Nature Sustainability (with Peter Groffman, Alexander Reisinger, Ruoyo Zhang, Dexter Locke, Andrew Rosenberg, Jonathon Duncan, Lawrence Band, Morgan Grove, Andrew Miller, Emma Rosi, and Charles Towe)

“Emissions trading programs for afforestation: Interactions with federal agricultural conservation programs.” (with Young Kim, Erik Lichtenberg, Haoluan Wang, and Derek Wietelman)

“Designing contracts for payments for ecosystem services programs: Insights from a stated preference survey.” (with Erik Lichtenberg and Haoluan Wang)

"High-resolution spatial modeling of household lawn fertilizer behavior:  Implications for targeting nitrogen-reduction programs." R& R Journal of Environmental Management (with Kaichao Chang, Rob Johnston, Tom Ndebele, and Haoluan Wang)

Publications

Kim, Y., E. Lichtenberg, and D. Newburn. 2024. “Payments and penalties in ecosystem services programs.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 126, 102988.

Johnston, R., T. Ndebele, and D. Newburn. 2023. “Modeling transaction costs in household adoption of landscape conservation practices.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 105(1): 341-367.

Groffman, P., A. Suchy, D. Locke, R. Johnston, D. Newburn, A. Gold, L. Band, J. Duncan, J. Grove, J. Kao-Kniffin, H. Meltzer, T. Ndebele, J. O’Neil-Dunne, C. Polsky, G. Thompson, H. Wang, E. Zawojska. “Hydro-bio-geo-socio-chemical interactions and the sustainability of residential landscapes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nexus, 2(10).

Newburn, D., C. Polsky, R. Johnston, H. Wang, and T. Ndebele. 2023. “Modeling multi-scale influences on household lawncare decisions: Formal and informal neighborhood conforming effects on fertilizer use.” Landscape and Urban Planning, 240, 104869.

Rosenberg, A., D. Newburn, and C. Towe. 2023. “Household willingness to pay for stream restoration on private and public lands: Evidence from the Baltimore Metropolitan Region.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 59(2): 376-395.

Zhang, R. D. Newburn, A. Rosenberg, L. Lin, P. Groffman, J. Duncan, and L. Band. 2022. “Spatial asynchrony in environmental and economic benefits of stream restoration.” Environmental Research Letters, 17(5), 054004. 

Fleming, P., E. Lichtenberg, and D. Newburn. 2020. “Water quality trading in the presence of conservation subsidies.” Land Economics 96(4): 552-572. 

Wrenn, D, A. Klaiber, and D. Newburn. 2019. “Price-based policies for managing residential development and impacts to water quality.” Resource and Energy Economics 58: 101115. 

Fleming, P., E. Lichtenberg, and D. Newburn. 2018. “Evaluating impacts of agricultural cost sharing on water quality: additionality, crowding in, and slippage.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (92): 1-19.

Newburn, D. and J. Ferris. 2017. “Additionality and forest conservation regulation for residential development.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99(5): 1228-1245.

Wrenn, D, A. Klaiber, and D. Newburn. 2017. “Confronting price endogeneity in a duration model of residential subdivision development.” Journal of Applied Econometrics 32: 661-682.

Ferris, J. and D. Newburn. 2017. “Wireless alerts for extreme weather and the impact on hazard mitigation behavior.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 82: 239-255.

Newburn, D. and J. Ferris. 2016. “The effect of downzoning for managing residential development and density.” Land Economics 92(2): 220-236.

Newburn, D. and A. Alberini. 2016. “Household response to environmental incentives for rain garden adoption.” Water Resources Research 1345-1357.

Mezzatesta, M., D. Newburn, and R. Woodward. 2013. “Additionality and the adoption of farm conservation practices.” Land Economics 89(4): 722-742.

Newburn, D. and R. Woodward. 2012. “An ex post assessment of the Great Miami River Water Quality Trading Program.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 48(1): 156-169.

Newburn, D. and P. Berck. 2011. “Exurban development.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 62: 323-336.

Newburn, D. and P. Berck. 2011. “Growth management policies for exurban and suburban development: Theory and an application to Sonoma County, California.”  Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40(3): 375-392.

Newburn, D., N. Brozovic, and M. Mezzatesta. 2011. “Agricultural water security and instream flows for endangered species.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93(4): 1212-1228.

Irwin, E., K. Bell, N. Bockstael, D. Newburn, M. Partridge, and J. Wu. 2009. “The economics of urban-rural space.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 1: 435-459.

Lohse, K.A., D.A. Newburn, J.J. Opperman, and A.M. Merenlender. 2008. “Forecasting relative impacts of land use on anadromous fish habitat to guide conservation planning.” Ecological Applications 18(2): 467-482.

Newburn, D.A., P. Berck and A.M. Merenlender. 2006. “Habitat and open space at risk of land-use conversion: targeting strategies for land conservation.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(1): 28-42.

Newburn, D.A. and P. Berck. 2006. “Modeling suburban and rural residential development beyond the urban fringe.” Land Economics 82(4): 481-499.

Newburn, D., S. Reed, P. Berck, and A. Merenlender. 2005. “Economics and land-use change in prioritizing private land conservation.” Conservation Biology 19(5): 1411-1420.