Abhishek Rajan - Research

Journal Articles

Managing Water Resources and Aquatic Invaders: Public Preferences, Stakeholder Perspectives, and Policy Implications (with O. Savchenko, C. Prince, and J. Leary). Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, (Forthcoming, 2025)
Adapting to the Tide: Behavioral Responses to Red Tide along Florida’s Gulf Coast (with U. Adegbola, O. Savchenko, and C. Court). Choices, 2025.
Carbon footprint of India’s groundwater irrigation (with K. Ghosh and A. Shah). Carbon Management, 2020, 11(3).
Impact of Irrigation on India’s Dairy Economy (with T. Shah). Agriculture, 2020, 10(3):53.
Cleaning the Ganga: Rethinking Irrigation is the key? (with T. Shah). Economic & Political Weekly, 2019, 58(39).
Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future. (with T. Shah, G. Rai, S. Verma, and N. Durga). Environmental Research Letter, 2018, 13:115003.

Working Papers

Ripples of Red Tide: Quantifying Recreational Losses from Harmful Algal Blooms in Florida (with O. Savchenko, G. Parsons, and C. Court). Revise and Resubmit at Marine Resource Economics.
Fish without the Sea: Consumer Preferences, Naming Conventions and Policy Implications for Salmon Alternatives (with O. Savchenko, K. Davidson, and J. Bernard). Revise and Resubmit at Marine Resource Economics.
Angler Preferences and Policy Implications for Managing Aquatic Invasive Species in Public Waters ( with W. Corcoran, O. Savchenko, and K. Grogan). Under Review.
Does Irrigation Access Improve Diets of Farming Households? (with O. Savchenko). Under Review.

Other Publications

Fishing for Sustainable Alternatives: Cell-cultured fish (with K. Collison, K. Vought, O. Savchenko, K. Davidson, and J. Bernard. 2023. Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource.
Balancing Livelihoods and Environment: Political Economy of Groundwater Irrigation in India. In Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security and Solutions (with T. Shah, Rajan, and G. Rai). In A. Mukherjee et al. (eds), Global Groundwater, Elsevier, 2021, 487-499.
Accelerating Irrigation Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Lessons from Global Revolution in Farmer-led Smallholder Irrigation learn (with T. Shah and R. Nemara). 2020. World Bank, Washington, DC.
Evolving Nature of India's Minor Irrigation Economy: Insights from Fifth Minor Irrigation Census (with S. Verma). 2017. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight.
Irrigation and India's crop-milk agrarian economy: a simple recursive model and some early results (with A. Goswami, S. Verma, and T. Shah). 2017. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight.
Har Khet Ko Pani: Rethinking Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) (with T. Shah, S. Verma, N. Durga, A. Goswami, and A. Palrecha). 2016. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program.

Work In Progress

Transaction Costs in Urban Stormwater Grant Programs (with P. Fleming and O. Savchenko)
Clean Lakes, Higher Prices: Evaluating the Economic Returns of Improved Water Quality (with O. Savchenko)

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