Peer-reviewed publications

• "Benefits, Costs, and Affordability of Frequent PFAS Testing in Public Water Systems" (2026), Land Economics, (Forthcoming), with Frank Lupi

• "The Two-Edged Sword of Altruism in Willingness to Pay for Water Infrastructure and Affordability Programs" (2026), Environmental & Resource Economics, with Frank Lupi

Replication: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5RLPG7 

• "Farmers’ management of phosphorus fertilizer in cornfields: evidence from farmers’ survey in Michigan" (2025), Agricultural & Environmental Letters, with Frank Lupi, Bruno Basso

• “Corn Yield Response to Phosphorus Fertilizer in Michigan: A Metamodeling Approach for Phosphorus Management Policies” (2024), Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, with Frank Lupi, Lydia Price, and Bruno Basso

• “Evaluating the impact of fertilizer and crop prices on phosphorus concentrations in Great Lakes watersheds” (2024), Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, with Molly Sears, Preet Lal, and Frank Lupi

Replication:  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2WQUN7 

Working Papers

• "Evaluating Riparian Buffer Efficacy Using Geospatial Data: Evidence from Minnesota" with Xin Lan, Zhimeng Jiang, Junhua Chen, and Dale Manning

• "Improving Nitrogen use efficiency in U.S. agriculture: closing the practice gap" with Molly Sears and Sat Darshan

• "Large language model-assisted systematic review of urban climate hazards reveals critical research gaps across the most climate-vulnerable regions" with Xin Lan, Xiang Yu, Zihan Zheng, Nan Jia, Zhimeng Jiang, Yi-Jie Zhu, Yingjie Li, Zhicheng Xu, Jincheng Huang (R&R, Environmental Research Letters)

• "Are Superfund Sites Associated with Differences in Surrounding Soil Chemistry? Evidence from 80,000 Soil Tests in Tennessee" with Nilesh Shinde 

• "Thirteenth Month of Drought-Year: Agricultural Shocks and Judicial Outcomes in India" with Nilesh Shinde 

• "Household adoption of best management practices for private water wells and septic tanks" with Frank Lupi 

Work in progress

• "The Social Welfare Tradeoffs of Road Salt: Evidence from Spatial Panel Models and Hydrological Networks" with Nilesh Shinde 

• "Altruistic preferences and farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agricultural technology" with Myat Thida Win and Mywish Maredia

• "Yield response to phosphorus under time, space, and management practices: evidence from midwestern fields" with Frank Lupi, Lydia Price, and Bruno Basso

Extension publications and articles

• Sarkar, S., C. Zulauf, F. Lupi and B. Basso. "Optimizing Phosphorus Fertilizer Use: Evidence from Michigan Corn Production." farmdoc daily (15):146, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 13, 2025. Link

• "Addressing the challenges for water for all: Insights from MSU researchers", Michigan State University Water Alliance. Link

• "Farmer perceptions are important for phosphorus fertilizer management" CSA News science brief. Link

• Sarkar, Sampriti, Frank Lupi, Molly Sears. “How fertilizer and corn prices impact phosphorus pollution in 2025 the Great Lakes”, Michigan Ag Economist newsletter, Issue 3, Spring 2025