Zachary Steven Brown

Assessing market failures driving pesticide resistance

Brown, Z., & Reisig, D. (2025, February 27). Science, Vol. 2.

Dynamically optimal cover crop adoption

Chen, L., Rejesus, R. M., Brown, Z. S., Boyer, C. N., & Larson, J. A. (2025, April 29). European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 5, p. jbaf018.

Applications, Benefits, and Challenges of Genome Edited Crops

(Issue Paper No. 74). https://www.cast-science.org/publication/applications-benefits-and-challenges-of-genome-edited-crops/

Developing practical measures of the price of pesticide resistance: A flexible computational framework with global sensitivity analysis

Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 3(1), 212–227.

Economic optimization of Wolbachia ‐infected Aedes aegypti release to prevent dengue

Hollingsworth, B. D., Cho, C., Vella, M., Roh, H., Sass, J., Lloyd, A. L., & Brown, Z. S. (2024, March 20). Pest Management Science, Vol. 4.

Enhancing non-Bt corn refuge based on corn grower and seed dealer surveys

Alsdorf, A., Reisig, D., Brown, Z., Ferraro, G., & Rejesus, R. (2024, January 1). (R. Wright, Ed.). Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Vol. 15.

Food for thought: Assessing the consumer welfare impacts of deploying irreversible, landscape-scale biotechnologies

Jones, M. S., & Brown, Z. S. (2023, October 12). Food Policy, Vol. 121.

Biofuels policy and innovation impacts: Evidence from biofuels and agricultural patent indicators

Nelson, K. P., Parton, L. C., & Brown, Z. S. (2022, January 11). Energy Policy, Vol. 3.

Distributional policy impacts, WTP-WTA disparities, and the Kaldor-Hicks tests in benefit-cost analysis

Brown, Z. S. (2022, April 7). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 5.

Gene Drives in Agriculture: Risk Assessment and Research Prioritization

[NC State Genetic Engineering & Society Center Workshop Report]. https://go.ncsu.edu/ges-gene-drive-workshop-white-paper

A glimpse into real-world kitchens: Improving our understanding of cookstove usage through in-field photo-observations and improved cooking event detection (CookED) analytics

Coffey, E., Mesenbring, E., Dalaba, M. A., Agao, D., Alirigia, R., Begay, T., … Hannigan, M. (2021, January 1). Greater South Information System.

A glimpse into real-world kitchens: Improving our understanding of cookstove usage through in-field photo-observations and improved cooking event detection (CookED) analytics

Coffey, E., Mesenbring, E., Dalaba, M. A., Agao, D., Alirigia, R., Begay, T., … Hannigan, M. (2021, January 1). Greater South Information System.

A glimpse into real-world kitchens: Improving our understanding of cookstove usage through in-field photo-observations and improved cooking event detection (CookED) analytics

Development Engineering, 6, 100065.

Coevolutionary Governance of Antibiotic and Pesticide Resistance

Jorgensen, P. S., Folke, C., Henriksson, P. J. G., Malmros, K., Troell, M., Zorzet, A., … Carroll, S. P. (2020, March 17). Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 35, pp. 484–494.

Crop rotation mitigates impacts of corn rootworm resistance to transgenic Bt corn

Carrière, Y., Brown, Z., Aglasan, S., Dutilleul, P., Carroll, M., Head, G., … Carroll, S. P. (2020, July 20). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 117, pp. 18385–18392.

Landscape-level feedbacks in the demand for transgenic pesticidal corn in the Philippines

Brown, Z. S., Connor, L., Rejesus, R. M., & Yorobe, J. M. (2020, October 23). Ecological Economics, Vol. 180.

Does the U.S. public support using gene drives in agriculture? And what do they want to know?

Science Advances, 5(9), eaau8462.

Economic principles and concepts in area-wide genetic pest management.

In The economics of integrated pest management of insects (pp. 96–121).

Governing evolution: A socioecological comparison of resistance management for insecticidal transgenic Bt crops among four countries

Ambio, 49(1), 1–16.

An Introduction to the Proceedings of the Environmental Release of Engineered Pests: Building an International Governance Framework

BMC Proc, 12(Suppl 8), 10.

Antibiotic and pesticide susceptibility and the Anthropocene operating space

Jørgensen, P. S., Aktipis, A., Brown, Z., Carrière, Y., Downes, S., Dunn, R. R., … Carroll, S. P. (2018, November 9). Nature Sustainability, Vol. 1, pp. 632–641.

EPA Scientific Advisory Panel 2018 Meeting Report on Resistance to Lepidopteran Pests to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) in The United States

(No.). https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0617-0078

Impact of land tenure insecurity on investment: Evidence from northern Uganda

The Ghanaian Journal of Economics, 6(1), 21–42.

Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Supply and Demand for Cooking in Northern Ghana

EcoHealth, 15(4), 716–728.

Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Supply and Demand for Cooking in Northern Ghana

Dalaba, M. A., Alirigia, R., Mesenbring, E., Coffey, E., Brown, Z., Hannigan, M., … Dickinson, K. L. (2018, August 14). Greater South Information System.

Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Supply and Demand for Cooking in Northern Ghana

Dalaba, M. A., Alirigia, R., Mesenbring, E., Coffey, E., Brown, Z., Hannigan, M., … Dickinson, K. L. (2018, August 14). Greater South Information System.

Prices, peers, and perceptions (P3): study protocol for improved biomass cookstove project in northern Ghana

Dickinson, K. L., Dalaba, M., Brown, Z. S., Alirigia, R., Coffey, E. R., Mesenbring, E., … Hannigan, M. P. (2018, October 29). BMC Public Health, Vol. 18.

Prices, peers, and perceptions (P3): study protocol for improved biomass cookstove project in northern Ghana

Dickinson, K. L., Dalaba, M. A., Brown, Z., Alirigia, R., Coffey, E., Mesenbring, E., … Hannigan, M. (2018, October 29). Greater South Information System.

Prices, peers, and perceptions (P3): study protocol for improved biomass cookstove project in northern Ghana

Dickinson, K. L., Dalaba, M. A., Brown, Z., Alirigia, R., Coffey, E., Mesenbring, E., … Hannigan, M. (2018, October 29). Greater South Information System.

Voluntary programs to encourage compliance with refuge regulations for pesticide resistance management: evidence from a quasi-experiment

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 100(3), 844–867.

Wicked evolution: Can we address the sociobiological dilemma of pesticide resistance?

Science, 360(6390), 728–732.

A roadmap for gene drives: using institutional analysis and development to frame research needs and governance in a systems context

Journal of Responsible Innovation, 5(S1), S13–S39.

Economic issues to consider for gene drives

Journal of Responsible Innovation, 5(sup1), S180–S202.

Preference Heterogeneity in the Structural Estimation of Efficient Pigovian Incentives for Insecticide Spraying to Reduce Malaria

Environmental and Resource Economics, 70(1), 169–190.

Spatial Patterns of Market Participation and Resource Extraction: Fuelwood Collection in Northern Uganda

Miteva, D. A., Kramer, R. A., Brown, Z. S., & Smith, M. D. (2017, February 18). American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 99, pp. 1008–1026.

The Economics, Regulation and International Implications of Gene Drives in Agriculture

Choices, Quarter 2. http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/economic-regulatory-and-international-implications-of-gene-drives-in-agriculture

Household perceptions and subjective valuations of indoor residual spraying programmes to control malaria in northern Uganda

Brown, Z. S., Kramer, R. A., Ocan, D., & Oryema, C. (2016, September 12). Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol. 5.

Household perceptions and subjective valuations of indoor residual spraying programmes to control malaria in northern Uganda

Brown, Z., Kramer, R. A., Ocan, D., & Oryema, C. (2016, October 6). Greater South Information System.

Household perceptions and subjective valuations of indoor residual spraying programmes to control malaria in northern Uganda

Brown, Z., Kramer, R. A., Ocan, D., & Oryema, C. (2016, October 6). Greater South Information System.

Links between urban structure and life satisfaction in a cross-section of OECD metro areas

Brown, Z. S., Oueslati, W., & Silva, J. (2016, June 18). Ecological Economics, Vol. 129, pp. 112–121.

The Value of Information in Decision‐Analytic Modeling for Malaria Vector Control in East Africa

Kim, D., Brown, Z., Anderson, R., Mutero, C., Miranda, M. L., Wiener, J., & Kramer, R. (2016, March 23). Risk Analysis, Vol. 37, pp. 231–244.

Addressing environmental risks for child health

In D. McDaid, F. Sassi, & S. Merkur (Eds.), Promoting health, preventing disease: the economic case. https://books.google.com/books?id=COrSCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA169&ots=CAuZbBcuiL&lr&pg=PA169#v=onepage&q&f=false

Tender instruments: programme participation and impact in australian conservation tenders, grants and volunteer organisations

In OECD environment working papers (No. 85).

Greening Household Behaviour: Cross-Domain comparisons in environmental attitudes and behaviours using spatial effects

In OECD environment working papers (No. 68).

Greening Household Behaviour: Overview of Results from Econometric Analysis and Policy Implications

In OECD environment working papers (No. 79).

Background information on the assessment of alternatives to DDT

(Technical Report No. UNEP/POPS/POPRC.7/INF/19). http://chm.pops.int/TheConvention/POPsReviewCommittee/Meetings/POPRC7/POPRC7Documents/tabid/2267/ctl/Download/mid/7443/Default.aspx?id=23&ObjID=12892

Better the devil you throw: Experience and support for pay-as-you-throw waste charges

Brown, Z. S., & Johnstone, N. (2013, December 11). Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 38, pp. 132–142.

Greening household behaviour: overview from the 2011 survey

Insecticide resistance and malaria vector control: The importance of fitness cost mechanisms in determining economically optimal control trajectories

Journal of Economic Entomology, 106(1), 366–374.

More than the Sum of their Parts: Valuing Environmental Quality by Combining Life Satisfaction Surveys and GIS Data

In OECD statistics working papers (No. 2013/01).

Testing the effect of defaults on the thermostat settings of OECD employees

Energy Economics, 39, 128–134.

Resistance in Lepidopteran Pests to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Plant Incorporated Protectants in the United States

(Report No. Federal Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0617).

On the (Mis)Use of Wealth as a Proxy for Risk Aversion

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 92(1), 273–282.

Dynamic Decision Making of Agrivoltaics in California’s Central Valley

Yao, S., Baker, J. S., & Brown, Z. S. [Working paper].

Dynamically optimal cover crop adoption

Chen, L., Brown, Z. S., Rejesus, R., Boyer, C., & Larson, J. Working paper.

Evaluating Optimal Farm Management of Phosphorus Fertilizer Inputs with Partial Observability of Legacy Soil Stocks

Cho, C., Brown, Z. S., Kling, D. M., Gatiboni, L. C., & Baker, J. S. [Working paper].

How social learning shapes demand for environmental health technologies: a multi-level clean cookstove experiment in northern Ghana

Brown, Z. S., Dickinson, K. L., Dalaba, M., Alirigia, R., Coffey, E., Messenbring, D., … Hannigan, A. R.

Large-scale spatiotemporal linkages in corn rootworm damage to transgenic Bt corn

Aglasan, S., Brown, Z. S., Carriere, Y., Goodwin, B. K., Carroll, M., Head, G., … Joregensen, P. S. [Working paper].

Norm-based messaging in agricultural extension: A pilot experiment in pesticide resistance and drainage management

Ferraro, G., Brown, Z. S., & Reisig, D.

Prices, Peers, and Perceptions: Field experiments on improved cookstove adoption in Ghana

Dickinson, K. L., Brown, Z. S., Dalaba, M., Alirigia, R., Coffey, E., Messenbring, E., … Oduro, A. R. [Working paper].