Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy - 2018

DeCarolis, J., Dulaney, K., Fell, H., Galik, C., Johnson, J., Kalland, S., … Sun, L. (2018). Energy Storage Options for North Carolina. Raleigh, NC: Energy Policy Council, Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy.

Abt, R. C., Becker, D. R., Galik, C. S., Kauffman, M. J., Latta, G. S., & Malmsheimer, R. J. (2018). Projecting landscape forest carbon emissions from changes in forest biomass electricity generation and forest products markets from 2014 to 2035: An analysis in Minnesota, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief Economist, United States Department of Agriculture.

Brown, Z. S. (2018). 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). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2156-2_10

Larson, J., Baker, J. S., Latta, G., Ohrel, S. O., & Wade, C. H. (2018). Modeling International Trade of Forest Products: Application of PPML to a Gravity Model of Trade. Forest Products Journal, 68(3), 303–316. https://doi.org/10.13073/FPJ-D-17-00057

Baker, J. S., Havlík, P., Beach, R., Leclère, D., Schmid, E., Valin, H., … McFarland, J. (2018). Evaluating the effects of climate change on US agricultural systems: sensitivity to regional impact and trade expansion scenarios. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6), 064019. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac1c2

Baker, J. S., Crouch, A., Cai, Y., Latta, G., Ohrel, S., Jones, J., & Latané, A. (2018). Logging residue supply and costs for electricity generation: Potential variability and policy considerations. Energy Policy, 116, 397–409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.11.026

Kim, S. J., Baker, J. S., Sohngen, B. L., & Shell, M. (2018). Cumulative global forest carbon implications of regional bioenergy expansion policies. Resource and Energy Economics, 53, 198–219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2018.04.003

Latta, G. S., Baker, J. S., & Ohrel, S. (2018). A Land Use and Resource Allocation (LURA) modeling system for projecting localized forest CO 2 effects of alternative macroeconomic futures. Forest Policy and Economics, 87, 35–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.10.003

Tian, X., Sohngen, B., Baker, J., Ohrel, S., & Fawcett, A. A. (2018). Will U.S. Forests Continue to Be a Carbon Sink? Land Economics, 94(1), 97–113. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.94.1.97

Cai, Y., Wade, C. M., Baker, J. S., Jones, J. P. H., Latta, G. S., Ohrel, S. B., … Creason, J. R. (2018). Implications of alternative land conversion cost specifications on projected afforestation potential in the United States. https://doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2018.op.0057.1811

Frey, G. E., Blatner, K. A., Jacobson, M. G., Downes, C. M. S., Sills, E. O., Mercer, D. E., … Lohr, L. (2018). Economics of nontimber forest products [General Technical Report]. In J. L. Chamberlain, T. Patel-Weynand, & M. R. Emery (Eds.), Assessment of nontimber forest products in the United States under changing conditions (pp. 119–149). Asheville, NC: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Miteva, D., & Brown, Z. S. (2018). Impact of land tenure insecurity on investment: Evidence from northern Uganda. The Ghanaian Journal of Economics, 6(1), 21–42.

Dundas, S., & von Haefen, R. H. (2018, June). Conflict on Public Lands: New Off-Road Vehicle Restrictions in Outer Banks. NC State Economist.

von Haefen, R. H., & Domanski, A. (2018). Estimation and welfare analysis from mixed logit models with large choice sets. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 90, 101–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2018.05.002

Klaiber, H. A., & von Haefen, R. H. (2018). Do Random Coefficients and Alternative Specific Constants Improve Policy Analysis? An Empirical Investigation of Model Fit and Prediction. Environmental and Resource Economics, 73(1), 75–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-018-0250-z

Ducehlle, A. E., de Sassi, C., Sills, E. O., & Wunder, S. (2018). People and communities: Well-being impacts of REDD+ on the ground. In A. E. Angelsen, C. Martius, V. de Sy, A. E. Duchelle, A. M. Larson, & T. T. Pham (Eds.), Transforming REDD+: Lessons and new directions. https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/007045

Sills, E. O., & Jones, K. (2018). Causal inference in environmental conservation: The role of institutions. HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, VOL 4, pp. 395–437. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.hesenv.2018.09.001

Edwards, E. C., & Smith, S. M. (2018). The Role of Irrigation in the Development of Agriculture in the United States. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY, 78(4), 1103–1141. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050718000608

Vuola, M., Bauch, S. C., & Sills, E. O. (2018). The regional market for non-timber forest products. DESENVOLVIMENTO E MEIO AMBIENTE, 48, 498–511. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v48i0.58685

Brown, Z. S. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay004

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. Federal Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0617). (2018). (No.). Retrieved from https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0617-0078

Brown, Z. S., Carter, L., & Gould, F. (2018). An Introduction to the Proceedings of the Environmental Release of Engineered Pests: Building an International Governance Framework. BMC Proc, 12(Suppl 8), 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-018-0105-1

Dalaba, M., Alirigia, R., Mesenbring, E., Coffey, E., Brown, Z. S., Hannigan, M., … Dickinson, K. L. (2018). Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Supply and Demand for Cooking in Northern Ghana. EcoHealth, 15(4), 716–728. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-018-1351-4

Edwards, E. C., Cristi, O., Edwards, G., & Libecap, G. D. (2018). An illiquid market in the desert: estimating the cost of water trade restrictions in northern Chile. ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, 23(6), 615–634. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X18000220

Jorgensen, P. S., Aktipis, A., Brown, Z., Carriere, Y., Downes, S., Dunn, R. R., … Carroll, S. P. (2018). [Review of Antibiotic and pesticide susceptibility and the Anthropocene operating space]. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 1(11), 632–641. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0164-3

Bashari, M., Sills, E., Peterson, M. N., & Cubbage, F. (2018). Hunting in Afghanistan: variation in motivations across species. ORYX, 52(3), 526–536. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605316001174

Parajuli, R., Henderson, J. E., Tanger, S., Joshi, O., & Dahal, R. (2018). Economic Contribution Analysis of the Forest-Product Industry: A Comparison of the Two Methods for Multisector Contribution Analysis Using IMPLAN. JOURNAL OF FORESTRY, 116(6), 513–519. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvy047

Dickinson, K. L., Dalaba, M., Brown, Z. S., Alirigia, R., Coffey, E. R., Mesenbring, E., … Hannigan, M. P. (2018). Prices, peers, and perceptions (P3): study protocol for improved biomass cookstove project in northern Ghana. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6116-z

Scheller, R. M., & Parajuli, R. (2018). Forest Management for Climate Change in New England and the Klamath Ecoregions: Motivations, Practices, and Barriers. FORESTS, 9(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/f9100626

Game, E. T., Tallis, H., Olander, L., Alexander, S. M., Busch, J., Cartwright, N., … Sutherland, W. J. (2018, September). Cross-discipline evidence principles for sustainability policy. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, Vol. 1, pp. 452–454. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0141-x

English, E., Haefen, R. H., Herriges, J., Leggett, C., Lupi, F., McConnell, K., … Meade, N. (2018). Estimating the value of lost recreation days from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, 91, 26–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2018.06.010

Ayres, A. B., Edwards, E. C., & Libecap, G. D. (2018). How transaction costs obstruct collective action: The case of California's groundwater. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, 91, 46–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2018.07.001

West, T. A. P., Grogan, K. A., Swisher, M. E., Caviglia-Harris, J. L., Sills, E. O., Roberts, D. A., … Putz, F. E. (2018). Impacts of REDD plus payments on a coupled human-natural system in Amazonia. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, 33, 68–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.08.008

Coulston, J. W., Westfall, J. A., Wear, D. N., Edgar, C. B., Prisley, S. P., Treiman, T. B., … Smith, W. B. (2018). Annual Monitoring of US Timber Production: Rationale and Design. FOREST SCIENCE, 64(5), 533–543. https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxy010

Mullan, K., Sills, E., Pattanayak, S. K., & Caviglia-Harris, J. (2018). Converting Forests to Farms: The Economic Benefits of Clearing Forests in Agricultural Settlements in the Amazon. ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 71(2), 427–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0164-1

Joshi, O., Parajuli, R., Kharel, G., Poudyal, N. C., & Taylor, E. (2018). Stakeholder opinions on scientific forest management policy implementation in Nepal. PLOS ONE, 13(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203106

Frew, K. N., Peterson, M. N., Sills, E., Moorman, C. E., Bondell, H., Fuller, J. C., & Howell, D. L. (2018). Market and Nonmarket Valuation of North Carolina's Tundra Swans among Hunters, Wildlife Watchers, and the Public. WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN, 42(3), 478–487. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.915

Brown, Z. S., & Kramer, R. A. (2018). Preference Heterogeneity in the Structural Estimation of Efficient Pigovian Incentives for Insecticide Spraying to Reduce Malaria. ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 70(1), 169–190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0115-x

Gould, F., Brown, Z. S., & Kuzma, J. (2018). [Review of Wicked evolution: Can we address the sociobiological dilemma of pesticide resistance?]. SCIENCE, 360(6390), 728–732. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar3780

Tanger, S. M., & Parajuli, R. (2018). Toward an elasticity of chip-n-saw: Demand and supply models of chip-n-saw stumpage in Louisiana. Forests, 9(4).

Karali, B., Mcnew, K., & Thurman, W. N. (2018). Price discovery and the basis effects of failures to converge in soft red winter wheat futures markets. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 43(1), 1–17.

Mitchell, P. D., Brown, Z., & McRoberts, N. (2018). Economic issues to consider for gene drives. JOURNAL OF RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION, 5, S180–S202. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2017.1407914

Rana, P., & Sills, E. O. (2018). Does Certification Change the Trajectory of Tree Cover in Working Forests in The Tropics? An Application of the Synthetic Control Method of Impact Evaluation. FORESTS, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/f9030098

Sunderlin, W. D., Sassi, C., Sills, E. O., Duchelle, A. E., Larson, A. M., Resosudarmo, I. A. P., … Huynh, T. B. (2018). Creating an appropriate tenure foundation for REDD plus : The record to date and prospects for the future. WORLD DEVELOPMENT, 106, 376–392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.01.010

Kuzma, J., Gould, F., Brown, Z., Collins, J., Delborne, J., Frow, E., … Stauffer, S. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2017.1410344

Fell, H., & Kaffine, D. T. (2018). The Fall of Coal: Joint Impacts of Fuel Prices and Renewables on Generation and Emissions. AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY, 10(2), 90–116. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20150321

Parajuli, R., Zhang, D., & Kosman, K. (2018). Province specific impacts of the 2006 United States-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement: A seemingly unrelated regression approach. FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS, 90, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.12.010

Doyle, M., & Fell, H. (2018). Fuel prices, restructuring, and natural gas plant operations. RESOURCE AND ENERGY ECONOMICS, 52, 153–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2018.01.001

Dundas, S. J., Haefen, R. H., & Mansfield, C. (2018). Recreation Costs of Endangered Species Protection: Evidence from Cape Hatteras National Seashore. MARINE RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 33(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1086/694752

Andersson, K. P., Smith, S. M., Alston, L. J., Duchelle, A. E., Mwangi, E., Larson, A. M., … al. (2018). Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD. LAND USE POLICY, 72, 510–522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.012

Prestemon, J. P., Wear, D. N., Abt, K. L., & Abt, R. C. (2018). Projecting housing starts and softwood lumber consumption in the United States. Forest Science, 64(1), 1–14.

Galik, C. S., & Olander, L. P. (2018). Facilitating markets and mitigation: A systematic review of early-action incentives in the US. Land Use Policy, 72, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.032

Qiu, J., Game, E. T., Tallis, H., Olander, L. P., Glew, L., Kagan, J. S., … Weaver, S. K. (2018). Evidence-Based Causal Chains for Linking Health, Development, and Conservation Actions. BIOSCIENCE, 68(3), 182–193. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix167

Rodriguez, S. L., Peterson, M. N., Cubbage, F. W., Sills, E. O., & Bondell, H. D. (2018). What is Private Land Stewardship? Lessons from Agricultural Opinion Leaders in North Carolina. SUSTAINABILITY, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020297

Parker, D. P., & Thurman, W. N. (2018). Tax Incentives and the Price of Conservation. JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMISTS, 5(2), 331–369. https://doi.org/10.1086/695615

Guiteras, R. P., & Jack, B. K. (2018). Productivity in piece-rate labor markets: Evidence from rural Malawi. Journal of Development Economics, 131, 42–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.11.002

Fell, H., & Maniloff, P. (2018). Leakage in regional environmental policy: The case of the regional greenhouse gas initiative. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, 87, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2017.10.007

West, T. A. P., Grogan, K. A., Swisher, M. E., Caviglia-Harris, J. L., Sills, E., Harris, D., … Putz, F. E. (2018). A hybrid optimization-agent-based model of REDD plus payments to households on an old deforestation frontier in the Brazilian Amazon. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE, 100, 159–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.11.007

Lopez, J. L., Abt, R. C., Dvorak, W. S., Hodge, G. R., & Phillips, R. (2018). Tree breeding model to assess financial performance of pine hybrids and pure species: deterministic and stochastic approaches for South Africa. NEW FORESTS, 49(1), 123–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-017-9609-1