Courses that I teach
- ECON 1B: Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis
- ECON 100B: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 123: Resource Economics
- ECON 145: Research Methods
- ECON 241: Applied Econometric Analysis
- ECON 265: Cost Benefit Analysis
Publications
“Multiple Environmental Externalities and Manure Management Policy,” (with N. Key) Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32:1 (2007): 115-134.
“Policy Design and Conservation Compliance on Highly Erodible Lands,” (with K. Giannakas), Land Economics 81(1) (2005): 20-33.
“Nonpoint Source Pollution Control under Incomplete and Costly Information,” (with Y. H. Farzin) Environmental and Resource Economics 28(2004): 489-506.
“The Manure Hits the Land: Economic and Environmental Implications for US Agriculture when Land Application of Manure is Constrained,” (with R. Johansson and M. Peters) American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(2004): 688-700.
“A Carrot and Stick Approach to Environmental Improvement: Marrying Agri-Environmental Payments and Water Quality Regulations,” (with R. Johansson) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 33(2004): 91-104.
“An Information-Theoretical Approach to Budget Constrained Nonpoint Source Pollution Control,” (with R. Howitt and Y. H. Farzin) Journal ofEnvironmental Economics and Management 46 (2003): 106-130, doi:10.1016/S0095-0696(02)00035-9.
“Estimating Nonpoint Source Pollution: An Application of a Sequential Entropy Filter,” (with R. Howitt), Water Resources Research 38(3) (2002): 10.1029/2000WR000088.
Reports
Howitt, R.E., Kaplan, J.D., Larson, D., MacEwan, D., Medellín-Azuara, J., Horner, G., and N.S. Lee.The Economic Impacts of Central Valley Salinity, Final Report to the State Water Resources Control Board Contract 05-417-150-0, March 20, 2009.
Kaplan, J.D., and B. Currier, The Monetary Value of Wetland Benefits in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta, Office of Water Programs, California State University Sacramento, December 2006.
Research Projects/Interests
Current Projects
Testing Financial and Environmental Governance Institutions in the Economics Laboratory
An Economic Assessment of Winegrape Supply Response in the presence of Pierce’s Disease
Economic Hurdles to Adoption of Wood Canker Disease Controls in California Grape and Pistachio Production
Past Projects
An Experiment on Alternative Water Market Structures and Organizations
A Laboratory Investigation of a Congestion Externality: Commuter Parking and Responsive Pricing
Adaptive Water Quality Management of a Heterogeneous Watershed
Water Salinity Control and Household Labor Productivity in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Economic Valuation of Wetlands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
Compliance with Environmental Policy when Enforcement is Costly
The Effect of Manure Nutrient Constraints on Water and Air Quality Improvements
Non-Point Source Pollution Control under Incomplete and Costly Information
