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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Multi-hazard risk in socially vulnerable communities across the United States with Paul Armsworth, Jasmine Bruno, Sebastian Espinoza, Kathleen Galvin, Varsha Vijay, and Travis Warziniack. Environmental Research Letters, vol 20, 024008 (2025). 


Bargaining in the Shadow of Prior Appropriation: Concessions and Trade-Offs in Native American Water Settlement Negotiations. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, vol. 5: No. 2, pp 233-257 (2024).


The Economics of Drought with Eric Edwards and Sheetal Sekhri. Annual Review of Resource Economics, vol. 16:105-124 (2024) 


Paper Water, Wet Water, and the Recognition of Indigenous Property Rights with Bryan Leonard and Eric Edwards. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2023). 

Working Paper: Center for Indian Country Development Working Paper No. 2022-01

Summary: Tribal Water Rights Underutilized in the West

Coverage: High Country News, ProPublica, The Hill


​The Inequitable Exposure of Socially Vulnerable Groups to Water Shortages Across the United States with Travis Warziniack and Michael Knowles. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 18, 044022 (2023). 

Summary: Water Shortages in the US Constitute an Environmental Injustice


The Economics of Indigenous Water Claim Settlements in the American West with Eric Edwards and Bryan Leonard. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 15, 094027 (2020).

Summary: In the Water-Scarce American West, Tribal Water Rights Play an Important Role

Coverage: High Country News, ProPublica, E&E News


Water Transactions for Streamflow Restoration, Water Supply Reliability,  and Rural Economic Vitality in the Western United States  with Eloise Kendy, Bruce Aylward, Laura Ziemer, Brian Richter, Bonnie Colby, Theodore Grantham, Will B. Dicharry, Emily M. Powell, Season Martin, Peter W. Culp, Leon S. Szeptycki, and Carrie V Kappel. Journal of the American Water Resource Association, 54(2): 487-504 (2018)  https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12619

Summary: Evaluating Water Transaction Programs


Impact Assessments Conducted at Time of Exit Inconsistently Predict Longer-Term Program Benefits in Title II Food Assistance Programs with Beatrice Rogers, Jennifer Coates, Katherine Houk, Elizabeth Kegode, and Johanna Andrews. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 63: 25-525 (2013).

Working Papers

Water Right Transferability and Economic Development on American Indian Reservations with Eric Edwards and Bryan Leonard

Other Publications

Bargaining for Tribal Water in California with Eric Edwards (2025).  ARE Update.


Natural capital accounting on forested lands in the United States: An application to the Colorado River Basin with Travis Warziniack, Ken Bagstad, Michael Knowles, Christopher Mihiar, Arpita Nehra, Charles Rhodes,, Christopher Sichko, and Charles B. Sims. (2025).  In N. Z. Muller, E. P. Fenichel, & M. Bohman (Eds.), Measuring and accounting for environmental public goods: A national accounts perspective (pp. 123–145). University of Chicago Press.


How Federal Laws Undermine Native American Water Rights. Leslie Sanchez. (2022). Property and Environmental Research Center.


Addressing Institutional Barriers to Native American Water Marketing. (2022). Property and Environmental Research Center. 


Indicator Guidebook for Water Transaction Programs with Season Martin, Bruce Aylward, Bonnie Colby, Will Dicharry, Theodore Grantham, Eloise Kendy, Emily Powell, Brian Richter, and Laura Ziemer.  (2017). The Nature Conservancy and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. 


Truckee-Carson Surface Water Markets in Northern Nevada with Bruce Aylward and Don Springmeyer. (2016). AMP Insights and Ecosystem Economics.


Political Economy of Water Markets in the Western United States with Bruce Aylward and Davíd Pilz.  (2016). AMP Insights and Ecosystem Economics.


Sustaining Development: Results from a Study of Sustainability and Exit Strategies among Development Food Assistance Projects | Honduras Country Study with Beatrice Rogers and Jamie Fierstein. (2016). Report prepared for U.S. Agency for International Development/Food and Nutritional Technical Assistance Program.


Development Dynamics: A Post-Program Study of Sustainability and Exit Strategies in Honduras with Beatrice Lorge Rogers. (2014). Report prepared for U.S. Agency for International Development/Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Program. 


A Qualitative Analysis of Exit Strategies in USAID Food Security Programs in Honduras with Beatrice Rogers. (2011). Report prepared for U.S. Agency for International Development/Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance.


A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Gray Water as an Option for Improving Water Security in Lebanon’s Agriculture Sector.  (2010). Report prepared for Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.


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