Research

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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) http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/113.00000100

The Economics of Drought with Eric Edwards and Sheetal Sekhri. Annual Review of Resource Economics, vol. 16:105-124 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-101623-100253

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) https://doi.org/10.1086/725400

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) https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb06d

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) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab94ea

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).

Environmental Risks Compound in Socially Vulnerable Communities. (Manuscript in Preparation)

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

Addressing Institutional Barriers to Native American Water Marketing: Policy reforms can give tribes full value of their water rights. Leslie Sanchez. Property and Environmental Research Center. 2022

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

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

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

Sustaining Development: Results from a Study of Sustainability and Exit Strategies among Development Food Assistance Projects | Honduras Country Study. 2016. with Beatrice Rogers and Jamie Fierstein.  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. 2014. with Beatrice Lorge Rogers. 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. 2011. with Beatrice Rogers. Report prepared for U.S. Agency for International Development/Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance,

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