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Nonmarket Valuation

Objective: To provide information on the value of goods that are not bought and sold in a traditional market, focusing on recreational activity and how people value resources.
November 2009
Effect of Potential Future Climate Change on Cost-Effective Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Strategies in the UMRB (ppt) 12.23 MB
Manoj Jha, Philip Gassman, Gene Takle, Catherine Kling, Sergey Rabotyagov
September 2009
Watershed Advisory Council First Meeting (ppt) 2.15 MB
Cathy Kling, Phil Gassman, and Manoj Jha
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
May 2009
Statement at the hearing on indirect land use and renewable biomass provisions of the Renewable Fuels Standard (pdf) 0.28 MB
Bruce A. Babcock
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
March 2008
Biofuels and Water Quality in the Midwest: Corn vs. Switchgrass (ppt) 4.21 MB
Silvia Secchi, Philip W. Gassman, Manoj Jha, Lyubov Kurkalova, and Catherine L. Kling
Presented at the Iowa Water Conference, Ames, Iowa (February 2008), and the Ecological Society of America Biofuels Conference, Washington, DC
February 2008
Least Cost Control of Agricultural Nutrient Contributions to Local Waters and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (ppt) 4.58 MB
Sergey Rabotyagov, Todd Campbell, Manoj Jha, Philip W. Gassman, Jeffrey Arnold, Lyubov Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi, Hongli Feng, and Catherine L. Kling
Department of Economics, Iowa State University
October 2007
Iowa Conservation Practices: Historical Investments, Water Quality, and Gaps (ppt) 1.85 MB
Catherine L. Kling, Hongli Feng, and Philip Gassman
Progress report presented at Iowa Farm Bureau Federation offices
March 2007
Some Water Quality Impacts of Alternative Energy Crops (pdf) 1.83 MB
Manoj Jha, Philip W. Gassman, and Catherine L. Kling
ISU Extension Webcast, Ames, IA
November 2006
Valuing Water Quality Through Recreational Uses in Iowa (ppt) 10.03 MB
Joseph Herriges, Catherine Kling, and John Downing
Presented at the Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners Conference
June 2006
Iowa Conservation Practices: Historical Investments, Water Quality, and Gaps (ppt) 8.55 MB
H. Feng, P. Gassman, M. Jha, C. Kling, and J. Parcel
Presented at the Iowa Farm Bureau Conservation and Environmental Issues Conference
October 2005
Assessing Alternative Policies for the Control of Nutrients in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (ppt) 0.72 MB
Catherine L. Kling, Silvia Secchi, Hongli Feng, Philip W. Gassman, Manoj Jha, and Lyubov Kurkalova
Presented at the Mississippi River Basin Nutrients Science Workshop, St. Louis, Missouri
July 2005
Linking the Economic Costs and Water Quality Benefits of Conservation in Agricultural Lands: An Iowa Assessment (ppt) 3.08 MB  (additional paper (jpg))
Silvia Secchi, Philip W. Gassman, Manoj Jha, Lyubov Kurkalova, Hongli H. Feng, Todd Campbell, and Catherine Kling
Costs and Environmental Gains from Conservation Programs (ppt) 1.75 MB
Catherine L. Kling
Presented at the ISU Agricultural Policy Summit
December 2004
Economic and Biophysical Models to Support Conservation Policy: Hypoxia and Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (ppt) 3.35 MB
Hongli Feng-Hennessy, Philip Gassman, Manoj Jha, Luba Kurkalova, Catherine Kling, and Silvia Secchi
USDA Economic Research Service
October 2004
Co-benefits from Conservation Policies that Promote Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture: The Corn Belt (ppt) 1.10 MB
Hongli Feng, Luba Kurkalova, Philip Gassman, Catherine Kling, and Silvia Secchi
Presented at the Forestry and Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Modeling Forum, Shepherdstown, WV
Recreation Demand Using Physical Measures of Water Quality (ppt) 2.73 MB
Kevin Egan, Joseph Herriges, Catherine Kling, and John Downing
Presented at the EPA Star Grant Workshop on Ecological Valuation, Washington D.C.
September 2004
SWAT Riparian Zone Workshop presentations
Presented at Iowa State University
August 2004
Upper Mississippi River Basin: In-stream versus Edge-of-Field Assessment Poster (ppt) 5.24 MB  (additional paper (jpg))
Catherine Kling, Hongli Feng, Lyubov A. Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi, Philip W. Gassman, Manoj Jha, Todd Campbell, Arathi Bhaskar, Christopher Burkart, Sanchita Sengupta, and Rebecca Olson (poster design)
June 2004
Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems Poster (ppt) 13.12 MB  (additional paper (jpg))
Kevin Egan, Joseph Herriges, Catherine Kling, and John Downing
EPA Science Forum
February 2004
Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems (ppt) 11.11 MB
Kevin Egan, Joseph Herriges, Catherine Kling, and John Downing
Presented at the 4th Annual Water Monitoring Conference, Ames, Iowa
January 2004
Trade-off of Carbon Sequestration through Land Retirement versus Working Land (ppt) 0.49 MB
H. Feng, L. Kurkalova, and C. Kling
Presented at the CASMGS Forum, Texas A&M University
Willingness to Pay Under Uncertainty: Beyond Graham’s Willingness to Pay Locus (ppt) 0.24 MB
Catherine L. Kling and Jinhua Zhao
AERE/AEA, San Diego
November 2003
Living with Hogs in Iowa: The Impact of Livestock Facilities on Rural Residential Property Values (ppt) 2.04 MB
Joseph A. Herriges, Silvia Secchi, and Bruce A. Babcock
Presented to the Iowa Chapter of the Appraisal Institute at the Amana Colonies, IA
September 2003
Spatial Targeting of a Green Payment Policy: A Simulation Framework for the Upper Mississippi River Basin Region (ppt) 2.69 MB
Catherine L. Kling, Lyubov A. Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi, and Philip W. Gassman
Application of SWAT for Alternative Management Scenarios for the Upper Mississippi River Basin (ppt) 2.45 MB
Philip W. Gassman, Silvia Secchi, Manoj Jha, Jeff Arnold, Raghavan Srinivasan, and Santhi Chinnasamy
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development's Water Quality Research Initiatives (ppt) 4.86 MB
July 2003
Commitment Costs and the Basic Independence Assumption: Evidence from the Field (ppt) 0.27 MB
C.L. Kling, J.A. List, and J. Zhao
June 2003
Alternative Green Payment Policies under Heterogeneity when Multiple Benefits Matter (ppt) 0.64 MB
J. Zhao, C.L. Kling, L.A. Kurkalova
Selected paper, presented at 2003 NAREA Workshop “Linkages between Agricultural and Conservation Policies,” Portsmouth, NH
May 2003
Application of SWAT for the Upper Mississippi River Basin (ppt) 1.15 MB
Silvia Secchi, Philip W. Gassman, Manoj Jha, and Jeff Arnold
March 2003
Estimation of a Discrete Choice Model When Individual Choices Are Not Observable (ppt) 0.30 MB
L.A. Kurkalova, S. Rabotyagov
Selected paper, presented at Midwest Economics Association meetings, St. Louis, MO
February 2003
Costs and Environmental Effects from Conservation Tillage Adoption in Iowa (ppt) 0.48 MB
L.A. Kurkalova, C.L. Kling, and J. Zhao
Presented at the University of Toulouse, France
December 2002
The Interface of Simulation Modeling and Local Citizens in Two Eastern Iowa Watersheds (ppt) 2.26 MB
Philip W. Gassman, Ali Saleh, and John Rodecap
November 2002
The Value of Accurate, Field-Scale, Soil Carbon Assessment Technology: Conservation Tillage in Iowa (ppt) 0.45 MB
L.A. Kurkalova, C.L. Kling, J. Zhao
Selected paper, presented at USDA Symposium on Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Raleigh, NC
June 2002
Multiple Environmental Externalities of Conservation Tillage: Empirical Assessment of Practice and Performance Based Targeting (ppt) 0.23 MB
L.A. Kurkalova, C.L. Kling, J. Zhao
Selected paper, presented at the 2nd World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Monterey, CA
February 2002
Combining Revealed and Stated Preference Data Using On-Site Samples in the Estimation of Recreation Demand (ppt) 11.88 MB
Presented at the Missouri Valley Economic Association annual meeting, Memphis, TN
August 2001
Revealed Premium in the Adoption of Conservation Tillage (ppt) 0.24 MB
L.A. Kurkalova, C.L. Kling, J. Zhao
Selected paper, presented at AAEA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL