Refereed journal articles

Least cost control of agricultural nutrient contributions to the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone

Authors: Rabotyagov, S.S., T. Campbell, M. Jha, P.W. Gassman, J. Arnold, L.A. Kurkalova, S. Secchi, H. Feng, and C.L. Kling
Ecological Applications, 20(6): 1542-1555, 2010
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Privatizing ecosystem services: water quality effects from a carbon market

Authors: Secchi, S., M. Jha, L.A. Kurkalova, H. Feng, P.W. Gassman, and C.L. Kling
Choices , 22(2): 97-101, 2007
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Economic and environmental co-benefits of carbon sequestration in agricultural soils: retiring land in the Upper Mississippi river basin

Authors: Feng, H., L.A. Kurkalova, C.L. Kling, and P.W. Gassman
Climatic Change , 80(1-2), pp. 91-107, 2007
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The cost of clean water: assessing agricultural pollution reduction at the watershed scale

Authors: Secchi, S., P.W. Gassman, M. Jha, L.A. Kurkalova, H. Feng, T. Campbell, and C.L. Kling
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation , 62(1), pp. 10-21, 2007
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Environmental conservation in agriculture: land retirement vs. changing practices on working land

Authors: Feng, H., L.A. Kurkalova, C.L. Kling, and P.W. Gassman
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , 52(2) (September 2006), pp. 600-614, 2006
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Green subsidies in agriculture: estimating the adoption costs of conservation tillage from observed behavior

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., C.L. Kling, and J. Zhao
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics , 54, pp. 247-267, 2006

Estimation of a binary choice model with grouped choice data

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., and S. Rabotyagov
Economics Letters , 90, pp. 170-175, 2006
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Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils: discounting for uncertainty

Author: Kurkalova, L.A.
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics , 53, pp. 375-384, 2005

Value of agricultural nonpoint source pollution measurement technology: assessment from a policy perspective

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., C.L. Kling, and J. Zhao
Applied Economics , 36, pp. 2287-2298, 2004

Alternative green payment policies under heterogeneity when multiple benefits matter

Authors: Zhao, J., L.A. Kurkalova, and C.L. Kling
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , 33(1), pp. 148-158, 2004

Multiple benefits of carbon-friendly agricultural practices: empirical assessment of conservation tillage

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., C.L. Kling, and J. Zhao
Environmental Management , 33(4), pp. 519-527, 2004

Input- and output - oriented technical efficiency of Ukrainian collective farms, 1989-1992: Bayesian analysis of a stochastic production frontier model

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., and A. Carriquiry
Journal of Productivity Analysis , 20(2), pp. 211-231, 2003

The efficiency of sequestering carbon in agricultural soils

Authors: Pautsch, G.R., L.A. Kurkalova, B.A. Babcock, and C.L. Kling
Contemporary Economic Policy , 19(April), pp. 123-134, 2001
Reprinted in Batie, S., and R. Horan (Eds.) International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy: The Economics of Agro-Environmental Policy,
Volume II, Ashgate Publishing, London, pp. 115-126, 2004.

Book chapters

Subsidies! The other incentive-based instrument: the case of the Conservation Reserve Program

Authors: Feng, H., C.L. Kling, L.A. Kurkalova, and S. Secchi
book chapter in J. Freeman and C. Kolstad (Eds), Moving to Markets in Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Twenty Years of Experience,
Oxford University Press, New York, pp.230-249, 2007
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Upper Mississippi River Basin modeling system part 1: SWAT input data requirements and issues

Authors: P.W. Gassman, S. Secchi, M. Jha, and L. Kurkalova
In: Coastal Environment and Water Quality (Eds. V.P. Singh and Y.J. Xu)
Water Resources Publications, Highland Ranch, CO, pp.103-115, 2006.

Upper Mississippi River Basin modeling system part 3: Conservation practice scenario results

Authors: Kling, C.L., S. Secchi, M. Jha, H. Feng, P.W. Gassman, and L.A. Kurkalova
In: Coastal Environment and Water Quality (Eds. V.P. Singh and Y.J. Xu)
Water Resources Publications, Highland Ranch, CO, pp.127-134, 2006.

Book review

Book review, “Multifunctional agriculture: a new paradigm for European agriculture and rural development”

Edited by G. van Huylenbroeck and G. Durand, Ashgate Press, 2003, 238 pp.
Authors: L.A. Kurkalova
Agricultural Economics, 32(2), pp. 212-213, 2005.

Proceedings, outreach, and other publications

Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of corn ethanol: accounting for corn acreage expansion.

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., S. Secchi, and P.W. Gassman
In: Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Greensboro, NC, 2007, Springer, 2008, forthcoming

Energy and environmental economics core course sequence for an interdisciplinary engineering science doctoral program.

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., K. Schimmel, and S. Johnston
In: Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2008 Annual Conference, AC 2008-2767, 2008
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The Conservation Reserve Program in the presence of a working land alternative: implications for environmental quality, program participation, and income transfer

Authors: Feng, H., C.L. Kling, L.A. Kurkalova, S. Secchi, and P.W. Gassman
American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 87(5), pp. 1231-1238, 2005
Copyright is held by the American Agricultural Economics Association but is made available on this site for personal use free of charge by permission of the Association.
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The cost of cleaner water: Assessing agricultural pollution reduction at the watershed scale

Authors: Secchi, S., P. Gassman, M. Jha, L.A. Kurkalova, H. Feng, T. Campbell, and C. Kling
Report on research supported by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. CARD, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, 2005

Nonpoint source needs assessment for Iowa part II: the cost of improving Iowa’s water quality

Authors: Secchi, S., H. Feng, L.A. Kurkalova, C.L. Kling, P.W. Gassman, and M. Jha
In: Watershed Management to Meet Water Quality Standards and Emerging TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load),
Proceedings of the 3rd Conference 5-9 March Atlanta, Georgia. ASAE, St. Joseph, Michigan, pp.522-532, 2005.

Nonpoint source needs assessment for Iowa part III: economic and environmental outcomes

Authors: Gassman, P.W., S. Secchi, M. Jha, L.A. Kurkalova, H.Feng, and C.L. Kling
In: Watershed Management to Meet Water Quality Standards and Emerging TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load),
Proceedings of the 3rd Conference 5-9 March Atlanta, Georgia. ASAE, St. Joseph, Michigan, pp.533-542, 2005.

An analysis of the 2004 Iowa Diffuse Pollution Needs assessment using SWAT

Authors: Gassman, P.W., S. Secchi, C.L. Kling, M. Jha, L.A. Kurkalova, and H.Feng
Proceedings of the SWAT 2005 3rd International Conference, 11-15 July, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 291-301, 2005.
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Cropland cash rental rates in the Upper Mississippi river basin

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., C. Burkart, and S. Secchi
CARD Technical Report 04-TR 47, 08/2004.
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Targeting efficiency in the Conservation Security Program

Authors: Kling, C.L., H. Feng, P.W. Gassman, L.A. Kurkalova, and S. Secchi
Iowa Ag Review Vol.10, No.1, pp.4-5 & 10, Winter 2004.
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An analysis of grain production decline during the early transition in Ukraine: a Bayesian inference

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., and A. Carriquiry
American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 84(5), pp. 1256-1263, 2002
Copyright is held by the American Agricultural Economics Association but is made available on this site for personal use free of charge by permission of the Association.
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Incentives to boost conservation tillage adoption

Authors: Kurkalova, L.A., and C.L. Kling
Iowa Ag Review Vol.8, No.1, p.11, Winter 2002.
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Multifunctionality: market failure and options to internalize externalities: applying the OECD framework: a review of the literature in the U.S.

Authors: Feng, H., L.A. Kurkalova, and S. Secchi
Report prepared for the OECD, Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, 07/2001.

Conservation payments: challenges in design and implementation

Authors: B.A. Babcock, J. Beghin, M. Duffy, H. Feng, B. Hueth, C.L. Kling, L.A. Kurkalova, U. Schneider, S. Secchi, Q. Weninger, and J. Zhao
CARD Briefing Paper 01-BP 34, 06/2001.
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Working Papers