Working Papers

Manuscripts Under Review (Available Upon Request)

Capturing the Fiscal Benefits of Carbon Sequestration
Scarlett Forest, Maryam Lakjaa, Bryan Leonard, Tara Righetti
Conditionally Accepted, Colorado Environmental Law Review

Warming and Snow Loss Threaten the Economic Viability of Irrigated Agriculture
Beatrice L. Gordon, Joey Blumberg, Dale T. Manning, Bryan Leonard, Gabrielle F.S. Boisramé, Christine Albano, Rosemary W.H. Carroll
Revisions Requested, Nature Communications

Offering Environmental Protection the Same Standing as Roads and Pipelines
Jacob Hochard, Mary Evans, Bryan Leonard, Temple Stoellinger, Todd Cherry, Paul Ferraro, George Loewenstein, James Murphy, Jason Shogren, Leaf Van Boven, Christian Vossler
Reject and Resubmit, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Mind the Gap: Improving Water Markets with Field-Level Remote Sensing
Katherine Wright, Andrew Ayres, Bryan Leonard
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Scaling Markets to Restore Great Salt Lake
Eric Edwards, Brigham Daniels, Billy Ferguson, Dustin Garrick, Conner Harwood, Paul Milgrom, Sarah Null, Barton Thompson Jr., Andrew Vogt, Bryan Leonard
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A Wildfire Preparedness Paradox in Beliefs About Fuel Treatment Effectiveness
Peri Brimley, Todd Cherry, Jacob Hochard, Bryan Leonard
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Fine-scale Mobility and Land-use Data Facilitate Cost-effective Migratory Corridor Design
Kailin Kroetz, Bryan Leonard, Arthur D. Middleton, Laura Gigliotti, Tyler Treakle
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The Curse of Intangibility in Risk Reduction
Todd Cherry, Ian Fletcher, George Loewenstein, Mary Evans, Paul Ferraro, David Finnoff, Jacob Hochard, Bryan Leonard, Peter Martinsson, James Murphy, Jason Shogren, Daan van Soest, Leaf Van Boven, Christian Vossler
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The Climate Intervention Impact Pyramid
Leaf Van Boven, Todd Cherry, Kenneth Kau, Steffen Kallbekken, Jacob Hochard, Bryan Leonard, James Murphy, Jason Shogren, Linda Thunström, Daan van Soest, Christian Vossler, George Loewenstein
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Working Papers

Designing Environmental Markets to Address Community Impacts
Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Bryan Leonard, Sara Sutherland
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Establishing the Land of Opportunity: Land Transfers and Economic Mobility in American History
Steven M. Smith, Bryan Leonard, Eric Alston, Joseph Price
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The Political Economy of “Non-Use” Rights for Conserving Natural Resources
Joshua Abbott, Christopher Costello, Bryan Leonard
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The Economics of Contracting for Conservation
Bryan Leonard, Kailin Kroetz
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Pricing the Opportunity Cost of Conservation
Dan Kaffine, Bryan Leonard

The Community Impacts of Catch Shares in U.S. Fisheries
Bryan Leonard, Joshua Abbott, Leah Shaffer

Measuring Agricultural Water Depletion from Space: Does the Method Matter?
Jiaxin Yin, Leslie Sanchez, Conner Harwood, Eric Edwards, Bryan Leonard, Will Rafey, Andrew Ayres, Katherine Wright

A Coexistence Market for Revealing the “Social Carrying Capacity” of Predators
Jacob Hochard, Temple Stoellinger, Bryan Leonard, Harrison Carter, Todd Cherry, Amy Dickman, David Finnoff, Darragh Hare, Bailey Kirkland, Katherine Lee, Arthur D. Middleton, Steve Newbold, Jennifer Raynor, Jason Shogren