Publications
Wilcox, Steven W, Christopher B. Barrett, Nathaniel D. Jensen, Patrick E. Clark, Francesco P. Fava, Gerardo E. Soto, Njoki Kahiu, and Ying Sun, 2026. ``The Environmental Impacts of Scaling a Microfinancial Product: Index-Based Livestock Insurance and East African Rangelands.'' Forthcoming, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. [Main text] [Supplementary materials]
Wilcox, Steven W., D.R. Just, C.-Y. C.L. Lawell, M.I. Gómez, H.L. Grab, D.A. Yeh, 2026. ``To (rent) bees or not to (rent) bees? An examination of the farmer's question.'', Q Open. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoag025
Wilcox, Steven W., D.R. Just, H. Grab, C.-Y. C.L. Lawell, D. Adeline Yeh, and Sage Wootan, 2026. ``Apple Pollination Costs and Strategies: Trends and Outlook.'' Choices, 41 (1).
Link: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/apple-pollination-costs-and-strategies-trends-and-outlook
Purevjav, Avralt-Od, T. Avrimed, S.W. Wilcox, C.B. Barrett, 2025. ``Climate Rather than Overgrazing Explains Most Rangeland Primary Productivity Change in Mongolia'', Science, Vol 389, Issue 6766, pp. 1229-1233.DOI: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn0005
Wilcox, Steven W., D.R. Just, and A. Ortiz-Bobea 2024. ``The Role of Staple Food Prices in Deforestation: Evidence from Cambodia.'' Land Economics, vol. 101, no. 1, pg. 89-118.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.101.1.100423-0097R
Soto, G. E., Wilcox, S., Clark, P. E., Fava, F. P., Jensen, N. M., Kahiu, N., Liao, C., Porter, B., Sun, Y., and Barrett, C. 2024. ``Mapping Rangeland Health Indicators in East Africa from 2000 to 2022'', Earth System Science Data, vol. 16, no. 11, pg. 5375-5404. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-217
Working Papers
``Using Humor and Interactive Software to Teach Econometric Concepts: A Case Study in Using The Simpsons to Teach about Correlation vs. Causation '', with Logan B. Haviland and Jesus Felix De Los Reyes. Revise and resubmit, Applied Economics Economics and Extension
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``Mapping dynamic exposure to Bonneville Basin pluvial dust in North America, 1998-2024'', with Logan B. Haviland (lead author), Kylie Hanse, Sherzod Akhundjanov, and Wei Zhang. Under review
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``Is the Policy Enough? Adoption and Impacts of Tiered Water Pricing in Utah, 1980-2022'', with Savanna Craig (lead author) and Kalli Hull. Under review [Main text] [Supplementary materials]
``Pollination, Production, and Profits.'', with Heather Grab, David R. Just, C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, D. Adeline Yeh, and Miguel I. Gomez. Under review
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``Nuclear Power Plant Operations and the Elasticity of Demand for Uranium: An Empirical Analysis.'', with Edgar E. Cabrera Jr. (lead author), Dita Chowdury, Lingxiao (Alan) Cui, Liam J. Daly, Lin H. Hlaing, Jacob Holifield, Miles Y. Huh, Isabella A.H. Laine, Cynthia (Ziyu) Liao, Matthew Martinez, Michael A. Meneses, Winston Park, Daniil Rakov, Henry Sun, Chenrui Wang, Tong Wu, Ishita L. Yada, Sun Min Yoon, Hongyu Zhao, C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell. Under review
``Disentangling the Net: Testing the Production Effects of a Fisheries Cash Transfer Program in Mexico'', with Jesus Felix De Los Reyes (lead author)
``Regional air quality in the Intermountain West: Dust vs. Smoke'', with Logan Haviland (lead author), Kylie Hansen, Sherzod Akhundjanov, and Wei Zhang.
Works in Progress
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``Long Run Trends in East African Rangeland Quality'', with Gerardo E. Soto (lead author), Christopher B. Barrett, Patrick E. Clark, Francesco P. Fava, Nathaniel D. Jensen, Njoki Kahiu, Benjamin Porter, Ying Sun.
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"A dynamic model of farmer pollination resource decision-making", with
Heather Grab, David R. Just, Miguel I. Gómez, D. Adeline Yeh, and C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell.
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``Exposure to Bonneville Basin Dust: An Empirical Study of Necessary vs. Sufficient Conditions in the past, present, and future'', with Logan Haviland, Sherzod Akhundjanov, Wei Zhang, and Kylie Hansen.
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``Rainfall governs year-to-year rangeland productivity, but warming governs its multi-decadal decline'', with Logan Haviland, Sherzod Akhundjanov, Wei Zhang, and Kylie Hansen.
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``Teaching about Transboundary Environmental Challenges: An Approach for Teaching about Transboundary Air Pollution with Data Visualizations'', with Logan Haviland, and Sherzod Akhundjanov
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``Climate Impacts on Fish Catch and Fishing Effort: An Application to Mexico's Fisheries Sector'', with Jesus Felix De Los Reyes