Groundwater is an important input for agricultural production in many parts of the world.
Aquifer depletion has been shown to affect the rate that groundwater can be extracted from …

Competition for scarce water resources may lead to high water prices. Agricultural producers
can adapt to increasing water price by adjusting irrigation management strategies. When …

Groundwater is an important resource for agricultural and urban water users. In a number of
regions around the world, there is rapid change in water management institutions as a result …

Search frictions, defined as the costs of finding trading partners, are a common feature of
most permit markets. In these markets prices are not publicly available, buyers and sellers …

Cover crops and crop residue play a multifunctional role in improving soil hydrological
properties, soil water storage and water use efficiency (WUE). This study was conducted to …

The goal of this thesis is to predict participation in groundwater trading and the directions of
trades among participants. Specifically, the paper considers both formal and informal trading …

Competition for water is becoming more intense in many parts of the USA, including west-
central Nebraska. It is believed that reduced tillage with increased crop residue conserves …

Previous research on water trading has focused on surface water trading and theoretical
approaches to analyzing groundwater trading. Empirical analysis of groundwater trading is a …

This dissertation presents three essays on the economics of water management in
agriculture. The overarching objective of the dissertation is to explore the effects of …

While surface water trading has occurred regularly throughout the Western United States
and the rest of the world for decades, the use of any type of groundwater trading has been …