The Working Papers Series features original work by researchers in the School of Public Policy and its various centers. These working papers may be intended either for academic or practitioner audiences, and are not subject to peer review prior to publication. The authors bear sole responsibility for the content of each publication.
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2024
#1
February 2024. Laureline Josset, Upmanu Lall, Divya Prakash, Ariel Dinar
"Public Health, Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Urban Land Subsidence"
#2
July 2024. Beth Tamayose, John Levin
#3
August 2024. Siddharth Kishore, Mehdi Nemati, Ariel Dinar, Cory L. Struthers, Scott MacKenzie, Matthew S. Shugart
"Parcel-Level Agricultural Land Use and Climate Change: Evidence from California’s Central Valley"
#4
November 2024. Siddharth Kishore, Mehdi Nemati, Ariel Dinar, Cory L. Struthers, Scott MacKenzie, Matthew S. Shugart
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2023
#1
February 2023. Divya Prakash, Mehdi Nemati, Ariel Dinar, Scott MacKenzie, Cory Struthers, Matthew S. Shugart
"ADVANCEMENTS TO THE RICARDIAN ANALYSIS IN THE PAST QUARTER OF THE CENTURY"
#2
Daniel Crespo, Mehdi Nemati, Ariel Dinar, Zach Frankel, Nick Halberg
"Hydro-Economic Analysis of the Colorado River Basin: A Comprehensive Framework for Water Management"
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2022
#1
February 2022. Nelson Ndahangwapo, Djiby Racine Thiam, and Ariel Dinar
"Averting land subsidence impacts through optimal groundwater management: Evidence from the Hout River Catchment in South Africa"
#2
February 2022. Alfred Tunyire Apio, Djiby Racine Thiam, Ariel Dinar, and Jürgen Meyerhoff
"Farmers’ willingness to accept compensation to control agricultural nonpoint source pollution in the Limpopo River Basin of South Africa"
#3
March 2022. Nelson Ndahangwapo, Djiby Racine Thiam, Ariel Dinar
"Designing optimal rainfall index-based crop production insurance: Application to the Limpopo River Basin of South Africa"
#4
June 2022. Ariel Dinar, Laura Forni, Marina Mautner, Nigel Quinn
"Developing a Regional Agricultural Nonpoint Salinity Pollution Management Framework: Application to the San Joaquin River, California"
#5
June 2022. S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Beth Tamayose
"Ready to Rise: A Pragmatic Framework to Improve Planning, Investment, and Community Development"
#6
July 2022. Alfred Tunyire Apio, Djiby Racine Thiam, Ariel Dinar
"Farming under Drought: An analysis of the factors influencing farmers' bundling of water conservation practices to mitigate farm-level water scarcity in South Africa"
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2021
#1
July 2021. Bruce Babcock, Mehdi Nemati, and Dat Tran
"Estimation of Supply Elasticities for Non-Exchange Traded Commodities"
#2
July 2021. Maithili Ramachandran, Kate Choi, Mindy Marks, Bruce Link and Kurt Schwabe
"The Impact of Extreme Temperatures on Newborn Health in California"
#3
September 2021. Ifedotun Victor Aina, Djiby Racine Thiam and Ariel Dinar
"Analysis of residential water conservation practices in Cape Town, South Africa"
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September 2021. Ifedotun Victor Aina, Djiby Racine Thiam and Ariel Dinar
"Water source choice and price regulation: the case of households in South Africa"
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2020
#1
January 2020. Hon. Lloyd Levine (ret.)
"Closing the Urban Digital Divide – An Assessment of Awareness Based Outreach Efforts"
#2
March 2020. Djiby Racine Thiam, Ariel Dinar, and Hebert Ntuli
"Day Zero Effect: Adoption of water-saving equipment in Cape Town, South Africa"
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May 2020. Hon. Lloyd Levine (ret.)
"COVID-19, the Digital Divide, Distance Learning: Strategies and Policies to Avert an Education Crisis"
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October 2020. Ami Reznik, Ariel Dinar, Susie Bresney, Laura Forni, Brian Joyce, Steven Wallander, Daniel Bigelow, and Iddo Kan
"Managed Aquifer Recharge as a Strategy to Mitigate Drought Impacts in Irrigated Agriculture: Role of Institutions and Policies with Application to California"
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2019
#1
April 2019. Ami Reznik, Yu Jiang, Ariel Dinar
"Policy Implications of Climate Change Impacts on Wastewater Treatment Costs: Evidence from China"
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October 2019. Jacob Rightnar, Ariel Dinar
"Bankruptcy Allocation of the Colorado River Water: The Impact of River Flow Deficit on The Salton Sea Region and Re-allocation Policies to Address It"
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2018
#1
January 2018. Kevin M. Esterling
"Constructing and Repairing our Bridges: Statistical Considerations When Placing Agents into Legislative Preference Space"
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February 2018. Kevin M. Esterling, Archon Fung, Taeku Lee
"Modeling Persuasion within Small Groups, with an Application to a Deliberative Field Experiment on U.S. Fiscal Policy"
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February 2018. Ami Reznik, Ariel Dinar, Francesc Hernández-Sancho
"An Economic Examination of Wastewater Recycling Role in Solving the Growing Scarcity of Natural Water Resources"
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March 2018. Javier Santiago Ortiz-Correa and Ariel Dinar
"Civil War's Impact on the Environment and on Access to Water and Sanitation Services"
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May 2018. Hon. Lloyd Levine (ret.) and Matthew P.H. Taylor
"Closing the Digital Divide: A Historic and Economic Justification for Government Intervention"
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2017
#1
January 2017. Marta Suárez-Varela and Ariel Dinar
"A Double-hurdle Approach for Estimation of Bottled Water Demand under Consumer Environmental Attitudes and Water Conservation Policies"
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May 2017. Julia Reints, Ariel Dinar and David Crowley
"Dealing with Water Scarcity: Adoption of Water Saving Technologies and Management Practices by California Avocado Growers"
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2016
#1
February 2016. Allan Colbern and Karthick Ramakrishnan
"State Policies on Immigrant Integration: An Examination of Best Practices and Policy Diffusion"
#2
July 2016. Edgar Tellez Foster, Ariel Dinar, Amnon Rapoport
"Comparing Alternative Modifications of Energy Subsidies: The Case of Groundwater Extraction"
#3
July 2016. Edgar Tellez Foster, Amnon Rapoport, Ariel Dinar
"Groundwater and Electricity Consumption Under Alternative Subsidies: Evidence from Laboratory Experiments"
#4
August 2016. Encarna Esteban, Ariel Dinar, José Albiac, Alfonso Calera, Marta García-Mollá, Lorenzo Avellá
"The Political Economy of Water Policy Design and Implementation in the Jucar Basin, Spain"
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August 2016. Edgar Tellez Foster, Amnon Rapoport, Ariel Dinar
"Alternative Policies to Manage Electricity Subsidies for Groundwater Extraction: A Field Study in Mexico"
#6
September 2016. Diti Chatterjee, Ariel Dinar, and Gloria González-Rivera
"A Knowledge Production Function of Agricultural Research and Extension: The Case of the University of California Cooperative Extension"
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November 2016. Diti Chatterjee, Ariel Dinar, and Gloria González-Rivera
"The Contribution of the University of California Cooperative Extension to California’s Agricultural Production"