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UC Berkeley Previously Published Works (2014)
The lack of robust water markets makes it difficult to value irrigation water. Because water rights are appurtenant to land, it is possible to infer the value of water from observed differences in the market price of land. We use panel data on repeat farmland sales in California's San Joaquin Valley to estimate a hedonic regression equation with parcel fixed effects. This controls for sources of omitted variables bias and allows us to recover the value of irrigation water to landowners in our sample. We show that a more traditional cross-sectional regression results in an artificially low value of irrigation water. © The Author (2014).
    Cover page: Land Markets and the Value of Water: Hedonic Analysis Using Repeat Sales of Farmland
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    UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2011)

    This dissertation discusses topics in the microeconomics of water resource economics and agricultural extension. In one chapter I use a hedonic model to explain the price of land transactions, and from this an implied value of irrigation water is inferred. In a separate chapter I develop measures of willingness-to-pay for water supply reliability measures, and estimate how consumers respond to changes in the price of residential water. My final chapter develops a model of a farmer's decision to invest in learning from agricultural technicians about a new integrated pest management technology that improves yields and reduces agricultural run-off of pesticides into surface waterways. Each chapter is grounded in microeconomic models of decision-making.

      Cover page: Essays on Water Resource Economics and Agricultural Extension
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      UC Davis Previously Published Works (2016)
      This feature issue of the Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A) reflects the basic and applied research interests of members of the color vision community. Most of the articles stem from presentations at the 23rd Biennial Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society (ICVS).
        Cover page: Color vision: introduction by the feature editors
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        UC Davis Previously Published Works (2014)
        This feature issue of the Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A) stems from the 22nd Biennial Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society (ICVS) and reflects the basic and applied research interests of members of the color vision community. A profile is included of the 2013 Verriest Medal recipient.
          Cover page: Color vision: Introduction by the feature editors.
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