Expertise

Jeff Peterson’s research focuses on the interaction between agriculture and natural resources. He has studied the relationship between environmental policies and trade, the rate of farmland development at the rural-urban fringe, and voluntary incentive-based policies for farmers to manage the environmental resources on their own farms. Much of his current research is concerned with water use and water policy in the Great Plains.

Areas of Expertise

  • Computational Economics
  • Economics of Climate and Energy
  • Resource and Environmental Policy
Degrees
PhD, Cornell University, Agricultural Economics, 2000
MS, Cornell University, Agricultural Economics, 1997
BS, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Agricultural Economics, 1994
Languages
English
Honors

Outstanding Research Award, Gamma Sigma Delta Society (Kansas State University), 2007

Outstanding Mentor Award, Kansas State Research and Extension (Kansas State University), 2006

Team Award (with Irrigation Water Management Team), Kansas State Research and Extension (Kansas State University), 2006

Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article (with R.N. Boisvert), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005

Early Career Award, Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society (Kansas State University), 2005

Outstanding Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Article (with R.N. Boisvert), Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2002

Outstanding Dissertation, Dept. of Applied Economics and Management (Cornell University), 2001

George F. Warren Award for Outstanding Research by a Graduate Student, Department of Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics (Cornell University), 1999

Outstanding Master's Thesis, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1998

Outstanding Master's Thesis, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, 1998

Outstanding Teaching Assistant, College of Agriculture and Life Science (Cornell University), 1997

Associations
American Agricultural Economics Association
American Economic Association
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Western Agricultural and Resource Economics Association