Research

Working Papers

Does Farmland Retirement Affect Local Employment? Evidence from the Conservation Reserve Program
Li, L. & Ando, A.. Revision requested at Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

The Effect of Climate Change Information on Food Choices
Long, D., Liu, H., & Li, L.. Revision requested.

Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change through the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Electricity Use for Irrigation
Hrozencik, A. R., Rouhi Rad, M., Uz, D., & Li, L.. Under review.

Violence Begets Violence: Estimating the Impact of George Floyd’s Murder on U.S. Firearm Violence
Rochford, H., Li, L., & Woodward, R..

Household Willingness to Pay for Enhanced Wildfire Alert and Warning Services in California
Baik, Y., Li, L., & Sánchez, J. J.. Under review.

Publications

Higher Ecological Footprints in Cities Driven by Service and Income Effect
Xu, B., Zhang, K., Li, L., Yu, Y., Kish, K., Goldstein, B. P., Dadashova, B., Newman, G., Liu, Z., Ye, X., Lin, D., & Jiao, W.. Accepted at Nature Communications.

Persistent and Immediate Effects of Land Retirement on Labor Market and Land Tenure: Evidence from Historical Conservation Reserve Program in the U.S.
Howlader, A. & Li, L.. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2026. [Link]

Cost Considerations in Site Selection for Community Gardens in Urban Agriculture
Jeong, D., Li, L., & Perez-Quesada, G.. Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues (41:2). [Link]

Is there a Relationship between Households’ Perceived and Objective Measures of Wildfire Risk and their Willingness to Pay for Wildfire Fuel Reduction Programs? A Case Study of Arizona Households
Sánchez, J., Li, L. & Loomis, J.. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2026.

The Impacts of Depopulation and Climate Change on the Cost of Rural Electricity Services
Li, L., Hrozencik, A. R., Rouhi Rad, M., & Uz, D.. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (103255). 2025. [Link]

Non-Market Valuation of Environmental Resources: An Introduction
Rouhi Rad, M., Li, L., & Woodward, R.. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. 2025. [Link]

Unequal Exposure? Demographic Patterns in the Placement of Carbon Dioxide Pipelines
Davis, J. A., Salehi, N., Li, L., & Shafiee-Jood, M.. Communications Earth & Environment (6:1, 339). 2025. [Link]

An Update of the Literature Supporting the Economic Benefits of Plants: Part 3 The Downside of Increased Housing Prices
Baik, Y., Li, L., Hall, C., & Fetchel, M.. Journal of Environmental Horticulture (43:1, 1-10). 2025. [Link]

Who Values Urban Open Spaces? Investigating Heterogeneity in the Capitalization of Open Space in New York City
Li, L. & Livy, M. R.. Landscape and Urban Planning (255, 105259). 2025. [Link]

Who Values Urban Community Gardens and How Much?
Li, L. & Long, D.. Food Policy (126, 102649). 2024. [Link]

Environmental Goods Provision and Gentrification: Evidence from MillionTreesNYC
Li, L.. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (120, 102828). 2023. [Link]

Early Exposure to Nature and Willingness-To-Pay for It: The Value of Tallgrass Prairie Grassland Restoration
Li, L. & Ando, A.. Land Economics. 2023. [Link]

Covid-Related Surge in Global Wild Bird Feeding: Implications for Biodiversity and Human-Nature Interaction
Doremus, J., Li, L., & Jones, D.. PLoS ONE (18:8, e0287116). 2023. [Link]

The Impact of Bison Reintroduction on Local Economies
Li, L. & Ando, A.. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (51:3, 455-472). 2022. [Link]

Birds of a Feather Lockdown Together: Mutual Bird-Human Benefits During a Global Pandemic
Brock, M., Doremus, J., & Li, L.. Ecological Economics (189, 107174). 2021. [Link]

Stay-at-Home Orders and the Willingness to Stay Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Stated-Preference Discrete Choice Experiment
Li, L., Long, D., Rouhi Rad, M., & Sloggy, M. R.. PLoS ONE (16:7, e0253910). 2021. [Link]