Daniel Brent
Research Summary
My primary field is environmental economics with a focus on water resources. I use empirical methods to understand incentives in environmental markets, including field experiments that employ insights from behavioral economics I also study externalities and dynamic tolling in the transportation sector.
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Recent Publications
Peer Effects in Voluntary Environmental Policies: An Application to Urban Water Quality
Brent, D. A., Wrenn, D. H., Lara, G. R. & Cook, J., Mar 2026, In: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. 13, 2, p. 533-574 42 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Causal effects of urbanization and winter weather on salinity in the Delaware River Basin
Lara, G. R., Brent, D. A., Lassiter, A. & Tian, H., Sep 2025, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 391, 126288.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Four birds with one stone? opportunities and challenges in adopting solar irrigation for a sustainable water-energy-food nexus with carbon credits
Patel, P. M., Scott, C. A. & Brent, D. A., 2025, In: Water International. 50, 3-4, p. 235-258 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The distributional impact of FEMA's community rating system
Brent, D. A., Ren, Y. & Wrenn, D. H., Apr 1 2024, In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 53, 1, p. 87-118 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identifying Sweet Spots for Green Stormwater Infrastructure Implementation: A Case Study in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Yavari Bajehbaj, R., Wu, H., Grady, C., Brent, D., Clark, S. E., Cibin, R., Duncan, J. M., Kumar Chaudhary, A. & McPhillips, L. E., Aug 1 2023, In: Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment. 9, 3, 05023004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reducing bias in preference elicitation for environmental public goods*
Brent, D. A., Gangadharan, L., Leroux, A. D. & Raschky, P. A., Apr 2022, In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 66, 2, p. 280-308 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Effects of Eligibility and Voluntary Participation on the Distribution of Benefits in Environmental Programs: An Application to Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Brent, D. A., Cook, J. H. & Lassiter, A., 2022, In: Land Economics. 98, 4, p. 579-598 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Willingness to pay for ecosystem benefits of green stormwater infrastructure in Chinese sponge cities
Wang, R., Brent, D. & Wu, H., Oct 15 2022, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 371, 133462.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Is India ready for alt-meat? Preferences and willingness to pay for meat alternatives
Arora, R. S., Brent, D. A. & Jaenicke, E. C., Jun 1 2020, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 12, 11, 4377.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Traffic congestion, transportation policies, and the performance of first responders
Brent, D. & Beland, L. P., Sep 2020, In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 103, 102339.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
What Causes Heterogeneous Responses to Social Comparison Messages for Water Conservation?
Brent, D. A., Lott, C., Taylor, M., Cook, J., Rollins, K. & Stoddard, S., Nov 1 2020, In: Environmental and Resource Economics. 77, 3, p. 503-537 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Local public goods and the crowding-out hypothesis: Evidence from Civic crowdfunding
Brent, D. A. & Chan, N. W., 2019, In: Economics Bulletin. 39, 3, p. 2142-2154 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Price perceptions in water demand
Brent, D. A. & Ward, M. B., Nov 2019, In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 98, 102266.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Taxation, redistribution, and observability in social dilemmas
Brent, D. A., Gangadharan, L., Mihut, A. & Villeval, M. C., Oct 1 2019, In: Journal of Public Economic Theory. 21, 5, p. 826-846 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The economic geography of civic crowdfunding
Brent, D. A. & Lorah, K., Jul 2019, In: Cities. 90, p. 122-130 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review