Fields: agricultural and natural resource economics, water resources, conservation
Selected Interests
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Publications in Academic Journals (* denotes graduate student co-authorship)
Working Papers
Outreach Publications
Selected Grants and Funded Research
Selected Interests
- Irrigation and agricultural water use
- Spatial resolution of policy instruments in natural resource management
- Property rights and natural resource use
- Agricultural land values
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Publications in Academic Journals (* denotes graduate student co-authorship)
- Sampson, G.S., J. Aguilar, C. Baldwin, J. Davidson, and H. Mehl. Forthcoming. "Water Management and Information Gaps in the High Plains Aquifer." Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.
- Barkley, A., P. Aseete, and G.S. Sampson. 2023. "The Economic Impact of Biofuel Policy on the Agricultural Sector in the Great Plains Region, 1997-2017." Q Open, https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoad024.
- Gardner*, G. and G.S. Sampson. 2022. "Land Value Impacts of Ethanol Market Expansion by Irrigation Status." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, doi: 10.22004/ag.econ.313314.
- Sampson, G.S., A. Al-Sudani*, J. Bergtold. 2021. "Local Irrigation Response to Ethanol Expansion in the High Plains Aquifer." Resource and Energy Economics, 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2021.101249.
- Gardner*, G., G.S. Sampson, D. Presley. 2021. "Irrigator Perceptions and the Value of Groundwater Quality in the High Plains Aquifer." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2021.00118.
- Sampson, G.S., E.D. Perry, M.R. Taylor. 2020. "The On-farm and Near-farm Effects of Wind Turbines on Agricultural Land Values", Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 45(3): 410-427.
- Taylor, M.R., N.P. Hendricks, G.S. Sampson, D. Garr. 2020. "The Opportunity Cost of the Conservation Reserve Program: A Kansas Land Example", Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13040.
- Sampson, G.S. and E.D. Perry. 2019. "Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Water Saving Agricultural Technologies", Agricultural Economics, 50: 693-706.
- Ofori*, E.O., G.S. Sampson, J. Vipham. 2019. "The effects of Agricultural Cooperatives on Smallholder Livelihoods and Agricultural Performance in Cambodia", Natural Resources Forum, 43:218-229.
- Sampson, G.S., N.P. Hendricks, M.R. Taylor. 2019. "Land Market Valuation of Groundwater", Resource and Energy Economics, 58, 101120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2019.101120
- Sampson, G.S. and J.N. Sanchirico. 2019. "Exploitation of a Mobile Resource with Costly Cooperation", Environmental and Resource Economics 73(4): 1135-1163.
- Sampson, G.S. and E.D. Perry. 2019. "The Role of Peer Effects in Natural Resource Appropriation - The Case of Groundwater", American Journal of Agricultural Economics 101(1): 154-171.
- Sampson, G.S. 2018. "Economic Spillovers in Spatial Harvest Behavior", Ecological Economics 145(2018): 57-74.
- Sampson, G.S., J.N. Sanchirico, C.A. Roheim, S. Bush, J.E. Taylor, E.H. Allison, J.L. Anderson, N. Ban, R. Fujita, S. Jupiter, and J.R. Wilson. 2015. "Secure Sustainable Seafood from Developing Countries", Science 348(6234): 504-506.
- Farzan, S., D. Young, A. Dedrick, M. Hamilton, E. Porse, P. Coates, and G.S. Sampson. 2015. "Western Juniper Management: Assessing Policies for Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat and Rangeland Productivity", Environmental Management, 56(3): 675-583.
Working Papers
- Edwards, E.C., N.P. Hendricks, and G.S. Sampson. The Capitalization of Incomplete Property Rights to the Groundwater Commons. Revise and resubmit. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. November 2023.
- Gardner, G. and G.S. Sampson. Groundwater quality vs. groundwater quantity. Combining information on irrigator concerns with past water use and cropping behavior. Revise and resubmit. Water Resources and Economics. January 2024.
- Gardner, G., G.S. Sampson, and G. Tonsor. Producer Preferences for Cover Crop and No-Till Contracts. In preparation.
Outreach Publications
- Hendricks, N.P. and G.S. Sampson. 2022. "The Value of Groundwater in the High Plains Aquifer of Western Kansas", Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics Extension Publication.
- Lew, D.K., G.S. Sampson, A. Himes-Cornell, J. Lee, and B. Garber-Yonts. 2015. "Costs, Earnings, and Employment in the Alaska Saltwater Sport Fishing Charter Sector, 2011-2013", NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-299.
- Burtraw, D., A. Krupnick, and G.S. Sampson. 2012. "The True Cost of Electric Power", Resources for the Future Report, Washington, DC.
- Sampson, G.S. 2009. "Solar Power Installations on Closed Landfills: Technical and Regulatory Considerations", Report Prepared for the US EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation.
Selected Grants and Funded Research
- Co-PI, “Supporting Rural Livelihoods in the Water-stressed Central High Plains: Microbial Innovations for Climate-resilient Agriculture (MICRA),” with M. Derby (PI), G. Jha (Co-PI), and four other investigators. $1,418,382. National Science Foundation. 2023 - 2027.
- Co-PI, “Using Vulnerability Analysis to Guide Woody Plant Control Outreach Efforts in Support of Maintaining and Improving NRCS’s Kansas Great Plains Grassland Initiative-identified Core Grasslands in Kansas,” with C. Baldwin (PI), K. Harmoney (Co-PI), A. Ricketts (Co-PI). $843,870. Natural Resource Conservation Service. 2022 - 2025.
- Co-PI, "Creating Fresh Approaches to Water Use Efficiency for Communities and Wildlife in a Water-Stressed Area of Central Kansas," with H. Mehl (PI), J. Aguilar (Co-PI), C. Baldwin (Co-PI). $514,987. Natural Resource Conservation Service. September 2020 - February 2024.
- PI, "Assessing Trade-Offs Between Agricultural Intensification and Natural Resources," with D. Presley (Co-PI). $69,852. John and Della Hodler Research Fund. October 2018 - October 2020.
- Co-PI, "Multidimensional Trade-Off Analysis of Integrated Animal-Horticulture Farming Systems for Improved Smallholder Farmer Adoption Recommendations," with J.L. Vipham (PI), J. DeRouchey (Co-PI), C. Rivard (Co-PI), Z. Stewart (Co-PI). $750,000. UC Davis Horticulture Innovation Lab. February 2017 - July 2019.