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Kent Kovacs
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Federal Grant PI
Associate Professor
Also affiliated: University of Minnesota (2010–2012); Economic Research Service (2021–2022); United States Department of Agriculture (2021–2022); University of Nevada, Reno (2009–2010); University of Arkansas System (2015–2021)
21 h-index
99 pubs
2,870 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Kent Kovacs' research centers on the intersection of hydro-economics, agricultural practices, and environmental resources, particularly within the Lower Mississippi River Basin. His work investigates how economic factors influence water management decisions, including the adoption of irrigation technologies and field management practices. He has explored the economic implications of groundwater augmentation strategies and the hydro-economic modeling of managed aquifer recharge systems.
Kovacs' research also extends to the valuation of natural resources, examining the relationship between tree cover and property values, and assessing the cost-effectiveness of afforestation for carbon sequestration. His federally funded work, supported by a $745,594 NSF grant, focuses on climate resilience and risk aversion within integrated hydro-agricultural systems. He frequently collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Qiuqiong Huang and Grant West. Kovacs has published extensively, with a h-index of 21 and over 2,800 citations across more than 110 publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 21
- Publications: 99
- Citations: 2,870
Positions
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Associate Professor publications 2024–2026University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institution web page
Selected Publications
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Targeting Investment in On-farm Surface Water Storage for Groundwater Conservation (2026)
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Homeowners’ willingness to pay for changes in urban tree canopy cover in the United States (2025)
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Homeowners’ Willingness to Pay for Changes in Urban Tree Cover in the United States (2025)
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Targeting Investment in On-Farm Surface Water Storage for Groundwater Conservation (2025)
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Lumpy Heterogeneity in Groundwater Service Values and Time Preferences (2024)
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Determinants of Water Source Choice for Irrigation in the Arkansas Delta (2024)
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Positive and negative information effects on consumer preferences for lab grown meat (2023)
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The effect of climate uncertainty on water management for long-run aquifer abundance (2023)
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Peers and the choice of irrigation practices in the Arkansas Delta (2023)
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The Role of Peer Irrigators on the Choice and Intensity of Use of Irrigation Techniques (2021)
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Peer Irrigators and the Choice of Field Management and Water Control Practices for Irrigation in Arkansas (2021)
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Heterogeneity in Time Preferences for an Investment in Irrigation (2021)
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Climate Uncertainty and Optimal Groundwater Augmentation (2021)
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Afforestation for carbon sequestration in the Lower Mississippi River Basin of Arkansas, USA: Does modeling of land use at fine spatial resolution reveal lower carbon cost? (2021)
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Water Conservation with Managed Aquifer Recharge under Increased Drought Risk (2020)
Federal Grants 1 $745,594 total
NSF
PI
Jan 2025 - Dec 2027
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Robert G. Haight
Northern Research Station (US)
7 shared publications
- A bioeconomic analysis of an emerald ash borer invasion of an urban forest with multiple jurisdictions
- Afforestation for carbon sequestration in the Lower Mississippi River Basin of Arkansas, USA: Does modeling of land use at fine spatial resolution reveal lower carbon cost?
- Economic Analysis of Biological Invasions in Forests
- Homeowners’ willingness to pay for changes in urban tree canopy cover in the United States
- Determinants of Spatial Variation in Economic Development in Rural Forests in the United States
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Qiuqiong Huang
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
7 shared publications
In database
- Willingness to pay for irrigation water when groundwater is scarce
- Water Management Practices: Use Patterns, Related Factors, and Correlations With Irrigated Acres
- Peer Irrigators and the Choice of Field Management and Water Control Practices for Irrigation in Arkansas
- Peers and the choice of irrigation practices in the Arkansas Delta
- Homeowners’ willingness to pay for changes in urban tree canopy cover in the United States
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Christopher G. Henry
University of Arkansas System (US)
5 shared publications
- Willingness to pay for irrigation water when groundwater is scarce
- Water Management Practices: Use Patterns, Related Factors, and Correlations With Irrigated Acres
- Peer Irrigators and the Choice of Field Management and Water Control Practices for Irrigation in Arkansas
- Peers and the choice of irrigation practices in the Arkansas Delta
- Determinants of Water Source Choice for Irrigation in the Arkansas Delta
Grant West
University of Arkansas System
4 shared publications
In database
- The Influence of Groundwater Depletion from Irrigated Agriculture on the Tradeoffs between Ecosystem Services and Economic Returns
- Spatial economic predictions of managed aquifer recharge for an agricultural landscape
- Landscape irrigation management for maintaining an aquifer and economic returns
- The use of efficiency frontiers to evaluate the optimal land cover and irrigation practices for economic returns and ecosystem services
Dat Q. Tran
University of California, Riverside (US)
4 shared publications
- Long run optimization of landscape level irrigation through managed aquifer recharge or expanded surface reservoirs
- Spatial economic predictions of managed aquifer recharge for an agricultural landscape
- Water Conservation with Managed Aquifer Recharge under Increased Drought Risk
- Climate Uncertainty and Optimal Groundwater Augmentation
Michael P. Popp
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Afforestation for carbon sequestration in the Lower Mississippi River Basin of Arkansas, USA: Does modeling of land use at fine spatial resolution reveal lower carbon cost?
- Conserving Groundwater Supply in the Arkansas Delta using On-Farm Reservoirs
- Conserving Groundwater Supply in the Arkansas Delta using On-Farm Reservoirs
Rodolfo M. Nayga
Texas A&M University – San Antonio (US)
3 shared publications
- Willingness to pay for irrigation water when groundwater is scarce
- Positive and negative information effects on consumer preferences for lab grown meat
- Lumpy Heterogeneity in Groundwater Service Values and Time Preferences
Larry Jason Krutz
Mississippi State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Peer Irrigators and the Choice of Field Management and Water Control Practices for Irrigation in Arkansas
- Peers and the choice of irrigation practices in the Arkansas Delta
- Determinants of Water Source Choice for Irrigation in the Arkansas Delta
Bonnie Keeler
University of Minnesota (US)
2 shared publications
- Linking water quality and well-being for improved assessment and valuation of ecosystem services
- Evaluating the Return in Ecosystem Services from Investment in Public Land Acquisitions
Stephen Polasky
University of Minnesota (US)
2 shared publications
- Linking water quality and well-being for improved assessment and valuation of ecosystem services
- Evaluating the Return in Ecosystem Services from Investment in Public Land Acquisitions
Heather Snell
Clinical Insights (US)
2 shared publications
- Heterogeneity in Time Preferences for an Investment in Irrigation
- Lumpy Heterogeneity in Groundwater Service Values and Time Preferences
Alexis Ellis
Northern Research Station (US)
2 shared publications
- Homeowners’ willingness to pay for changes in urban tree canopy cover in the United States
- Homeowners’ Willingness to Pay for Changes in Urban Tree Cover in the United States
Lawton Lanier Nalley
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- The Economic Viability of Alternative Wetting and Drying Irrigation in Arkansas Rice Production
Bruce A. Linquist
University of California, Davis (US)
1 shared publication
- The Economic Viability of Alternative Wetting and Drying Irrigation in Arkansas Rice Production
Merle M. Anders
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- The Economic Viability of Alternative Wetting and Drying Irrigation in Arkansas Rice Production