Kent Kovacs
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Also affiliated: University of Minnesota (2010–2012); Economic Research Service (2021–2022); University of Nevada, Reno (2009–2010); University of Arkansas System (2015–2023); University of Minnesota System (2012); Twin Cities Orthopedics (2012); University of Agribusiness and Rural Development (2020–2021)
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Biography and Research Information
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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.
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- h-index: 21
- Publications: 110
- Citations: 2,831
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
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- 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
- Homeowners’ Willingness to Pay for Changes in Urban Tree Cover in the United States
- Homeowners’ willingness to pay for changes in urban tree canopy cover in the United States
- 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?
- Homeowners’ Willingness to Pay for Changes in Urban Tree Cover in the United States
- Homeowners’ willingness to pay for changes in urban tree canopy cover in the United States
- 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
- 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
- Heterogeneity in Time Preferences for an Investment in Irrigation
- Lumpy Heterogeneity in Groundwater Service Values and Time Preferences
- Positive and negative information effects on consumer preferences for lab grown meat
- Lumpy Heterogeneity in Groundwater Service Values and Time Preferences
- Homeowners’ Willingness to Pay for Changes in Urban Tree Cover in the United States
- Homeowners’ willingness to pay for changes in urban tree canopy cover in the United States
- 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?
- 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?
- Climate Uncertainty and Optimal Groundwater Augmentation
- Peer Irrigators and the Choice of Field Management and Water Control Practices for Irrigation in Arkansas
- The effect of climate uncertainty on water management for long-run aquifer abundance
- Positive and negative information effects on consumer preferences for lab grown meat
- Positive and negative information effects on consumer preferences for lab grown meat
- Positive and negative information effects on consumer preferences for lab grown meat