Kenneth A. Baerenklau

Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Associate Environmental Economist

• Office: 2460D Geology
• Phone: (951) 827-2628
• ken.baerenklau@ucr.edu

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002
• M.S. Stanford University, 1995
• B.S. Stanford University 1993

Specialization:

• Nonpoint source pollution control
• Conservation technology adoption
• Non-market valuation

Research Group:

• Graduate Students

  • Raymundo Marcos Martinez (Ph.D., Environmental Sciences program)
  • Jose Sanchez (Ph.D., Environmental Sciences program)
  • Jingjing Wang (Ph.D., Environmental Sciences program)

• Other

Representative Publications:

• Cutter, W.B., K.A. Baerenklau, A. DeWoody and J. Lee, 2008. Costs and Benefits of Capturing Urban Runoff with Competitive Bidding for Decentralized BMPs. Forthcoming in Water Resources Research. Appendix A. Appendix B.
• Baerenklau, K.A., N. Nergis, and K.A. Schwabe, 2008. Effects of Nutrient Restrictions on Confined Animal Facilities: Insights from a Structural Dynamic Model. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 56(2): 219-241.
• Schwabe, K.A., P.W. Schumann, K.A. Baerenklau, and N. Nergis, 2008. Fundamentals of Estimating the Net Benefits of Ecosystem Preservation: The Case of the Salton Sea. Hydrobiologia 604: 181-195.
• Baerenklau, K.A. and K.C. Knapp, 2006. Dynamics of Agricultural Technology Adoption: Age Structure, Reversibility and Uncertainty. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89(1): 190-201.
• Baerenklau, K.A., 2005. Cost-effectiveness of the Conservation Reserve Program: Discussion. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(5): 1256-1257.
• Baerenklau, K.A. and B. Provencher, 2005. Static Modeling of Dynamic Recreation Behavior: Implications for Prediction and Welfare Estimation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 50(3): 617-636.
• Provencher, B. and K.A. Baerenklau, 2005. An Exposition of Structural Estimation of Discrete Dynamic Decision Processes. Chapter 15 (pp.295-315) in Applications of Simulation Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics, eds. R. Scarpa and A. Alberini. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
• Baerenklau, K.A., 2005. Some Simulation Results for a Green Insurance Mechanism. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 30(1): 94-108.

Courses Taught:

• ENSC/ECON 006 - Introduction to Environmental Economics
• ENSC 191 - Professional Development
• ECON 207 - Environmental Economics

Graduate Program Affiliations and Research Focus Areas:

• Research Focus Areas

  • Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Policy

• Program

  • Environmental Sciences

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Dissertation Award (Honorable Mention), American Agricultural Economics Association, 2003.
• Outstanding Dissertation Award, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2003.
• University Dissertator Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2001-2002.
• Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association Travel Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2001.
• Vilas Professional Development Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1999 and 2001.
• Science to Achieve Results Fellowship, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1998-2001.
• Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1996-1997.
• Shell Foundation Fellowship, Shell Corporation and Stanford University, 1993.

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