Ya Ding
Hi, I’m Ya Ding, a post-doctorate in natural resource economics in the School of Natural Resources.
My main area of research is the economics of water issues and related policy analysis. My current research will be focused on the study of the economic impacts of drought. I am going to evaluate the losses caused by drought and also the benefits gained from drought mitigation tools and policies.
The projects I have worked on study the problems of water scarcity and water quality, which have a great impact on agricultural, municipal and industrial water supplies, among others.
In the past, I’ve been a post-doctorate research fellow in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University. I worked on a federal funded project called the Ogallala Initiative, dealing with problems associated with the depletion of the Ogallala aquifer. I was responsible for developing economic models to analyze the impacts of alternative policy tools on regional economy and groundwater conservation.
I received my PhD from Agricultural Economics Department at Kansas State University, May 2005, and I have been at UNL since April 2006.
Personnel Information
| Name | Ya Ding |
| University Title | Post Doctorate |
| SNR Title | Economist |
| Additional Title | Research Associate |
| Address | 801 Hardin Hall, Lincoln NE 68583-0988 |
| Affiliation (index) | NDMC |
| Phone | 402-472-6740 |
| Fax | 402-472-2946 |
| yding2@unl.edu | |
| Related Websites | http://drought.unl.edu/ |
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Key Publications
- Peterson, Jeffrey and Ya Ding. “Economic Adjustments to Groundwater Depletion in the High Plains: Do Water-Saving Irrigation Systems Save Water?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(1) (February 2005): 147-159.
- Ding, Ya and Jeffrey Peterson. “Assessing the determinants of irrigated crop choices in the Kansas High Plains.” Selected Paper, Annual Meeting, Western Agricultural Economics Association, Denver, Colorado, July 2004.
- Peterson, Jeffrey, Ya Ding and Joshua Roe. “Will the Water Last? Groundwater Use Trends and Forecasts in Western Kansas.” Paper prepared for the presentation at the Agricultural Economics Risk and Profit Conference Manhattan, Kansas, August 2003.
