Publications
Taking it for the team: How communication and voting increases social acceptance of recycled water
Water Resources Research 2025
Diya Ganguly, Olesya M. Savchenko, Julia Parker, Kent D. Messer
Applied Economics Perspective and Policy 2025
Kent D. Messer, Diya Ganguly, Lusi Xie
Choices 2024
Kent D. Messer, Paul J. Feldman, Diya Ganguly, Rich Iovanna, and Julie Suhr Pierce
Back to the Source: Consumers Response to Produce Irrigated With Different Sources of Recycled Water
Water Resources Research 2023
Sean F. Ellis, Diya Ganguly, Maik Kecinski, Kent D. Messer
Applications of Behavioral Economics to Climate Change
National Academy of Sciences
Kent D. Messer, Diya Ganguly, Lusi Xie
Other Publications:
Conservation Decision Making and Agricultural Land Leasing – An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Gender, Cornhusker Economics, August 7, 2024, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Available here
Efficient Diffusion of Sustainable Environmental Practices through Green Networks, Cornhusker Economics, April 12, 2017, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Available here
Research Funding:
Walton Family Foundation. 2023-2025. “Addressing the Challenges of the New Federal Funding for Conservation: Empowering Citizen Science and Testing the Cost-Effectiveness of Financial Incentive Schemes versus Technical Assistance to Improve Sustained Conservation Outcomes for NRCS programs.” $150,000. K.D. Messer (PI), P. Feldman and D. Ganguly (co-PIs).
Environmental Protection Agency 2024-2025. “Improving Rural Development: Addressing Concerns of PFAS, Nitrates, and Emerging Pollutants.” $120,000. K. D. Messer (PI), D. Ganguly, M. Heintzelman, and M. Kecinski (Co-PIs).