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Kent D. Messer

Dept. of Applied Economics & Statistics, University of Delaware
Verified email at udel.edu
Cited by 3560

Labeling food processes: the good, the bad and the ugly

KD Messer, M Costanigro… - … Perspectives and Policy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Consumers are increasingly exposed to labels communicating specific processing aspects
of food production, and recent state and federal legislation in the United States has called for …

Can stigma explain large property value losses? The psychology and economics of Superfund

KD Messer, WD Schulze, KF Hackett… - Environmental and …, 2006 - Springer
This research documents the long term impacts of delayed cleanup on property values in
communities neighboring prominent Superfund sites. The research examines the sale prices of …

[BOOK][B] Mathematical programming for agricultural, environmental and resource economics.

HM Kaiser, KD Messer - 2011 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This book provides an overview of mathematical programming models and their applications
to important problems confronting agricultural, environmental and resource economists. …

Does production labeling stigmatize conventional milk?

C Kanter, KD Messer, HM Kaiser - American Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Production labeling is a common approach for differentiating otherwise similar products in
the marketplace. While these labels may convey positive messages to consumers about the …

Cost-effective conservation planning: Lessons from economics

JM Duke, SJ Dundas, KD Messer - Journal of environmental management, 2013 - Elsevier
Economists advocate that the billions of public dollars spent on conservation be allocated to
achieve the largest possible social benefit. This is “cost-effective conservation”—a process …

Consumer demand for local honey

S Wu, JR Fooks, KD Messer, D Delaney - Applied Economics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
How to best target and attract niche market consumers is an important marketing problem
for producers of specialty agricultural products. It is particularly an issue in the honey market …

Behavioral and experimental agri-environmental research: methodological challenges, literature gaps, and recommendations

…, PJ Ferraro, N Janusch, CA Vossler, KD Messer - … and resource economics, 2019 - Springer
Insights from behavioral and experimental economics research can inform the design of
evidence-based, cost-effective agri-environmental programs that mitigate environmental …

Paying Americans to take the vaccine—would it help or backfire?

…, T Malone, BR McFadden, KD Messer… - Journal of Law and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This research investigates the extent to which financial incentives (conditional cash transfers)
would induce Americans to opt for vaccination against coronavirus disease of 2019. We …

Conserving spatially explicit benefits in ecosystem service markets: experimental tests of network bonuses and spatial targeting

…, KD Messer, JM Duke, D Hellerstein… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving contiguous areas often enhances environmental benefits. However, most
conservation efforts are incentive‐based and voluntary, and neither reward landowners for …

Protecting endangered species: when are shoot-on-sight policies the only viable option to stop poaching?

KD Messer - Ecological Economics, 2010 - Elsevier
Protecting endangered species that offer poachers from low-income countries high economic
benefits remains a policy challenge. A broadly applicable economic model of poaching …