Published/Accepted Papers

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27). Tran, D.Q. & Kurkalova, L.A. 2025. Estimation of the continuity of tillage choices with aggregate and incomplete data: An application of Entropy approach. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (JAAEA). 00 (00), 1-13.

26). Tran, D. Q. 2025. Annual assessment of Florida’s water resources: supply and demand. In: 2025 Annual assessment of Florida’s water resources and conservation lands. Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida Legislature.

25). Tran, D. Q. & Le, K. N. (2025). The costs of nature-based solutions for controlling saltwater intrusion. Global Water Forum.

24). Tran, D.Q. & Le, K. N. 2025. Sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion: economic estimates of impacts of nature-based mitigation policies under uncertainty. Water. 17 (1355), 1-38.

23). Tran, D.Q., Le, K. N., Durand-Morat, A., Nguyen, N.T. N., Bairagi, S., Huynh, V.T. M & Tran, V. T. 2025. Is it worth It? land-fallowing and saltwater intrusion control under uncertainty. Science of the Total Environment. 966 (2025), 1-15.

22). Tran, D. Q. 2024. Annual assessment of Florida’s water resources: supply and demand. In: 2024 Annual assessment of Florida’s water resources and conservation lands. Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida Legislature.

21). Pathak, S., Wang H., Tran, D. Q & Adusumilli, N., C. 2023. Persistence and disadoption of sustainable agricultural practices in the Mississippi Delta region. Agronomy Journal. 116(2), 765-776.

20). Tran, D. Q & Kurkalova, L.A. 2023. Testing for complementary between the use of continuous no-till and cover crops: an application of Entropy and Bayesian approaches. Soil Security. 13, 100118.

19). Tran, D.Q., Nguyen, N.T. N., Huynh, V.T. M., Bairagi, S., Le, N. K., Tran, V. T & Durand-Morat, A. 2023. Modeling Saltwater Intrusion Risk in the Presence of Uncertainty. Science of the Total Environment. 908, 168140. Preprint version can be accessed here.

18). Ali, A.M. A., Tran, D.Q., Kovacs, K & Dahlke, H. 2023. Hydro-economic modeling of managed aquifer recharge in the lower Mississippi. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 00 (0): 1– 22

17). Nemati, M., Tran, D.Q & Schwabe, K. 2023. Residential Water Conservation and the Rebound Effects: A Temporal Decomposition and Investigation. Water Resources Research, 59 (4), 1-18.

16). Tran, D. Q., Borisova, T & Beggs, K. 2023. The Cost of Alternative Water Supply and Efficiency Options under Uncertainty: An Application of Modern Portfolio Theory and Chebyshev’s Inequality. Earth, 2023, 4(1), 40-65.

15). Tran, D. Q. 2023. Annual assessment of Florida’s water resources: supply and demand. In: 2023 Annual assessment of Florida’s water resources and conservation lands. Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida Legislature.

14). Tran, D. Q., Beggs, K., Cosgray, C & MacPherson, D. 2022. Volume 2: Annual Assessment of Florida’s Water Resources: Supply, Demand, and Quality. Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida Legislature.

13). Nemati, M & Tran, D. Q. 2022. The impact of COVID-19 on urban water consumption in the United States. Water. 14(19), 3096.

12). Bairagi, S.K., Mishra, A. K & Tran, D. Q. 2021. Disentangling gender-differentiated impact on food security and poverty: empirical evidence from Vietnam. Journal of International Development, 34(3), 493– 511.

11). Babcock, B., Nemati, M., & Tran, D. Q. (2021). Will citrus survive SGMA? Understanding California grower crop choice. Citrograph, 12(4).32–37.

10). Tran, D.Q. & Kovacs, K. 2021. Climate uncertainty and optimal groundwater augmentation. Water Resources Research, 57 (9), 1-19.

9). Tran, D.Q., Kovacs, K & West, G. 2020. Spatial economic predictions of managed aquifer recharge for an agricultural landscape. Agricultural Water Management, 66 (4), 666-682.

8). Tran, D.Q., Kovacs, K & Wallander, S. 2020. Water conservation with managed aquifer recharge under increased drought risk. Environmental Management, 241, 1-11.

7). Tran, D.Q., Kovacs, K & Wallander, S. 2019. Long-run optimization of landscape-level irrigation through managed aquifer recharge or expanded surface reservoirs. Journal of Hydrology, 579 (2019), 1-12.

6). Tran, D.Q. & Kurkalova, L.A. 2019. Persistence in tillage decisions: aggregate data analysis. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 7 (2), 109-118.

5). Huynh, V. T. M., Avtar, M. R., Kumar, P., Tran, D.Q., Tran, T. V., Behra, H. C & Masaaki, K. 2019. Groundwater Quality Assessment using Fuzzy-AHP in An Giang province of Vietnam. Geosciences, 9 (330), 1-23.

4). Huynh, V. T. M., Masaaki, K., Tran, T. V., Tran, D.Q., Le, K. N., Avtar, M. R & Osaki, M. 2019. Effects of Multi-Dike Protection Systems on Surface Water Quality in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Water, 11 (1010), 1-23.

3). Kurkalova, L.A & Tran, D.Q.“Impact of stover collection on Iowa land use.” In: Li, R, and Monti, A (Eds.), Land Allocation for Biomass: Challenges and Opportunities, 2018.

2). Le, K. N ., Manoj K. J., Jeong, J., Gassman, P, W., Reyes, M, R., Doro, L., Tran, D.Q. & Hok, L. 2018. Evaluation of long-term SOC and crop productivity within conservation systems using GFDL CM2.1 and EPIC. Sustainability, 10 (2665), 1-18.

1). Kurkalova, L.A. & Tran, D.Q. 2017. Is the use of no-till continuous or rotational? Quantifying tillage dynamics from time-ordered spatially aggregated data. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 72(2), 131-138.

Papers Under Review and Preparation

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7). Tran, D.Q. & Kurkalova, L.A. Cost of continuous conservation tillage: an application of Network Flow. Under review.

6). Tran, D.Q & Le, N. K. Valuing water in the bank: How aquifer characteristics determine the economic value of Managed Aquifer Recharger. Under review.

5). Babcock, B., Nemati, M & Tran, D. Q. Estimation of supply elasticities for non-exchange traded commodities. Under review. Preprint version available here.

4). Tran, D. Q. & Borisova, T. Quantifying effects of climate extremes and socioeconomic dynamics on future water demand and water supply investment: a hybrid machine learning approach. In preparation.

3). Nemati, M., Tran, D.Q & Schwabe, K. Effect of water-reduction mandate during drought on hourly residential water use. In preparation.

2). Tran, D.Q & Le, N. K. Does corn move north? An assessment of recent changes in crop rotation in the U.S. Corn Belt using remote sensing data. In preparation.

1). Tran, D.Q., Nguyen, N.T. N., Bairagi, S., Le, N. K., Huynh, V.T. M. A regional hydro-economic model for estimating the costs of increased saltwater intrusion risk on agriculture. In preparation.

Conferences: please see my CV