Assistant Professor Guilherme DePaula published in Land Economics. DePaula co-authored the article "The Trade-off between Yield and Nitrogen Pollution under Excessive Rainfall" with Eseul Choi of Economic Research Institute, Bank of Korea, Peter Kyveryga of Iowa State University, and Suzanne Fey of Iowa Soybean Association. The article incorporates the effects of excessive rainfall on corn yield and water pollution into a simple economic model for managing nitrogen. The findings indicate that both optimal nitrogen application rates and environmental damage increase with excessive rainfall; and, as the marginal product of nitrogen increases under excessive rainfall, the cost of controlling nitrogen pollution escalates.
The Trade-off between Yield and Nitrogen Pollution under Excessive Rainfall
Eseul Choi, Guilherme DePaula, Peter Kyveryga, and Suzanne Fey
Land Economics
doi: 10.1086/732516