Research
WORKING PAPERS
(*paper co-authored with students and mentees.)
Brent, D., C. Lott, M. Taylor, J. Cook, K. Rollins and S. Stoddard. 2019. “What causes heterogeneous responses to social comparison messages for water conservation? Strong normative messages or opportunity costs”. LSU Economics Department Working paper. Revise and resubmit Environmental & Resource Economics.
Hills, K., G. Yorgey, and J. Cook. 2019. “Demand for bio-based fertilizers from dairy manure in Washington State: a small-scale discrete choice experiment.” Under review October 2019.
Cook, J., J. Kabubo-Mariara and Peter Kimuyu. 2018. “Happy collecting water? Measuring time use and affect among water carriers in rural Kenya using the Experience Sampling Method”. RFF-EfD Working Paper Series (Jan 2018).
Cook, J., J. Kabubo-Mariara and Peter Kimuyu. 2018. “The short-run impacts of exogenously reducing water collection times in rural Kenya”. Working paper.
*Cook, J., J. Wagner, and G. Newell. 2019. “A decision support tool for rural water supply planning”. Working paper.
Brent, D., J. Cook, and A. Lassiter. 2019. “Who signs up for free raingardens? Distributional effects of green infrastructure subsidies”. In preparation.
*Masuda, Y. and J. Cook. "Does improved water access increase child schooling? A quasi-experimental approach from rural Ethiopia". Evans School Working Paper 2013-02.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES (*paper co-authored with students and mentees)
25. Cook, J., D. Fuente, and D. Whittington. 2020. “Choosing among pro-poor policy options in providing municipal water services”. Water Economics and Policy, forthcoming.
24. *Wagner, J., J. Cook, and P. Kimuyu. 2019. “Household demand for water in rural Kenya”. Environmental and Resource Economics, 74(4).
23. Whittington, D. and J. Cook. 2019. “Valuing Changes in Time Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries.” Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 10(S1): 51-72.
22. *Cook, J. and S. Lahren. 2017. “Why do water points fail? Learning from open-ended failure descriptions in the WPDx dataset.” J Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 7(4): 535-545.
21. Yoder, J., J. Adam, M. Brady, J. Cook, S. Katz, D. Brent, S. Johnston, K. Malek, J. McMillan, Q. Yang. 2017. “Benefit-cost analyses of Integrated Water Resource Management: The Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 53(2):456-477.
20. *Cook, J., Kimuyu, P., A. Blum, and J. Gatua. 2016. "Estimating the value of travel time in rural Africa from a stated preference experiment on water source choices". Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis, 7(2): 221-247. Available as RFF-EfD Working Paper 15-09.
19. Cook, J., P. Kimuyu, and D. Whittington. 2016. "The costs of coping with poor water supply in rural Kenya." Water Resources Research 52: 841-859. Available as EfD Working Paper 15-08.
18. Yoder, J., M. Brady and J. Cook. 2016. “Water markets and storage: Substitutes or complements for drought risk mitigation?” Water Economics and Policy, 2(2).
17*. Brent, D., J. Cook, and S. Olsen. 2015. "Social comparisons, household water use and participation in utility conservation programs: Evidence from three randomized trials." Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 2(4): 597-627. Working paper version.
16*. Donfouet, H., J. Cook and P.W. Jeanty. 2015. "The economic value of improved air quality in urban Africa: Results from Douala, Cameroon". Environment and Development Economics 20(5):630-649.
15. Cook, J. and S. Rabotyagov. 2014. “Assessing irrigators' preferences for water market lease attributes with a stated preferences approach”. Water Resources and Economics 7: 19-38.
14*. Masuda, Y., L. Fortmann, M.K. Gugerty, M. Smith-Nilson, and J. Cook. 2014. “Pictorial approaches for measuring time use in rural Ethiopia.” Social Indicators Research, January 2012. (Corresponding author).
13. Cook, J., S. Chatterjee, D. Sur and D. Whittington. 2013. “Measuring risk aversion among the urban poor in Kolkata, India”. Applied Economics Letters, 20(1): 1-13.
12*. R. Chaudhri, K. Lieberg, R. Sodt, J. Chilton, G. Borriello, Y. Masuda and J. Cook. 2012. “Low power sensors and smartphones for tracking water collection in rural Ethiopia”. IEEE Pervasive Computing. March 2012: 15-24. (Special Issue on Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D).
11. Cook, J., B. Maskery, M. Jeuland and D. Whittington, 2012. “The case for giving stated preference respondents ‘time to think’: results from four countries.” Environmental and Resource Economics, 51: 473-496.
10. Cook, J., M. Jeuland, B. Maskery, D. Lauria, D. Sur, J. Clemens, and D. Whittington. 2009. “Using private demand studies to calculate socially optimal vaccine subsidies in developing countries.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 28(1): 6-28.
9. Cook, J., D. Sur, J. Clemens, and D. Whittington. 2009. “Evaluating investments in typhoid vaccines in two Kolkata slums.” Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 27(6): 711-724.
8. Jeuland, M., J. Cook, C. Poulos, J. Clemens, D. Whittington, and DOMI Cholera Economics Study Group. 2009. “Cost-effectiveness of new-generation oral cholera vaccines: A multi-site analysis”. Value in Health, 12(6): 899-908.
7. Whittington, D., D. Sur, J. Cook, S. Chatterjee, B. Maskery, M. Lahiri, C. Poulos, S. Boral, A. Nyamete, J. Deen, L. Ochiai and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2008. “Rethinking cholera and typhoid vaccination policies for the poor: Private demand in Kolkata, India.” World Development, 37(2): 399-409.
6. Cook, J., M. Jeuland, D. Whittington, C.Poulos, J. Clemens, D.Sur, D. D.Anh, M. Agtini, and Z.Bhutta. 2008. “The cost-effectiveness of typhoid Vi vaccination programs: Calculations for four urban sites in four Asian countries.” Vaccine, 26: 6305-6316.
5. Kim, D., D. G. Canh, C. Poulos, L. T. K. Thoa, J. Cook, N. T. Hoa, A. Nyamete, D. T. D. Thuy, J. Deen, N. D. Son, J. Clemens, D. D. Trach, V. D. Thiem, D. D. Anh, and D. Whittington. 2008. “Private demand for cholera vaccines in Hue, Vietnam.” Value in Health, 11(1): 119-128.
4. Cook, J., D. Whittington, D.G. Cahn, F. Reed Johnson, and A. Nyamete. 2007. “Reliability of stated preferences for cholera and typhoid vaccines with time to think in Hue, Vietnam.” Economic Inquiry, 45(1): 100-114.
3. Sur, D., J. Cook, S. Chatterjee, J. Deen, D. Whittington. 2006. “Increasing the transparency of stated choice studies for policy analysis: designing experiments to produce policy graphs.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26(1): 189-199. (Corresponding author)
2. Blackman, A., S. Newbold, J.-S. Shih, D. Evans, J. Cook and M. Batz. 2006. “The benefits and costs of informal sector pollution control: Traditional Mexican brick kilns.” Environment and Development Economics 11(5): 603-627.
1. Whittington, D., D. Lauria, V. Prabhu and J. Cook. 2004. “An economic reappraisal of the Melamchi water supply project – Kathmandu, Nepal.” Portuguese Economic Journal 3: 157-178.
(*paper co-authored with students and mentees.)
Brent, D., C. Lott, M. Taylor, J. Cook, K. Rollins and S. Stoddard. 2019. “What causes heterogeneous responses to social comparison messages for water conservation? Strong normative messages or opportunity costs”. LSU Economics Department Working paper. Revise and resubmit Environmental & Resource Economics.
Hills, K., G. Yorgey, and J. Cook. 2019. “Demand for bio-based fertilizers from dairy manure in Washington State: a small-scale discrete choice experiment.” Under review October 2019.
Cook, J., J. Kabubo-Mariara and Peter Kimuyu. 2018. “Happy collecting water? Measuring time use and affect among water carriers in rural Kenya using the Experience Sampling Method”. RFF-EfD Working Paper Series (Jan 2018).
Cook, J., J. Kabubo-Mariara and Peter Kimuyu. 2018. “The short-run impacts of exogenously reducing water collection times in rural Kenya”. Working paper.
*Cook, J., J. Wagner, and G. Newell. 2019. “A decision support tool for rural water supply planning”. Working paper.
Brent, D., J. Cook, and A. Lassiter. 2019. “Who signs up for free raingardens? Distributional effects of green infrastructure subsidies”. In preparation.
*Masuda, Y. and J. Cook. "Does improved water access increase child schooling? A quasi-experimental approach from rural Ethiopia". Evans School Working Paper 2013-02.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES (*paper co-authored with students and mentees)
25. Cook, J., D. Fuente, and D. Whittington. 2020. “Choosing among pro-poor policy options in providing municipal water services”. Water Economics and Policy, forthcoming.
24. *Wagner, J., J. Cook, and P. Kimuyu. 2019. “Household demand for water in rural Kenya”. Environmental and Resource Economics, 74(4).
23. Whittington, D. and J. Cook. 2019. “Valuing Changes in Time Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries.” Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 10(S1): 51-72.
22. *Cook, J. and S. Lahren. 2017. “Why do water points fail? Learning from open-ended failure descriptions in the WPDx dataset.” J Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 7(4): 535-545.
21. Yoder, J., J. Adam, M. Brady, J. Cook, S. Katz, D. Brent, S. Johnston, K. Malek, J. McMillan, Q. Yang. 2017. “Benefit-cost analyses of Integrated Water Resource Management: The Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 53(2):456-477.
20. *Cook, J., Kimuyu, P., A. Blum, and J. Gatua. 2016. "Estimating the value of travel time in rural Africa from a stated preference experiment on water source choices". Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis, 7(2): 221-247. Available as RFF-EfD Working Paper 15-09.
19. Cook, J., P. Kimuyu, and D. Whittington. 2016. "The costs of coping with poor water supply in rural Kenya." Water Resources Research 52: 841-859. Available as EfD Working Paper 15-08.
18. Yoder, J., M. Brady and J. Cook. 2016. “Water markets and storage: Substitutes or complements for drought risk mitigation?” Water Economics and Policy, 2(2).
17*. Brent, D., J. Cook, and S. Olsen. 2015. "Social comparisons, household water use and participation in utility conservation programs: Evidence from three randomized trials." Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 2(4): 597-627. Working paper version.
16*. Donfouet, H., J. Cook and P.W. Jeanty. 2015. "The economic value of improved air quality in urban Africa: Results from Douala, Cameroon". Environment and Development Economics 20(5):630-649.
15. Cook, J. and S. Rabotyagov. 2014. “Assessing irrigators' preferences for water market lease attributes with a stated preferences approach”. Water Resources and Economics 7: 19-38.
14*. Masuda, Y., L. Fortmann, M.K. Gugerty, M. Smith-Nilson, and J. Cook. 2014. “Pictorial approaches for measuring time use in rural Ethiopia.” Social Indicators Research, January 2012. (Corresponding author).
13. Cook, J., S. Chatterjee, D. Sur and D. Whittington. 2013. “Measuring risk aversion among the urban poor in Kolkata, India”. Applied Economics Letters, 20(1): 1-13.
12*. R. Chaudhri, K. Lieberg, R. Sodt, J. Chilton, G. Borriello, Y. Masuda and J. Cook. 2012. “Low power sensors and smartphones for tracking water collection in rural Ethiopia”. IEEE Pervasive Computing. March 2012: 15-24. (Special Issue on Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D).
11. Cook, J., B. Maskery, M. Jeuland and D. Whittington, 2012. “The case for giving stated preference respondents ‘time to think’: results from four countries.” Environmental and Resource Economics, 51: 473-496.
10. Cook, J., M. Jeuland, B. Maskery, D. Lauria, D. Sur, J. Clemens, and D. Whittington. 2009. “Using private demand studies to calculate socially optimal vaccine subsidies in developing countries.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 28(1): 6-28.
9. Cook, J., D. Sur, J. Clemens, and D. Whittington. 2009. “Evaluating investments in typhoid vaccines in two Kolkata slums.” Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 27(6): 711-724.
8. Jeuland, M., J. Cook, C. Poulos, J. Clemens, D. Whittington, and DOMI Cholera Economics Study Group. 2009. “Cost-effectiveness of new-generation oral cholera vaccines: A multi-site analysis”. Value in Health, 12(6): 899-908.
7. Whittington, D., D. Sur, J. Cook, S. Chatterjee, B. Maskery, M. Lahiri, C. Poulos, S. Boral, A. Nyamete, J. Deen, L. Ochiai and S. K. Bhattacharya. 2008. “Rethinking cholera and typhoid vaccination policies for the poor: Private demand in Kolkata, India.” World Development, 37(2): 399-409.
6. Cook, J., M. Jeuland, D. Whittington, C.Poulos, J. Clemens, D.Sur, D. D.Anh, M. Agtini, and Z.Bhutta. 2008. “The cost-effectiveness of typhoid Vi vaccination programs: Calculations for four urban sites in four Asian countries.” Vaccine, 26: 6305-6316.
5. Kim, D., D. G. Canh, C. Poulos, L. T. K. Thoa, J. Cook, N. T. Hoa, A. Nyamete, D. T. D. Thuy, J. Deen, N. D. Son, J. Clemens, D. D. Trach, V. D. Thiem, D. D. Anh, and D. Whittington. 2008. “Private demand for cholera vaccines in Hue, Vietnam.” Value in Health, 11(1): 119-128.
4. Cook, J., D. Whittington, D.G. Cahn, F. Reed Johnson, and A. Nyamete. 2007. “Reliability of stated preferences for cholera and typhoid vaccines with time to think in Hue, Vietnam.” Economic Inquiry, 45(1): 100-114.
3. Sur, D., J. Cook, S. Chatterjee, J. Deen, D. Whittington. 2006. “Increasing the transparency of stated choice studies for policy analysis: designing experiments to produce policy graphs.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26(1): 189-199. (Corresponding author)
2. Blackman, A., S. Newbold, J.-S. Shih, D. Evans, J. Cook and M. Batz. 2006. “The benefits and costs of informal sector pollution control: Traditional Mexican brick kilns.” Environment and Development Economics 11(5): 603-627.
1. Whittington, D., D. Lauria, V. Prabhu and J. Cook. 2004. “An economic reappraisal of the Melamchi water supply project – Kathmandu, Nepal.” Portuguese Economic Journal 3: 157-178.