Dr. Daniel R. Petrolia

Title

Professor
Graduate Coordinator

Contact Information

d.petrolia@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-2888
Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Bldg, Rm 301A

Overview
Publications
Awards/Honors
Society Memberships

Overview

Biography

Dan has been on the MSU Agricultural Economics faculty since 2006. He is a Louisiana native, earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Louisiana State University, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He teaches graduate courses in environmental and quantitative economics. Most of his research focuses on the economics of coastal resources and natural hazards, including flood and wind insurance and mitigation; valuation of coastal wetlands, barrier islands, and ecosystem services; and consumer preferences for Gulf seafood. Dan is an editor of the journal Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy and is a past Director of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association. Dan splits his time between Stennis Space Center in coastal Mississippi and the main campus. He met a Cajun girl at LSU who agreed to marry him, and they now have six kids.

Education

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Agricultural & Applied Economics
Louisiana State University, Master of Science (M.S.), Agricultural Economics
Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science
Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Animal and Dairy, Poultry Science

Research/Extension Interests

Environmental Economics
Consumer Behavior
Choice Modelling
Ecosystem Service Valuation
Benefit-Cost Analysis

Website

Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station

Publications

Year	Publications
2024	Petrolia, D. R., Caffey, R. 2024. Economic analysis of off-bottom oyster culture. Aquaculture Economics and Management 28(4):704-732.
2023	Petrolia, D. R., Ishee, S. G., Yun, S., Cummings, J. R., Maples, J. 2023. Do Wind Hazard Mitigation Programs Affect Home Sales Values?. Journal of Real Estate Research 45(2):137-159.
2023	Penn, J., Petrolia, D. R. 2023. Hypothetical Bias Mitigation in Representative and Convenience Samples. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy 45(2):721-43.
2022	Petrolia, D. R., Walton, . C., Cebrian, J. 2022. Oyster Economics: Simulated Costs, Market Returns, and Nonmarket Ecosystem Benefits of Harvested and Non-Harvested Reefs, Off-Bottom Aquaculture, and Living Shorelines. Marine Resource Economics 37(3):325-347.
2022	Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Petrolia, D. R., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Shrestha, A. 2022. Landowner willingness to accept monetary compensation for managing forests for ecosystem services in the southern United States. Forest Science 68(2):128-144.
2022	Barrett, L., Theuerkauf, S., Rose, J., Alleway, H., Bricker, S., Parker, M., Petrolia, D. R., Jones, R. 2022. Sustainable growth of non-fed aquaculture will generate valuable ecosystem benefits. Ecosystem Services 53(February):101396.
2022	Caffey, R., Petrolia, D. R. 2022. The economics of sediment quality on barrier shoreline restoration. Journal of Environmental Management 319(October):115730.
2022	Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2022. Landowner Satisfaction with Conservation Programs in the Southern United States. Sustainability 14(9):5513.
2022	Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Petrolia, D. R., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Shrestha, A. 2022. Landowner willingness to accept monetary compensation for managing forests for ecosystem services in the southern United States. Forest Science 68(2):128-144.
2022	Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2022. Landowner satisfaction with conservation programs in the southern United States. Sustainability (Switzerland) 14(9):5513.
2021	Laird, H., Landry, C. E., Shonkwiler, J. S., Petrolia, D. R. 2021. Riders on the Storm: Hurricane Risk and Coastal Insurance and Mitigation Decisions. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics 8(1):Article 3.
2021	Landry, C., Turner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2021. Flood Insurance Market Penetration and Expectations of Disaster Assistance. Environmental & Resource Economics 79:357-386.
2021	Petrolia, D. R., Guignet, D., Whitehead, J., Kent, C., Amon, K. 2021. Nonmarket Valuation in the Environmental Protection Agency's Regulatory Process. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy 43(3):952-969.
2021	Adhikari, R. K., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2021. Landowner concerns related to availability of ecosystem services and environmental issues in the southern United States. Ecosystem Services 49:101283.
2021	Dahal, R., Grala, R. K., Gordon, J. S., Munn, I. A., Petrolia, D. R. 2021. Geospatial Heterogeneity in Monetary Value of Proximity to Waterfront Ecosystems Services in the Gulf of Mexico. Water 13(17):2401.
2021	Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2021. Landowner concerns related to availability of ecosystem services and environmental issues in the southern United States. Ecosystem Services 49:101283.
2020	Frimpong, E., Petrolia, D. R., Harri, A., Cartwright, J. H. 2020. Flood Insurance and Claims: The Impact of the Community Rating System. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy 42(2):245-262.
2020	Petrolia, D. R., Hwang, J. 2020. Accounting for Attribute Non-Attendance in Three Previously-Published Choice Studies of Coastal Resources. Marine Resource Economics 35(3):219-240.
2020	Petrolia, D. R., Nyanzu, F., Cebrian, J., Harri, A., Amato, J., Walton, W. 2020. Eliciting Expert Judgment to Inform Management of Diverse Oyster Resources for Multiple Ecosystem Services. Journal of Environmental Management 268(August):110676.
2020	Waters, P. J., Petrolia, D. R., Walton, W. C. 2020. Participant Motivations for Joining an Extension Program. Journal of Extension 58(6):A3. Download
2019	Dahal, R., Grala, R. K., Gordon, J. S., Munn, I. A., Petrolia, D. R., Cummings, R. 2019. A hedonic pricing method to estimate value of waterfront in the Gulf of Mexico. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 41:185-194.
2019	Mutandwa, E., Grala, R. K., Petrolia, D. R. 2019. Estimates of willingness to accept compensation to manage pine stands for ecosystem services. Forest Policy & Economics 102:75-85.
2019	Petrolia, D. R., Penn, J., Quainoo, R., Fannin, M., Caffey, R. 2019. Know Thy Beach: Values of Beach Condition Information. Marine Resource Economics 34(4):331-359.
2019	Waters, P., Petrolia, D. R., Walton, W. 2019. Do Oyster Gardening Programs Lead to Knowledge Changes?. Journal of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents 12(2). Download
2018	Petrolia, D. R., Interis, M. G., Hwang, J. 2018. Single-Choice, Repeated-Choice, and Best-Worst Elicitation Formats: Do Results Differ and by How Much?. Environmental and Resource Economics 69(2):365-393.
2018	Krah, K., Petrolia, D. R., Williams, A., Coble, K. H., Harri, A., Rejesus, R. 2018. Producer Preferences for Contracts on a Risky Bioenergy Crop. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy 40(2):240-258.
2018	Dahal, R., Grala, R. K., Gordon, J. S., Petrolia, D. R., Munn, I. A. 2018. Estimating the Willingness to Pay to Preserve Waterfront Open Spaces using Contingent Valuation. Land Use Policy 78:614-626.
2017	Petrolia, D. R., Walton, W. C., Yehouenou, L. 2017. Is There a Market for Branded Gulf of Mexico Oysters?. Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics 49(1):45-65.
2017	Kim, T., Opaluch, J., Moon, D. S., Petrolia, D. R. 2017. Natural resource damage assessment for the Hebei Spirit oil spill: An application of Habitat Equivalency Analysis. Marine Pollution Bulletin 121(1-2):183-191.
2016	Interis, M. G., Petrolia, D. R. 2016. Location, Location, Habitat: How the Value of Ecosystem Services Varies Across Location and by Habitat. Land Economics 92(2):292-307. Download
2016	Petrolia, D. R. 2016. Risk Preferences, Risk Perceptions, and Risky Food. Food Policy 64:37-48.
2016	Petrolia, D. R., Collart, A. J., Yehouenou, L. 2016. Consumer Preferences for Delacata Catfish: A Choice Experiment with Tasting. Journal of Food Distribution Research 47(3):84-100. Download
2015	Petrolia, D. R., Hwang, J., Landry, C., Coble, K. H. 2015. Wind Insurance and Mitigation in the Coastal Zone. Land Economics 91(2):272-295. Download
2015	Interis, M. G., Xu, C., Petrolia, D. R., Coatney, K. T. 2015. Examining Unconditional Preference Revelation in Choice Experiments: A Voting Game Approach. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 5(1):125-142.
2015	Petrolia, D. R. 2015. What Have We Learned from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster? An Economist’s Perspective. Journal of Ocean & Coastal Economics 1(1).
2015	Sun, C., Mingie, J. C., Petrolia, D. R., Jones, W. D. 2015. Economic impacts of nonresidential wildlife watching in the United States. Forest Science 61(1):46-54.
2014	Hwang, J., Petrolia, D. R., Interis, M. G. 2014. Consequentiality and Opt-Out Responses in Stated Preference Surveys. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 43(3):471-488.
2014	Interis, M. G., Petrolia, D. R. 2014. The Effects of Consequentiality in Binary- and Multinomial-Choice Surveys. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 39(2):201-216. Download
2014	Petrolia, D. R., Interis, M. G., Hwang, J. 2014. America’s Wetland? A National Survey of Willingness to Pay for Restoration of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands. Marine Resource Economics 29(1):17-37.
2014	Caffey, R. H., Wang, H., Petrolia, D. R. 2014. Trajectory Economics: Assessing the Flow of Ecosystem Services from Coastal Restoration. Ecological Economics 100:74-84.
2013	Haab, T., Interis, M. G., Petrolia, D. R., Whitehead, J. 2013. From Hopeless to Curious? Thoughts on Hausman’s “Dubious to Hopeless” Critique of Contingent Valuation. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 35(4):593-612.
2013	Petrolia, D. R., Landry, C., Coble, K. H. 2013. Risk Preferences, Risk Perceptions, and Demand for Flood Insurance. Land Economics 89(2):227-245. Download
2013	Petrolia, D. R., Hudson, M. D. 2013. Why is the Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics Not in the Major Citation Indices and Does it Really Matter?. Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics 45(3):381-388.
2013	Kim, T., Petrolia, D. R. 2013. Public Perceptions of Wetland Restoration Benefits in Louisiana. ICES Journal of Marine Science 70(5):1045-54.
2012	Kim, G., Petrolia, D. R., Interis, M. G. 2012. A Method for Improving Value Estimates from Multiple-Referendum Surveys. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 37(2):289-300. Download
2011	Linton, J. A., Miller, J. C., Little, R. D., Petrolia, D. R., Coble, K. H. 2011. Economic feasibility of producing sweet sorghum as an ethanol feedstock in the Southeastern United States. Biomass and Bioenergy 35(July):3050-3057.
2011	Petrolia, D. R., Kim, T. 2011. Contingent Valuation with Heterogeneous Reasons for Uncertainty. Resource and Energy Economics 33(3):515-26.
2011	Petrolia, D. R., Kim, T. 2011. Preventing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana: Estimates of WTP and WTA. Journal of Environmental Management 92(3):859-65.
2011	Petrolia, D. R., Bhattacharjee, S., Hanson, T. R. 2011. Heterogeneous Evacuation Responses to Storm Forecast Attributes. Natural Hazards Review 12(3):117-24.
2011	Petrolia, D. R., Moore, R. G., Kim, T. 2011. Preferences for Timing of Wetland Loss Prevention in Louisiana. Wetlands 31(2):295-307.
2011	Gowda, P. H., Westra, J. V., Petrolia, D. R., Dalzell, B. J., Mulla, D. J. 2011. Impact of Targeted Removal of Residue Cover on Water Quality in the Sand Creek Watershed. Journal of Environmental Hydrology 19:Paper 25. Download
2010	Petrolia, D. R., Bhattacharjee, S., Hudson, M. D., Herndon, C. W. 2010. Do Americans Want Ethanol? A Comparative Contingent Valuation Study of Willingness-to-Pay for E-10 and E-85. Energy Economics 32(1):121-8.
2010	Petrolia, D. R., Bhattacharjee, S. 2010. Why Don’t Coastal Residents Choose to Evacuate for Hurricanes?. Coastal Management 38(2):97-112.
2010	Eksioglu, S. D., Li, S., Zhang, S., Sokhansanj, S., Petrolia, D. R. 2010. Analyzing the Impact of Intermodal Facilities to the Design and Management of Biofuels Supply Chain. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2191:144-51.
2009	Petrolia, D. R., Kim, T. 2009. What are Barrier Islands Worth? Estimates of Willingness to Pay for Restoration. Marine Resource Economics 24(2):131-46.
2009	Petrolia, D. R., Bhattacharjee, S. 2009. Revisiting Incentive Effects: Evidence from a Random-Sample Mail Survey on Consumer Preferences for Fuel Ethanol. Public Opinion Quarterly 73(3):537-50.
2008	Petrolia, D. R. 2008. An Analysis of the Relationship between Demand for Corn Stover as an Ethanol Feedstock and Soil Erosion. Review of Agricultural Economics 30(4):677-91.
2008	Petrolia, D. R. 2008. The Economics of Harvesting and Transporting Corn Stover for Conversion to Fuel Ethanol: A Case Study for Minnesota. Biomass & Bioenergy 32(7):603-12.
2008	Petrolia, D. R., Ibendahl, G. A. 2008. Conservation Programs: Will Grain Production Reclaim Acres in the South?. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40(2):559-72.
2006	Petrolia, D. R., Gowda, P. H. 2006. Missing the Boat: Midwest Farm Drainage and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia. Review of Agricultural Economics 28(2):240-53.
2006	Petrolia, D. R., Gowda, P. H. 2006. An Analysis of the Role of Tile-Drained Farmland under Alternative Nitrogen Abatement Policies. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 31(3):580-94. Download
2003	Petrolia, D. R. 2003. Strategic Behaviour between Countries in a Two-Period Uncertain Monopoly. Journal of World Intellectual Property 6(5):733-43.
2003	Petrolia, D. R., Kennedy, P. L. 2003. Increasing the U.S. Tariff-Rate Sugar Quota for Cuba and Mexico: A Partial Equilibrium Simulation. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35(3):589-97.

Extension Publications

Year	Publications