Karina Schoengold
Professor, Agricultural Economics Associate Director, Nebraska Water Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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FYH 307A
Lincoln, NE 68583-0922 - Phone
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402-472-3401 On-campus 2-3401
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kschoengold2@unl.edu
Research Interests
Natural resource economics, water resources, technology adoption, policy analysis, ecosystem service valuation, risk management
Dr. Schoengold joined the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2005. She has a Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley in Agricultural and Resource Economics (2005), and a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Economics and Mathematics (1998).
Her research program relates to a range of agri-environmental policy issues, with a significant focus on water and soil management. Specifically, she is interested in how individuals make decision regarding the use of scarce and/or polluting inputs, and how policy design affects those decisions. Her research has been funded by a range of programs, including NSF, USDA-NIFA, USDA-ERS, USGS, and the Water for Food Daugherty Global Institute at the University of Nebraska.
Collaborators and Useful Links
Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska
Ogallala Water Coordinated Agriculture Project
NSF EPSCoR BioPlastics with Regenerative Agricultural Properties (BioWRAP) project: https://thebiowrap.com/
Recent Publications
Khanal, B., T. Mieno, K. Schoengold, and D.S. Bullock (2025) “Using Precision Conservation to Target Land Retirement: Incorporating spatially variable profit and crop insurance premiums”. Science of the Total Environment, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179315.
Mavroutsikos, C., K. Schoengold, A. Yiannaka, S. Banerjee, K. Giannakas, and T. Awada (2025) “The Role of Spatially Varying Descriptive Norms on Public Valuation of Ecosystem Services Associated with Improved Soil Health: A Discrete Choice Experiment on Nudging” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.356159.
Spor Leal, L., T. Roy, D. Uden, K. Schoengold (2024) “Hydrological Impacts of the Conservation Reserve Program - A Mini Review”, Frontiers in Water, DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2024.1506255.
Madin, M., K. Nelson, K. Fatema, K. Schoengold, A. Dalal, I. Onyekwelu, R. Rayan, S.S. Norouzi (2024) “Synthesis of current evidence on factors influencing the suitability of synthetic biodegradable mulches for agricultural applications: a systematic review”, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101095.
Suter, J., T. Guilfoos, and K. Schoengold (2023) “Seasons, Stress, Salience, and Support for Cooperative Groundwater Management”, Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.78.
Khanal, B., Schoengold, K., Mieno, T. & Schulte Moore, L. (2022). The impact of policy design on willingness to pay for ecosystem services from prairie strips. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.33
Alhassan, M., Gustafson, C. R., & Schoengold, K. (2022). Effects of information on smallholder irrigation farmers’ willingness to pay for groundwater protection. Agricultural Economics, 53(2), 191-203. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12695
Suchato, P., Mieno, T., Schoengold, K. & Foster, T. (2021) The Potential for Moral Hazard Behavior in Irrigation Decisions under Crop Insurance. Agricultural Economics. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12676
Working Papers
"The Role of Spatially Varying Descriptive Norms on Public Valuation of Ecosystem Services Associated with Improved Soil Health: A Discrete Choice Experiment on Nudging" (with C. Mavroutsikos, A. Yiannaka, S. Banerjee, K. Giannakas, and T. Awada)
“Estimating the Impact of Groundwater Allocations on Irrigation Behavior and Energy Use: Implications for groundwater policy design” (with T. Mieno and J. Keeler)
"Predicting Groundwater Trade Participation” (with E. Juchems, N. Brozović, T. Mieno, and R. Rimsaite)