Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Graduate Students


Jennifer Thorvaldson

Jennifer Thorvaldson

Ph.D. Student
Expected Completion: Fall, 2009

Telephone: (970) 412-5604
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Education
B.S., Biological Sciences and Spanish, Colorado State University
M.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Field Interests
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Thesis Topic
Colorado's Evolving Irrigated Agriculture: Economic Accounting and Impact Analysis

Committee
Dr. James Pritchett, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Dr. Marshall Frasier, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Dr. Neil Hanson, Soil and Crop Science

Selected Publications, Works in Progress, and Presentations

Publications and Works in Progress

Thorvaldson, J., J. Pritchett, and A. Jha. Water Leasing: Opportunities and Challenges for Colorado's South Platte Basin." 2008.

Thorvaldson, J. and J. Pritchett. "Changing Well Augmentation Rules and Irrigated Agriculture in Colorado's Lower South Platte Basin: Economic Accounting and Impact Analysis." Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Forthcoming.

Thorvaldson, J. and J. Pritchett. "Economic Impact Analysis of Reduced Irrigated Acreage in Four River Basins in Colorado." Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Completion Report No. 207, December 2006.

Thorvaldson, J. and J. Pritchett. "Profile of the Arkansas River Basin." 2006.

Thorvaldson, J. and J. Pritchett. "Profile of the Republican River Basin." 2006.

Thorvaldson, J. and J. Pritchett. "Profile of the Rio Grande River Basin." 2006.

Thorvaldson, J. and J. Pritchett. "Profile of the South Platte River Basin." 2006.

Pritchett, J., P. Watson, J. Thorvaldson, and L. Ellingson. "Economic Impacts of Reduced Irrigated Acres: Example from the Republican River Basin." Colorado Water, February 2005.

Meetings and Presentations
Thorvaldson, J. and J. Pritchett. "Economic Impacts of Reduced Irrigated Acres: Colorado's Lower South Platte River Basin." Morgan County Economic Development Corporation Meeting, September 2006.

Thorvaldson, J. and J. Pritchett. “Colorado’s Evolving Irrigated Agriculture: Economic Accounting and Impact Analysis.” Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, June 2006.

"Economic Activity and Economic Impacts of Reduced Irrigated Acres in Eastern Colorado." Seminar Series, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, April 2006.

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