Douglas H. Wrenn, Ph.D.

Douglas H. Wrenn, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
115 Ferguson Building
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental Economics
  • Urban and Land Use Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Nonmarket Valuation
  • Policy Analysis

Publications

The Effect of Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather on Household Location Choice and Economic Welfare
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Wrenn, Douglas, 2024

The distributional impact of FEMA's community rating system
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Brent, Daniel A., Ren, Yongwang, Wrenn, Douglas H., 2024

Potential Benefits in Remapping the Special Flood Hazard Area: Evidence from the U.S. Housing Market
Journal of Housing Economics, Pollack, Adam B., Wrenn, Douglas H., Nolte, Christoph, Wing, Ian Sue, 2023

Housing wealth, food spending, and diet quality: Evidence from panel data
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Zhang, Bo, Wrenn, Douglas, Joshi, Janak, Jaenicke, E, Jaenicke, Edward, 2022

The effectiveness of taxes in decreasing candy purchases
Food Policy, Hoy, Kyle A., Wrenn, Douglas H., 2020

The impact of water access on short-term migration in rural India
Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Zaveri, Esha D., Wrenn, Douglas H., Fisher-Vanden, Karen, 2020

Land Use Dynamics: Regulations and Norms, Irwin, Elena, Buckley, Geoffrey, Gnagey, Matthew, Newburn, David, Pierce, Erin, Wrenn, Douglas, 2019

Price based policies for managing residential development: Impacts on water quality
Resources and Energy Economics, Wrenn, Douglas H., Klaiber, H. Allen, Newburn, David A., 2019

House prices and marriage entry in China
Regional Science and Urban Economics, Wrenn, Douglas H., Yi, Junjian, Zhang, Bo, 2019

Learning by Viewing? Social Learning, Regulatory Disclosure, and Firm Productivity in Shale Gas, Fetter, T., Steck, Andrew, Timmins, Christopher, Wrenn, Douglas, 2017

Not my problem: Growth spillovers from uncoordinated land use policy
Land Use Policy, Towe, Charles A., Klaiber, H. Allen, Wrenn, Douglas H., 2017

Spatial heterogeneity, accessibility, and zoning: An empirical investigation of leapfrog development
Journal of Economic Geography, Zhang, Wendong, Wrenn, Douglas H., Irwin, Elena G., 2017

Confronting Price Endogeneity in a Duration Model of Residential Subdivision Development
Journal of Applied Econometrics, Wrenn, Douglas H., Klaiber, H. Allen, Newburn, David A., 2017

Unconventional shale gas development, risk perceptions, and averting behavior: Evidence from bottled water purchases
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Wrenn, Douglas H., Klaiber, H. Allen, Jaenicke, Edward C., 2016

Invisible water, visible impact: Groundwater use and Indian agriculture under climate change
Environmental Research Letters, Zaveri, Esha, Grogan, Danielle S., Fisher-Vanden, Karen, Frolking, Steve, Lammers, Richard B., Wrenn, Douglas H., Prusevich, Alexander, Nicholas, Robert E., 2016

Resident vs. nonresident employment associated with marcellus shale development
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Wrenn, Douglas H., Kelsey, Timothy W., Jaenicke, Edward C., 2015

Time is money: An empirical examination of the effects of regulatory delay on residential subdivision development
Regional Science and Urban Economics, Wrenn, Douglas H., Irwin, Elena G., 2015

An Assessment of Empirical Methods for Modeling Land Use, Irwin, Elena, Wrenn, Douglas, 2014