Program Coordinator of Natural Resources Economics, PhD, Professor of Resource Economics and Management
Dr. Levan Elbakidze is a professor in the Division of Resource Economics
and Management, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, and a
faculty research associate at the Regional Research Institute and at the Center
for Innovation in Gas Research and Utilization at WVU.
He earned his BS and MS from the University of Nevada, Reno, and PhD from Texas A&M
University.
Dr. Elbakidze’s research program primarily revolves around natural
resource economics including water resource economics, management of invasive species,
pests and infectious animal diseases, and energy. He is also interested in applications
of experimental economics and in interdisciplinary modeling of systems involving
interdependent human and biophysical components. He has received research grants
from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
U.S. Geologic Survey and the Nature Conservancy. His work has been published
in
Risk Analysis, Water Resources Research, Resource and Energy Economics, Ecological
Economics, Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management and other peer reviewed
journals.
Publications
- Anica, S*. and
L. Elbakidze, (2022) “Financial Assistance and Environmental Compliance:
Evidence from the Clean Water Act," Land Economics 99(2).
- Xu, Y.,
L. Elbakidze, X. Etienne (2022) “
Unconventional Oil and Gas Development and Agricultural Land-use in the U.S.,"
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, (Accepted:
available online)
- Du, X.,
L. Elbakidze, L. Lu, R. G. Taylor (2022) “
Climate Smart Pest Management” Sustainability, 14(16), 19832
- Cohen, J. J.,
Elbakidze, L., & Jackson, R. (2022). Interstate protectionism: the case
of solar renewable energy credits. American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
104(2), 717-738.
- Xu, Y.,
L. Elbakidze, P. Gassman, J. Arnold, J. Hubbard, H. Yen, M. Strager, (2022)
“Integrated assessment of nitrogen runoff to the Gulf of Mexico” Resource and
Energy Economics, 67:1-17
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Elbakidze, L. and Q. Beeson* (2021). “State regulatory heterogeneity and
compliance with the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts”. Water Resources
Research, 57:1-13, e2020WR028952. Featured on AGU Science News (Eos), “New Standards
Spur Water Utilities to Improve Compliance” by Jim Hall (editor, WRR),
available online
- Tavarez, H.,
L. Elbakidze, (2021) “Urban forest valuation and environmental disposition:
The case of Puerto Rico” Forest Policy and Economics, 131:1-8
- Mugabe, D.*
L. Elbakidze, T. Carr, (2021) “All the DUCs in a row: natural gas production
in the US” the Energy Journal, 42(3):113-132
- Tavárez, H.,
L. Elbakidze, O. J. Abelleira-Martínez, Z. Ramos-Bendaña, N. A. Bosque-Pérez,
(2021). “Willingness to pay for gray and green interventions to augment water
supply: a case study in Rural Costa Rica.” Environmental Management, 1-16
- Khurana, R.*
L. Elbakidze, J. Hall, (2020) “The political economy of solar initiatives
in the sunshine state” Applied Economics Letters, 28(9):717-720
- Cohen, J.
L. Elbakidze, R. Jackson (2020) “Solar bait: How U.S. states attract solar
investments from large corporations” Energy Journal, 41(2):167-190
- Mugabe*, D.
L. Elbakidze, and G. Zaynutdinova (2020) “Elasticity of substitution and
technical efficiency: evidence from the US electricity generation,” Applied Economics,
52(16):1789-1805.
- Tavárez, H. and
L. Elbakidze (2019). “Valuing recreational enhancements in the San Patricio
Urban Forest of Puerto Rico: A choice experiment approach.” Forest Policy and
Economics, 109, 102004.
- Tawfeeq*, M., A. R. Collins, A. R.,
L. Elbakidze, and G. Zaynutdinova (2019). “Linking crude oil prices and Middle
East stock markets”. OPEC Energy Review. 43(2)
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Elbakidze, L., H. Vinson*, K. Cobourn, and G. Taylor (2018), “Efficient groundwater
allocation and binding hydrologic externalities,” Resource and Energy Economics,
53:147-16
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Elbakidze, L. and R. Nayga (2017) “The adding-up test in an incentivized
value elicitation mechanism: the role of the income effect” Environmental and
Resource Economics. 71(3): 625-644.