Marc Ribaudo

Branch Chief
202-694-5488
mribaudo@ers.usda.gov
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Briefly

Marc Ribaudo is Chief of the Conservation and Environment Branch in ERS's Resource and Rural Economics Division, following his tenure as a Senior Agricultural Economist in the Branch.

Background

Marc has been with ERS since 1983. He has specialized in conservation and environmental policies related to water quality. His research agenda has included work on the water quality benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program, targeting conservation programs for water quality improvement, costs of reducing atrazine in water, costs of reducing nutrient loads to the Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, design of nonpoint source control policies, costs of managing manure to reduce impacts on water quality, and the design of markets for environmental services.

Education

Marc earned a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maine, and a B.S. in Natural Resource Management from the University of Maine.

Professional Affiliations

American Agricultural Economics Association, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, Soil and Water Conservation Society of America.

Selected Publications

Savage, J., and M. Ribaudo. 2016. "Improving the Efficiency of Voluntary Water Quality Conservation Programs," Land Economics 92(1):148-166.

Iho, A., M. Ribaudo, and K. Hyytiäinen. 2015. "Water protection in the Baltic Sea and the Chesapeake Bay: Institutions, policies and efficiency,” Marine Pollution Bulletin 93(1-2):81-93.

Ribaudo, M., and J. Savage. 2014. "Controlling Non-additional Credits from Nutrient Management in Water Quality Trading Programs Through Eligibility Baseline Stringency," Ecological Economics 105:233-239.

Ribaudo, M., J. Savage, and J. Talberth. 2014. "Encouraging reductions in nonpoint source pollution through point-nonpoint trading: The roles of baseline choice and practice subsidies," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 36(3): 560-576.

Savage, J., and M. Ribaudo. 2013. "Impact of environmental policies on the adoption of manure management practices in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed," Journal of Environmental Management 129:143-148.

Shortle, J., M. Ribaudo, R. Horan, and D. Blandford. 2012. "Reforming Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution Policy in an Increasingly Budget-Constrained Environment," Environmental Science and Technology 46(3):1316-1325.

Ribaudo, M., and J. Gottlieb. 2011. "Point-Nonpoint Trading–Can it Work?" Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 47(1):5-14.

Ribaudo, M., C. Greene, L. Hansen, and D. Hellerstein. 2010. "Ecosystem Services from Agriculture: Steps for Expanding Markets," Ecological Economics 69(11):2085-2092.

Ribaudo, M., and R. Johansson. 2007. "Nutrient Management Use at the Rural-Urban Fringe: Does Demand for Environmental Quality Play a Role?" Review of Agricultural Economics.

Ribaudo, M., R. Johansson, and C. Jones. 2006. "Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?" Amber Waves, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Ribaudo, M., and M. Weinberg. 2005. "Improving Air and Water Quality Can Be Two Sides of the Same Coin," Amber Waves, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Ribaudo, M., and J. Agapoff. 2005. "Importance of Cost Offsets for Dairy Farms Meeting a Nutrient Application Standard," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 34(2):173-184.

Ribaudo, M., R. Heimlich, and M. Peters. 2004. "Nitrogen Sources and Gulf Hypoxia: Potential for Environmental Credit Trading," Ecological Economics 52:159-168.

Ribaudo, M., A. Cattaneo, and J. Agapoff. 2004. "Cost of Meeting Manure Nutrient Application Standards in Hog Production: The Roles of EQIP and Fertilizer Offsets," Review of Agricultural Economics 26(4):430-444.

Ribaudo, M. 2003. "Dead Zone in the Gulf: Addressing Agriculture’s Contribution," Amber Waves, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Ribaudo, M., N. Gollehon, and J. Agapoff. 2003. "Land Application of Manure by Animal Feeding Operations: Is More Land Needed?" Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 58(1):30-38.

Ribaudo, M., D. Hoag, M. Smith, and R. Heimlich. 2001. "Politics and Indices in the Conservation Reserve Program," Ecological Indicators 1(1):11-20.

Ribaudo, M., R. Heimlich, R. Claassen, and M. Peters. 2001. "Least-cost Management of Nonpoint Source Pollution: Source Reduction vs. Interception Strategies for Controlling Nitrogen Loss in the Mississippi Basin," Ecological Economics 37:183-197.

ERS Publications by this Author

Targeting Investments To Cost Effectively Restore and Protect Wetland Ecosystems: Some Economic Insights An Economic Assessment of Policy Options To Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Management on U.S. Corn Acres, 2001-10 Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2012 Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems: Implications for Conservation Policy See all

Amber Waves Articles by this Author

Managing the Costs of Reducing Agriculture’s Footprint on the Chesapeake Bay Nitrogen Management in Corn Production Appears To Be Improving Reducing Agriculture’s Nitrogen Footprint: Are New Policy Approaches Needed? Larger Farms, Environmental Policy Affecting Manure Management Agriculture and Water Quality Trading: Exploring the Possibilities See all

Journal Publications by this Author

Climate Change and U.S. Agriculture: Opportunities for Conservation to Reduce and Mitigate Emissions and to Support Adaptation to Rapid Change Climate Change and Agriculture: Cost-Effective Conservation Programs for Maintaining Environmental Quality Costs of Nitrogen Runoff and Rural Water Utilities: A Shadow Cost Approach Improving the Efficiency of Voluntary Water Quality Conservation Programs Policy utopias for nutrient credit trading programs with non-point sources See all