2026 Andrew J. Plantinga: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	56	1012	903	628	547	167	12584

Overview

Andrew J. Plantinga is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on environmental science and economics, econometrics, and finance.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

Fire effects on ecosystems
Economic and Environmental Valuation
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Housing Market and Economics
Wine Industry and Tourism
Forest Management and Policy

The main fields of study they engage in are:

Environmental Science
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Subfields where their work is concentrated include:

Global and Planetary Change
Economics and Econometrics
Ecology
Sociology and Political Science
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of interests and collaborations. Notable publications include:

"The future of food from the sea," 2020, published in Nature
"Long-term trends in wildfire damages in California," 2021, International Journal of Wildland Fire
"Do Environmental Markets Improve on Open Access? Evidence from California Groundwater Rights," 2021, Journal of Political Economy
"Natural climate solutions provide robust carbon mitigation capacity under future climate change scenarios," 2023, Scientific Reports
"Priorities and Effectiveness in Wildfire Management: Evidence from Fire Spread in the Western United States," 2022, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andrew J. Plantinga include:

Christopher Costello
Matthew Wibbenmeyer
Bryan Leonard
Erin O'Reilly
Tracey Mangin

The scientist's work is regularly published in diverse academic venues with several repeated outlets, such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Wine Economics
Land Economics
Science
Nature

Best Publications

Land-Use Change and Carbon Sinks: Econometric Estimation of the Carbon Sequestration Supply Function

Ruben N. Lubowski;Andrew J. Plantinga;Robert N. Stavins

1096
Citations
The future of food from the sea.

Christopher Costello;Ling Cao;Stefan Gelcich;Miguel Á. Cisneros-Mata

842
Citations
Projected land-use change impacts on ecosystem services in the United States.

Joshua J. Lawler;David J. Lewis;Erik Nelson;Andrew J. Plantinga

832
Citations
Land-use change and carbon sinks: Econometric estimation of the carbon sequestration supply function

Ruben N. Lubowski;Andrew J. Plantinga;Robert N. Stavins

580
Citations
The Effects of Potential Land Development on Agricultural Land Prices

Andrew J. Plantinga;Ruben N. Lubowski;Robert N. Stavins

474
Citations
The effects of potential land development on agricultural land prices

Andrew J. Plantinga;Ruben N. Lubowski;Robert N. Stavins

455
Citations
Efficiency of incentives to jointly increase carbon sequestration and species conservation on a landscape

Erik Nelson;Stephen Polasky;David J. Lewis;Andrew J. Plantinga

447
Citations
The influence of public open space on urban spatial structure

JunJie Wu;Andrew J. Plantinga

381
Citations
What Drives Land-Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions

Ruben N. Lubowski;Andrew J. Plantinga;Robert N. Stavins

378
Citations
An Econometric Analysis of the Costs of Sequestering Carbon in Forests

Andrew J. Plantinga;Thomas Mauldin;Douglas J. Miller

370
Citations
Agricultural Land Values and the Value of Rights to Future Land Development

Andrew J. Plantinga;Douglas J. Miller

338
Citations
Modeling Land Use Decisions with Aggregate Data

Douglas J. Miller;Andrew J. Plantinga

240
Citations
The Effect of Agricultural Policies on Land Use and Environmental Quality

Andrew J. Plantinga

239
Citations
Past and prospective carbon storage in United States forests

Richard A. Birdsey;Andrew J. Plantinga;Linda S. Heath

230
Citations
The Optimal Timber Rotation: An Option Value Approach

Andrew J. Plantinga

199
Citations
Co-Benefits from Carbon Sequestration in Forests: Evaluating Reductions in Agricultural Externalities from an Afforestation Policy in Wisconsin

Andrew J. Plantinga;JunJie Wu

176
Citations
Policies for Habitat Fragmentation: Combining Econometrics with GIS-Based Landscape Simulations

David J. Lewis;Andrew J. Plantinga

164
Citations
Economic‐based projections of future land use in the conterminous United States under alternative policy scenarios

Volker C Radeloff;E Nelson;Andrew J Plantinga;David J Lewis

160
Citations
The efficiency of voluntary incentive policies for preventing biodiversity loss

David J. Lewis;Andrew J. Plantinga;Erik Nelson;Stephen Polasky

147
Citations
Implementing the optimal provision of ecosystem services

Stephen Polasky;David J. Lewis;Andrew J. Plantinga;Erik Nelson

138
Citations
Quantifying the impacts on biodiversity of policies for carbon sequestration in forests

Stephen Matthews;Raymond O'Connor;Andrew J Plantinga

137
Citations
Land-Use Change and Carbon Sinks: Econometric Estimation of the Carbon Sequestration Supply Function

Andrew Plantinga;Ruben N. Lubowski;Robert N. Stavins;Robert N. Stavins;Robert N. Stavins

62
Citations
What Drives Land Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions

Ruben N. Lubowski;Andrew J. Plantinga;Robert N. Stavins

45
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert N. Stavins Harvard University

Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota

Ralph J. Alig Oregon State University

Gary D. Libecap University of California, Santa Barbara

Matthew E. Kahn University of Southern California

Kevin J. Boyle Virginia Tech

Howard Kunreuther University of Pennsylvania

Philip W. Mote Oregon State University

Anne W. Nolin University of Nevada Reno

Linda S. Heath US Forest Service

External Links

Personal website of Andrew J. Plantinga Google Scholar page

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