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Madhu Khanna is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, with a focus on the intersection of economics, environmental science, and social sciences. Khanna's scholarly output includes work in arts and humanities, with significant publications in religious studies, anthropology, philosophy, and political science.

Their academic contributions include publications in prominent venues such as Harvard Dataverse, AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA), Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Agricultural Economics, and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

Khanna's recent scholarly articles include the following:

  • "Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands" (2020, Nature)
  • "Neonicotinoids and decline in bird biodiversity in the United States" (2020, Nature Sustainability)
  • "Digital Transformation of the Agricultural Sector: Pathways, Drivers and Policy Implications" (2020, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy)
  • "Digital transformation for a sustainable agriculture in the United States: Opportunities and challenges" (2022, Agricultural Economics)
  • "Maladaptation of U.S. corn and soybeans to a changing climate" (2021, Scientific Reports)

The scientist's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Jeffery D. Long, Pankaj Jain, Rita D. Sherma, George Deltas, and Xiang Bi, indicating sustained interdisciplinary collaborations over numerous projects.

Khanna's research focuses on various topics including:

  • Indian and Buddhist Studies
  • Eurasian Exchange Networks
  • Indian History and Philosophy
  • Chinese History and Philosophy
  • Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

The primary fields of their study include:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Social Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader fields, they have contributed extensively to the subfields of Religious Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science, as well as Political Science and International Relations.

Madhu Khanna is also the author of book publications, including "Hinduism and Tribal Religions" (2022), published by Springer Nature (Netherlands).

Best Publications

  • EPA's voluntary 33/50 program: Impact on toxic releases and economic performance of firms

    Madhu Khanna;Lisa A Damon

  • Incentives for environmental self-regulation and implications for environmental performance

    Wilma Rose Q. Anton;George Deltas;Madhu Khanna

  • Non‐Mandatory Approaches to Environmental Protection

    Madhu Khanna

  • Toxics Release Information: A Policy Tool for Environmental Protection

    Madhu Khanna;Wilma Rose H. Quimio;Dora Bojilova

  • Corporate Environmental Management: Regulatory and Market-Based Incentives

    Madhu Khanna;William Rose Q. Anton

  • Costs of producing miscanthus and switchgrass for bioenergy in Illinois

    Madhu Khanna;Basanta Dhungana;John Cedric Clifton-Brown

  • Sequential Adoption of Site-Specific Technologies and its Implications for Nitrogen Productivity: A Double Selectivity Model

    Madhu Khanna

  • Responsiveness of Crop Yield and Acreage to Prices and Climate

    Ruiqing Miao;Madhu Khanna;Haixiao Huang

  • Motivations and Barriers to Corporate Environmental Management

    David E. Ervin;JunJie Wu;Madhu Khanna;Cody Jones

  • Adoption of Pollution Prevention Techniques: The Role of Management Systems and Regulatory Pressures

    Madhu Khanna;George Deltas;Donna Ramirez Harrington

  • Stochastic Technology, Risk Preferences, and Adoption of Site-Specific Technologies

    Murat Isik;Madhu Khanna

  • An integrated biogeochemical and economic analysis of bioenergy crops in the Midwestern United States

    Atul K. Jain;Madhu Khanna;Matthew Erickson;Haixiao Huang

  • Competitiveness of Brazilian sugarcane ethanol compared to US corn ethanol

    Christine Lasco Crago;Madhu Khanna;Jason Barton;Eduardo Giuliani

  • Site-Specific Crop Management: Adoption Patterns and Incentives

    Madhu Khanna;Onesime Faustin Epouhe;Robert Hornbaker

  • Incentives, precision technology and environmental protection

    Madhu Khanna;David Zilberman

  • Cost-Effective Targeting of Land Retirement to Improve Water Quality with Endogenous Sediment Deposition Coefficients

    Madhu Khanna;Wanhong Yang;Richard Farnsworth;Hayri Önal

  • Meeting the Mandate for Biofuels: Implications for Land Use, Food and Fuel Prices

    Xiaoguang Chen;Haixiao Huang;Madhu Khanna;Hayri Onal

  • What is Driving Corporate Environmentalism: Opportunity or Threat?

    Madhu Khanna;Wilma Rose Q. Anton

  • Stacking low carbon policies on the renewable fuels standard: Economic and greenhouse gas implications

    Haixiao Huang;Madhu Khanna;Hayri Önal;Xiaoguang Chen

  • Alternative transportation fuel standards: Welfare effects and climate benefits

    Xiaoguang Chen;Haixiao Huang;Madhu Khanna;Hayri Önal

Frequent Co-Authors

David Zilberman
David Zilberman University of California, Berkeley
Evan H. DeLucia
Evan H. DeLucia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ximing Cai
Ximing Cai University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Atul K. Jain
Atul K. Jain University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jürgen Scheffran
Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg
Jordan J. Louviere
Jordan J. Louviere University of South Australia
Michelle M. Wander
Michelle M. Wander University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen P. Long
Stephen P. Long University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Göran Berndes
Göran Berndes Chalmers University of Technology
Neil R. Edwards
Neil R. Edwards The Open University

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