Research

Publications

Hodson, Abigayle R., Sahar H. El Abbadi, Rania Lachhab, Xiatong Li, Zhiyong Jason Ren, Christopher M. Chini, and Jennifer R. Stokes-Draut. “Validating and comparing energy estimation methods at water resource recovery facilities.” Environmental Research: Water 2, no. 1 (2026): 015001.

Lachhab, Rania (2026). “Review of The Economics of Water: Rules and Institutions by Georg Meran, Markus Siehlow, and Christian von Hirschhausen.” Ecological Economics.

Working Papers

Lachhab, Rania & Bruno, Ellen, 2026. “The Value of Water Storage: Evidence from California’s Kern Water Bank,” 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 – 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri 404731, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

“Silver Bullets: Cloud Seeding and Water Resources in California”, with M. Sears (R&R in Ecological Economics)

“Joint Estimation of Irrigation Adoption and Crop Choice in Ethiopia” (Link)

“Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Resources in Morocco” with R. Doukkali.

Grants

2025 Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics: “The Value of Water Banking: Evidence from the Kern Water Bank” (with E. Bruno)

2024 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR: “A Knowledge-to-Implementation Framework for Enhanced Aquifer Recharge” (subcontract with E. Bruno, co-PI and M. Kiparsky, Lead PI)