User profiles for Zeynep Hansen

Zeynep Hansen

Boise State University
Verified email at boisestate.edu
Cited by 857

Small farms, externalities, and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s

ZK Hansen, GD Libecap - Journal of Political Economy, 2004 - journals.uchicago.edu
We provide a new and more complete analysis of the origins of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s,
one of the most severe environmental crises in North America in the twentieth century. …

“Rain follows the plow” and dryfarming doctrine: The climate information problem and homestead failure in the Upper Great Plains, 1890–1925

GD Libecap, ZK Hansen - The Journal of Economic History, 2002 - cambridge.org
The weather-information problem faced by settlers of semi-arid regions of the Great Plains
hindered their attempts to adapt their crops, techniques, and farm sizes. Episodes of …

The impact of group diversity on performance and knowledge spillover--An experiment in a college classroom

ZK Hansen, H Owan, J Pan - 2006 - nber.org
An important yet under-explored question in the teamwork literature concerns how group
characteristics affect productivity. Within a given teamwork setting, it is not obvious how group …

Climate variability and water infrastructure: historical experience in the Western United States

ZK Hansen, GD Libecap, SE Lowe - 2009 - nber.org
Greater historical perspective is needed to enlighten current debate about future human
responses to higher temperatures and increased precipitation variation. We analyze the impact …

The impact of group diversity on class performance: evidence from college classrooms

Z Hansen, H Owan, J Pan - Education Economics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We combine class performance data from an undergraduate management course with
students’ personal records to examine how group diversity affects group work performance and …

The allocation of property rights to land: US land policy and farm failure in the northern great plains

ZK Hansen, GD Libecap - Explorations in Economic history, 2004 - Elsevier
Federal land policy led to the establishment of farms that were too small to be viable over the
long term in the northern Great Plains. Under the Homestead Act, hundreds of thousands of …

Medical licensing board characteristics and physician discipline: an empirical analysis

MT Law, ZK Hansen - Journal of Health Politics, Policy and …, 2010 - read.dukeupress.edu
This article investigates the relationship between the characteristics of medical licensing
boards and the frequency with which boards discipline physicians. Specifically, we take …

The political economy of truth-in-advertising regulation during the progressive era

ZK Hansen, MT Law - The Journal of Law and Economics, 2008 - journals.uchicago.edu
This paper explores the origins and effects of truth‐in‐advertising regulation during the
Progressive Era. Was advertising regulation adopted in response to rent seeking on the part of …

Long-term impacts of major water storage facilities on agriculture and the natural environment: Evidence from Idaho (US)

ZK Hansen, SE Lowe, W Xu - Ecological Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the long-term impacts of water storage infrastructure (dams) on
agriculture and the natural environment in the semi-arid US West. We conduct an empirical …

Why Do We Inflate Grades?: The Effect of Adjunct Faculty Employment on Instructor Grading Standards

K Chen, Z Hansen, S Lowe - Journal of Human Resources, 2021 - jhr.uwpress.org
A burgeoning literature has documented the influence of adjunct instructors on student
subsequent interest and success, but very little is known about the underlying mechanisms. This …