Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik

University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics

Associate Professor

8001 Natural Bridge Road

St Louis, MO 63121

United States

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1.

The Greening of Higher Education

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 24 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2008
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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higher education, environment, sustainability, green

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What Have Economists Been Doing for the Last 50 Years? A Text Analysis of Published Academic Research from 1960-2010

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2015
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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text analysis, economics research, research diversity, topic analysis

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Refusing to Budge: A Confirmatory Bias in Decision Making?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2009
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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confirmatory bias, rationality, judgment, heuristics, tax policy

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The Potential for Small Scale Hydropower Development in the U.S.

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Dec 2009
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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hydropower, renewable energy, climate change, carbon emissions

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The Potential of Water Power in the Fight Against Global Warming

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Mar 2008
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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hydropower, climate change, emissions, environment, water, dams, electricity, RPS

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Balancing Environmental Protection and Energy Production in the Federal Hydropower Licensing Process

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2014
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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regulation, energy, environment, hydropower, interest groups

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JEL Codes: What Do They Mean and Are They Used Consistently?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2016
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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text analysis, JEL code, economics research, economics literature, thematic analysis

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Drivers of COVID-19 Stay at Home Orders: Epidemiologic, Economic, or Political Concerns?

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2020
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik and Allen Bellas
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics and Metropolitan State University - College of Management
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COVID-19, pandemic, stay at home order, public policy, health, coronavirus

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River-Basin Water Management in the U.S.: A Regulatory Anticommons

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2012
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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anticommons, water, oligopoly, energy, hydropower

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Time to Pick a Fight? Interest Group Decision Making to Enter the Hydropower Regulatory Process

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2008
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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regulation, electricity, interest groups, dams, environment, licensing

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The Anticommons and the Environment

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Feb 2012
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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anticommons, complementary oligopoly, water, hydropower, regulation, river

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Consolidation and Ownership Trends of Nonfederal Hydropower Generating Assets, 1980-2003

Energy Economics, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2008
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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electricity, hydropower, dams, market power, regulation

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Determinants of Contract Completeness: An Environmental Regulatory Application

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Sep 2013
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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contract, transaction cost, hydro, text analysis, environment, regulation, water, linguistics

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Which Leading Journal Leads? Idea Diffusion in Economics Research Journals

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Allen Bellas and Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
Metropolitan State University - College of Management and University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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Contract Renegotiation and Rent Re-Redistribution: Who Gets Raked Over the Coals?

University of Stirling Discussion Paper Series, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Dec 2009
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik and Ian Lange
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics and University of Stirling - Department of Economics
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Contract Renegotiation, Coal Contracts, Acid Rain

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In Tandem or Out of Sync? Academic Economics Research and Public Policy Measures

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In Tandem or Out of Sync? Academic Economics Research and Public Policy Measures

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2015
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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text analysis, economics research, public policy, GDP, inflation, unemployment, bankruptcy, recession

In Tandem or Out of Sync? Academic Economics Research and Public Policy Measures

Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 34, Issue 1, pp. 190-202, 2016
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Jan 2016
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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A Survey of JEL Codes: What Do They Mean and are They Used Consistently?

Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 32, Issue 1, pp. 249-272, 2018
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Jan 2018
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics
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Economics literature, Economics research, JEL code, Text analysis, Thematic analysis

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Sources of Bureaucratic Delay: A Case Study of Ferc Dam Relicensing

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Sources of Bureaucratic Delay: A Case Study of Ferc Dam Relicensing

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2006
Posted: 22 Oct 2005
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics

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Sources of Bureaucratic Delay: A Case Study of Ferc Dam Relicensing

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 258-288, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics

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Sources of Bureaucratic Delay: A Case Study of Ferc Dam Relicensing

Posted: 03 Sep 2004
Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik
University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics

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Regulation, hydroelectricity, environment, delay