J. Wesley Burnett

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I am a Research Economist at USDA's Economic Research Service and an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of conservation, environmental, agricultural, and energy economics. My research examines how people and markets respond to environmental and policy incentives, and what those responses reveal about the value of ecosystem services. I use causal inference, spatial analysis, and applied econometrics to produce policy-relevant evidence. My interests include:

• Environmental and natural resource economics
• Agricultural and agri-environmental economics
• Energy economics and electricity markets
• Policy evaluation
• Spatial and geospatial analysis
• Artificial Intelligence
• Applied econometrics

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Last updated: June 2026.