{"id":365,"date":"2020-07-09T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/hilary-sigman\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2026-06-28T20:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:22:37","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/hilary-sigman\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fields<\/h2>\n<p>Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Law and Economics<\/p>\n<h2>Interests<\/h2>\n<p>Economics of waste and recycling, Cleanup of contaminated sites, Transboundary environmental issues, Federalism and decentralization of environmental policy<\/p>\n<h2>Recent Research Papers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/10.1086\/740567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDroughts and Economic Activity: Do Dams and Groundwater Mediate the Impact?\u201d<\/a> with Sheila M. Olmstead. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/https:\/\/rcei.rutgers.edu\/when-drought-hits-do-dams-and-groundwater-soften-the-blow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nontechnical summary: When Drought Hits, Do Dams and Groundwater Soften the Blow? <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/le.uwpress.org\/content\/101\/1\/18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cClimate Change Adaptation in Government Decisions: Empirical Evidence from Superfund Remedies.\u201d<\/a> Land Economics.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rcei.rutgers.edu\/are-superfund-cleanups-keeping-up-with-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nontechnical summary: Are Superfund Cleanups Keeping Up with Climate Change?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/abs\/10.1086\/729899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;China\u2019s Waste Import Ban and US Solid Waste Management: Effects of the Loss of a Waste Haven\u201d <\/a> with Rachel Strow. 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