Selected Publications

Carter, D.W. and D. Letson. 2009. Structural Vector Error Correction Modeling of Integrated Sportfishery Data. Marine Resource Economics 24(1):19-41.

Kelly, D.; D. Letson and D. Solís. Submitted 2009. Evolution of Subjective Hurricane Risk Perceptions: A Bayesian Approach. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.

Letson, D.; C.E. Laciano; F.E. Bert, X.I. GonzalezG.P. Podestá; E.U. Weber; and R.W. Katz. In Press. Value of Perfect ENSO Phase Predictions for Agriculture: Conditioning Effects from Land Tenure and Cognitive Decision Processes. Climatic Change.

Solís, D.; M. Thomas and D. Letson. In Press.An Econometric Evaluation of the Determinants of Household Hurricane Evacuation Choice: Evidence from the 2005 Season in Florida. Natural Hazards Review

Letson, David. 2008. Oceans and Human Health: Human Dimensions. Ch. 5, pp. 91-98 in: Oceans and Human Health: Risks and Remedies from the Sea, P.J. Walsh, S.L. Smith, L.E. Fleming, H. Solo-Gabriele and W.H. Gerwick, eds. Elsevier.

Letson, D.; D. Sutter and J. Lazo. 2007. The Economic Value of Hurricane Forecasts. Natural Hazards Review 8(3): 78-86. [PDF]

Cabrera, V.E., Fraisse, C., Letson, D., Podestá, G., Novak, J. 2006. Impact of climate information on reducing farm risk by optimizing crop insurance strategy. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 49(4):1223-33. [PDF]

Letson, D., G.P. Podestá, C.D. Messina and R.A. Ferreyra. 2005. The Uncertain Value of Perfect ENSO Phase Forecasts. Climatic Change 69: 163-96. [PDF]

Letson, D.; I. Llovet, G. Podestá, F. Royce, V. Brescia, D. Lema and G. Parellada. 2001. “User Perspectives of Climate Forecasts” Climate Research 19(1): 57-67. [PDF]

Letson, D. and B.D. McCullough. 2001. “ENSO and Soybean Prices: Correlation without Causality” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 33(3): 513-21. [PDF]