Ellen Bruno is an Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist at UC Berkeley. 

Informed by stakeholder engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration, Ellen's research blends theoretical and empirical economic modeling to inform policy discussions on issues relevant to California’s agriculture and natural resources. Her research centers on evaluating policies to improve the allocation of water across users in the face of a changing climate. Current work in progress includes estimating growers’ willingness to pay for improvements in groundwater quality and evaluating the impacts of a groundwater tax on agricultural land use. 

Missing Markets: Evidence on Agricultural Groundwater Demand from Volumetric Pricing