Researcher biography
Céline Nauges is an Australian Research Council Fellow at the University of Queensland. Before moving to Australia, she was a research director at the French Institute for Research in Agriculture (INRA) and Toulouse School of Economics (France). Her major research interest is on applied microeconometrics aimed at informing economic policies for the management of natural resources, with a special focus on water, both in developed and developing countries. In the agricultural sector, Céline Nauges developed some research on farmers’ decision making in areas where irrigation water can be a limiting input, developing models which accommodate production risk and technological innovation. She recently started working on Australian water markets. She has also performed several ex-post analyses of environmental and agricultural policies in various countries. She has published a number of research articles in national and international journals and she has been chosen as a water sector expert by various institutions including the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the OECD.
Book Chapters
Nauges, Céline, Whittington, Dale and El-Alfy, Mohamed (2015). A simulation model for understanding the consequences of alternative water and wastewater tariff structures: a case study of Fayoum, Egypt. Understanding and managing urban water in transition. (pp. 359-382) edited by Quentin Grafton, Katherine A. Daniell, Céline Nauges, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo and Noel Wai Wah Chan. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9801-3_17
Daniell, Katherine A., Rinaudo, Jean-Daniel, Chan, Noel Wai Wah, Nauges, Céline and Grafton, Quentin (2015). Understanding and managing urban water in transition. Understanding and managing urban water in transition. (pp. 1-30) edited by Quentin Grafton, Katherine A. Daniell, Céline Nauges, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo and Noel Wai Wah Chan. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9801-3_1
Nauges, Celine and Thomas, Alban (2011). Pricing urban water services: The case of France. Water resources planning and management. (pp. 380-394) edited by R. Quentin Grafton and Karen Hussey. Cambridge, U. K.: Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles
Nauges, Celine (2018). Water hauling and girls' school attendance: some new evidence from Ghana (vol 66, pg 65, 2017). Environmental & Resource Economics, 69 (2), 447-447. doi: 10.1007/s10640-017-0194-8
Nauges, Céline and Whittington, Dale (2017). Evaluating the performance of alternative municipal water tariff designs: quantifying the trade-offs between equity, economic efficiency, and cost recovery. World Development, 91, 125-143. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.10.014
Mallawaarachchi, Thilak, Nauges, Céline, Sanders, Orion and Quiggin, John (2017). State-contingent analysis of farmers’ response to weather variability: irrigated dairy farming in the Murray Valley, Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 61 (1), 36-55. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12193
Nauges, Celine, Wheeler, Sarah Ann and Zuo, Alec (2016). Elicitation of irrigators’ risk preferences from observed behaviour. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60 (3), 442-458. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12134
Bontemps, Christophe and Nauges, Céline (2016). The impact of perceptions in averting-decision models: an application of the special regressor method to drinking water choices. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 98 (1), 297-313. doi: 10.1093/ajae/aav046
Zapata Diomedi, Belen and Nauges, Celine (2016). Pesticide-handling practices: the case of coffee growers in Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60 (1), 112-129. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12106
Koussoubé, Estelle and Nauges, Céline (2016). Returns to fertilizer use: does it pay enough? Some new evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 44 (2), 183-210. doi: 10.1093/erae/jbw018
Nauges, Celine and Strand, Jon (2015). Water hauling and girls’ school attendance: some new evidence from Ghana. Environmental and Resource Economics, 66 (1), 65-88. doi: 10.1007/s10640-015-9938-5
Zuo, Alec, Nauges, Céline and Wheeler, Sarah Ann (2015). Farmers’ exposure to risk and their temporary water trading. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 42 (1), 1-24. doi: 10.1093/erae/jbu003
Whittington, Dale, Nauges, Celine, Fuente, David and Wu, Xun (2015). A diagnostic tool for estimating the incidence of subsidies delivered by water utilities in low- and medium-income countries, with illustrative simulations. Utilities Policy, 34, 70-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jup.2014.12.007
Grafton, Quentin, Daniell, Katherine A., Nauges, Céline, Rinaudo, Jean-Daniel and Chan, Noel Wai Wah (2015). Preface. Global Issues in Water Policy, 15, v-vi. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1539-8
Latruffe, Laure and Nauges, Celine (2014). Technical efficiency and conversion to organic farming: the case of France. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 41 (2), 227-253. doi: 10.1093/erae/jbt024
Martínez-Espiñeira, Roberto, García-Valiñas, María A. and Nauges, Céline (2014). Households' pro-environmental habits and investments in water and energy consumption: determinants and relationships. Journal of Environmental Management, 133, 174-183. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.12.002
Genius, Margarita, Koundouri, Phoebe, Nauges, Céline and Tzouvelekas, Vangelis (2014). Information transmission in irrigation technology adoption and diffusion: social learning, extension services, and spatial effects. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 96 (1), 328-344. doi: 10.1093/ajae/aat054
Laukkanen, Marita and Nauges, Celine (2014). Evaluating Greening farm policies: A structural model for assessing agri-environmental subsidies. Land Economics, 90 (3), 458-481. doi: 10.3368/le.90.3.458
van den Berg, Caroline and Nauges, Céline (2012). The willingness to pay for access to piped water: a hedonic analysis of house prices in Southwest Sri Lanka. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 5 (3), 151-166. doi: 10.1007/s12076-012-0079-y
Nauges, Celine, O'Donnell, Christopher J. and Quiggin, John (2011). Uncertainty and technical efficiency in Finnish agriculture: A state-contingent approach. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 38 (4), 449-467. doi: 10.1093/erae/jbr014
Laukkanen, Marita and Nauges, Céline (2011). Environmental and production cost impacts of no-till in Finland: Estimates from observed behavior. Land Economics, 87 (3), 508-527.
Carson, Richard T., Koundouri, Phoebe and Nauges, Céline (2011). Arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh: A household labor market approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93 (2), 407-414. doi: 10.1093/ajae/aaq110
Nauges, Celine and Whittington, Dale (2010). Estimation of water demand in developing countries: An overview. World Bank Research Observer, 25 (2), 263-294. doi: 10.1093/wbro/lkp016
Millock, Katrin and Nauges, Celine (2010). Household adoption of water-efficient equipment: The role of socio-economic factors, environmental attitudes and policy. Environmental and Resource Economics, 46 (4), 539-565. doi: 10.1007/s10640-010-9360-y
Nauges, Celine and van den Berg, Caroline (2010). Heterogeneity in the cost structure of water and sanitation services: A cross-country comparison of conditions for scale economies. Oxford Development Studies, 38 (2), 199-217. doi: 10.1080/13600811003753768
Dubois, Pierre and Nauges, Celine (2010). Identifying the effect of unobserved quality and expert reviews in the pricing of experience goods: Empirical application on Bordeaux wine. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 28 (3), 205-212. doi: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2009.08.003
Briand, Anne, Nauges, Celine, Strand, Jon and Travers, Muriel (2010). The impact of tap connection on water use: The case of household water consumption in Dakar, Senegal. Environment and Development Economics, 15 (1), 107-126. doi: 10.1017/S1355770X09990076
Nauges, Celine and Van Den Berg, Caroline (2009). Demand for piped and non-piped water supply services: Evidence from Southwest Sri Lanka. Environmental and Resource Economics, 42 (4), 535-549. doi: 10.1007/s10640-008-9222-z
Koundouri, Phoebe, Laukkanen, Marita, Myyra, Sami and Nauges, Celine (2009). The effects of EU agricultural policy changes on farmers' risk attitudes. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 36 (1), 53-77. doi: 10.1093/erae/jbp003
Nauges, Celine and Bontemps, Christophe (2009). Carafe ou bouteille? Le role de la qualite de l'environnement dans la decision du consommateur. Economie et Prevision, 188 (2), 61-79.
Nauges, Celine, Strand, Jon and Walker, Ian (2009). The value of water connections in Central American cities: A revealed preference study. Environment and Development Economics, 14 (3), 349-370. doi: 10.1017/S1355770X08004816
Briand, Anne, Nauges, Celine and Travers, Muriel (2009). Households' choice of water supply in Dakar (Senegal) [Les déterminants du choix d'approvisionnement en eau des ménages de Dakar]. Revue d'Economie du Developpement, 23 (3), 83-108. doi: 10.3917/edd.233.0083
Lofgren, Asa, Millock, Katrin and Nauges, Celine (2008). The effect of uncertainty on pollution abatement investments : Measuring hurdle rates for Swedish industry. Resource & Energy Economics, 30 (4), 475-491. doi: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2008.09.002
Nauges, Celine and Van Den Berg, Caroline (2008). Economies of density, scale and scope in the water supply and sewerage sector: A study of four developing and transition economies. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 34 (2), 144-163. doi: 10.1007/s11149-008-9063-2
Groom, Ben, Koundouri, Phoebe, Nauges, Celine and Thomas, Alban (2008). The story of the moment : Risk averse cypriot farmers respond to drought management. Applied Economics, 40 (3), 315-326. doi: 10.1080/00036840600592916
Chakravorty, Ujjayant, Nauges, Celine and Thomas, Alban (2008). Clean air regulation and heterogeneity in US gasoline prices. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 55 (1), 106-122. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2007.06.002
Nauges, Celine and Strand, Jon (2007). Estimation of non-tap water demand in Central American cities. Resource and Energy Economics, 29 (3), 165-182. doi: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2006.05.002
Ali, Hela Hadj and Nauges, Celine (2007). The pricing of experience goods : The example of en primeur wine. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89 (1), 91-103. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00965.x
Koundouri, Phoebe, Nauges, Celine and Tzouvelekas, Vangelis (2006). Technology adoption under production uncertainty: Theory and application to irrigation technology. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88 (3), 657-670. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00886.x
Millock, Katrin and Nauges, Celine (2006). Ex post evaluation of an earmarked tax on air pollution. Land Economics, 82 (1), 68-84. doi: 10.3368/le.82.1.68
Nauges, Celine, Carpentier, Alain, Reynaud, Arnaud and Thomas, Alban (2006). Effets de la delegation sur le prix de l'eau potable en France: une analyse a partir de la litterature sur les effets de traitement [The impact of delegating water supply services on the price of water in France: An analysis using treatment effects]. Economie et Prevision, 174 (3), 1-1.
Koundouri, Phoebe and Nauges, Celine (2005). On production function estimation with selectivity and risk considerations. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 30 (3), 597-608.
Conference Paper
Nauges, Celine, O'Donnell, Christopher and Quiggin, John (2009). Uncertainty and technical efficiency in Finnish agriculture. 53rd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Cairns, Australia, 11-13 February 2009. Canberra, Australia: Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
Working Paper
Bougherara, Douadia , Friesen, Lana and Nauges, Céline (2020). Risk Taking with Left- and Right-Skewed Lotteries. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 619. The University of Queensland, QLD Australia.