I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University. I am on the 2024-2025 job market. 

My research interests lie at the intersection of agricultural economics, environmental economics and applied microeconomics. In my job market paper, I show that investments in subsurface drainage technology can mitigate yield losses due to climate change in the US Corn Belt. Specifically, counties that invest in additional drainage could see soybean yields up to 12% higher and corn yields up to 10% higher compared to those that do not.

Email me at rwitch@iastate.edu. 

I can also be found on LinkedIn.