Submissions from 2011
The Economic Returns to U.S. Public Agricultural Research, Julian M. Alston, Matthew A. Anderson, Jennifer S. James, and Phillip G. Pardey
When do Fat Taxes Increase Consumer Welfare?, Jayson L. Lusk and Christiane Schroeter
The costs of increased localization for a multiple-product food supply chain: Dairy in the United States, Charles F. Nicholson, Miguel I. Gomez, and Oliver H. Gao
Application of a Simulation Model for Assessing Integration of Smallholder Shifting Cultivation and Sheep Production in Yucatán, Mexico, David Parsons, Charles Nicholson, Robert W. Blake, Quirine M. Ketterings, Luis Ramírez-Aviles, Jerome H. Cherney, and Danny G. Fox
Development and Evaluation of an Integrated Simulation Model for Assessing Smallholder Crop-Livestock Production in Yucatán, Mexico, David Parsons, Charles F. Nicholson, Robert W. Blake, Quirine M. Ketterings, Luis Ramírez-Aviles, Danny G. Fox, Luis O. Tedeschi, and Jerome H. Cherney
Using System Dynamics Modelling Approach to Develop Management Tools for Animal Production with Emphasis on Small Ruminants, L. O. Tedeschi, C. F. Nicholson, and E. Rich
Submissions from 2010
Behavioral Economics: A New Heavyweight in Washington?, Sean B. Cash and Christiane Schroeter
Second Time is a Charm: The Impact of Correcting Missed Exam Questions on Student Learning, Christiane Schroeter, Steven V. Green, and Erin Bess
Submissions from 2009
The Economics of Agricultural R&D, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Jennifer S. James, and Matthew A. Andersen
Setting Agricultural Science Strategy in Tumultuous Economic Times, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, and Philip G. Pardey
Structural Changes in U.S. Agricultural Production and Productivity, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, and Matthew A. Andersen
Economics and Policy Context For the Biological Management of Soil Fertility (BMSF) in Ethiopia, Habtamu T. Kassahun, Charles F. Nicholson, Dawit Solomon, Amy S. Collick, and Tammo S. Steenhuis
Managing Maize Production in Shifting Cultivation Milpa Systems in Yucatan, Through Weed Control and Manure Application, David Parsons, Luis Ramirez-Aviles, Jerome H. Cherney, Quirine M. Ketterings, Robert W. Blake, and Charles F. Nicholson
Modeling Feedback between Economic and Biophysical Systems in Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya: The Crops, Livestock and Soils in Smallholder Economic Systems (CLASSES) Model, Emma C. Stephens, Christopher B. Barrett, Douglas R. Brown, Johannes Lehmann, David Mbugua, Solomon Ngoze, Charles F. Nicholson, David Parsons, Alice N. Pell, and Susan J. Riha
Tasting Room Insights From San Luis Obispo County, Kathryn Vogt and Wayne Howard
Submissions from 2008
PET Wine Bottles: Will Consumers Accept Them?, David Baird and Wayne Howard
Agricultural R&D Policy: A Tragedy of the International Commons, Jennifer S. James, Philip G. Pardey, and Julian M. Alston
Dynamic Market Impacts of Generic Dairy Advertising, Charles F. Nicholson and Harry M. Kaiser
Do College Students Learn by Correcting Missed Exam Questions?, Christiane Schroeter, Steven V. Green, and Erin Bess
Determining the Impact of Food Price and Income Changes on Body Weight, Christiane Schroeter, Jayson Lusk, and Wallace Tyner
Submissions from 2007
An Analysis of the Tradeoffs between Policy Instruments to Induce Dairy Producers in California to Participate in a Centralized Digester, Sean P. Hurley, James J. Ahern, and Douglas Williams
Bargaining Rationale For Cooperative Generic Advertising, Jennifer S. James
U.S. Agricultural Productivity and Returns to Research, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, and Matt Andersen
Review of Methods for Modelling Systems Evolution, Charles F. Nicholson
Financial Performance Value-Added Dairy Operations in New York, Vermont and Wisconsin, Charles Nicholson and Mark Stephenson
The Economic Impact of the Stanislaus County Food Processing Industry and the Food Processing By-Products Use Program, Jay E. Noel, Sean P. Hurley, and Jessica Bylsma
Devolution of Federal Agricultural Policy: The Case of Specialty Crop Block Grants, Jay E. Noel and David Schweikhardt
Science, Technology and Skills, Philip Pardey, Jennifer James, Julian Alston, Stanley Wood, Bonwoo Koo, Eran Binenbaum, Terrance Hurley, and Paul Glewwe
Effect of Management Decisions on Farm and Household Outcomes in an Integrated Crop-Livestock Agro-Ecosystem in Yucatan, Mexico, David Parsons, Jerome H. Cherney, Charles F. Nicholson, Robert W. Blake, Quirine M. Ketterings, Luis Ramirez-Aviles, and Luis O. Tedeschi
A Benefit Transfer Approach to the Estimation of Agro-Ecosystems Services Benefits: A Case Study of Kern County, California, Eivis Quenani-Petrela, Jay E. Noel, and Thomas Mastin
Invited Review: Role of Livestock in Human Nutrition and Health for Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries, T. F. Randolph, E. Schelling, D. Grace, Charles F. Nicholson, J. L. Leroy, D. C. Cole, M. W. Demment, A. Omore, J. Zinsstag, and M. Ruel
Childhood Obesity in the U.S.: How Effective are School Prevention Programs?, Christiane Schroeter and R. I. Carreira
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among College Students in Arkansas and Florida: Food and Culture vs. Health Knowledge, Christiane Schroeter, Lisa House, and Argelia Lorence
The Impact of Economic Factors on Consumer Health, Christiane Schroeter and Jayson L. Lusk
Pennsylvanians' Knowledge of Agriculture, Fern K. Willits, A. E. Luloff, and Jennifer S. James
Submissions from 2006
Impact of Increased Minimum Wage on Southern San Joaquin Valley Navel Orange Producers, Kallie Donnelly and Jay E. Noel
Optimal Market Contracting in the California Lettuce Industry, Kallie Donnelly and Jay E. Noel
Clustering of Independent Dairy Operators for Generation of Bio-Renewable Energy: A Feasibility Analysis, Sean P. Hurley, James J. Ahern, and Douglas Williams
Estimating Willingness to Pay Using a Polychotomous Choice Function: An Application to Pork Products with Environmental Attributes, Sean P. Hurley, Douglas J. Miller, and James B. Kliebenstein
An Estimation of the Regulatory Cost on California Agricultural Producers, Sean P. Hurley and Jay E. Noel
A Regional and Industry Analysis of the Complexity of the Regulatory Environment Affecting Agricultural Producers in California, Sean P. Hurley and Jay E. Noel
Analysis of the Regulatory Effects of California Specialty Crops: An Examination of Various Issues Impacting Selected Forest Products, Tree Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Crop Industries, Sean P. Hurley, Richard Thompson, Christopher Dicus, Lori Berger, and Jay E. Noel
Submissions from 2005
Estimating the Impacts of Differing Price-Risk Management Strategies on the Net Income of Salinas Valley Lettuce Producers: A Stochastic Simulation Approach, Roland Fumasi, Wayne H. Howard, and Jay E. Noel
A Synopsis of the Regulatory Environment Affecting California Specialty Crops, Sean P. Hurley
An Examination of Additively Separable Willingness-To-Pay for Environmental Attributes: Evidence from a Pork Experiment, Sean P. Hurley and James B. Kliebenstein
Determining the Impact of Food Price and Income Changes on Obesity, Christiane Schroeter, Jayson Lusk, and Wallace Tyner
Submissions from 2004
Livestock, Land Use Change, and Environmental Outcomes in the Developing World, R. W. Blake and C. F. Nicholson
A Cross Comparison Between California and Its Domestic and International Competitors With Respect to Key Labor Issues, Sean P. Hurley
Consumer Knowledge and Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology Vary, Jennifer S. James
Levy-Funded Research Choices by Producers and Society, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, and John W. Freebairn
Cost of Organic Pork Production: A Seasonal Analysis and Needed Price Premium for Continuous Production, James Kliebenstein, Sean P. Hurley, Ben Larson, and Mark Honeyman
The Impact of Market Structure on Agricultural Technology Transfer, Charles F. Nicholson
US Dairy Product Trade: Modeling Approaches and the Impact of New Product Formulations, Charles F. Nicholson and Phillip M. Bishop
Household-level Impacts of Dairy Cow Ownership in Coastal Kenya, Charles F. Nicholson, Philip K. Thornton, and Rahab W. Muinga
Relating Diet, Demographics and Lifestyle to Increasing U.S. Obesity Rates, Christiane Schroeter
The Impact of Health Information and Demographic Changes on Aggregate Meat Demand, Christiane Schroeter and Ken Foster
The Impact of Health Information and Women in the Work Force on Aggregate Meat Demand, Christiane Schroeter and Ken Foster
Assessment of Biofuels in California and Potential for Future Utilization, Douglas Williams, James J. Ahern, and Keith Ochwat
Submissions from 2003
A Tale of Two Premiums—Examining Bids From a Multiple Round Vickrey Auction with Differing Information Sets, Sean P. Hurley and James B. Kliebenstein
Interpreting Bids From a Vickrey Auction when There Are Public Good Attributes, Sean P. Hurley and James B. Kliebenstein
Dairy Policy and Price Volatility, Charles F. Nicholson and Thomas Fiddaman
Dairy Cow Ownership and Child Nutritional Status in Kenya, Charles F. Nicholson, Lucy Mwangi, Steven J. Staal, and Philip K. Thornton
Predicting Nutritional Requirements and Lactation Performance of Dual-Purpose Cows Using a Dynamic Model, O. Reynoso-Campos, D. G. Fox, R. W. Blake, M. C. Barry, L. O. Tedeschi, C. F. Nicholson, H. M. Kaiser, and P. A. Oltenacu
Submissions from 2002
The Incidence of Agricultural Policy, Julian M. Alston and Jennifer S. James
Livestock Land Use Change, and Environmental Outcomes, Robert W. Blake and Charles F. Nicholson
Taxes and Quality: A Market-Level Analysis, Jennifer S. James and Julian M. Alston
The Crop-Livestock Subsystem and Livelihood Dynamics in the Harar Highlands of Ethiopia, Habtemariam Kassa, Robert W. Blake, and Charles F. Nicholson
A Multiattribute Utility Analysis of Technological Choice in the California Wild Rice Industry, Jay E. Noel, James J. Ahern, Jess Errecarte, and Kyle Schroeder
The Economic Feasibility of Forming A California Wheat Cooperative, Jay E. Noel, James J. Ahern, David J. Schaffner, Jill Johnson, Kristina Muelrath, and Kyle Schroeder
Soil, Plant and Cattle Nutrient Dynamics on Pastures of the Western Amazon of Brazil, B. Rueda, R. W. Blake, E. Fernandes, Charles F. Nicholson, and J. F. Valentim
Oak Woodland Economics: A Contingent Valuation of Conversion Alternatives, Richard P. Thompson, Jay E. Noel, and Sarah P. Cross
Submissions from 2001
Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Advertising: Theory and Application to Generic Commodity Promotion Programs, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, and John W. Freebairn
World Dairy Product Trade: Analysis with a Mixed Complementarity Problem Formulation, Charles F. Nicholson and Phillip M. Bishop
Technological Choice: California Wild Rice Processing Under Uncertain Demand, Jay E. Noel, James J. Ahern, Jess Errecarte, and Kyle Schroeder
Consumer Perceptions of Three Food Safety Interventions Related to Meat Processing, Christiane Schroeter, Karen P. Penner, and John A. Fox
Murgo Farms Inc.: HACCP, ISO 9000, and ISO 14000, David Sparling, Jonathon Lee, and Wayne Howard
Submissions from 2000
Breeders' Awards and the Gambler's Corner Solution, James J. Ahern and Jay E. Noel
The Financial Impact of Animal Related Phosphorus Management on Vermont Dairy Farms, Alyssa Dodd, Catherine Halbrendt, and Charles F. Nicholson
Economics of Precision Agriculture, Wayne H. Howard
Estimating the Off-farm Labor Supply in Canada, Wayne Howard and Michael Swidinsky
Grading Error Reduces Grower Incentive to Increase Prune Quality, Jennifer S. James, James A. Chalfant, Nathalie Lavoie, and Richard J. Sexton
Conflicts Over Farming Practices in Canada: The Role of Interactive Conflict Resolution Approaches, Lorne Owen, Wayne Howard, and Mark Waldron
The State of Urban and Community Forestry in California, Richard P. Thompson and James J. Ahern
Submissions from 1999
Agroindustrialization Through Institutional Innovation: Transactions Costs, Cooperatives and Milk-Market Development in the Ethopian Highlands, Garth Holloway, Charles Nicholson, Chris Delgado, Steven Staal, and Simeon K. Ehui
The Potential for Marketing Pork Products with Embedded Environmental Attributes: Results from an Experimental Study, Sean P. Hurley and James B. Kliebenstein
Asymmetric Grading Error and Adverse Selection: Lemons in the California Prune Industry, Jennifer S. James, James A. Chalfant, Nathalie Lavoie, and Richard J. Sexton
Impacts of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact on New England Milk Supply, Charles F. Nicholson, Budy Resosudarmo, and Rick Wackernagel
The Impacts of Dairy Cattle Ownership on the Nutritional Status of Preschool Children in Coastal Kenya, Charles F. Nicholson and Phillip K. Thornton
Submissions from 1998
Off-farm Work by Census-farm Operators: An Overview of Structure and Mobility Patterns, Michael Swidinsky, Wayne H. Howard, and Alfons Weersink
Submissions from 1997
Management of California Oak Woodlands: Uncertainties and Modeling, Jay E. Noel and Richard P. Thompson
Submissions from 1996
The Economic Benefits of New Information Technology, Wayne H. Howard, Glenn Fox, and Calum Turvey
Thinking Styles and Financial Characteristics of Selected Canadian Farm Managers, Wayne W. Howard, George L. Brinkman, and Remy Lambert
Massively Parallel Computation of Large-Scale Spatial Price Equilibrium Models With Discriminatory Ad Valorem Tariffs, Anna Nagurney, Charles F. Nicholson, and Phillip M. Bishop
Strategic Planning and Performance: Helping Directors and Managers Communicate, Jay E. Noel and David J. Schaffner
Smallholder Dairying under Transactions Costs in East Africa, Steven Staal, Christopher L. Delgado, and Charles F. Nicholson
Submissions from 1995
Ontario Beef Producers'Attitudes about Artificial Insemination, Wayne H. Howard and John Cranfield
Valuation of Transferable Delivery Rights for Marketing Cooperatives, Charles V. Moore and Jay E. Noel
Submissions from 1994
An Evaluation of the Ontario Farm Business Management Association Program, Wayne H. Howard and Glen C. Filson
An Optimization Model of the Dual-Purpose Cattle Production System in the Humid Lowlands of Venezuela, Charles F. Nicholson, David R. Lee, Richard N. Boisvert, Robert W. Blake, and Isabella C. Urbina
Creating Vertical Strategic Alliances: Theory and Cases from Canada's Agri-Food Sector, Erna van Duren, Wayne H. Howard, and Helen McKay
