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Working Papers

2020

1. Roads and deforestation, the role of forest governance: Evidence from Brazil
   2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2019

2. Drivers of Online Grocery Shopping
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2016

3. Efficiency gains in commodity forecasting using disaggregated levels versus more aggregated predictions
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
4. Forecasting Agricultural Commodity Transportation Costs: Mississippi River Barge Rates
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
5. Rejuvenating Mississippi River’s Post-Harvest Shipping
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
   See also Journal Article Rejuvenating Mississippi River's Post‐Harvest Shipping, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons (2019) (2019)

2015

6. Agricultural Commodity Prices and Exchange Rates under Structural Change
   2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Agricultural Commodity Prices and Exchange Rates under Structural Change, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association (2016) View citations (13) (2016)

2011

7. Integrated On-Farm Decision Making: Economic Implications of Increased Variation in Litter Size
   2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2008

8. A Spatial Hedonic Model with Time-Varying Parameters: A New Method Using Flexible Least Squares
   2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (3)
9. DIFFERENCES IN U.S. CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR CERTIFIED PORK CHOPS WHEN FACING BRANDED VS. NON-BRANDED CHOICES
   2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
10. The New Economics of Livestock Production Management
    2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
11. Traits Affecting Household Marketing Decisions in Rural Kenya
    2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2007

12. Targeting Consumers by Store - The Basis of Increased Sales with Less Advertising
    2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama, Southern Agricultural Economics Association

2006

13. Evaluation of the Substitutability between U.S. and Canadian Softwood Lumber
    2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
14. Production Structure, Technological Change and Scale Economies in the Saw and Planing Mills Industry in New Brunswick, Canada
    2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
15. Productivity Growth and Convergence in Crop, Ruminant and Non-Ruminant Production: Measurement and Forecasts
    GTAP Working Papers, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University View citations (33)
    Also in 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2006) View citations (31)

2005

16. An Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System of Fresh Tomatoes in the U.S
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
17. Bias and Scale Effects of Direct Government Payments
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
18. Certification of Pork Products
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
19. Disaggregate Productivity Growth in Livestock Production: A Directional Malmquist Index Approach
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (3)
20. ECONOMIC REPLACEMENT OF A HETEROGENEOUS HERD
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Economic Replacement of a Heterogeneous Herd, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2007) View citations (10) (2007)
21. Technical Efficiency among Organic and Conventional Farms in Sweden 2000-2002: A Counterfactual and Self-Selection Analysis
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (5)
22. Technological Change and Convergence in Crops and Livestock Production
    Conference papers, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project

2004

23. DOES RURAL JOB GROWTH LEAD THE ECONOMY OUT OF RECESSION?
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
24. INDIRECT UTILITY FUNCTIONS AND TESTABLE CONDITIONS
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
25. MEASURING THE EFFECT OF RURAL RESIDENCE ON INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES: IS RURAL RESIDENCE ENDOGENOUS?
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
26. PRODUCT AND PROCESS CERTIFICATION IN IMPERFECTLY COMPETITIVE MARKETS
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (4)
27. THE IMPACT OF HEALTH INFORMATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES ON AGGREGATE MEAT DEMAND
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (4)

2003

28. DEVELOPMENT OF A STOCHASTIC MODEL TO EVALUATE PLANT GROWERS' ENTERPRISE BUDGETS
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
29. Does Brazil Pose a Threat to the U.S. Pork Industry?
    Staff Papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics
30. PREFERENTIAL TRADE OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (3)

2001

31. MEASURING AN ALMOST IDEAL DEMAND SYSTEM WITH GENERALIZED FLEXIBLE LEAST SQUARES
    Staff Papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics View citations (3)
    Also in 2000 Annual meeting, July 30-August 2, Tampa, FL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) (2000) View citations (5)
32. PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND CATCHING-UP: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINA'S TRADE IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (8)
33. THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PHOSPHORUS-BASED MANURE MANAGEMENT POLICIES ON A REPRESENTATIVE NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA HOG-GRAIN FARM
    Staff Papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics

2000

34. CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. VEAL CONSUMERS
    Staff Papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics

1999

35. EXPLORING WITH DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADVERTISING AND REVENUES WITHIN THE PORK INDUSTRY
    1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
36. STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND MARKET PERFORMANCE IN AGRICULTURE: CRITICAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS ABOUT CONCENTRATION IN THE PORK INDUSTRY
    Staff Papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics View citations (7)

1997

37. A YIELD CURVE BASES RULE FOR CHOOSING AMONG FARM MORTGAGES
    1997 Regional Committee NCT-173, October 6-7, 1997, Denver, Colorado, Regional Research Committee NC-1014: Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition

1992

38. COINTEGRATION AND SETTLEMENT OF COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS
    Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    See also Journal Article COINTEGRATION AND SETTLEMENT OF COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (1999) (1999)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Opportunities and Challenges Associated with “Carbon Farming” for U.S. Row-Crop Producers
   Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2022, 37, (3) View citations (2)

2021

2. Transportation costs: Mississippi River barge rates
   Journal of Commodity Markets, 2021, 21, (C) View citations (2)

2020

3. Does the distribution of ratings affect online grocery sales? Evidence from Amazon
   Agribusiness, 2020, 36, (4), 501-521 View citations (5)
4. QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND THE ECONOMICS OF GREEN COFFEE HERMETIC STORAGE
   International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), 2020, 08, (1)

2019

5. Output and input bias effects of U.S. direct payments
   Agricultural Economics, 2019, 50, (2), 229-236 View citations (4)
6. Rejuvenating Mississippi River's Post‐Harvest Shipping
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2019, 41, (4), 723-741
   See also Working Paper Rejuvenating Mississippi River’s Post-Harvest Shipping, 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts (2016) (2016)

2016

7. Agricultural Commodity Prices and Exchange Rates under Structural Change
   Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2016, 41, (2) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Agricultural Commodity Prices and Exchange Rates under Structural Change, 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California (2015) View citations (1) (2015)

2013

8. Consumer Preferences for Verified Pork-Rearing Practices in the Production of Ham Products
   Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013, 38, (3), 21 View citations (9)

2011

9. A stochastic approach to evaluating livestock marketing policy initiatives
   African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011, 06, (2), 14

2010

10. A Seasonal Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System for North American Fresh Tomatoes
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2010, 58, (2), 215-234 View citations (18)
11. Optimal Control of Desensitizing Inputs: The Case of Paylean
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 92, (1), 56-69

2009

12. Quality certification vs. product traceability: Consumer preferences for informational attributes of pork in Georgia
    Food Policy, 2009, 34, (3), 305-310 View citations (41)

2008

13. Applying cointegration and error correction to measure trade linkages: maize prices in the United States and Mexico
    Agricultural Economics, 2008, 39, (1), 29-39 View citations (12)

2007

14. Economic Replacement of a Heterogeneous Herd
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 89, (1), 24-35 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper ECONOMIC REPLACEMENT OF A HETEROGENEOUS HERD, 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI (2005) View citations (2) (2005)
15. Public Preferences and Private Choices: Effect of Altruism and Free Riding on Demand for Environmentally Certified Pork
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2007, 36, (4), 499-521 View citations (51)

2006

16. Marketing Opportunities for Certified Pork Chops
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2006, 54, (4), 567-583 View citations (33)

2004

17. Mitigating the Compliance Cost of a Phosphorus-Based Swine Manure Management Policy
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2004, 36, (1), 23-34 View citations (3)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2004, 36, (1), 12 (2004) View citations (4)
18. Productivity growth, catching-up and uncertainty in China's meat trade
    Agricultural Economics, 2004, 31, (1), 1-16 View citations (12)

2003

19. Analysis of Economically Optimal Nutrition and Marketing Strategies for Paylean® Usage in Hog Production
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2003, 28, (2), 15 View citations (2)
20. Estimating Dynamic Relationships between Pork Advertising and Revenues
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 25, (2), 279-293 View citations (4)
    Also in Review of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 25, (2), 279-293 (2003) View citations (5)

2002

21. Capital Investment under Alternative Marketing Scenarios in the Hog Industry: A Real Option Approach
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2002, 50, (3), 223-235 View citations (4)

1999

22. COINTEGRATION AND SETTLEMENT OF COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1999, 3, (2), 226-242
    See also Working Paper COINTEGRATION AND SETTLEMENT OF COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS, Working Papers (1992) (1992)
23. NUTRITION AND THE ECONOMICS OF SWINE MANAGEMENT
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (1), 14 View citations (8)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (1), 83-96 (1999) View citations (8)

1998

24. Determination of Focal Pricing Regions for U.S. Fed Cattle
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1998, 80, (1), 84-95 View citations (1)
25. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PHOSPHORUS - REDUCING TECHNOLOGIES IN PORK PRODUCTION
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1998, 23, (2), 15 View citations (11)

1997

26. ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARKET FACTORS AND REGIONAL PRICE DYNAMICS IN U.S. CATTLE MARKETS
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1997, 22, (1), 12 View citations (3)
27. Production costs and input substitution in Zimbabwe's smallholder agriculture
    Agricultural Economics, 1997, 17, (2-3), 201-209 View citations (10)
    Also in Agricultural Economics, 1997, 17, (2-3), 201-209 (1997) View citations (6)

1995

28. Estimation of dynamic maize supply response in Zambia
    Agricultural Economics, 1995, 12, (1), 99-107 View citations (13)
    Also in Agricultural Economics, 1995, 12, (1), 99-107 (1995) View citations (11)
29. Packer sorting strategies for fresh pork
    Agribusiness, 1995, 11, (5), 423-430 View citations (3)
30. System Theoretic Time-Series Forecasts of Weekly Live Cattle Prices
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1995, 77, (4), 1012-1023 View citations (10)

1994

31. Estimating Elasticities with the Linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand System: Some Monte Carlo Results
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 76, (2), 351-56 View citations (113)
32. RISK PREFERENCES AND CONTRACTING IN THE U.S. HOG INDUSTRY
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1994, 26, (2), 13 View citations (26)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1994, 26, (2), 393-405 (1994) View citations (12)
33. Using Censored Data to Estimate Implicit Values of Swine Breeding Stock Attributes
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 1994, 16, (2), 259-268 View citations (6)

1992

34. A Dynamic Model of Investment in the U.S. Beef-Cattle Industry
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1992, 10, (4), 419-26 View citations (21)

1991

35. ESTIMATING PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES WITH FLEXIBLE COEFICIENTS
    Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 16, (2), 11 View citations (11)

1990

36. Separability Testing in Production Economics: Comment
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1990, 72, (2), 499-501 View citations (2)

Edited books

2018

1. How to Feed the World
   Springer Books, Springer View citations (4)