Papers and Presentations

Recent publications by Beghin and Jensen

Miao, Zhen, J.C. Beghin, and H.H. Jensen. "Accounting for Substitution in the Analysis of Food Taxes Targeting Obesity." Health Economics, forthcoming.

Miao, Zhen, J.C. Beghin, and H.H. Jensen. "Taxing Sweets: Sweetener Input Tax or Final Consumption Tax?" Contemporary Economic Policy 30(3) (2012): 344-361.

Recent publications by Orazem

The following publications by Peter Orazem were accepted for publication.

Banerjee, Ritwik, Elizabeth M. King, Peter F. Orazem, and Elizabeth M. Paterno. 2012. “Student and Teacher Attendance: The Role of Shared Goods in Reducing Absenteeism”, Economics of Education Review 31(5):563-574.

Elizabeth M. King, Claudio E. Montenegro and Peter F. Orazem. 2012. “Economic Freedom, Human Rights, and the Returns to Human Capital: An Evaluation of the Schultz Hypothesis.” Economic Development and Cultural Change. 61(1): 39-72.

Recent publication by Kling

Cathy Kling recently published the following in the Journal of Economic Perspectives:

"From Exxon to BP: Has Some Number Become Better Than No Number?"

http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.26.4

Recent publication by Hennessy and Jensen

David Hennessy, Helen Jensen, and Fengxia Dong's article, “Factors determining milk quality and implications for production structure under somatic cell count standard modification,” was recently accepted for publication in the November issue of the Journal of Dairy Science, and has been selected as a highlighted article of the month. It will be available for viewing in November at: http://www.journalofdairyscience.org/

Wallace Huffman at OECD World Forum

Wallace Huffman was a delegate to the 4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: Measuring Well-Being for Development and Policy Making, New Delhi, India, October 16-19, 2012.

Recent presentations by Bruce Babcock

  • “Future Structure of Agribusiness Firms” at the Global Agribusiness Forum in Sao Paulo Brazil, Sept 25.
  • “Prospects for Ethanol in Argentina” at the Ethanol Seminar in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2.
  • “Future for Biofuels under the Renewable Fuels Standard” to the Board of Directors of Virent, October 15th in Madison, WI.

Recent conference attendance for Chad Hart

Chad Hart recently participated in the American Farm Bureau conference in Baltimore, and the Ukrainian Third Annual Grain Congress in Kiev, Ukraine.

Recent presentation by Leigh Tesfatsion

Leigh Tesfatsion (plus five collaborators from Sandia National Laboratories), "Energy and Reserve Procurement Through Linked Forward Markets: Safe Harbor for the Promised Land," Department of Energy (DOE), Washington D.C., 9-1:00pm, September 17, 2012.

Recent presentations by Kevin Kimle

Kevin Kimle recently presented, "Opportunities for Agricultural Entrepreneurs; Beyond Commodity Exports," at theNational Governor's Association Annual Meeting Williamsburg, VA, Saturday, July 14.

Recent presentation by Jingbo Cui

Jingbo Cui presented the paper, "Are Exporters More Environmentally Friendly than Non-Exporters? Theory and Evidence," jointed with Harvey Lapan and GianCarlo Moschini, at the Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings 2012 at Evanston, IL, on June 30, 2012.

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