James Kliebenstein

Professor
Contact Information
Iowa State University174C Heady Hall
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-7111
jklieben@iastate.edu
Education
- PhD, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1972
- BS, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 1969
Research Interests
Farm management, production economics, animal health management, livestock production.
Curriculum Vitae:
CVSelected Publications
- Lammers, P.J.; Kenealy, J.B.; Kliebenstein, James; Harmon, Jay D.; Helmers, Matthew J.; Honeyman, Mark, Nonsolar Energy Use and One-Hundred-Year Global Warming Potential of Iowa Swine Feedstuffs and Feeding Strategies, Journal of Animal Science Vol. 88 no. 3 (March 2010): 1204-1212.
- Hueth, Brent; Ibarburu, Maro; Kliebenstein, James, Marketing Specialty Hogs: A Comparative Analysis of Two Firms from Iowa, Review of Agricultural Economics Vol. 29 no. 4 (Winter 2007): 720-733.
- Hurley, Sean P.; Miller, Douglas; Kliebenstein, James, Estimating Willingness to Pay Using a Polychotomous Choice Function: An Application to Pork Products with Environmental Attributes, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 31 no. 2 (August 2006): 301-317.
Awards and Honors
- Distinguished Alumni, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, May 2011.
- Gamma Sigma Delta University Mission Award - Teaching, Iowa State University, 2009
- Distinguished Teaching Award - American Agricultural Economics Associate, 2008
- National Association of State Universities and Land Grand Colleges (NASULGC) - USDA Regional Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences, 2006
- Publication of Enduring Quality, American Agricultural Economics Association, 2006.
ISU Economics Working Papers Series
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, A test for complementarities among multiple technologies that avoids the curse of dimensionality, Economics Letters Vol. 116 no. 3 (September 2012): 354-357. (WP #08026, August 2008 Revised on January 2011)
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, Firm Size, Technical Change And Wages In The Pork Sector, 1990 -2005, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 37 no. 2 (August 2012): 263-279. (WP #08013, April 2008 Revised on January 2011)
- Kliebenstein, James; Hurley, Sean P.; Larson, Benjamin; Honeyman, Mark, Cost of Organic Pork Production: A Seasonal Analysis and Needed Price Premium for Continuous Production, WP #04014, July 2004
- Hueth, Brent; Ibarburu, Maro; Kliebenstein, James, Business Organization and Coordination in Marketing Specialty Hogs: A Comparative Analysis of Two Firms from Iowa, WP #04003, May 2006
- Kliebenstein, James; Larson, Benjamin; Honeyman, Mark; Penner, Arlie, A Comparison of Production Costs, Returns and Profitability of Swine Finishing Systems, WP #03006, March 2003
- Kliebenstein, James; Lorimor, Jeffrey; Larson, Benjamin, Odor Control Methods Used By Iowa Pork Producers, WP #03002, January 2003
Journal Articles
- Kliebenstein, James; Hurley, Sean P., Auction bids on environmental attributes of pork products: evidence against part-whole bias, Forthcoming in Environmental Economics
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, Firm Size, Technical Change and Wages in the Pork Sector, 1990-2005, Forthcoming in Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, A Test for Complementarities Among Multiple Technologies that Avoids the Curse of Dimensionality, Forthcoming in Economics Letters
- Li, Hong; Xin, Hongwei; Burns, Robert; Roberts, S.; Li, S.; Kliebenstein, James; Bregendahl, K., Reducing Ammonia Emissions from Laying-Hen Houses through Dietary Manipulation, Forthcoming in Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
- Holtkamp, D.; Kliebenstein, James; Neumann, E.J.; Zimmerman, Jeffrey; Rotto, H.; Oder, T.K.; Wang, C.; Yeske, P.; Mowrer, C. ; Haley, C., Assessment of the economic impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus on United States pork producers., J. Swine Health Prod. Vol. 21 no. 2 (November 2013): 72-84.
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, A test for complementarities among multiple technologies that avoids the curse of dimensionality, Economics Letters Vol. 116 no. 3 (September 2012): 354-357. (WP #08026, August 2008 Revised on January 2011)
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, Firm Size, Technical Change And Wages In The Pork Sector, 1990 -2005, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 37 no. 2 (August 2012): 263-279. (WP #08013, April 2008 Revised on January 2011)
- Kliebenstein, James, Multiple Approaches to Valuation of Conservation Design and Low-Impact Development Features in Residential Subdivisions, Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 104 (April 1 2012): 101-113.
- Lammers, P.J.; Kenealy, J.B.; Kliebenstein, James; Harmon, Jay D.; Helmers, Matthew J.; Honeyman, Mark, Nonsolar Energy Use and One-Hundred-Year Global Warming Potential of Iowa Swine Feedstuffs and Feeding Strategies, Journal of Animal Science Vol. 88 no. 3 (March 2010): 1204-1212.
- Hueth, Brent; Ibarburu, Maro; Kliebenstein, James, Marketing Specialty Hogs: A Comparative Analysis of Two Firms from Iowa, Review of Agricultural Economics Vol. 29 no. 4 (Winter 2007): 720-733.
- Hueth, Brent; Ibarburu, Maro; Kliebenstein, James, Marketing Specialty Hogs: A Comparative Analysis of Two Firms from Iowa, Review of Agricultural Economics (2007)
- Hurley, Sean P.; Miller, Douglas; Kliebenstein, James, Estimating Willingness to Pay Using a Polychotomous Choice Function: An Application to Pork Products with Environmental Attributes, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 31 no. 2 (August 2006): 301-317.
- Kliebenstein, James; Neumann, E.; Johnson, C.; Mabry, J.; Seitzinger, A.; Green, A.; Zimmerman, Jeffrey, Assessment of the Economic Impact of Prrs on Swine Production in the Usa, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 227 no. 3 (August 1 2005): 378-473.
- Diderrich, Vina; Kliebenstein, James; Patton, S.; Zimmerman, Jeffrey; Hallam, Arne; Bush, Eric; Faulkner, Charles; McCord, Raymond, Toxoplasma Gondii Levels in Swine Operations: Differences Due to Technology Choice and Impacts on Costs of Production, Food Control Vol. 13 no. 2 (March 2002): 103-106.
- Honeyman, Mark; Harmon, Jay D.; Kliebenstein, James; Richard, T. L., Feasibility of Hoop Structures for Market Swine in Iowa: Pig Performance, Pig Environment, and Budget Analysis, Applied Engineering in Agriculture Vol. 17(6) 2001): 869-874.
- Somogyi, S.; Kliebenstein, James, Livestock Production As Economic Potential by Regions in Hungary, Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 46, No. 2 (2001): 175-184.
- Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, An Analysis of Occupational Health in Pork Production, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 82 no. 2 (May 2000): 323-333.
- Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, The Structure of Wages and Benefits in the U.S. Pork Industry, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 81 no. 1 (February 1999): 144-163.
- Fox, John A.; Shogren, Jason F.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Kliebenstein, James, Cvm-X: Calibrating Contingent Values with Experimental Auction Markets, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 80 no. 3 (August 1998): 455-465.
- Patton, S.; Zimmerman, Jeffrey; Roberts, T.; Faulkner, Charles; Diderrich, Vina; Assadi-Rad, A.; Daview, P.; Kliebenstein, James, Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii in Hogs in the National Animal Health Monitoring System (Nahms), Journal Eukaryotic Microbiology Vol. 43 (October 1996)
- Fox, John A.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Shogren, Jason F.; Kliebenstein, James, Experimental Methods in Consumer Preference Studies, Journal of Food Distribution Research Vol. 27 (July 1996): 1-7.
- Hayes, Dermot J.; Shogren, Jason F.; Fox, John A.; Kliebenstein, James, Test Marketing New Food Products Using a Multi-Trial Nonhypothetical Experimental Auction with Market Discipline, Journal of Psychology and Marketing Vol. 13 no. 4 (July 1996): 365-379.
- Lawrence, John D.; Kliebenstein, James, Contracting and Vertical Coordination in the United States Pork Industry, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 77 no. 5 (December 1995): 1213-1218.
- Hayes, Dermot J.; Shogren, Jason F.; Shin, Seung Youll; Kliebenstein, James, Valuing Food Safety in Experimental Auction Markets, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 77 no. 1 (February 1995): 40-53.
- Fox, John A.; Buhr, Brian L.; Shogren, Jason F.; Kliebenstein, James; Hayes, Dermot J., Comparison of Preferences for Pork Sandwiches Produced from Animals With and Without Somatotropin Administration (A), Journal of Animal Science Vol. 73 (1995): 1048-1054.
- Shogren, Jason F.; Fox, John A.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Kliebenstein, James, Bid Sensitivity in the Structure of the Vickrey Auction, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 76 no. 5 (December 1994): 1089-1095.
- Shogren, Jason F.; Shin, Seung Youll; Hayes, Dermot J.; Kliebenstein, James, Resolving Differences in Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Accept, American Economic Review Vol. 84 no. 1 (March 1994): 255-270.
- Fox, John A.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Kliebenstein, James; Shogren, Jason F., Consumer Acceptability of Milk from Cows Treated with Bovine Somatotropin, Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 77 (1994): 703-707.
- Buhr, Brian L.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Shogren, Jason F.; Kliebenstein, James, Valuing Ambiguity: The Case of Genetically Engineered Growth Enhancers, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 18 no. 2 (December 1993): 175-184.
- Govindasamy, R.; Liu, Donald J.; Kliebenstein, James, Impacts of Pst on Optimal Production and Marketing Decisions of a Grow-Finish Hog Farm Operation, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Vol. 22 no. 2 (October 1993): 166-174.
- Buhr, Brian L.; Walker, K. D.; Kliebenstein, James; Johnson, Stanley R., Industry-Level Economic Conceptual Model of the Effects of Improved Animal Health (An), Preventive Veterinary Medicine Vol. 16 (1993): 3-14.
- Shin, Seung Youll; Kliebenstein, James; Hayes, Dermot J.; Shogren, Jason F., Consumer Willingness to Pay for Safer Food Products, Journal of Food Safety Vol. 13 (July 1992): 51-59.
- Cowart, R. P.; Boessen, C. R.; Kliebenstein, James, Patterns Associated with Season and Facilities for Atrophic Rhinitis and Pneumonia in Slaughter Swine, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 200 no. 2 (January 2 1992): 190-193.
- Bruns, M.; Kliebenstein, James; McKean, J., The Complexity of Food Safety Regulation, Journal of Agribusiness Vol. 9 no. 1 (Spring 1991)
- Kliebenstein, James; Patterson, D.; Moore, K.; Thawley, D., Economic Losses from A Pseudorabies Infection in a Swine Grow-Finishing Herd, Journal of the ASFMRA Vol. 53 no. 1 (April 1989): 73-78.
- Kliebenstein, James; Patterson, D.; Moore, K.; Thawley, D., Economic Losses from Pseudorabies Infection in a Swine Farrowing Herd, North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 10 no. 2 (July 1988)
- Sawani, M. A.; Finley, R. M.; Kliebenstein, James, Impact of Farm Indebtedness on Farm Income and Survival, Journal of the ASFMRA Vol. 52 no. 1 (April 1988)
- McCamley, F. P.; Kliebenstein, James, Describing and Identifying the Complete Set of Target Motad Solutions, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 69 no. 3 (August 1987): 669-676.
- McCamley, F. P.; Kliebenstein, James, Identifying the Set of Ssd Efficient Mixtures of Risky Alternatives, Western Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 12 (July 1987)
- McCamley, F. P.; Kliebenstein, James, Two Simple Stochastic Efficiency Tests for Motad Solutions, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (July 1986)
- McCamley, F. P.; Kliebenstein, James, Necessary Conditions for Generalized Stochastic Dominance Efficiency of Mixtures of Risky Alternatives, Journal of Economics Vol. XII (1986)
- Miller, G. Y.; Kliebenstein, James, The Economic Impact of Clinical Transmissible Gastroenteritis for Swine Producers Participating in the Missouri Mail-In Record Program,, Journal of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Vol. 3 (August 1985): 475-488.
- Chavas, J. P.; Kliebenstein, James, Modeling Dynamic Agricultural Production Response: The Case of Swine Production, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 67 no. 3 (August 1985)
- McCamley, F. P.; Kliebenstein, James, Incorporating Risk Considerations into the Estimation of Demand for Diesel Fuel by Crop Producers, North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 7 no. 2 (July 1985): 87-93.
- Kliebenstein, James; Chavas, J. P., Economic Benefits Derived from Animal Health Care Expenditures, Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 1985 no. 4 (October 4 1984)
- Killingsworth, M. L.; Kliebenstein, James, Estimation of Production Cost Relationships for Swine Producers Using Differing Levels of Confinement, Journal of the ASFMRA (October 1984)
- Kliebenstein, James; McCamley, F. P., Energy Related Input Demand by Crop Producers, Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 15 no. 2 (December 1983)
- Kliebenstein, James; Heffernan, W. D.; Peck, D. A., Stress and Stress Management in Farming, Journal of the ASFMRA Vol. 47 no. 2 (October 1983)
- Kliebenstein, James; Kirtley, C. L., A Survey of Swine Production Health Problems and Health Maintenance Expenditures, Journal of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Vol. 1 (1983)
- Kliebenstein, James; McCamley, F. P., Energy Price Impacts on Fertilizer and Chemical Demand by Crop Producers, Journal of Economics Vol. III (1982)
- Kliebenstein, James; McWilliams, S. F., Energy Price Increases and the Value of Livestock Production Facilities, Journal of the ASFMRA Vol. 45 no. 2 (October 1981)
- Kliebenstein, James; Barrett, D. A.; Heffernan, W. D.; Kirtley, C. L., Economic and Sociologic Motivational Factors in Farming, Journal of the ASFMRA Vol. 45 no. 1 (April 1981)
- Kliebenstein, James; McCamley, F. P., Diesel and Propane Demand by Crop Producers, Journal of Economics Vol. VII (1981)
- Kliebenstein, James; Barrett, D. A.; Heffernan, W. D.; Kirtley, C. L., An Analysis of Farmers' Perceptions of Benefits Received from Farming, North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 2 no. 2 (July 1980): 131-136.
- Kliebenstein, James; Farthing, D. C., A Comparison of Fuel Pricing Versus Non-Price Allocation on Fuel Conservation in Agriculture, Journal of Economics Vol. VI (1980)
CARD Publications
November 2005
Business Organization and Coordination in Marketing Specialty Hogs: A Comparative Analysis of Two Firms from Iowa
Brent Hueth, Maro Ibarburu, James Kliebenstein
[05-WP 415]


