Department of Economics

John Miranowski

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Contact Information

Iowa State University
382B Heady Hall
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-6132
jmirski@iastate.edu

Education

PhD, Harvard University, 1975
AM, Harvard University, 1969
BS, Iowa State University, 1966

Research Interests

Natural resources, agricultural and environmental policy.

Curriculum Vitae:

Selected Publications

Hennessy, David A.; Miranowski, John; Babcock, Bruce A., Genetic Information in Agricultural Productivity and Product Development, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 86 no. 1 (February 1 2004): 73-87.
Lawrence, John D.; May, Gary; Otto, Daniel; Miranowski, John, Economic Importance of The Iowa Egg Industry, ISU Extension: Ag Industry Issues and Analysis, (March 2003)
Miranowski, John, An Integrated Perspective on Ph.D. Programs in the Economics Department: A Discussion, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 84 no. 3 (August 2002): 860-862.

Awards and Honors

Chair of the Department of Economics, Iowa State University, 1995
USDA Distinguished Service Honor Award for Biofuels Program Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1993
USDA Superior Service Honor Award to Division for Workforce Diversity, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1992

ISU Economics Working Papers Series

Miranowski, John; Rosburg, Alicia, An Economic Breakeven Model of Cellulosic Feedstock Production and Ethanol Conversion with Implied Carbon Pricing, WP #10002, February 2010
Miranowski, John; Monchuk, Daniel C., Innovative Behavior and Spatial Location - Using Patent Counts and Geographic Location to Estimate Innovative Spillins, WP #04024, October 2004
Miranowski, John; Monchuk, Daniel C., Spatial Labor Markets and Technology Spillovers - Analysis from the US Midwest, WP #04022, October 2004

Journal Articles

Miranowski, John; Rosburg, Alicia, Long-Term Biofuel Projections Under Different Oil Price Scenarios, AgBioForum Vol. 15 no. 4 (2013): 1-9.
Monchuk, Daniel C.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Miranowski, John; Lambert, Dayton, Inference Based on Alternative Bootstrapping Methods in Spatial Models with an Application to County Income Growth in the United States, Journal of Regional Science Vol. 51 no. 5 (March 24 2011): 880-896.
Miranowski, John; Rosburg, Alicia; Aukayanagul, Jittinan, US Maize Yield Growth Implications for Ethanol and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, AgBioForum Vol. 14 no. 3 (2011): 120-132.
Rosburg, Alicia; Miranowski, John, An Economic Evaluation of US Biofuel Expansion Using the Biofuel Breakeven Program with GHG Accounting, AgBioForum Vol. 14 no. 3 (2011): 111-119.
Karlen, D. L.; Lal, R.; Follett, R.F.; Kimble, J.M.; Hatfield, J.L.; Miranowski, John; Cambardella, C.; Manale, A.; Anex, R.P.; Rice, C.W., Crop Residues: The Rest of the Story, Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Vol. 43 no. 21 (2009): 8011-8015.
Monchuk, Daniel C.; Miranowski, John; Hayes, Dermot J.; Babcock, Bruce A., Analysis of Regional Economic Growth in the U.S. Midwest (An), Review of Agricultural Economics Vol. 29 no. 1 (Spring 2007): 17-39. (CARD Working Paper #05-WP 392)
Monchuk, Daniel C.; Miranowski, John, Amenities and Non-Farm Employment Growth in the U.S. Midwest: The Impact of Recreational Amenities in Neighboring Counties, Review of Regional Studies Vol. 37 no. 2 (2007): 120-145.
Hogberg, M. G.; Fales, S. L.; Kirschenmann, F. L.; Honeyman, Mark; Miranowski, John; Lasley, P., Interrelationships of Animal Agriculture, the Environment, and Rural Communities, Journal of Animal Science Vol. 83 no. 13 Electronic Supplement (June 2005): 13-17.
Hennessy, David A.; Miranowski, John; Babcock, Bruce A., Genetic Information in Agricultural Productivity and Product Development, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 86 no. 1 (February 1 2004): 73-87.
Miranowski, John; Robertson, G. P.; Broome, J. C.; Chornesky, E. A.; Frankenberger, J. R.; Johnson, P.; Lipson, M.; Owens, E. D.; Pimmentel, D.; Thrupp, L. A., Rethinking the Vision for Environmental Research in US Agriculture, BioScience Vol. 54 no. 1 (January 2004): 61-65.
Miranowski, John, An Integrated Perspective on Ph.D. Programs in the Economics Department: A Discussion, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 84 no. 3 (August 2002): 860-862.
Heiman, Amir; Miranowski, John; Zilberman, David; Alix, Jennifer, The Increasing Role of Agribusiness in Agricultural Economics, Journal of Agribusiness Vol. 20 no. 1 (Spring 2002): 1-30.
Hennessy, David A.; Roosen, Jutta; Miranowski, John, Leadership and the Provision of Safe Food, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 83 (November 2001): 862-874.
Miranowski, John, Modeling How a Financial Crisis Affects World Agriculture: Discussion, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 82 (August 2000): 707-708.
Miranowski, John; Baumel, C. Phillip, The Changing Face of Agriculture, Wallaces Farmer (January 2000)
Baumel, C. Phillip; Miranowski, John, Risk Management -- Now More Than Ever, Wallaces Farmer Vol. 122 (January 1997)
Baumel, C. Phillip; Miranowski, John, There Is Bigger Need for Risk Management, Iowa Farmer Today Vol. 13 (January 1997)
Miranowski, John, The Environment and the 1995 Farm Bill: Discussion, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 78 no. 5 (December 1996): 1215-1216.
Miranowski, John; Orazem, Peter, A Dynamic Model of Acreage Allocation with General and Crop-Specific Capital, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 76 no. 3 (August 1994): 385-395.
Miranowski, John, Understanding Farmland Price Changes, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 75 no. 1 (February 1993): 156-168.
Miranowski, John; Hrubovcak, J.; LeBlanc, M., Limitations in Evaluating Environmental and Agricultural Policy Coordination Benefits, American Economic Review Vol. 80 no. 2 (May 1990): 208-212.
Miranowski, John; Dinan, T., Estimating the Implicit Price of Energy Efficiency Improvement in the Residential Housing Market: A Hedonic Approach, Journal of Urban Economics Vol. 25 (1989): 52-67.
Miranowski, John; Tegene, Abebayehu; Huffman, Wallace, Dynamic Corn Supply Functions: A Model with Explicit Optimization, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 70 no. 1 (February 1988): 103-111.
Tegene, Abebayehu; Huffman, Wallace; Miranowski, John, An Econometric Model of Dynamic and Stochastic Production with Explicit Optimization: Farmers' Decisions on Corn and Soybean Acreage, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 70 no. 1 (February 1988): 103-111.
Miranowski, John, Monitoring the Economic Impacts of the Conservation Reserve, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Vol. 43 no. 1 (January/February 1988): 59-60.
Miranowski, John; Shortle, J., Intertemporal Soil Resource Use: Is It Socially Excessive?, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Vol. 14 (1987): 99-111.
Miranowski, John; Orazem, Peter, An Indirect Test for the Specification of Expectation Regimes, Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 68 no. 4 (November 1986): 603-609.
Miranowski, John; Shortle, J., Effects of Risk Perceptions and Other Characteristics of Farmers and Farm Operations on the Adoption of Conservation Tillage Practices, Applied Agricultural Research Vol. 1 no. 2 (1986): 85-90.
Miranowski, John, Issues in Water Resource Economics: Discussion, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 67 no. 5 (December 1985): 1244-1246.
Miranowski, John; Zinser, L.; Shortle, J.; Monson, M., Effects of Rising Relative Energy Prices on Soil Erosion and Its Control, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 67 no. 3 (August 1985): 558-562.
Miranowski, John; Hammes, B., Implicit Prices of Soil Characteristics for Farmland in Iowa, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 66 no. 5 (December 1984): 745-749.
Miranowski, John; Dinan, T., Obtaining the Optimal Fuel Conserving Investment Mix: A Linear Programming Approach, Resources and Conservation Vol. 10 (March 1984): 271-286.
Miranowski, John, Impacts of Productivity Loss on Crop Production and Management in a Dynamic Economic Model, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 66 no. 1 (February 1984): 61-71.
Miranowski, John; Rhee, J., Determination of Income, Production, and Employment Under Pollution Control: An Input-Output Approach, Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 66 (1984): 146-150.
Miranowski, John; Bender, R., Agricultural Management Practices and Wildlife Related Recreation: Pheasant Hunting Recreation in Iowa, Transaction North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference Vol. 49 (1984): 325-333.
Miranowski, John; Shortle, J., Dynamic vs Static Models for Erosion Control Policy Research, Journal of Northeastern Agricultural Economics Vol. 12 (1983)
Miranowski, John; Bender, R., Impact of Erosion Control Policies on Wildlife Habitat on Private Lands, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Vol. 37 (1982): 288-291.
Miranowski, John; Crosson, Pierre, Commentary: Soil Protection: Why, By Whom, and For Whom?, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Vol. 37 no. 1 (January/February 1982): 27-29.
Miranowski, John; Huffman, Wallace, An Economic Analysis of Expenditures on Agricultural Experiment Station Research, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 63 no. 1 (February 1981): 104-118.
Miranowski, John, Estimating the Relationship Between Pest Management and Energy Prices, and the Implications for Environmental Damage, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 62 no. 5 (December 1980): 995-1000.
Miranowski, John; Boggess, W.; Alt, K.; Heady, E., Sediment Damage and Farm Production Costs: A Multiple-Objective Analysis, North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 2 no. 2 (July 1980): 107-112.

Books and Book Chapters/Sections Authored or Co-authored

Miranowski, John, Biofuel Incentives and the Energy Title of the 2007 Farm Bill, The 2007 Farm Bill & Beyond: Working Papers (online handbook), (2007)
Miranowski, John, Energy Consumption in US Agriculture, Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of Energy, Cambridge, MA, (2005)
Miranowski, John, National Research Council, Frontiers in Agricultural Research: Food, Health, Environment and Communities, National Academy Press, (2003)
Miranowski, John, Chapter VI- Rural Development and the Role of Agriculture Value Added Activities, International Scientific Days of Agricultural Economics, Gy?ngy?s, Hungary, No. Vol. 3 (1997)
Miranowski, John; Cochran, M., Economics of Land in Agriculture, Agricultural and Environmental Resource Economics, New York, (1993)
Miranowski, John; Carlson, G., Agricultural Resource Economics: An Overview, Agricultural and Environmental Resource Economics, New York, (1993)
Miranowski, John; Moore, M.; Negri, D., Cropland Allocation Decisions: The Role of Agricultural Commodity Programs and the Reclamation Program, The Economics and Management of Water and Drainage in Agriculture, Boston, (1991)
Miranowski, John; Hrubovcak, J.; Sutton, J., The Effects of Commodity Programs on Resource Use, Commodity and Resource Policies in Agricultural Systems, New York, (1991)
Miranowski, John; Shoemaker, R.; Ball, E., Productivity and Resource Use Impacts of Environmental Regulations on the Agricultural Economy, The Role of Exaction on Controlling Pollution, No. Series No. RPR-15 (1987)
Miranowski, John; Carlson, G., Economic Issues in Public and Private Approaches to Preserving Pest Susceptibility, Management of Resistance to Pesticides: Strategies, Tactics, and Research, Washington, D.C., (1986)

Miranowski, John; Scanes, Colin (Eds.), Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture, Volume 2, Blackwell Publishing, Ames, IA, (2005)
Scanes, Colin; Miranowski, John (Eds.), Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture 2004, Blackwell Publishing, (2004)
Carlson, Gerald A.; Zilberman, David; Miranowski, John (Eds.), Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, (August 1993)

Published Proceedings

Miranowski, John, Energy Demand and Capacity to Adjust in U.S. Agricultural Production, Proceeding, Agricultural Outlook Forum 2005, USDA, Office of the Chief Economist, Washington, DC, (February 24 2005)
Miranowski, John, The Economist's Role in the Agricultural Sustainability Paradigm, Proceeding, AAEA Preconference on Sustainable Agriculture, San Antonio, Texas, July 1996, (2003)
Miranowski, John; Monchuk, Daniel C., Determinants of Growth: The Case of Iowa, Proceeding, International Conference on Rural Development, Hungary, (March 2000)
Miranowski, John; Wohlgemuth, Darin, Modern Economic Growth and the Fate of the Rural Region, Proceeding, International Conference on Rural Development, Hungary, (March 2000)
Wohlgemuth, Darin; Miranowski, John, Modern Economic Growth and the Fate of the Rural Region, Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development, Hungary, (March 2000)
Miranowski, John, Animal Structural Change: Changes in Animal Agriculture Structure and Why We'Ve Gotten There, Proceeding, animal science national priority setting meeting-FAIR 2002, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1999, (1999)
Miranowski, John, The Economist's Role in the Agricultural Sustainability Pradigm, Proceedings of the AAEA Preconference on Sustainable Agriculture, San Antonio, TX, (July 1996)
Miranowski, John, Economic Implications of Sustainable Agriculture, Proceedings of Great Plains Agricultural Council, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 5-7, (1990): 107-125.
Miranowski, John; Just, Richard E., U.S. Land Prices: Trends and Determinants, Proceedings, of Twentieth International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Dartmouth Publishing Company, (1990): 755-770.
Miranowski, John, Capital Goods Investments and Costs in U.S. Production Agriculture, Proceedings of Farm Machinery Distribution Systems for the 21st Century, An Exploratory Conference. March 27-28, The Ohio State University., (1988): 60-64.

Extension Publications

Lawrence, John D.; May, Gary; Otto, Daniel; Miranowski, John, Economic Importance of The Iowa Egg Industry, ISU Extension: Ag Industry Issues and Analysis, (March 2003)
Babcock, Bruce A.; Kling, Catherine L.; Miranowski, John; Hayes, Dermot J.; Harl, Neil E.; Pieper, Charles A.; Lence, Sergio H.; Duffy, Michael; Edelman, Mark; Beghin, John C.; Hueth, Brent; Zhao, Jinhua; Azevedo, Christopher D.; Herriges, Joseph A., Iowa's Land and Environment - Serving Competing Needs, ISU Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, December 2000
Miranowski, John; Baumel, C. Phillip, Summary and Conclusions, ISU Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station: Agriculture in the 21st Century -- Surviving and Thriving,, (March 1999): 51-52.