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Economics Department Working Papers

2003

ISU Economics Working Papers

AN ECONOMIC COMPARISON OF YEAR ROUND VS CONVENTIONAL GRAZING SYSTEMS IN IOWA
Author(s):   Gary May, J. R. Russell, N. A. Janovick, John D. Lawrence, D. R. Strohbehn, D. G. Morrical
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03001, January 16, 2003
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ODOR CONTROL METHODS USED BY IOWA PORK PRODUCERS
Author(s):   James Kliebenstein, Jeffrey Lorimor, Benjamin Larson
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03002, January 21, 2003
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Can Racially Unbiased Police Perpetuate Long-Run Discrimination?
Author(s):   Helle Bunzel, Philippe Marcoul
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03004, March 5, 2003
Published In:   Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization , Vol. 60, 1, pp. 36-47, 2008
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Appraisal Comments on Tax Increment Financing Effectiveness in the Context of Evaluating Iowa Tax Policy Alternatives
Author(s):   Mark Edelman
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03005, March 6, 2003
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A Comparison of Production Costs, Returns and Profitability of Swine Finishing Systems
Author(s):   James Kliebenstein, Ben Larson, Mark Honeyman, Arlie Penner
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03006, March 14, 2003
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Inferring Disability Status from Corrupt Data
Author(s):   Brent Kreider, John V. Pepper
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03007, March 24, 2003
Published In:   Journal of Applied Econometrics , Vol. 23, 3, pp. 329-49, April, 2008
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Disability and Employment: Reevaluating the Evidence in Light of Reporting Errors
Author(s):   Brent Kreider, John Pepper
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03008, March 24, 2003
Published In:   Journal of the American Statistical Association
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Diagnosis Measurement Error and Corrected Instrumental Variables
Author(s):   Donna Chen, Brent Kreider, Elizabeth Merwin, Steven Stern
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03010, March 24, 2003
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Labor Market Search and Optimal Retirement Policy
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya, Casey Mulligan, Rob Reed
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03011, March 27, 2003
Published In:   Economic Inquiry , Vol. 42, pp. 560-571
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The Non-Monotonic Relationship Between Seigniorage and Inequality
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya, Helle Bunzel, J. Haslag
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03012, March 27, 2003
Published In:   Canadian Journal of Economics , Vol. 38, 2, pp. 500-519, May, 2005
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Dynamics of the planning solution in the discrete−time textbook model of labor market search and matching.
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya, Helle Bunzel
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03013, March 27, 2003
Published In:   Economics Bulletin , Vol. 5, 19, pp. 1-10, December 23, 2003
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What do Information Frictions do?
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya, Shankha Chakraborty
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03014, March 27, 2003
Published In:   Economic Theory , Vol. 26, 3, pp. 651-675, October, 2005
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Aging, Unemployment, and Welfare in a Life-Cycle Model with Costly Labor Market Search
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya, Robert Reed
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03015, March 27, 2003
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Age-Specific Employment Policies
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya, Rob Reed
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03016, March 27, 2003
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Better Dead than GM-Fed? Information and the Effects of Consumers’ Resistance to GM-Foods in High-Income Countries
Author(s):   Wallace Huffman, Matthew Rousu, Jason F. Shogren, Abebayehu Tegene
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03017, April 7, 2003
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Powerful Trend Function Tests That are Robust to Strong Serial Correlation with an Application to the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis
Author(s):   Helle Bunzel, Timothy J. Vogelsang
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03018, April 8, 2003
Published In:   Journal of Business and Economic Statistics , Vol. 23, 4, pp. 381-394, October, 2005
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A Theory of Advice Based on Information Search Incentives
Author(s):   Philippe Marcoul
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03019, April 29, 2003
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Off-farm labor supply responses to permanent and transitory farm income
Author(s):   Chul-Woo Kwon, Peter Orazem, Daniel Otto
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03020, July 18, 2003
Published In:   Agricultural Economics , Vol. 34, 1, pp. 59-68, January, 2006
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Welfare Maximization, Product Pricing, and Market Allocation in the Gasoline and Additives Market
Author(s):   Paul W. Gallagher, Hosein Shapouri, Jeffrey Price
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03021, July 11, 2003
Published In:   International Journal of Production Economics , Vol. 101, 2, pp. 230-245, June, 2006
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A Positive Theory of the Income Redistributive Focus of Social Security
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya, Robert Reed
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03022, July 25, 2003
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Child Labor and School Achievement in Latin America
Author(s):   Victoria Gunnarsson, Peter Orazem, Mario A. Sanchez
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03023, August 18, 2003
Published In:   World Bank Economic Review , Vol. 20, 1, pp. 31-54, January, 2006
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Fixed-b Asymptotics in Single Equation Cointegration Models with Endogenous Regressors
Author(s):   Helle Bunzel
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03024, August 19, 2003
Published In:   Econometric Theory , Vol. 22, 4, pp. 743-756, August, 2006
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Do Market Pressures Induce Economic Efficiency?: The Case of Slovenian Manufacturing, 1994-2001
Author(s):   Peter Orazem, Milan Vodopivec
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03025, September 26, 2003
Published In:   Southern Economic Journal , Forthcoming
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MONETARY POLICY AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03026, December 3, 2003
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Immigration in the U.S. Midwest during the 1990s: A Decade of Rapid Change
Author(s):   Wallace Huffman
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03027, December 17, 2003
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Determinants of the Demand for State Agricultural Experiment Station Resources: A Demand-System Approach
Author(s):   Wallace Huffman, Robert Evenson
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03028, December 18, 2003
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New Econometric Evidence on Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Determinants: Impact of Funding Sources
Author(s):   Wallace Huffman, Robert E. Evenson
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03029, December 18, 2003
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Information Externalities and Strategic Delay in Technology Adoption and Diffusion
Author(s):   Jinhua Zhao
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03030 2003
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Optimal Use of Correlated Information in Mechanism Design When Full Surplus Extraction May Be Impossible
Author(s):   Subir Bose, Jinhua Zhao
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03031 2003
Published In:   Journal of Economic Theory , Vol. 135, pp. 357-381
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CARD Working Papers

Green Subsidies in Agriculture: Estimating the Adoption Costs of Conservation Tillage from Observed Behavior
Author(s):   Lyubov Kurkalova, Catherine L. Kling, Jinhua Zhao
Series:  CARD Working Paper #01-WP 286 (Revised), April 1, 2003
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Regional Welfare Programs and Labor Force Participation
Author(s):   Sonya Kostova Huffman, Maureen Kilkenny
Series:  CARD Working Paper #02-WP 296 (Revised), May 1, 2003
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Lessons from the Danish Ban on Feed-Grade Antibiotics
Author(s):   Dermot J. Hayes, Helen H. Jensen
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #03-BP 41, June 1, 2003
Published In:   Choices , 3rd Quarter, pp. 1-6, August 1, 2003
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China’s Cotton Policy and the Impact of China’s WTO Accession and Bt Cotton Adoption on the Chinese and U.S. Cotton Sectors
Author(s):   Cheng Fang, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 322, January 1, 2003
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Cost-Based Model of Seasonal Production, with Application to Milk Policy, A
Author(s):   David A. Hennessy, Jutta Roosen
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 323, January 1, 2003
Published In:   Journal of Agricultural Economics , Vol. 54, pp. 285-312
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Calibration of Incomplete Demand Systems in Quantitative Analysis, The
Author(s):   John C. Beghin, Jean-Christophe Bureau, Sophie Drogué
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 324, January 1, 2003
Published In:   Applied Economics , Vol. 8, 36, pp. 839-47, May 1, 2004
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Testing for the Monotone Likelihood Ratio Assumption
Author(s):   Jutta Roosen, David A. Hennessy
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 325, February 1, 2003
Published In:   Journal of Business and Economic Statistics , Vol. 22, pp. 358-366
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Multiple Benefits of Carbon-Friendly Agricultural Practices: Empirical Assessment of Conservation Tillage in Iowa
Author(s):   Lyubov Kurkalova, Catherine L. Kling, Jinhua Zhao
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 326, February 1, 2003
Published In:   Environmental Management , Vol. 33, 4, pp. 519-527, August, 2004
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Dynamic Willingness to Pay: An Empirical Specification and Test
Author(s):   Jay R. Corrigan, Catherine L. Kling, Jinhua Zhao
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 327, March 1, 2003
Published In:   Environmental and Resource Economics , Vol. 40, 2, pp. 285-298, June, 2008
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Optimal Quality Assurance Systems for Agricultural Outputs
Author(s):   Miguel A. Carriquiry, Bruce A. Babcock, Roxana Carbone
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 328, March 1, 2003
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Genetic Information in Agricultural Productivity and Product Development
Author(s):   David A. Hennessy, John Miranowski, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 329, April 1, 2003
Published In:   American Journal of Agricultural Economics , Vol. 86, 1, pp. 73-87, February 1, 2004
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Assessing the Costs and Environmental Consequences of Agricultural Land Use Changes: A Site-Specific, Policy-Scale Modeling Approach
Author(s):   JunJie Wu, Richard M. Adams, Catherine L. Kling, Katsuya Tanaka
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 330, May 1, 2003
Published In:   American Journal of Agricultural Economics , Vol. 86, pp. 26-41
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Location, Planting Decisions, and the Marketing of Quality-Differentiated Agricultural Commodities
Author(s):   Alexander Saak
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 331, May 1, 2003
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Modeling World Peanut Product Markets: A Tool for Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis
Author(s):   John C. Beghin, Holger Matthey
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 332, May 1, 2003
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WTP/WTA Disparity: Have We Been Observing Dynamic Values but Interpreting Them as Static? (The)
Author(s):   Catherine L. Kling, John A. List, Jinhua Zhao
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 333, May 1, 2003
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Intellectual Property Rights and the World Trade Organization: Retrospect and Prospects
Author(s):   GianCarlo Moschini
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 334, May 1, 2003
Published In:   Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading? , Edward E;gar Publishing
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Ledger Provision in Hog Marketing Contracts
Author(s):   David A. Hennessy, Donald Lien
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 336, June 1, 2003
Published In:   Agricultural Finance Review , Vol. 66, 1, pp. 77-89, Spring, 2006
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Stream Flow in the Upper Mississippi River Basin: A Regional Climate Model Perspective
Author(s):   Manoj Jha, Zaitao Pan, Eugene S. Takle, Roy Gu
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 337, July 1, 2003
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Institutions and the Value of Nonpoint Source Measurement Technology: Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils
Author(s):   Lyubov Kurkalova, Catherine L. Kling, Jinhua Zhao
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 338, July 1, 2003
Published In:   Applied Economics , Vol. 36, 20, pp. 2287-2298, November 1, 2004
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Insuring Eggs in Baskets: Should the Government Insure Individual Risks?
Author(s):   Chad E. Hart, Dermot J. Hayes, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 339, July 1, 2003
Published In:   Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics , Vol. 54, 1, pp. 121-137, March, 2006
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Spatial Production Concentration, Demand Uncertainty, and Multiple Markets
Author(s):   Alexander Saak
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 340, July 1, 2003
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Alternative Green Payment Policies under Heterogeneity When Multiple Benefits Matter
Author(s):   Jinhua Zhao, Catherine L. Kling, Lyubov Kurkalova
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 341, July 1, 2003
Published In:   Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Vol. 33, 1, pp. 148-158, April 1, 2004
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Living with Hogs in Iowa: The Impact of Livestock Facilities on Rural Residential Property Values
Author(s):   Joseph A. Herriges, Silvia Secchi, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 342, August 1, 2003
Published In:   Land Economics , Vol. 81, 4, pp. 530-545, November, 2005
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Modeling Tariff Rate Quotas in a Global Context: The Case of Sugar Markets in OECD Countries
Author(s):   Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, John C. Beghin, Don Mitchell
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 343, September 1, 2003
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R&D Spillovers in Agriculture: Results from a Trade Model
Author(s):   Simla Tokgoz
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 344, September 1, 2003
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CAC versus Incentive0Based Instruments in Agriculture: The Case of the Conservation Reserve Program
Author(s):   Hongli Feng, Catherine L. Kling, Lyubov Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 345, October 1, 2003
Published In:   Moving to Markets in Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Twenty Years of Experience , Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 230-249
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Slaughterhouse Rules: Animal Uniformity and Regulating for Food Safety in Meat Packing
Author(s):   David A. Hennessy
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 346, October 1, 2003
Published In:   American Journal of Agricultural Economics , Vol. 87, 3, pp. 600-609, August, 2005
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Groundnut Trade Liberalization: Could the South Help the South?
Author(s):   John C. Beghin, Ndiame Diop, Holger Matthey
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 347, November 1, 2003
Published In:   World Development , Vol. 34, 6, pp. 1016-1036, June, 2006
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Spatial Arrangements of Externality Generating and Receiving Activities
Author(s):   Alexander Saak
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 348, November 1, 2003
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State Trading Enterprises in a Differentiated Environment: The Case of Global Malting Barley Markets
Author(s):   Fengxia Dong, Thomas L. Marsh, Kyle W. Stiegert
Series:  CARD Working Paper #03-WP 350, December 1, 2003
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