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Economics Department Working Papers

2008

ISU Economics Working Papers

Optimal Banking Sector Recapitalization
Author(s):   P. Marcelo Oviedo, Shiva Sikdar
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08002, January 4, 2008
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Choosing to Keep Up with the Joneses and Income Inequality
Author(s):   Richard C. Barnett, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Helle Bunzel
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08003, January 10, 2008
Published In:   Economic Theory , Forthcoming
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Optimal Monetary Policy Rules under Persistent Shocks
Author(s):   Joydeep Bhattacharya, Rajesh Singh
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08004, January 14, 2008
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Land Allocation Effects of the Global Ethanol Surge: Predictions from the International FAPRI Model
Author(s):   Jacinto F. Fabiosa, John C. Beghin, Fengxia Dong, Amani Elobeid, Simla Tokgoz, Tun-Hsiang (Edward) Yu
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08005, March 3, 2008
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Interactive Blocking in Arrow-Debreu Economies
Author(s):   Siyang Xiong, Charles Zhoucheng Zheng
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08006, March 17, 2008
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Individual fishing quotas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico grouper fishery: fleet restructuring, effort reduction and cost savings
Author(s):   Quinn Weninger
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08007, March 28, 2008
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Economic impacts of individual fishing quota management in the pacific coast groundfish fishery
Author(s):   Carl Lian, Rajesh Singh, Quinn Weninger
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08008, March 31, 2008
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An Axiomatization of the Multigroup Atkinson Segregation Indices
Author(s):   David M. Frankel, Oscar Volij
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08010, April 14, 2008
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Are the Joneses making you financially vulnerable?
Author(s):   Richard C Barnett, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Helle Bunzel
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08011, April 17, 2008
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Rural immigrant population growth, 1950-2000: waves or ripples?
Author(s):   Andrew Dust, Peter Orazem, Darin Wohlgemuth
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08012, April 19, 2008
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FIRM SIZE, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND WAGES IN THE PORK SECTOR, 1990 -2005
Author(s):   Li Yu, Terrance M Hurley, James Kliebenstein, Peter Orazem
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08013, April 19, 2008
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Firing Cost and Firm Size: A Study of Sri Lanka’s Severance Pay System
Author(s):   Babatunde Abidoye, Peter Orazem, Milan Vodopivec
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08014, April 20, 2008
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Meat Slaughter and Processing Plants’ Traceability Levels: Evidence From Iowa
Author(s):   Harun Bulut, John D. Lawrence
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08015, April 24, 2008
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Competition and Regulation via Supply and Demand Functions in Oligopolistic-Oligopsonistic Markets
Author(s):   Harun Bulut, Semih Koray
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08016, April 26, 2008
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Strategic environmental policy under free trade with transboundary pollution
Author(s):   Shiva Sikdar, Harvey E. Lapan
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08017, May 1, 2008
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Lifetime Health Consequences of Child Labor in Brazil
Author(s):   Chanyoung Lee, Peter Orazem
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08018, May 12, 2008
Published In:   Research in Labor Economics , Forthcoming
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Deviant Generations, Ricardian Equivalence, and Growth Cycles
Author(s):   Richard C Barnett, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Helle Bunzel
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08019, May 19, 2008
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Incentives and Outcomes in a Strategic Setting: The 3-Points-for-a-Win System in Soccer
Author(s):   GianCarlo Moschini
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08021, June 4, 2008
Published In:   Economic Inquiry , Forthcoming
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If Johnny can’t work, can Johnny read better?: Child Labor Laws, Labor Supply and Schooling Outcomes
Author(s):   Chanyoung Lee, Peter Orazem
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08022, June 18, 2008
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High School Employment, School Performance, and College Entry
Author(s):   Chanyoung Lee, Peter Orazem
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08023, June 18, 2008
Published In:   Economics of Education Review , Forthcoming
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Is it a Jungle Out There?: Meat Packing, Immigrants and Rural Communities
Author(s):   Georgeanne M. Artz, Rebecca Jackson, Peter Orazem
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08024, July 23, 2008
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Promotion with and without Learning: Effects on Student Enrollment and Dropout Behavior
Author(s):   Elizabeth M King, Peter Orazem, Elizabeth M Paterno
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08025, July 30, 2008
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Testing for Complementarity and Substitutability among Multiple Technologies: The Case of U.S. Hog Farms
Author(s):   Li Yu, Terrance Hurley, James Kliebenstein, Peter Orazem
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08026, September 2, 2008
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On Myopia as Rationale for Social Security
Author(s):   Torben M Andersen, Joydeep Bhattacharya
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08027, September 10, 2008
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Human Capital, Complex Technologies, Firm size and Wages: A Test of the O-Ring Production Hypotheses
Author(s):   Li Yu, Peter Orazem
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08029, September 24, 2008
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Rising Food and Energy Prices: Projections for Labor Markets 2008-18 and Beyond
Author(s):   Wallace Huffman
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08030, October 28, 2008
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Firm Entry and Exit in Iowa, 1992 - 2004
Author(s):   Li Yu, Robert W. Jolly, Peter Orazem
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08031, December 5, 2008
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Bounding the Effects of Food Insecurity on Children's Health Outcomes
Author(s):   Craig Gundersen, Brent Kreider
Series:  ISU Economics Working Paper #08032, December 13, 2008
Published In:   Journal of Health Economics , Vol. 28, 5, pp. 971-983, September, 2009
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CARD Working Papers

Geographical Indications and the Competitive Provision of Quality in Agricultural Markets
Author(s):   GianCarlo Moschini, Luisa Menapace, Daniel Pick
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 458, January 1, 2008
Published In:   American Journal of Agricultural Economics , Vol. 90, pp. 794-812
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Crop-Based Biofuel Production under Acreage Constraints and Uncertainty
Author(s):   Mindy Baker, Dermot J. Hayes, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 460, February 1, 2008
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Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Ethanol from Iowa Corn: Life Cycle Analysis versus System-wide Accounting
Author(s):   Hongli Feng, Ofir Rubin, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 461, February 1, 2008
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Farm Policies and Added Sugars in US Diets
Author(s):   John C. Beghin, Helen H. Jensen
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 462, February 1, 2008
Published In:   Food Policy , Vol. 33, 6, pp. 480-488, December, 2008
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The Planting Real Option in Cash Rent Valuation
Author(s):   Xiaodong Du, David A. Hennessy
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 463, February 1, 2008
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Ethanol, Mandates, and Drought: Insights from a Stochastic Equilibrium Model of the U.S. Corn Market
Author(s):   Lihong Lu McPhail, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 464, March 1, 2008
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Index Insurance, Probabilistic Climate Forecasts, and Production
Author(s):   Miguel A. Carriquiry, Daniel E. Osgood
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 465, March 1, 2008
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What Effect Does Free Trade in Agriculture Have on Developing Country Populations Around the World?
Author(s):   Jacinto F. Fabiosa
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 466, April 1, 2008
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Impact of Ethanol Production on U.S. and Regional Gasoline Prices and on the Profitability of the U.S. Oil Refinery Industry, The
Author(s):   Xiaodong Du, Dermot J. Hayes
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 467, April 1, 2008
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Short-Run Price and Welfare Impacts of Federal Ethanol Policies
Author(s):   Lihong Lu McPhail, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 468, June 1, 2008
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Contract and Exit Decisions in Finisher Hog Production
Author(s):   Fengxia Dong, David A. Hennessy, Helen H. Jensen
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 469, June 1, 2008
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Insuring Against Losses from Transgenic Contamination: The Case of Pharmaceutical Maize
Author(s):   David Ripplinger, Dermot J. Hayes, Susana Goggi, Kendall Lamkey
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 470, June 1, 2008
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Inference Based on Alternative Bootstrapping Methods in Spatial Models with an Application to County Income Growth in the United States
Author(s):   Daniel C. Monchuk, Dermot J. Hayes, John Miranowski
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 471, June 1, 2008
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Impacts of Ethanol on Planted Acreage in Market Equilibrium
Author(s):   Hongli Feng, Bruce A. Babcock
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 472, June 1, 2008
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Toward a Normative Theory of Crop Yield Skewness
Author(s):   David A. Hennessy
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 473, June 1, 2008
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The Food-Away-from-Home Consumption Expenditure Pattern in Egypt
Author(s):   Jacinto F. Fabiosa
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 474, July 1, 2008
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Egypt’s Household Expenditure Pattern: Does It Alleviate a Food Crisis?
Author(s):   Jacinto F. Fabiosa, Ibrahim Soliman
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 475, August 1, 2008
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Farmer Participation, the Dairy Industry, and the Rise of Dairy Production in China
Author(s):   Jikun Huang, Yunhua Wu, Zhijian Yang, Scott Rozelle, Jacinto F. Fabiosa, Fengxia Dong
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 476, August 1, 2008
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Biotechnology and the Development of Food Markets: Retrospect and Prospects
Author(s):   GianCarlo Moschini
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 477, August 1, 2008
Published In:   European Review of Agricultural Economics , Vol. 35, pp. 331-355
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Distillers Dried Grain Product Innovation and Its Impact on Adoption, Inclusion, Substitution, and Displacement Rates in a Finishing Hog Ration
Author(s):   Jacinto F. Fabiosa
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 478, September 1, 2008
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Does a Rising Biofuels Tide Raise All Boats? A Study of Cash Rent Determinants for Iowa Farmland under Hay and Pasture
Author(s):   Xiaodong (Sheldon) Du, David A. Hennessy, William M. Edwards
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 479, October 1, 2008
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A Welfare Analysis of the U.S. Ethanol Subsidy
Author(s):   Xiaodong (Sheldon) Du, Dermot J. Hayes, Mindy Baker
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 480 (Revised), November 1, 2008
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Not All DDGS Are Created Equal: Nutrient-Profile-Based Pricing to Incentivize Quality
Author(s):   Jacinto F. Fabiosa
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 481, November 1, 2008
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Buying Ecological Services: Nature’s Harmonies, Fragmented Reserves and the Agricultural Extensification Debate
Author(s):   David A. Hennessy, Harvey E. Lapan
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 482, November 1, 2008
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Welfare Changes from the U.S. Ethanol Tax Credit: The Role of Uncertainty and Interlinked Commodity Markets
Author(s):   Mindy Baker
Series:  CARD Working Paper #08-WP 483, December 1, 2008
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Implied Objectives of U.S. Biofuel Subsidies
Author(s):   Ofir Rubin, Miguel A. Carriquiry, Dermot J. Hayes
Series:  CARD Working Paper #Working Paper 08-WP 459, February 1, 2008
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