By Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) Watching the current turmoil at USAID is more than sad. Not only is it devastating to hard working people and their families in all corners of the earth, but it will also have long-term implications for…
by Brent Sohngen (Sohngen.1@osu.edu) Click here for roughly 5 minute podcast version of this post [Global Forest Podcast] Understandably, there has been confusion and concern in the marketplace due to the weekend decision by the Trump Administration to impose tariffs…
Have a look at this piece published in the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/high-rises-made-out-of-wood-what-matters-in-whether-mass-timber-buildings-are-sustainable-240416 High rises made out of wood? What matters in whether ‘mass timber’ buildings are sustainable by Brent Sohngen A material that’s been around since people built shelters – wood…
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) Although commentators argue about the status of the World Trade Organization (WTO) compared to free trade agreements (FTAs), there is consensus that WTO dispute resolution has been its “crown jewel”. Key is the two-instance adjudication system,…
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) In a previous post (Ian Sheldon, “Do US Buyers Bear the Cost of Import Tariffs?”), it was shown that based on analysis of the 2018-19 trade war with China, US buyers bore the cost of US…
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) To trade economists this seems a rather odd question, the answer to which would be: well of course tariffs impose costs on buyers (consumers and firms purchasing inputs), and the basic explanation can be found in…
By Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) For nearly 25 years, carbon offsets in agriculture and forestry have been the next big thing – a market with huge potential to increase revenue for farming with certain practices like conservation or no till,…
by Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) Well, it’s spring again and flowers are starting to show. My favorite is the snow trillium. Hard to find, but worth the walk. It’s not the state flower of Ohio, but it should be. It’s a…
By: Zhining Sun and Haotian Wu, Ph.D. students and Ani L. Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. Click here to access the pdf version of…
By: PhD student Rae Ju and Professor Ani Katchova, Farm Income Enhancement Chair, in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE), and Nanette L. Neal and Sarah Noggle, Extension Educators in Agriculture and Natural Resources in the College…
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