AEDE Research Update – Recent Papers Presented

One of the most highly anticipated events for AEDE’s faculty and students took place from August 4-6, 2013 in Washington D.C.: the annual meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). AAEA is the premier professional organization for agricultural and applied economists working in the U.S.

This year’s gathering brought together the country’s top agricultural and resource economists and facilitated networking between AEDE’s faculty and students and their peers working in the academic, public and private sectors. This year’s meeting featured over 150 educational sessions, 200 posters on display, and multiple plenary sessions each day.

As one of the preeminent academic departments working in the field of agricultural and resource economics, AEDE will have a very strong presence at the gathering with more than two dozen faculty and students in attendance. AEDE faculty and graduate students will present their research at a number of the meeting’s events. A list with links to the papers is listed below. All authors are affiliated with OSU’s AEDE unless otherwise noted.

“Cropland Productivity, Carbon Sequestration, and Commodity Prices” by Suk-Won Choi, Sara B. Ohrel from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Dr. Brent Sohngen.

“Structural Change in US Consumer Response to Food Safety Recalls” by Mykel R. Taylor from Kansas State University, Dr. H. Allen Klaiber, and Fred Kuchler from the USDA-Economic Research Service
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“Whither Dairy Policy? Evaluating Expected Government Outlays and Distributional Impacts of Alternative 2013 Farm Bill Dairy Title Proposals” by John C. Newton, Marin Bozic from the University of Minnesota, Dr. Cameron S. Thraen, Brian W. Gould from the University of Wisconsin, and Mark W. Stephenson from Cornell University.

“The Implications of Environmental Policy on Nutrient Outputs in Agricultural Watersheds” by Dr. Brent Sohngen, Kevin King from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Sei Jin Kim, and Dr. Abdoul G. Sam.

“From Farmer Management Decisions to Watershed Environmental Quality: A Spatial Economic Model of Land Management Choices.” by Wendong Zhang and Dr. Elena G. Irwin .

“A Latent Class Analysis of Farmer Preferences Regarding Filter Strip Programs” by Gregory E. Howard (East Carolina University) and Dr. Brian E. Roe.

“The Role of Credit and Savings in the Dynamics of Technology Decisions and Poverty Traps” by Isaí Guízar-Mateos, Dr. Mario J. Miranda, and Dr. Claudio Gonzalez-Vega will be presented at a session on issues in development economics.

“A Meta-Analysis and Repeat Sales Approach to Decomposing Local Park Attributes” by Dr. H. Allen Klaiber and Mitchell Livy will be presented at a session on demand for recreation and ecosystem amenities.

“The Role of Calorie Content, Healthiness, Price, and Palatability on School Lunch Purchases” by Matthew V. Pham and Dr. Brian E. Roe will be presented at a session on the role of school lunches in childhood nutrition. Pham will also serve as the moderator for this session.

“Modeling a Dynamic Forest Sector in a General Equilibrium Framework” by Xiaohui Tian, Dr. Brent Sohngen and D. Sands from the USDA-Economic Research Service, will be presented at a session on forest economics. Tian will also serve as the moderator for this session.

“The Wage Premium and Market Structure: The Case of South Korea and Taiwan” by Meng-Fen Yen and Dr. Mario J. Mirandawill be presented at a session on contracting and market structure in developing countries. Also at this session, “The Global Food Price Crisis and China-World Rice Market Integration: A Spatial-Temporal Rational Expectations Equilibrium Model” by Randall Romero-Aguilar, Shu-Ling Chen from National Taipei University, Xianglin Liu, and Dr. Mario J. Miranda will be presented.

“Credit Constraints, Technology Choice and Exports – A Firm Level Study for Latin American Countries” by Syed Hasan will be presented at a session on non-tariff constraints to international trade.

“Premium Benefits? A Heterogeneous Agent Model of Credit-Linked Index Insurance and Farm Technology Adoption” by Katie Farrin and Dr. Mario J. Miranda.

• “Semiparametric Estimation of Binary Response Models With a Parametric Guide: An Application to Agricultural Technology Adoption in Uganda” by Dr. Abdoul G. Sam, Gracious M. Diiro, and Alan P. Ker from the University of Guelph.

“Evading Invasives: How Water-Milfoil Impacts New Lakefront Development” by James Goodenberger and Dr. H. Allen Klaiber.

• “The Role of Tablets in Modernizing the Classroom Experience” by Dr. Steven S. Vickner will be presented at a session on the utility of tablets and technology in teaching agribusiness courses. With Charles Robert Stark, Jr. from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, Dr. Vickner is also serving as an organizer for this session.

• Additionally, several students from the undergraduate chapter of Ohio State’s AAEA student group will attend the gathering. Dr. Steven S. Vickner serves as the supervisor for this team of students. Ohio State will also host a reunion reception at the 2013 meeting.

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