Boisvert, Richard N
Professorresearch
research areas
- international agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
- land use | collaborative research area (CALS)
- risk analysis and assessment | collaborative research area (CALS)
- rural development | collaborative research area (CALS)
domestic geographic focus
- New York State | state
submitted impact statement
- Effects of time of use rates on electricity demand | 2007 Impact statement
- Farm household response to new agricultural policies: understanding the interrelationships among agricultural supply response and household participation in agricultural conservation programs | 2007 Impact statement
- Development and evaluation of alternative water quality pollution management/trading programs at the watershed level | 2007 Impact statement
- Development and evaluation of alternative water quality pollution management/trading programs at the watershed level | 2006 Impact statement
- Estimating the economic impact of public investments in electricity conservation and load management programs in the New York competitive electricity market | 2005 Impact statement
- New ways to meet World Trade Organization compliance: reductions in domestic and international commodity trade barriers. | 2004 Impact statement
- The competitive New York electricity market and public investments in conservation | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Applied Economics and Management (AEM) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Applied Economics and Management | graduate field
- Regional Science | graduate field
teaching
teaches
- AEM 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 6080 - Production Economics (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 7010 - Applied Microeconomics I (TR 01:25:PM-02:40:PM) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ECON 4080 - Production Economics (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 4970 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 6080 - Production Economics (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2008 class
- AEM 7010 - Applied Microeconomics I (TR 01:25:PM-02:40:PM) | fall 2008 class
- ECON 4080 - Production Economics (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2008 class
service
current professional activities
• Associate editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Member, National Academy of Science Panel (earthquake economic issues and insurance)
• Sabbatical leaves: Federal Insurance Administration; Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
background
educational background
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1971
B.S., Montana State University, 1966
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
Boisvert, R. N., P. Cappers, C. Goldman, B. Neenan, and N. Hopper. 2007. Consumer response to RTP in competitive markets: A study of Niagara Mohawk's standard offer tariff. The Energy Journal 28(1):53-74.
Rozelle, S., and R. N. Boisvert. 1993. Grain policy in Chinese villages: Yield response to pricing, procurement, and loan policies. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75:339-49.
Boisvert, R. N., and C. Ranney. 1990. Accounting for the importance of nonfarm income on farm family income inequality in New York. Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 19:1-11.
Boisvert, R. N., and B. McCarl. 1990. Agricultural risk modeling using mathematical programming. Southern Cooperative Series, Bulletin No. 356. A. E. Research Bulletin 90-9, Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University.