My research program focuses on US and international dairy production, markets, and policy. Current areas of research include modeling agricultural livelihood systems evolution, the impacts of domestic US dairy policy alternatives, the impacts of milk pricing regulations in US dairy markets, assessment of the dynamic impacts of dairy product promotion, and the economics of dairy production and marketing systems in developing countries.

I teach two AEM courses in dynamic systems modeling, one an introduction to basic dynamic systems modeling courses and the other a more advanced applications course for graduate students. I also participate in two International Agriculture and Rural Development courses on Agriculture in the Developing Nations, including the field study course that travels to Mexico.

US Dairy

Harris, H., and C. Nicholson. 2002. “How the new dairy policy fits the world trade picture.” Hoard’s Dairyman, September 10, 2002, p. 587.

Pagel., E., C. Nicholson, and P. Newton. 2002. Structural Changes in U.S. Dairy Farming and the Role of Government Policy, Paper presented at the System Dynamics Society Annual Meetings, Palermo, Italy, July 29-31, 2002.

Bishop, P. M. and C. F. Nicholson. 2002. Trade and Technological Change: The Case of Milk Protein Concentrates, Contributed paper presented to the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Blenheim, New Zealand, July 5 - 6, 2002.

Nicholson, C., M. Stephenson, and C. Alexander. 2002. Dairy Market Impacts of a Domestic Casein Production Subsidy Program. Cornell Program on Dairy Markets and Policy, Cornell University, May.

Nicholson, C. F. forthcoming 2002. Trade Liberalization and the US Dairy Industry. Dairy Policy Issues and Options Weblet Series, Extension Education Committee of the National Institute for Livestock and Dairy Policy.

Nicholson, C. F. and P. M. Bishop. 2001. World Dairy Product Trade: Analysis with a Mixed Complementarity Problem Formulation. Selected Paper Presented at the 2001 AAEA Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL, August 5-8, 2001

Bishop, P. M., C. F. Nicholson, J. E. Pratt, and A. M. Novakovi_. 2001. Tariff Rate Quotas: Difficult to Model or Plain Simple? Contributed paper presented at the 2001 Annual Conference of the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Blenheim, New Zealand, July 6-7, 2001.

Alexander, C. S. and C. F. Nicholson. 2001. Interstate Dairy Compacts. Dairy Policy Issues and Options Weblet Series, Extension Education Committee of the National Institute for Livestock and Dairy Policy. (http://www.cpdmp.cornell.edu/cpdmp/weblets)

Nicholson, C. F. and A. M. Novakovic. 2001. Farm-to-Retail Price Relationships for Fluid Milk and Dairy Products. Dairy Policy Issues and Options Weblet Series<, Extension Education Committee of the National Institute for Livestock and Dairy Policy.

Nicholson, C. F. 2001. Dairy Demand Data and Research. Dairy Policy Issues and Options Weblet Series, Extension Education Committee of the National Institute for Livestock and Dairy Policy.

Nicholson, C. F., Q. Wang, and D. Lass. 2001. Impacts of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact on Supply, Retail Prices, and the WIC Progaram: An Introduction. Agricultural and Resource Economcs Review, 30(1):81-82.

Nicholson, C. F., B. Resosudarmo, and R. Wackernagel. 2001. Impacts of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact on New England Milk Supply. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 30(1):93-103.

Wang, Q., Z. Anne, C. Halbrendt, C. F. Nicholson, and J. Sung. 2001. Impacts of the Compact on the WIC Program. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 30(1):104-112.

Nicholson, C. F. 2000. “Dairymen are Demanding Long-term Contracts.” Hoard’s Dairyman, October 10, 2000, p. 659.

International Dairy and Livestock

Blake, R. W. and C. F. Nicholson. 2002. Livestock, Land Use Change, and Environmental Outcomes. Paper presented at the International Conference “Responding to the increasing global demand for animal products”, Merida, Mexico, November 12-15, 2002.

Rueda, B., R. W. Blake, C. F. Nicholson et al. 2002. Production Potentials of Pasture-based Systems of the Western Brazilian Amazaon. Submitted to Journal of Animal Science.

Rueda, B., R. W. Blake, E. C. Fernandes, C. Nicholson, and J. F. Valentim. 2002. Soil, Plant and Cattle Nutrient Dynamics on Pastures of the Western Amazon of Brazil. Submitted to Agriculture, Ecosystems and the Environment.

Nicholson, C. F., L. Mwangi, S. J. Staal, and P. K. Thornton. 2002. Dairy Cow Ownership and Child Nutritional Status in Kenya. Paper presented at the Workshop on Dairy Development and Child Nutrition in Eastern Africa, August 22, 2002, Nairobi, Kenya.

Nicholson, C. F., P. K. Thornton, and R. W. Muinga. 2002. Household-Level Impacts of Dairy Cow Ownership in Coastal Kenya. Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. [AEM Working Paper 2002-08]

Nicholson, C. F., R. W. Blake, R. S. Reid, and J. Schelhas. 2001. Environmental Impacts of Livestock in the Developing World. Environment, March 2001, 7-17.

Holloway, G., C. Nicholson, C. Delgado, S. Staal, and S. Ehui. 2000. Agro-industrialization Through Institutional Innovation: Transactions Costs, Cooperatives, and Milk Market Development in the Ethiopian Highlands. Agricultural Economics, 23:279-288.

Holloway, G., C. Nicholson, C. Delgado, S. Staal, and S. Ehui. 2000. How to Make a Milk Market. Nairobi, Kenya: International Livestock Research Institute. [Socio-economics and Policy Research Working Paper No. 28]

Other

Holloway, G., C. Nicholson, C. Delgado, S. Staal, and S. Ehui. 2002. A Revised Tobit Procedure for Subsistence Households Participation Decisions. Submitted to Agricultural Economics.

Lucas, M. T. and C. F. Nicholson. 2002. Subsidized Vehicle Acquisition and Earned Income in the Transition from Welfare to Work. Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. [AEM Working Paper 2002-24]