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- Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management (AEM), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
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Research
research overview
- My research activities have been quite varied over the years - mostly because I have tried to anticipate new priority areas of research and policy problems. Thus, as always, there are several components to my current research program. These relate to the design of effective agri-environmental policies at the state and regional level, to understanding the participation in voluntary agri-environmental programs, to the assessment of WTO policy reforms, and understanding the efficiency of new deregulated electricity markets.
research activities
- A framework to value demand response and price response in electricity markets
- Accounting for the market and non-market values of multifunctional outputs in evaluating water transfers to non-agricultural uses: Empirical evidence from Taiwanese rice production
- Dairy farm management adjustments to biofuels-induced changes in agricultural markets
- Economic impacts of agroterrorism
- Potential cost savings from discharge allowance trading for waste-water treatment plants
keywords
- Agricultural Production and Risk Analysis; Resource and Environmental Economics; Statistical and Quantitative Analysis
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new york state geographical region
submitted impact statement
- The competitive New York electricity market and public investments in conservation
- New ways to meet World Trade Organization compliance: reductions in domestic and international commodity trade barriers.
- Farm household response to new agricultural policies: understanding the interrelationships among agricultural supply response and household participation in agricultural conservation programs
- Estimating the economic impact of public investments in electricity conservation and load management programs in the New York competitive electricity market
- Effects of time of use rates on electricity demand
- Development and evaluation of alternative water quality pollution management/trading programs at the watershed level
- Development and evaluation of alternative water quality pollution management/trading programs at the watershed level
Publications
individual publications
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academic article
- Macroeconomic costs to large scale disruptions of food production: The case of foot- and-mouth disease in the United States. Economic Modelling. 29. 2012
- Biomass as a Fuel Source in Generating Electricity. EuroChoices. 10:26-30. 2011
- Accounting for the Market and Non-market Values of Multifunctional Outputs in Evaluating Water Transfers to Non-agricultural Uses - Empirical Evidence from Taiwanese Rice Production. Water Policy. 12. 2010
- Improving the Value of Rural Development Policy. EuroChoices. 9:4-9. 2010
- Potential Cost Savings from Discharge Allowance Trading: A Case Study and Implications for Water Quality Trading. Water Resources Research. 46:1-12. 2010
- The Effects of Production Efficiency and Groundwater Use on the Decisions of Aquacultural Firms in Taiwan to Discontinue Production. Ecological Economics. 69:2448-2456. 2010
- Are Farmers’ Decisions to Work off the Farm Related to Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program?. Applied Economics. 41:71-85. 2009
- Distinguishing between Whole-Farm vs. Partial-Farm Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program. Land Economics. 85:144-161. 2009
- Optimal dairy farm adjustments to increased utilization of corn distillers dried grains with solubles. Journal of Dairy Science. 92:6105-6115. 2009
- Infrastructure and Rural Development: US and EU Perspectives. EuroChoices. 7:52-58. 2008
- Customer Response to RTP in Competitive Markets: A Study of Niagara Mohawk’s Standard Offer Tariff. The Energy Journal. 28:53-73. 2007
- Accounting for geographic heterogeneity of multifunctional rice policy in Taiwan. Paddy and Water Environment. 4:229-234. 2006
- Multifunctionality and non-trade concerns: implications for future agricultural policy in Asia. Paddy and Water Environment. 4:223-228. 2006
- Achieving Environmental Objectives Under Reduced Domestic Agricultural Support and Trade Liberalization: An Empirical Application to Taiwan. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 34:16-31. 2005
- Non-trade Concerns: Reconciling Domestic Policy Objectives with Trade Liberalization. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology. 4:277-291. 2005
- An Incentive Compatible Self-Compliant Pollution Policy under Asymmetric Information on Both Risk Attitudes and Technology. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 86:291-306. 2004
- Industrialization, Urbanization, and Land Use in China. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 2:207-224. 2004
- Achieving efficiency and equity in irrigation management: an optimization model of the El Angel watershed, Carchi, Ecuador . Agricultural Systems. 77:1-22. 2003
- Efficiency and Equity in Water Allocation: An Optimization Model of the El Angel Watershed, Carchi, Ecuador. Agricultural Systems. 77:1-22. 2003
- Nontrade Concerns: Reconciling Domestic Policy Objectives with Freer Trade in Agricultural Products . American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 85:668-673. 2003
- Multifunctional Agriculture and Domestic/International Policy Choice. Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy. 3:106-118. 2002
- The Benefits of Customer Participation in Wholesale Electricity Markets. The Electricity Journal. 15:41-51. 2002
- What Makes a Customer Price Responsive?. The Electricity Journal. 15:52-59. 2002
- Control of Nonpoint Source Pollution Through Voluntary Incentive-based Policies: An Application to Nitrate Contamination in New York. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 30:127-138. 2001
- Measuring the Financial Risks of New York Dairy Producers. Journal of Dairy Science. 84:411-420. 2001
- The Demand for Food Grain in China: New Insights into a Controversy. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 30:1-9. 2001
- A Hedonic Approach to Estimating Operation and Maintenance Costs for New York Municipal Water Systems. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 26:184-195. 1997
- Policy Implications of Ranking Distributions of Nitrate Runoff and Leaching by Farm, Region, and Soil Productivity. Journal of Production Agriculture. 10:477-483. 1997
- Spatial, Productivity, and Environmental Determinants of Farmland Values. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 79:1657-1664. 1997
- Tradeoff Between Economies of Size in Treatment and Diseconomies of Distribution for Rural Water Systems. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 26:237-246. 1997
- Control in a Dynamic Village Economy: The Reforms and Unbalanced Development in China's Rural Economy. Journal of Development Economics. 46:233-252. 1995
- An Optimization Model of the Dual-Purpose Cattle Production System in the Humid Lowlands of Venezuela. Agricultural Systems. 46:311-334. 1994
- Quantifying Chinese Village Leaders' Multiple Objectives. Journal of Comparative Economics. 18:25-45. 1994
- U.S. Dairy Policy Alternatives Under Bovine Somatotropin. Applied Economics. 26:283-295. 1994
- Grain Policies in Chinese Villages: Yield Response to Pricing, Procurement and Loan Policies. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 75:339-349. 1993
- Dual Second and Third-order Translog Models of Production. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 73:1146-1160. 1991
- Estimating Yield Response of Groundnuts to the Amount and Timing of Water Application. Journal of Production Agriculture. 4:1-9. 1991
- Accounting for the Importance of Non Farm Income on Farm Family Income Inequality in New York. Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 19:1-11. 1990
- Explaining the Distribution Between Importers and Exporters of Quota Rents from U.S. Cheese Imports. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 34:1-20. 1990
- Quota Rents and Subsidies: The Case of U.S. Cheese and Import Quotas. European Review of Agricultural Economics. 17:421-434. 1990
- The economics of producing algae and bivalve seed in hatcheries. Aquaculture. 86:163-179. 1990
- A comparison of risk efficiency criteria in evaluating groundnut performance in drought-prone areas. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 33:153-169. 1989
- A Model to Explain Participation in New York's Agricultural Districts and Use-Value Assessment Program. Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 17:167-177. 1988
- A General Measure of Output-Variable Input Demand Elasticities: Comment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 68:745-46. 1986
- Factors Influencing Participation in the Milk Diversion Program in the U.S. and New York. Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 14:193-202. 1985
- Feasibility assessment of whey-based ethanol facilities . Energy in Agriculture. 4:93-107. 1985
- An Evaluation of Administrative Changes in New York's Farmland Use-Value Assessment Program. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 39:53-57. 1984
- Decomposing the Induced Income Changes in Input-Output Models. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 66:99-103. 1984
- Variability of New York's Agricultural Use Values and its Implications for Policy. Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 13:254-263. 1984
- Employment Implications of Exporting Processed U.S. Agricultural Products. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 64:347-354. 1982
- Import Substitution for Livestock Feed in the Caribbean Community. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 64:70-79. 1982
- Energy and Employment Implications of Foreign Trade Opportunities in the Northeast. Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics. X:93-100. 1981
- Impact of New Procedures for Estimating Agricultural Use Values in New York. Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council. X:63-70. 1981
- Export Promotion and Trade Adjustment Assistance Priorities in the Northeast. Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council. IX:61-68. 1980
- Estimating Agricultural Use Values in New York State: Reply. Land Economics. 55:408-410. 1979
- Flood Insurance or Disaster Loans: An Economic Evaluation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 61:496-505. 1979
- Allocation of United States Coal Production to Meet Future Energy Needs. Land Economics. 54:316-336. 1978
- Estimating Farmland Use-Values in New York State. Land Economics. 54:50-63. 1978
- Available Field Time, Yield Losses and Farm Planning. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 24:21-32. 1976
- Factors Affecting Poverty in the Northeast, 1960-1970. Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council. 4:151-162. 1975
- A Benefit-Burden Analysis of Public School Financing: The Impact on Rural and Urban Taxpayers. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 56:578-585. 1974
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chapter
- Policy for Agricultural Adjustment in the United States. Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries. 237-254. 2006
- Multifunctionality and Optimal Environmental Policies for Agriculture in an Open Economy. Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda: Creating a Global Trading Environment for Development. 458-483. 2004
- Multifunctionality and Optimal Environmental Policies for Agriculture in an Open Economy. Agriculture, Trade and the WTO: Creating a Trade Environment for Development. 165-192. 2003
- A Note on the Concept of Jointness in Production, Annex 1. Multifunctionality: Towards an Analytical Framework. 105-121. 2001
- Joint Production in Four Outputs: Two Agricultural Commodities and Positive and Negative Externalities, Annex 2. Multifunctionality: Towards an Analytical Framework. 125-131. 2001
- Economic Aspects of Earthquake Loss Estimation. Estimating Losses From Future Earthquakes. 1989
- User's Needs. Estimating Losses From Future Earthquakes. 1989
- Changes in the Food Processing Industries and the National Economy. Economics of the Food Processing Industry. 381-407. 1988
- New York's Experience in Farmland Retention Through Agricultural Districts and Use-Value Assessment. Sustaining Agriculture Near Cities. 231-250. 1987
- The Status and Opportunities of Small Business in Foreign Trade in SBA Region II. The Regional Environments for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 1980
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conference paper
- Explaining Changes in the Distribution of Annual Dairy Farm Income over Time. American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting. 2008
- Generators’ Bidding Behavior in the NYISO Day-Ahead Wholesale Electricity Market. Proceedings of the IEEE HICSS40. 2007
- Potential Cost Savings from Discharge Permit Trading to meet TMDLs for Phosphorus in the Passaic River Watershed. American Agricultural Economics Association. 2007
- Quantifying the Sources of Dairy Farm Business Risk and Understanding the Implications for Risk Management Strategies. The International Farm Management Association 16th Congress. 2007
- Quantifying the Sources of Dairy Farm Business Risk and Understanding the Implications for Risk Management Strategies. SCC-76, Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources. 2007
- Economic Opportunities Associated with Phasing in a TMDL. Water Resources Program, Rutgers University. 2006
- Multifunctional Agriculture—A View from the United States. European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE). 2004
- Measuring the Risks of New York Dairy Producers. 1999 American Agricultural Economics Association Meetings. 1999
- Electric Energy Pricing and Power Use on Dairy Farms. Computers in Agricultural Extension Programs. 1992
- Information Needs for Evaluating the Agricultural District Approach to Farmland Protection. USDA-ERS Conference on Land Use Transition in Urbanizing Areas: Research and Information Needs. 1988
- A Model to Explain Participation in New York's Agricultural Districts and Use-Value Assessment Programs. American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting. 1986
- The Feasibility of Ethanol Production from Cheese Whey and Fruit Pomace in New York State. NRAES-17. 13-22. 1982
- Impacts of New Procedures for Estimating Agricultural Use Values in New York. Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council. 1981
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document part
- Linking the Theory and Actuality of Water Quality Trading Opportunities: Management Areas and Fixed Costs 2010
- Moving Beyond Open Markets for Water Quality Trading: The Gains from Structured Bilateral Trades in Small Watersheds 2009
- Allocating Land to New York’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to Maximize Net Environmental Benefits 2000
- Optimal Land Conversion at the Rural-Urban Fringe with Positive and Negative Agricultural Externalities 2000
- Validating Operational Food Security Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark 2000
- Effects of Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act on Local Government Finance and Rural Residents in New York. 1196-1197. 1998
- A Hedonic Approach to Estimating Operation and Maintenance Costs for New York Municipal Water Systems. 1734. 1997
- Conditions for Requiring Separate Green Payment Policies under Asymmetric Information. 1710. 1997
- Economies of Size in Water Treatment versus Diseconomies of Dispersion for Small Public Water Systems. 1723. 1997
- Optimal ‘Green’ Payments to Meet Chance Constraints on Nitrate Leaching Under Price and Yield Risk. 1397. 1996
- Policy Implications of Ranking Distributions of Nitrate Runoff and Leaching from Corn Production by Farm, Region, and Soil Productivity Group. 1397. 1996
- Bioeconomics of Regulating Nitrates in Groundwater: Taxes, Quantity Restrictions and Pollution Permits. 1256. 1994
- U.S. Dairy Policy Alternatives under Bovine Somatotropin (bST). 1305. 1993
- Grain Policy in China's Provinces: Simulating the Response of Yields to Pricing, Procurement and Loan Policies. 1536. 1991
- Quantifying the Relative Importance of Village Leader's Multiple Objectives in China's Reform Economy. 1536. 1991
- Control in a Dynamic Economy: Modeling the Behavior of the Chinese Village Leader. 1368. 1990
- Quota Rents and Subsidies: The Case of U.S. Cheese Import Quotas. 1206. 1988
- A Model to Explain Participation in New York's Agricultural Districts and Use-Value Assessment Program. 1390. 1986
- A Monte Carlo Experiment Demonstrating Specification Bias in Translog Cost Systems. 1384. 1986
- Assessing the Regional Economic Impact of New Biomass Energy Development 1982
- An Analysis of Income Distribution in the Northeast Using the Gamma Density. 1109. 1977
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report
- Methods for Characterizing Customer Preferences for Electricity Service Plans 2012
- The Effect on Electricity Consumption of the Commonwealth Edison Customer Application Program: Phase 2 Supplemental Information 2012
- Understanding Electric Utility Customers: Summary Report What we know and what we need to know 2012
- Electricity Pricing Structures for the 21st Century: Remodeling or New Construction? A Summary of Workshop Presentations and Dialogue. 150. 2011
- The Effect on Electricity Consumption of the Commonwealth Edison Customer Applications Program: Phase 2 Final Analysis 2011
- The Effect on Electricity Consumption of the Commonwealth Edison Customer Application Program Pilot: Phase 1 Report 2011
- Development and Water Quality Model Validation of a Phosphorus Trading Program for the Non-Tidal Passaic River Basin. 157. 2010
- Disasters, FMD and Food Security: Macroeconomic Responses to Large Scale Disruptions of U.S. Food Production 2010
- Residential Electricity Use Feedback: A Research Synthesis and Economic Framework. 126. 2009
- A Theoretical Framework for Electricity Demand and the Value of Feedback Information 2008
- Accounting for the Joint Multifunctional Agricultural Ouputs in the Transfer of Water from Rice Production to Non-Agricultural Uses in Taiwan 2008
- Economic Framework for Assessing the Value of Direct Energy Feedback and its Effect on Consumer Behavior 2008
- Methods to Estimate the Macroeconomic Impacts of Electricity Demand Response Facilitated by the Installation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) 2008
- Residential Electricity Use Feedback: A Research Synthesis and Economic Framework 2008
- Multifunctional Agricultural Policy, Reduced Domestic Support, and Liberalized Trade: An Empirical Assessment for Taiwanese Rice 2006
- Customer Strategies for Responding to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Electricity Pricing 2005
- Does Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program and Off-Farm Work Increase and Stabilize Farm Household Income? 2005
- Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program and Off-Farm Work: Implications for Farm and Household Productivity and Income 2005
- Customer Response to Day-ahead Wholesale Market Electricity Prices: Case Study of RTP Program Experience in New York. 138. 2004
- Macroeconomic Impact Analysis of the New York Energy $martSM Program: An analysis of short-term and longer-term impacts 2004
- Macroeconomic Impact Analysis of the New York Energy $martSM Program: An analysis of short-term and longer-term impacts 2004
- Social Welfare Implications of Demand Response Programs in Competitive Electricity Markets 2003
- Distribution of Community Water Systems Across the United States, With Emphasis on Size, Water Production, Ownership, and Current Treatment 1996
- Rural Utilities Service’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program and its Contribution to Small Public Water System Improvements in New York State 1996
- An Evaluation of Niagara Mohawk's 1993 Farm Rebate Program 1995
- An Evaluation of Niagara Mohawk's 1993 Farm Rebate Program. 64. 1994
- An Evaluation of Niagara Mohawk's Farm Rebate Program 1993
- Validating the Farmstead & Residence Electricity Demand Model 1993
- A Computer Code for Calculating Hourly Marginal Operating Costs Using SCD Data 1992
- Indirect Losses from a Catastrophic Earthquake and the Local, Regional and National Interest 1992
- The Farmstead & Residence Electricity Demand Model (FRED): An Analytical Tool 1992
- Time-of-Use Rates and Electricity Costs of Representative New York Dairy Farms. 48. 1992
- An Analysis of the Effects on Electricity Costs for Phase III Farm Customers Assigned to Time-of-Use Residential Rates 1991
- The Budgetary Implications of Reducing U.S. Income Inequality Through Income Transfer Programs. 57. 1991
- Review of Time-of-Use Research Project: Narrative of Proposed Research Methodologies. 64. 1990
- Estimating Losses From Future Earthquakes: Panel Report 1989
- Farmland Protection in New York State 1986
- A Time-Series Comparison of Alternative Agricultural Use-Value Estimates in New York 1984
- An Analysis of the Economic Impacts from Ethanol Production in Three New York State Regions 1982
- Ethanol Production in Dutchess Co., New York: Technical and Economic Feasibility 1981
- Ethanol Production in Southern Tier East Region of New York: Technical and Economic Feasibility 1981
- Ethanol Production in Southwestern New York: Technical and Economic Feasibility 1981
- Ethanol Production in Northern New York: Technical and Economic Feasibility 1980
- Farm Property Valuation in New York State 1980
- Estimating Farmland Use Value in New York State 1977
- Priorities in Economic Development Research In the Northeast: A Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Economic Development 1977
- A Non-Survey Technique for Regional I-O Models: Application to River Basin Planning 1976
- Chenango Development Project Final Report 1970-1974 1975
- Public School Financing: An Evaluation of New York State Legislative Proposals 1973
- Sugar Beet Supply Response of Southern Minnesota Growers to Varying Sugar Beet Prices: A Report to WM-51 1967
- Meeting multiple policy objectives under GHG emission reduction targets 2011
- Dairy Farm Management Adjustments to Biofuels-Induced Changes in Agricultural Markets 2008
- Quantifying the Contributions to Dairy Farm Business Risk: Implications for Producer’s Risk Management Strategies 2007
- Quantifying the Sources of Dairy Farm Business Risk and Implications for Management Strategies 2007
- Selected Economic Aspects of Water Quality Trading: A Primer and Interpretive Literature Review 2007
- Selected Economic Aspects of Water Quality Trading: A Primer and Interpretive Literature Review (Updated version) Mar. 2007 2007
- Electricity Demand and Prices in New York 2004
- Industrial and Commercial Customer Response to Real Time Electricity Prices 2004
- Methodology For Evaluating the Effects of PRL Programs 2004
- Results from the PRL Program Evaluation 2004
- Assessing the Market Impacts of the NYISO’s 2002 PRL Programs in New York’s Day-Ahead and Real-Time Markets for Electricity 2003
- Customer Preferences for Price-Responsive Load Programs 2003
- Implicit Price Elasticities of Demand for Electricity and Performance Results 2003
- Achieving Efficiency and Equity in Irrigation Management: An Optimization Model of the El Angel Watershed, Carchi, Ecuador 2002
- An Incentive Compatible Self-Compliant Pollution Policy under Asymmetric Information on Both Risk Attitudes and Technology 2002
- Evaluation of the Effects of the NYISO’s Price Responsive Load Programs on New York’s Day-Ahead and Real-Time Electricity Markets 2002
- Factors Affecting Firms’ Decisions to Participate in NYISO’s Electricity Demand Response Programs and Firms’ Valuation of Program Features 2002
- Implicit Price Elasticities of Demand for Electricity of Participants in NYISO’s Emergency Demand Reduction Program 2002
- Non-Trade Concerns and Domestic/International Policy Choice 2002
- Industrialization, Urbanization and Land Use in China 2000
- On Measuring Household Food Vulnerability: Case Evidence from Northern Mali 2000
- Optimal Land Conversion at the Rural-Urban Fringe with Positive and Negative Agricultural Externalities 2000
- Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators against a Dynamic Benchmark 2000
- Measuring the Risks of New York Dairy Producers 1999
- Multifunctionality and Optimal Environmental Policies for Agriculture in an Open Economy 1999
- Multifunctionality and Optimal Environmental Policies for Agriculture in an Open Economy 1999
- Non-parametric Tests of Consumer Behavior in Transition Economies 1999
- Effects of Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act on Local Government Finance and Rural Residents in New York 1998
- Food Demand in China: Lessons from Guangdong Province 1998
- Optimal Voluntary “Green” Payment Programs to Limit Nitrate Contamination Under Price and Yield Risk 1998
- A Hedonic Approach to Estimating Operation and Maintenance Costs for New York Municipal Water Systems 1996
- Economies of Size in Water Treatment vs. Diseconomies of Dispersion for Small Public Waters Systems 1996
- Optimal ‘Green’ Payments to meet Chance Constraints on Nitrate Leaching Under Price and Yield Risk 1995
- The Bioeconomics of Regulating Nitrates in Groundwater From Agricultural Production Through Taxes, Quantity Restrictions, and Pollution Permits 1995
- Bioeconomics of Regulating Nitrates in Groundwater: Taxes, Quantity Restrictions and Pollution Permits 1994
- The Effects of Time-of-Use Electricity Rates on New York Dairy Farms 1994
- U.S. Dairy Policy Alternatives under Bovine Somatotropin 1992
- Agricultural Risk Modeling Using Mathematical Programming 1990
- A Guide to Using the General Algebraic Modelling System (GAMS) for Applications in Agricultural Economics 1989
- A Risk Evaluation of Groundnut Genotypes in Drought Prone Areas of India 1989
- Empirical Implications of Reconciling the Behavioral Assumptions in Dual Models of Production 1988
- The Economics of Hatchery Produced Algae and Bivalve Seed 1988
- The Importance of Non-Farm Income on Farm Family Income Inequality in New York 1987
- Agricultural Districts and Use-Value Assessment: The New York Experience in Farmland Retention 1986
- The Role of Alternative Risk Programming Models in Empirical Research 1985
- Biomass Potential for Energy Production in the Northeast 1984
- A Programming Approach for Allocating State Aid to Education in New York 1983
- Decomposing the Induced Income Changes in Input-Output Models 1983
- Decomposing the Induced Income Changes in Input-Output Models 1983
- A Programming Approach for Evaluating Alternatives for Financing Public Education 1982
- An Empirical Evaluation of Alternative Procedures for Determining Agricultural Use Values in New York 1982
- The Translog Production Function: Its Properties and Interpretations 1982
- Energy and Employment Implications of Foreign Trade Opportunities in the Northeast 1981
- Economic Feasibility of Import Substitution of Livestock Feed in the Caribbean Community 1980
- Evaluation of Farmland Use-Value Assessment in New York 1980
- Economics of Federal Flood Insurance and Loan Programs 1979
- Financing New York's Governments 1978
- Lemke's Complementary Algorithm for Quadratic Programming: Theory, Applications and User Documentation 1976
- The Northeast's Changing Low Income Population: An Explanation and Policy Implications 1976
- Impact of Floods and Flood Management Policy on Economic Development and Recovery 1975
- Farm and Non-Farm Alternatives for Limited Resource Dairy Farmers in Central New York 1974
- A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Local vs. State School Financing 1973
- A Method for Farm Planning Under Uncertain Weather Conditions, With Applications to Corn-Soybean Farming in Southern Minnesota 1973
- An Evaluation of Three BOCES Bond Payment Alternatives 1973
- Choice in Risk Situations: A Comparison and Evaluation of Alternative Criteria 1972
- Tax Alternatives for Supporting Public Education 1972
- The Impact of School Financing Reform on New York State Taxpayers 1972
Teaching
teaching overview
- Since joining the Agricultural Economics faculty at Cornell in 1971, I have been committed to excellence in scholarly research and graduate education. During my 15 years as Director of Graduate Studies, I set a high standard for advising incoming students. Although very capable, our graduate students typically come from very diverse backgrounds; many are attracted to the program by its relative flexibility. With such diverse backgrounds, much advising of incoming students is one-on-one. It is also essential to discuss the program’s flexibility within the context of professional expectations of potential employers looking for graduates well grounded in theory and methods and with a depth of training in a specific subject matter. By also encouraging students to broaden their education well beyond one specialization and their immediate research interests, I underscore the growing importance of being able to apply their training to a variety of economics problems. I remain committed to offering rigorous, in-depth graduate courses. In my courses, I emphasize the conceptual interrelation between theory and methods. I discuss important contemporary applications, as well as encourage students to think critically about how theory and methods can be applied in innovative ways.
teaching activities
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Spring 2013
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- AEM-4990: Undergraduate Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-6080: Production Economics - Fall 2012
- AEM-6940: Graduate Special Topics in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2012
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2012
- AEM-7010: Applied Microeconomics I - Fall 2012
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- ECON-4080: Production Economics - Fall 2012
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Spring 2012
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- AEM-4990: Undergraduate Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-6080: Production Economics - Fall 2011
- AEM-6940: Graduate Special Topics in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2011
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2011
- AEM-7010: Applied Microeconomics I - Fall 2011
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- ECON-4080: Production Economics - Fall 2011
Service
outreach overview
- Extension: Prepare selected extension educational materials. In 2008, prepared materials on water quality trading and dairy risk for dissemination to Federal and state officials, and to dairy producers. Outreach: Present research results on electricity load shifting to industry leaders. Present finding about factors participation in CRP, the benefits of water quality trading, and the impact of changes in agricultural policy to meet multifunctional goals to federal and international agricultural agencies.
service to the profession
- International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Member 2002 -
- Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) Member 1971 -
- American Economics Association (AEA) Member 1968 -
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Member 1967 -
- Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society
- National Institute for Building Sciences and Federal Emergency Management Agency Committee Member 2011 - 2013
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Teaching Award Committee Committee Member - 2007
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Selected Papers Committee Reviewer - 2007
- NM Receivables Corp Board of Directors 1996 - 2005
- National Institute of Building Sciences and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Committee to provide technical oversight of the planning and development of a GIS software-based national flood estimating methodology Committee Member 1996 - 2005
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Master's Thesis Award Committee Committee Member 2001 - 2003
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Master's Thesis Award Committee Chairperson - 2002
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Selected Papers Committee Reviewer 1995 - 1998
- New York State Dept. of Agriculture & Markets Advisory Council on Agriculture Dean's Representative 1992 - 1993
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Dissertation Committee Chairperson 1991 - 1992
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Research Council (NRC) Advisory Group for Workshop on Earthquake Economic Issues Research Review Panel 1989 - 1990
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Dissertation Committee Committee Member - 1990
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Selected Papers Committee Reviewer - 1989
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Research Council (NRC) Earthquake Loss Estimation Methodologies Panel Member Research Review Panel 1986 - 1988
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Committee on Special Publications Committee Member 1985 - 1987
- NYS Legislative Tax Study Commission Reviewer 1982 - 1985
- Cornell Faculty Advisory Group for the Chenango County Limited Resource Farmer Program Chairperson 1975 - 1977
- Northeast Rural Development Center's Ad Hoc Committee on Economic Development Co-chair 1975 - 1976
- Program Board of the Chenango Development Project Board Member 1973 - 1974
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Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in, University of Minnesota 1971
- Montana State University 1966
awards and honors
- MARUYAMA Prize for published research, 2007
- SATO Prize for published research, 2007
- Annual Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching, 2006
- Journal Article of the Year, 2006
- Journal Article of the Year, 2005
- Journal Article of the Year, 2002
- Award for Special Achievement, 1978
- Honorable Mention, AAEA Published Research Award, 1974
- NDEA Fellowship, 1966
- Advanced Honor Scholarship, 1965
- Cornell University's Nomination for the 1980 AAEA Published Research Award
- University of Minnesota's Nomination for the 1972 AAEA Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award
Other
college
- CALS
research keyword
- Agricultural Production and Risk Analysis; Resource and Environmental Economics; Statistical and Quantitative Analysis
name prefix
- Dr.