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Working Papers

2012

1. Commodity Price Adjustment in a Competitive Storage Model with an Application to the US Biofuel Policies
   2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
2. Commodity Prices and Volatility in Response to Anticipated Climate Change
   2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
3. Corn Production Shocks in 2012 and Beyond: Implications for Food Price Volatility
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2012)

2010

4. Identifying Supply and Demand Elasticities of Agricultural Commodities: Implications for the US Ethanol Mandate
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
5. Is Agricultural Production Becoming More or Less Sensitive to Extreme Heat? Evidence from U.S. Corn and Soybean Yields
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2011)
6. Using Enrollment Discontinuities to Estimate the Effect of Voluntary Conservation on Local Land Values
   2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
7. Who Really Benefits from Agricultural Subsidies? Evidence from Field-Level Data
   2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)

2009

8. Production Effects of Decoupled Commodity Program Payments: An Instrumental Variables Approach
   2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2008

9. Did the Baby Boom Cause the Farm-Size Boom?
   2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
10. Do Decoupled Payments Stimulate Production? Estimating the Effect on Program Crop Acreage Using Matching
    2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (3)
11. Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields: The Importance of Nonlinear Temperature Effects
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Columbia University, Department of Economics (2006)
12. Optimal Corn and Soybean Rotations
    2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (3)

2007

13. Commodity Payments, Farm Business Survival, and Farm Size Growth
    Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (2)
14. Does Crop Insurance Affect Crop Yields?
    2007 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2007, Portland, Oregon TN, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
15. NONPECUNIARY BENEFITS TO FARMING AND DECOUPLED PAYMENTS
    2007 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2007, Portland, Oregon TN, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2006

16. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND-USE CHANGE: THE ROLE OF ECONOMICS AND POLICY
    Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (5)
17. Government Payments and Farmland Concentration
    2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
18. Major Uses of Land in The United States, 2002
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (5)
19. The Value of Plant Disease Early-Warning Systems: A Case Study of USDA's Soybean Rust Coordinated Framework
    Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (6)

2005

20. Do Government Payments Influence Farm Business Survival?
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
21. Does risk matter for farm businesses? The effect of crop insurance on production and diversification
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (3)
22. Extent, Location, and Characteristics of Land Cropped Due to Insurance Subsidies
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
23. POTENTIAL MARKET IMPACTS OF SOYBEAN RUST
    Agricultural Outlook Forum 2005, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum

2004

24. DECOUPLED PAYMENTS IN A CHANGING POLICY SETTING
    Agricultural Economics Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (2)
25. POLICY DIRECTIONS TO MITIGATE WATER-SUPPLY RISK IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE: A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
26. RISK, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    Technical Bulletins, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (5)
27. THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL, COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND FARMER PERCEPTION OF GM CROPS
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
28. The 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act: Correcting a Distortion?
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (2)
29. The Conservation Reserve Program: Economic Implications for Rural America
    Agricultural Economics Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (8)

2003

30. CHEMICAL AND FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO CROP INSURANCE: EVIDENCE FROM CENSUS MICRO DATA
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
31. GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (6)
32. THE IMPORTANCE OF INCOME RISK IN LABOR ALLOCATION DECISIONS
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2002

33. RISK AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE: HOW INCOME SHOCKS INFLUENCE FARM SIZE
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
34. SLIPPAGE OR SPURIOUS CORRELATION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)

Undated

35. A Mixed Effects Model of Crop Yields for Purposes of Premium Determination
    2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Journal Articles

Forthcoming

1. AJAE Appendix: Agricultural Payments and Land Concentration: A Semi-Parametric Spatial Regression Analysis
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics Appendices, Forthcoming
2. AJAE Appendix: Nonpecuniary Benefits to Farming: Implications for Supply Response to Decoupled Payments
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics Appendices, Forthcoming

2012

3. Projected temperature changes indicate significant increase in interannual variability of U.S. maize yields
   Climatic Change, 2012, 112, (2), 525-533
4. The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather: Comment
   American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (7), 3749-60 View citations (1)

2009

5. Did the Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act Alter Farm Enterprise Diversification?
   Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 60, (1), 80-104 View citations (3)
6. Estimating the Value of an Early-Warning System
   Review of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 31, (2), 303-329 View citations (1)
7. Nonpecuniary Benefits to Farming: Implications for Supply Response to Decoupled Payments
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (1), 1-18 View citations (10)
8. World Supply and Demand of Food Commodity Calories
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (5), 1235-1242 View citations (6)

2008

9. Agricultural Payments and Land Concentration: A Semiparametric Spatial Regression Analysis
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2008, 90, (3), 627-643 View citations (4)
10. Land Retirement Programs May Induce Enduring Land-Use Changes
    Amber Waves, 2008

2007

11. Cropland Concentrating Faster Where Payments Are Higher
    Amber Waves, 2007
12. Do Government Payments Influence Farm Size and Survival?
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2007, 32, (02) View citations (6)
13. Enduring Impacts of Land Retirement Policies: Evidence from the Conservation Reserve Program
    Land Economics, 2007, 83, (4), 516-538 View citations (10)
14. Measures of Trends in Farm Size Tell Differing Stories
    Amber Waves, 2007 View citations (2)

2006

15. Agricultural Policy Affects Land Use and the Environment
    Amber Waves, 2006 View citations (1)
16. Estimating the Extent of Moral Hazard in Crop Insurance Using Administrative Data*
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 28, (3), 381-390 View citations (5)
17. Government Payments and Farm Business Survival
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 88, (2), 382-392 View citations (15)
18. Nonlinear Effects of Weather on Corn Yields*
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 28, (3), 391-398 View citations (2)
19. Public Information Creates Value
    Amber Waves, 2006 View citations (1)
20. Risk and farm operator labour supply
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (5), 573-586 View citations (2)
21. Slippage in the Conservation Reserve Program or Spurious Correlation? A Rejoinder
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 88, (2), 512-514 View citations (5)

2005

22. Farm-Level Production Effects from Participation in Government Commodity Programs: Did the 1996 Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act Make a Difference?
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 87, (5), 1211-1219 View citations (7)
23. How Cost-Effective Are Land Retirement Auctions? Estimating the Difference between Payments and Willingness to Accept in the Conservation Reserve Program
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 87, (5), 1239-1247 View citations (15)
24. Losing Under Contract: Transaction-Cost Externalities and Spot Market Disintegration
    Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2005, 3, (2), 1-19 View citations (1)
25. Slippage in the Conservation Reserve Program or Spurious Correlation? A Comment
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 87, (1), 244-250 View citations (8)

2004

26. Coping With Risk in Agriculture
    Amber Waves, 2004
27. How Do Decoupled Payments Affect Resource Allocations Within the Farm Sector?
    Amber Waves, 2004 View citations (1)

2003

28. The Incidence of Government Program Payments on Agricultural Land Rents: The Challenges of Identification
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 85, (3), 762-769 View citations (33)
29. Who Benefits from Government Farm Payments?
    Choices, 2003, 18, (3) View citations (4)

1996

30. Natural Resource Prices: Will They Ever Turn Up?
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1996, 31, (1), 65-78 View citations (33)

Chapters

2012

1. Corn Production Shocks in 2012 and Beyond: Implications for Food Price Volatility
   A chapter in The Economics of Food Price Volatility, 2012
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2011

2. Is Agricultural Production Becoming More or Less Sensitive to Extreme Heat? Evidence from US Corn and Soybean Yields
   A chapter in The Design and Implementation of US Climate Policy, 2011, pp 271-282
   See also Working Paper (2010)
3. The Evolution of Heat Tolerance of Corn: Implications for Climate Change
   A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 225-251 View citations (2)

Editor

1. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
   Elsevier