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Working Papers

2012

1. Smallholder Behavioral Responses to Marketing Board Activities in a Dual Channel Marketing System: The Case of Maize in Zambia
   2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (12)
2. The dynamics of insurance demand under liquidity constraints and insurer default risk
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (8)
3. Zambian Smallholder Behavioral Responses To Food Reserve Agency Activities (Revised Version)
   Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics View citations (3)

2011

4. The Effects of the Food Reserve Agency on Maize Market Prices in Zambia
   Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics View citations (13)
   Also in Food Security Collaborative Working Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (2011) View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article The effects of the Food Reserve Agency on maize market prices in Zambia, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2013) View citations (51) (2013)
5. Zambian Smallholder Behavioral Responses To Food Reserve Agency Activities
   Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics View citations (3)
   Also in Food Security Collaborative Working Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (2011) View citations (4)

2010

6. Measuring Integration and Efficiency in Maize Grain Markets: The Case of South Africa and Mozambique
   2010 AAAE Third Conference/AEASA 48th Conference, September 19-23, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) View citations (15)
7. Patterns and Trends in Food Staples Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa: Toward the Identification of Priority Investments and Strategies for Developing Markets and Promoting Smallholder Productivity Growth
   Food Security International Development Working Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics View citations (38)

2009

8. A Test of the New Variant Famine Hypothesis: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia
   2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists
   See also Journal Article A Test of the New Variant Famine Hypothesis: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia, World Development, Elsevier (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

2007

9. HIV/AIDS and Agrarian Livelihoods in Zambia: A Test of the New Variant Famine Hypothesis
   Food Security Collaborative Working Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics View citations (1)
   Also in Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (2007) View citations (2)

2006

10. The Effects of Government Maize Marketing Policies on Maize Market Prices in Kenya
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

2005

11. How Should We Value Agricultural Insurance Contracts
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (4)

2004

12. Grain marketing policy changes and spatial efficiency of maize and wheat markets in Ethiopia
    MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)

2003

13. Analyzing grain market efficiency in developing countries: review of existing methods and extensions to the parity bounds model
    MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2002

14. DYNAMIC RISK MANAGEMENT UNDER CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
    2002 Conference, April 22-23, 2002, St. Louis, Missouri, NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management
15. Testing for Constant Hedge Ratios in Commodity Markets: A Multivariate Garch Approach
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (55)
    Also in Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University (2001) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Testing for constant hedge ratios in commodity markets: a multivariate GARCH approach, Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier (2002) View citations (53) (2002)

2001

16. OPTIMAL POST-HARVEST GRAINS STORAGE BY RISK AVERSE FARMERS
    Staff Paper Series, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

1999

17. FORECASTING ACCURACY, RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND MARKET EFFICIENCY IN THE US BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY
    1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (4)
18. SOCIAL CAPITAL, THE TERMS OF TRADE, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
    Staff Paper Series, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics View citations (4)

1998

19. INVESTMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY AND DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT IN FINNISH PORK INDUSTRY
    1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Investment under Uncertainty and Dynamic Adjustment in the Finnish Pork Industry, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2000) View citations (42) (2000)
20. The Effect of Liberalization on Grain Prices and Marketing Margins in Ethiopia
    Food Security International Development Working Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics View citations (9)

1997

21. EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE CROP INSURANCE DESIGNS
    1997 Regional Committee NCT-173, October 6-7, 1997, Denver, Colorado, Regional Research Committee NC-1014: Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition

1993

22. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES: A VIEWPOINT
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations (29)

1992

23. Time Series Econometrics and Commodity Price Analysis
    1992 Conference (36th), February 10-13, 1992, Canberra, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society View citations (4)

1989

24. MODELING COMMODITY PRICE DISTRIBUTION AND ESTIMATING THE OPTIMAL FUTURES HEDGE
    Working Papers, Michigan State - Econometrics and Economic Theory View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Columbia - Center for Futures Markets (1989) View citations (6)
25. ON SUPPLY SIDE OPTION VALUE
    Staff Papers, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics

1985

26. SHIFTING FOUNDATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY ANALYSIS: WELFARE ECONOMICS WHEN RISK MARKETS ARE INCOMPLETE
    Staff Papers, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics View citations (13)

Journal Articles

2013

1. Evaluating the effectiveness of inter-regional trade and storage in Malawi’s private sector maize markets
   Food Policy, 2013, 41, (C), 75-84 View citations (8)
2. The effects of the Food Reserve Agency on maize market prices in Zambia
   Agricultural Economics, 2013, 44, (2), 203-216 View citations (51)
   See also Working Paper The Effects of the Food Reserve Agency on Maize Market Prices in Zambia, Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs (2011) View citations (13) (2011)
3. The spillover effects of biofuel policy on participation in the conservation reserve program
   Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37, (9), 1755-1770

2012

4. Multiple-Regime Spatial Price Transmission with an Application to Maize Markets in Southern Africa
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2012, 94, (1), 174-188 View citations (38)

2011

5. The effects of a large discrete maize price increase on the distribution of household welfare and poverty in rural Kenya-super-1
   Agricultural Economics, 2011, 42, (3), 343-356 View citations (26)

2010

6. A Century of Research on Agricultural Markets
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 92, (2), 376-403 View citations (24)
7. A Test of the New Variant Famine Hypothesis: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia
   World Development, 2010, 38, (3), 356-368 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper A Test of the New Variant Famine Hypothesis: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia, 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China (2009) (2009)
8. Expected utility paradoxes
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2010, 39, (2), 187-193 View citations (14)

2009

9. Model selection in stochastic frontier analysis with an application to maize production in Kenya
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2009, 31, (1), 33-46 View citations (32)

2008

10. Dynamics of rice prices and agricultural wages in the Philippines
    Agricultural Economics, 2008, 38, (3), 339-348 View citations (26)
11. The effects of NCPB marketing policies on maize market prices in Kenya
    Agricultural Economics, 2008, 38, (3), 313-325 View citations (39)

2007

12. AJAE Appendix: Estimating Policy Effects on Spatial Market Efficiency: An Extension to the Parity Bounds Model
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics APPENDICES, 2007, 89, (2), 5 View citations (53)
    Also in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 89, (2), 338-352 (2007) View citations (61)

2006

13. Managing food price risks and instability in a liberalizing market environment: Overview and policy options
    Food Policy, 2006, 31, (4), 275-287 View citations (60)
14. On the costs of food price fluctuations in low-income countries
    Food Policy, 2006, 31, (4), 288-301 View citations (26)

2005

15. Measuring Excess Capital Capacity in Agricultural Production
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 91, (3), 765-776 View citations (4)

2003

16. Optimal On-Farm Grain Storage by Risk-Averse Farmers
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2003, 28, (3), 22 View citations (6)
17. Report of the AJAE Editors (2002–2003)
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 85, (5), 1343-1347

2002

18. Social Capital and the Terms of Trade for Farmland
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2002, 24, (1), 44-58 View citations (32)
19. Testing for constant hedge ratios in commodity markets: a multivariate GARCH approach
    Journal of Empirical Finance, 2002, 9, (5), 589-603 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper Testing for Constant Hedge Ratios in Commodity Markets: A Multivariate Garch Approach, Staff General Research Papers Archive (2002) View citations (55) (2002)

2000

20. Crop Insurance under Catastrophic Risk
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 82, (4), 842-855 View citations (39)
21. Investment under Uncertainty and Dynamic Adjustment in the Finnish Pork Industry
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 82, (4), 956-967 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper INVESTMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY AND DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT IN FINNISH PORK INDUSTRY, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT (1998) View citations (19) (1998)

1999

22. HEDGING WITH FUTURES AND OPTIONS UNDER A TRUNCATED CASH PRICE DISTRIBUTION
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (3), 11 View citations (7)

1998

23. The Effects of Crop Yield Insurance Designs on Farmer Participation and Welfare
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1998, 80, (4), 806-820 View citations (36)

1997

24. Regime shifts and technology diffusion in crop yield growth paths with an application to maize yields in Zimbabwe
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1997, 41, (3), 19 View citations (3)

1996

25. Optimal Dynamic Hedging in Unbiased Futures Markets
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1996, 78, (1), 13-20 View citations (11)

1995

26. Testing for a time-varying risk premiumin the returns to U.S. farmland
    Journal of Empirical Finance, 1995, 2, (3), 265-276 View citations (9)

1994

27. Time Series Econometrics and Commodity Price Analysis: A Review
    Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, 1994, 62, (02), 15 View citations (37)

1992

28. Incomplete Markets and Commodity-Linked Finance in Developing Countries
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1992, 7, (1), 79-94 View citations (5)
29. Intervention bias in agricultural policy
    Agricultural Economics, 1992, 7, (3-4), 209-224 View citations (1)
30. WHY DO FARMERS FORWARD CONTRACT IN FACTOR MARKETS?
    Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1992, 24, (01), 7 View citations (6)

1991

31. Bivariate GARCH Estimation of the Optimal Commodity Futures Hedge
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1991, 6, (2), 109-24 View citations (321)

1990

32. ESTIMATING SOURCES OF FLUCTUATIONS IN THE AUSTRALIAN WOOL MARKET: AN APPLICATION OF VAR METHODS
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1990, 34, (3), 242-262 View citations (12)
    Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1990, 34, (3), 21 (1990) View citations (11)
33. Supply-Side Option Value: Further Discussion
    Land Economics, 1990, 66, (4), 425-429 View citations (3)

1985

34. EFFECTS OF PAST AUSTRALIAN WHEAT PRICE POLICIES ON KEY INDUSTRY VARIABLES
    Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1985, 29, (01), 15 View citations (3)
    Also in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1985, 29, (1), 1-15 (1985) View citations (5)

Editor

1. American Journal of Agricultural Economics
   Agricultural and Applied Economics Association