Details about Robert D. Weaver

Homepage:	https://sites.psu.edu/r2weaver/
Postal address:	203 Armsby Bldg Economics AESE Penn State University University Park, PA 16802
Workplace:	Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2016

1. Dairy Price commodity in Italy: volatility and forecast after milk quotas
   2016 International European Forum (151st EAAE Seminar), February 15-19, 2016, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks View citations (2)
2. Structural change and dairy chain efficiency in Italy
   149th Seminar, October 27-28, 2016, Rennes, France, European Association of Agricultural Economists
   See also Journal Article Structural Changes and Dairy Chain Efficiency in Italy, International Journal on Food System Dynamics, International Center for Management, Communication, and Research (2015) View citations (4) (2015)

2015

3. Macroeconomics and the Nexus between Energy and Agricultural Commodities Prices
   2015 International European Forum (144th EAAE Seminar), February 9-13, 2015, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks
4. Price Transmission in Vertical Dairy Chains: The Italian Case
   2015 International European Forum (144th EAAE Seminar), February 9-13, 2015, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks

2013

5. Agricultural market integration: price transmission and policy intervention
   2013 Second Congress, June 6-7, 2013, Parma, Italy, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA) View citations (3)

2012

6. Global Exposure: Food Price Spike Effects on Ethiopian Farm Households
   2012: New Rules of Trade? December 2012, San Diego, California, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

2011

7. Pricing Perishables
   2011 International European Forum, February 14-18, 2011, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks

2010

8. Network connections and innovation capacity in traditional agrifood chains
   116th Seminar, October 27-30, 2010, Parma, Italy, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)
9. PRIVATE LABELS: A MECHANISM FOR FULFILLING CONSUMER DEMAND FOR HEALTHY FOOD?
   115th Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar, September 15-17, 2010, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany, European Association of Agricultural Economists
10. Private Labels: A Sign of Changing Times
    2010 International European Forum, February 8-12, 2010, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks View citations (1)
11. Relationship Quality and Innovation Capacity of Chains: The Case of the Traditional Food Sector in the EU
    2010 International European Forum, February 8-12, 2010, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Relationship Quality and Innovation Capacity of Chains: The Case of the Traditional Food Sector in the EU, International Journal on Food System Dynamics, International Center for Management, Communication, and Research (2011) View citations (9) (2011)
12. Returns to scale and dynamics of multiple enterprises
    114th Seminar, April 15-16, 2010, Berlin, Germany, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)
13. Why Differences Make a Difference: Traditional Food Chain Performance in Selected European Countries
    2010 International European Forum, February 8-12, 2010, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks

2009

14. Outsourcing and Offshoring: Sector Implications for Dynamics, Growth, and Sustainability
    2009 International European Forum, February 15-20, 2009, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks
15. Supply Chain and Network Performance: Metrics for Profitability, Productivity, and Efficiency
    2009 International European Forum, February 15-20, 2009, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks
    See also Journal Article Supply Chain and Network Performance: Metrics for Profitability, Productivity, and Efficiency, International Journal on Food System Dynamics, International Center for Management, Communication, and Research (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

2005

16. Structural Change in Transition: A Role for Organizational Legitimacy? Evidence from Czech Agriculture
    2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (2)
17. Technical Efficiency Effects of Technological Change: Another Perspective on GM Crops
    2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Association of Agricultural Economists

2004

18. FORWARD CONTRACTING SPECIFICATION THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
    2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2003

19. RETAIL SALES: DO THEY MEAN REDUCED EXPENDITURES? GERMAN GROCERY EVIDENCE
    2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2002

20. CONTRACTING, CAPTIVE SUPPLIES, AND PRICE BEHAVIOR
    2002 Conference, April 22-23, 2002, St. Louis, Missouri, NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management View citations (1)
21. Contracting, Signaling of Uncertain Quality, and Price Volatility?
    2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain, European Association of Agricultural Economists
22. DOES GENERIC ADVERTISING WRAP DEMAND CURVATURE?
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
23. Designing Crop Insurance to Manage Moral Hazard Costs
    2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain, European Association of Agricultural Economists
24. FOOD RETAIL SALES (PRICING): THEORY AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR GERMAN GROCERY STORES
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2001

25. CROP INSURANCE CONTRACTING: MORAL HAZARD COSTS THROUGH SIMULATION
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
26. PRICE VOLATILITY IN THE U.S. DAIRY SECTOR: DUE TO WEEK-OF-MONTHS EFFECTS?
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2000

27. Commodity Price Volatility under New Market Orientations
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

1999

28. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND ‘NEW’ RISK MANAGEMENT: AN APPLICATION TO PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY FARMS
    1999 Regional Committee NC-221, 1999, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Regional Research Committee NC-1014: Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition
29. TARGETING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN AGRICULTURE: IPM AND BMPS AS ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
    1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
30. THE TRANSMISSION OF PRICE VOLATILITY IN THE BEEF MARKETS
    1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (6)

1998

31. Reducing soil contamination: economic incentives and potential benefits
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)

1997

32. Agriculture's environmental externalities: DEA evidence for French agriculture
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Agriculture's environmental externalities: DEA evidence for French agriculture, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (1997) View citations (33) (1997)
33. Damage control productivity: why econometrics matters
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Damage Control Productivity: Why Econometrics Matters, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (1997) View citations (36) (1997)
34. Information, production risk and chemicals: a panel data approach
    Post-Print, HAL
35. Pesticide productivity: intertemporal, interfirm heterogeneity
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)

1996

36. Assessment of producers' attitude toward risk and information using panel data: the example of pesticide use in the French crop sector
    Post-Print, HAL
37. Environmentally Sensitive Area Schemes: public economics and evidence
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
38. Intertemporal and interfirm heterogeneity: implications for pesticide productivity
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Intertemporal and Interfirm Heterogeneity: Implications for Pesticide Productivity, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie (1996) View citations (9) (1996)
39. Regulation of nonpoint source pollution when factor augmentation of polluting inputs is possible
    Post-Print, HAL

1995

40. Agriculture's environmental externalities: is there a free lunch ? DEA evidence for French agriculture
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (1995)
41. Heterogeneity bias, panel data and the productivity of pesticides
    Post-Print, HAL
42. Heterogeneity in production technologies and estimation of the pesticide productivity
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
43. Managing agriculture's impacts on the environment: basic economics and international evidence
    Post-Print, HAL
44. Pennsylvania Farms and Improved Nitrogen Management
    AE & RS Research Reports, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
45. Reduction in soil contamination: economic incentives and potential benefits
    Post-Print, HAL
46. Subvector Technical EffÏciency: An Application to French Agriculture
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (1995)
47. The contribution of pesticides to agricultural production: a reconsideration
    (Le rôle des pesticides dans la production agricole: nouvelle approche)
    Post-Print, HAL

1994

48. PESTICIDE USE AND CONSUMER DEMAND FOR PRODUCE QUALITY: A SURVEY OF EVIDENCE
    Pesticide Use and Produce Quality: Proceedings of a Workshop, Food and Agricultural Marketing Consortium (FAMC) View citations (2)
49. Pollution diffuse par l'agriculture
    Post-Print, HAL
50. Prévention et assurance des risques de pollution: le cas de l'agriculture
    Post-Print, HAL
51. Valuation of undesirable foodborne effects when consumers mitigate
    Post-Print, HAL

1993

52. The Economics of Adoption of Environmentally Beneficial Agricultural Practices: (EBAPs): An Analytical Review of Evidence
    Staff Paper Series, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

1992

53. Environmental Performance of Agricultural Chemistry: The Role of FIFRA
    Staff Paper Series, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
54. Hedonism and Altruism as Derterminants of Consumer Valuation of Pesticide Residual Free Produce
    WAEA/ WFEA Conference Archive (1929-1995), Western Agricultural Economics Association

1989

55. An integrated model of perennial and annual crop production for Sub-Saharan countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1988

56. Price and tax policy for semi-subsistence agriculture in Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

1984

57. Corner Solutions in Duality Models: A Cross—Section Analysis of Dairy Production Decisions
    1984 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, Ithaca, New York, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
    See also Journal Article Corner Solutions in Duality Models: A Cross-Section Analysis of Dairy Production Decisions, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (1989) View citations (4) (1989)

1983

58. Discussion: On the Usefulness and Proper Measurement of Returns to Scale and Size
    North Central Region Archives, North Central Region - North Central Cooperative Extension Association (NCCEA)

1982

59. A Dual Approach to Analysis of Dairy Production Decisions
    1982 Annual Meeting, August 1-4, Logan, Utah, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
60. Cash Price Stability in the Presence of Futures Markets: A Multivariate Causality Test for Live Beef Cattle
    1982 Annual Meeting, August 1-4, Logan, Utah, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

1981

61. Agricultural Price Expectations: An Erroneous, but Better Approach to Measurement
    1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

1980

62. Measurement and Forecasting of Agricultural Productivity
    Staff Paper Series, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
63. Policy Control of Corn Acreage: A Re-examination
    1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
    Also in Staff Paper Series, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (1979)

1979

64. Discontinuous Policy and Distorted Choices: The Case of Acreage Control
    1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
    Also in Staff Paper Series, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (1978) View citations (2)
65. Empirical Implications of Discontinuous Policy: The Case of Acreage Controls in Agriculture
    Staff Paper Series, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology View citations (1)
66. Survey of Promising Developments in Supply Response: Pre- and Post-Data Econometric Methods for Integration of Neo-Classical Theory with Sample Evidence
    Staff Paper Series, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

1978

67. Returns to Scale for Multiple Product, Non-Homothetic Production
    Staff Paper Series, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
68. Supply and Input Choice Response by Multiple Product Firms: New Approaches
    AE & RS Research Reports, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology View citations (1)

1975

69. Factors Influencing Manufacturing Employment Change in Small Wisconsin Cities: 1960 -1970
    1975 Annual Meeting, August 10-13, Columbus, Ohio, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Pricing Perishables: Robust Price Assurance
   International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 2020, 11, (01) View citations (1)
2. Sustainable Management of Remanufacturing in Dynamic Supply Chains
   Networks and Spatial Economics, 2020, 20, (3), 703-731 View citations (1)

2018

3. Pricing Perishables with Uncertain Demand, Substitutes, and Consumer Heterogeneity
   International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 2018, 9, (5)

2016

4. Integrated supply chain management for perishable products: Dynamics and oligopolistic competition perspectives with application to pharmaceuticals
   International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, 179, (C), 117-129 View citations (13)

2015

5. Enhancing Innovation Capacity Through Vertical, Horizontal, and Third‐Party Networks for Traditional Foods
   Agribusiness, 2015, 31, (3), 294-313 View citations (5)
6. Structural Changes and Dairy Chain Efficiency in Italy
   International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 2015, 06, (3), 21 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Structural change and dairy chain efficiency in Italy, 149th Seminar, October 27-28, 2016, Rennes, France (2016) (2016)

2014

7. Agricultural and oil commodities: price transmission and market integration between US and Italy
   Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, 2014, 03, (2), 25 View citations (8)

2013

8. Strategic response to pollution taxes in supply chain networks: Dynamic, spatial, and organizational dimensions
   European Journal of Operational Research, 2013, 231, (2), 314-327 View citations (15)

2012

9. Oligopolies in pollution permit markets: A dynamic game approach
   International Journal of Production Economics, 2012, 140, (1), 48-56 View citations (8)

2011

10. Relationship Quality and Innovation Capacity of Chains: The Case of the Traditional Food Sector in the EU
    International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 2011, 02, (01), 22 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Relationship Quality and Innovation Capacity of Chains: The Case of the Traditional Food Sector in the EU, 2010 International European Forum, February 8-12, 2010, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

2010

11. Supply Chain and Network Performance: Metrics for Profitability, Productivity, and Efficiency
    International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 2010, 01, (01), 13 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Supply Chain and Network Performance: Metrics for Profitability, Productivity, and Efficiency, 2009 International European Forum, February 15-20, 2009, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria (2009) (2009)

2008

12. Collaborative pull innovation: origins and adoption in the new economy
    Agribusiness, 2008, 24, (3), 388-402 View citations (11)

2007

13. Dynamics of Slaughter Weight Response to Market Price Changes for Japanese Beef Cattle
    Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics (formerly Japanese Journal of Rural Economics), 2007, 09, 14

2004

14. Monopolistic pricing power for transgenic crops when technology adopters face irreversible benefits and costs
    Applied Economics Letters, 2004, 11, (15), 969-973 View citations (11)

2001

15. Heterogeneous expectations of traders in speculative futures markets
    Journal of Futures Markets, 2001, 21, (5), 429-446 View citations (4)

1998

16. Inflation and Relative Price Volatility in Russian Food Markets
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1998, 25, (3), 373-94 View citations (11)
17. Measuring Productivity of Environmentally Interactive Technologies: The Case of Agriculture and the Environment
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1998, 80, (3), 595-599 View citations (8)

1997

18. Agriculture's environmental externalities: DEA evidence for French agriculture
    Applied Economics, 1997, 29, (3), 331-338 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Agriculture's environmental externalities: DEA evidence for French agriculture, Post-Print (1997) View citations (9) (1997)
19. Damage Control Productivity: Why Econometrics Matters
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997, 79, (1), 47-61 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Damage control productivity: why econometrics matters, Post-Print (1997) View citations (24) (1997)

1996

20. Intertemporal and Interfirm Heterogeneity: Implications for Pesticide Productivity
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 1996, 44, (3), 219-236 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Intertemporal and interfirm heterogeneity: implications for pesticide productivity, Post-Print (1996) View citations (7) (1996)
21. Prosocial Behavior: Private Contributions to Agriculture's Impact on the Environment
    Land Economics, 1996, 72, (2), 231-247 View citations (33)

1995

22. Compte rendu d'ouvrage - Agricultural household modelling and family economics
    Cahiers d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales (CESR), 1995, 34-35
    Also in Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales, 1995, 34-35, 148-150 (1995)

1994

23. Total factor productivity for nonhomothetic, nonseparable, multiple output technologies: a new approach and evidence for US agriculture
    Cahiers d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales (CESR), 1994, 33
    Also in Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales, 1994, 33, 73-95 (1994)

1992

24. Pesticide use in tomato production: Consumer concerns and willingness-to-pay
    Agribusiness, 1992, 8, (2), 131-142 View citations (38)

1990

25. Does futures trading destabilize cash prices? Evidence for U. S. live beef cattle
    Journal of Futures Markets, 1990, 10, (1), 41-60 View citations (19)

1989

26. Corner Solutions in Duality Models: A Cross-Section Analysis of Dairy Production Decisions
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1989, 71, (4), 1025-1040 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Corner Solutions in Duality Models: A Cross—Section Analysis of Dairy Production Decisions, 1984 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, Ithaca, New York (1984) (1984)
27. MARKET STRUCTURE AND THE DYNAMICS OF RETAIL FOOD PRICES
    Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1989, 18, (2), 11 View citations (6)
28. RATIONAL ROOTS OF "IRRATIONAL" BEHAVIOR: DISCUSSION
    Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1989, 18, (2), 5

1984

29. Caveats on the Application of the Fourier Flexible Form: Discussion
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1984, 66, (2), 209-210 View citations (2)
30. TOWARD A BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TO MODELLING DYNAMIC PRODUCTION CHOICE STRUCTURES
    Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1984, 13, (2), 14

1983

31. Multiple Input, Multiple Output Production Choices and Technology in the U.S. Wheat Region
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1983, 65, (1), 45-56 View citations (54)

1982

32. Cash price variation in the live beef cattle market: The causal role of futures trade
    Journal of Futures Markets, 1982, 2, (4), 367-389 View citations (3)
33. Rational Expectations and Competitive Pricing and Storage
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1982, 64, (2), 266-270 View citations (6)
34. Residential Property Tax Capitalization: Consistent Estimates Using Micro-Level Data
    Land Economics, 1982, 58, (4), 488-496 View citations (6)

1980

35. The Causal Linkage of Control Policy and Its Targets: The Case of Wheat
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1980, 62, (3), 512-516 View citations (2)
36. Wheat Acreage Supply Response under Changing Farm Programs
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1980, 62, (1), 29-37 View citations (40)

1978

37. MEASUREMENT OF ALLOCATIVE BIASES OF PRODUCTION CONTROL POLICIES
    Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1978, 10, (2), 5 View citations (7)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1978, 10, (2), 87-91 (1978) View citations (7)

1977

38. Welfare Implications of Commodity Storage under Uncertainty
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1977, 59, (4), 639-651 View citations (16)
39. Welfare Implications of Stabilizing Consumption and Production: Comment
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1977, 59, (2), 397 View citations (2)

Edited books

2003

1. Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (7)