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Workplace:	Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley, (more information at EDIRC) School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

1. Optimal Exploration and Price Paths of a Non-renewable Commodity with Stochastic Discoveries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2014

2. How Biofuels Policies Boosted Grain Staple Prices: A Counterfactual Analysis
   2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (3)

2013

3. Bubble Troubles? Rational Storage, Mean Reversion and Runs in Commodity Prices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   See also Chapter Bubble Troubles? Rational Storage, Mean Reversion, and Runs in Commodity Prices, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

2010

4. A Maximum Likelihood Estimator of the Commodity Storage Model with an Application to the World Sugar Market
   Working Papers, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Concepción
5. Agricultural Innovation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Agricultural Innovation, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2009

6. International grain reserves and other instruments to address volatility in grain markets
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (47)
   See also Journal Article International Grain Reserves And Other Instruments to Address Volatility in Grain Markets, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2012) View citations (30) (2012)
7. Patents versus patenting: implications of intellectual property protection for biological research
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (15)
8. Why weak patents? Rational ignorance or pro-"customer" Tilt?
   2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (19)

2008

9. Strict concavity of the value function for a family of dynamic accumulation models
   Working Papers, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Concepción View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Strict Concavity of the Value Function for a Family of Dynamic Accumulation Models, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter (2012) View citations (4) (2012)

2005

10. Storage and the correlation of commodity prices
    Working Papers, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Concepción
    Also in Working Papers, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Concepción (2001)

2004

11. Prognoses for a Non-Predictable Discounted Commodity Price Process
    Econometric Society 2004 Latin American Meetings, Econometric Society

2002

12. Economics of patenting a research tool: participation and productivity
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
13. The Relevance of the Strong Law of Large Numbers for Estimation of a commodity Price Distribution and Its Means
    Working Papers, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Concepción

2001

14. Accessing other people's technology: do non-profit agencies need it? how to obtain it?
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (10)
15. Are intellectual property rights stifling agricultural biotechnology in developing countries: IFPRI 2000-2001 Annual Report Essay
    Annual report essays, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2000

16. DESIGNING OPTIMAL CROP REVENUE INSURANCE
    2000 Annual meeting, July 30-August 2, Tampa, FL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Designing Optimal Crop Revenue Insurance, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2003) View citations (36) (2003)
17. South-North trade, intellectual property jurisdictions, and freedom to operate in agricultural research on staple crops
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (30)
18. Sovereign Debt as Intertemporal Barter
    International Finance, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (216)
    Also in Center for International and Development Economics Research (CIDER) Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley (1998) View citations (24)
    Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1998) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Sovereign Debt as Intertemporal Barter, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000) View citations (225) (2000)

1999

19. Costing the ex situ conservation of genetic resources: maize and wheat at CIMMYT
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (9)
20. Dynamic implications of patenting for crop genetic resources
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
21. The timing of evaluation of genebank accessions and the effects of biotechnology
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

1998

22. A Model Supply of Storage and Backwardation with Apparent "Convenience Yield"
    Working Papers, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Concepción

1996

23. Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

1992

24. Futures Markets, Storage and Convenience Yield
    Discussion Papers, University of Western Australia, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Also in 1992 Conference (36th), February 10-13, 1992, Canberra, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (1992)

1990

25. Alternative instruments for smoothing the consumption of primary commodity exporters
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
26. Commodity Bonds for Smoothing the Consumption of Primary Commodity Exporters
    1990 Conference (34th), February 13-15, 1990, Brisbane, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society View citations (3)
27. SOVEREIGN DEBT RENEGOTIATION IN A CONSUMPTION-SMOOTHING MODEL
    Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center View citations (10)
28. The Behavior of Markets for Storable Commodities
    1990 Conference (34th), February 13-15, 1990, Brisbane, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society View citations (5)
29. The long term behavior of commodity prices
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1987

30. Alternative strategies for trade policy reform
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley View citations (9)

1983

31. Fiscal Incidence in a Dynamic Life-Cycle Model with Land
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (2)

1978

32. ALTERNATIVES FOR MINERAL TAX REFORM
    Development Discussion Papers, JDI Executive Programs

1975

33. Taxation of Income of Multinational Corporations: The Case of the United States Petroleum Industry
    Development Discussion Papers, JDI Executive Programs View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Taxation of Income of Multinational Corporations: The Case of the United States Petroleum Industry, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1975) View citations (21) (1975)

Journal Articles

2018

1. Application publication or confirmation of grant: Which matters more for academic technology transfer?
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2018, 56, (C), 204-228 View citations (1)

2017

2. Academic patent licenses: Roadblocks or signposts for nonlicensee cumulative innovation?
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 137, (C), 282-303 View citations (15)
3. Why weak patents? Testing the examiner ignorance hypothesis
   Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 148, (C), 43-56 View citations (26)

2016

4. Comment 1 on ‘Agricultural Markets and Marketing Policies’ by Griffith and Watson
   Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2016, 60, (4), 610-611

2015

5. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Standard Commodity Storage Model: Evidence from Sugar Prices
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 97, (1), 122-136 View citations (30)

2014

6. Data at our fingertips, myths in our minds: recent grain price jumps as the ‘perfect storm’
   Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2014, 58, (4), 538-553 View citations (6)
7. Global Biofuels: Key to the Puzzle of Grain Market Behavior
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (1), 73-98 View citations (76)
8. Multiple Peril Crop Insurance
   Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2014, 29, (3), 5 View citations (6)

2013

9. Stocks-to-use ratios and prices as indicators of vulnerability to spikes in global cereal markets
   Agricultural Economics, 2013, 44, (s1), 43-52 View citations (47)

2012

10. Grand missions of agricultural innovation
    Research Policy, 2012, 41, (10), 1716-1728 View citations (28)
11. International Grain Reserves And Other Instruments to Address Volatility in Grain Markets
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2012, 27, (2), 222-260 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper International grain reserves and other instruments to address volatility in grain markets, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (47) (2009)
12. Strict Concavity of the Value Function for a Family of Dynamic Accumulation Models
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2012, 12, (1), 11 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Strict concavity of the value function for a family of dynamic accumulation models, Working Papers (2008) View citations (1) (2008)

2011

13. The Economics of Grain Price Volatility
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2011, 33, (1), 32-58 View citations (185)
    Also in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2011, 33, (1), 32-58 (2011) View citations (184)
14. The empirical relevance of the competitive storage model
    Journal of Econometrics, 2011, 162, (1), 44-54 View citations (79)

2010

15. Dynamic Effects of Patent Policy on Sequential Innovation
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2010, 19, (2), 489-512 View citations (6)

2008

16. A foundation for the solution of consumption-saving behavior with a borrowing constraint and unbounded marginal utility
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2008, 32, (3), 695-708 View citations (4)

2007

17. Optimal coverage for incompletely reliable insurance
    Economics Letters, 2007, 95, (3), 456-461 View citations (16)

2006

18. Open Source in Biotechnology: Open Questions Innovations Case Discussion: CAMBIA-BiOS
    Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2006, 1, (4), 45-57 View citations (2)

2004

19. A Model of Supply of Storage
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 52, (3), 605-16 View citations (7)

2003

20. Designing Optimal Crop Revenue Insurance
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 85, (3), 580-589 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper DESIGNING OPTIMAL CROP REVENUE INSURANCE, 2000 Annual meeting, July 30-August 2, Tampa, FL (2000) View citations (10) (2000)
21. The economic costs of conserving genetic resources at the CGIAR centres
    Agricultural Economics, 2003, 29, (3), 287-297 View citations (7)

2002

22. A Commodity Price Process with a Unique Continuous Invariant Distribution Having Infinite Mean
    Econometrica, 2002, 70, (3), 1213-1219 View citations (22)
23. Accessing other people’s technology for non-profit research
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2002, 46, (3), 28 View citations (4)

2001

24. Public-Private Research Relationships: The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, 83, (3), 748-753 View citations (11)

2000

25. A theory of negative prices for storage
    Journal of Futures Markets, 2000, 20, (1), 59-71
    Also in Journal of Futures Markets, 1989, 9, (1), 1-13 (1989) View citations (18)
26. Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment: Sheldon Krimsky and Roger Wrubel, University of Illinois Press, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1996, 294 pp., US$ 18.95, ISBN 0-2520-6524-7
    Agricultural Economics, 2000, 23, (1), 92-94
27. Sovereign Debt as Intertemporal Barter
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (3), 621-639 View citations (225)
    See also Working Paper Sovereign Debt as Intertemporal Barter, International Finance (2000) View citations (216) (2000)
28. The Optimal Timing of Evaluation of Genebank Accessions and the Effects of Biotechnology
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 82, (4), 797-811 View citations (8)

1999

29. Rolling friction in the dynamic simulation of sandpile formation
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1999, 269, (2), 536-553 View citations (1)

1997

30. Convenience Yield without the Convenience: A Spatial-Temporal Interpretation of Storage under Backwardation
    Economic Journal, 1997, 107, (443), 1009-22 View citations (46)
31. Crop genetic resource policy: the role of ex situ genebanks
    Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1997, 41, (1), 35 View citations (13)

1993

32. Dynamic Perspectives on Agricultural Policy Issues
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1993, 75, (5), 1113-1125 View citations (4)

1992

33. Smoothing Primary Exporters' Price Risks: Bonds, Futures, Options and Insurance
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1992, 44, (4), 641-71 View citations (23)
34. The Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis: A Reappraisal Independent of Stationarity Hypotheses
    Economic Journal, 1992, 102, (413), 803-12 View citations (69)

1991

35. Public insurance of private risks: theory and evidence from agriculture
    Proceedings, 1991, 45-70

1990

36. Technology Transfer under Asymmetric Information
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1990, 21, (1), 147-160 View citations (254)
37. The Isolation Paradox, the Social Discount Rate, and Neutrality: Further Thoughts
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (1), 239-241 View citations (1)

1989

38. Financial Instruments for Consumption Smoothing by Commodity-Dependent Exporters
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1989, 71, (2), 511-516
39. Fixing farm trade: Policy options for the United states: Robert L. Paarlberg, (Ballinger, Lexington, MA) pp. 144, $19.95
    Journal of International Economics, 1989, 26, (1-2), 194-196

1988

40. Measurement of Consumer Gains from Market Stabilization
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1988, 70, (3), 616-627 View citations (14)
41. The Incidence of Market-Stabilising Price Support Schemes
    Economic Journal, 1988, 98, (393), 1183-98 View citations (16)

1987

42. Fiscal incidence in an overlapping generations model with a fixed asset
    Journal of Public Economics, 1987, 32, (1), 3-24 View citations (39)

1984

43. Anti-Hoarding Laws: A Stock Condemnation Reconsidered
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1984, 66, (4), 447-455 View citations (4)
44. The Welfare Effects of the Introduction of Storage
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1984, 99, (1), 169-192 View citations (57)

1983

45. The Economics of Invention Incentives: Patents, Prizes, and Research Contracts
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (4), 691-707 View citations (201)

1982

46. The Economic Role of Commodity Storage
    Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (367), 596-614 View citations (110)
47. The Roles of Public and Private Storage in Managing Oil Import Disruptions
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13, (2), 341-353 View citations (42)

1981

48. The Isolation Paradox and the Discount Rate for Benefit-Cost Analysis
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1981, 96, (1), 129-145 View citations (5)

1980

49. The Cost of Tax-Induced Energy Conservation
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (1), 84-107

1979

50. The Effects of Ideal Production Stabilization: A Welfare Analysis Under Rational Behavior
    Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (5), 1011-33 View citations (26)

1975

51. Taxation of Income of Multinational Corporations: The Case of the United States Petroleum Industry
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1975, 57, (1), 1-11 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Taxation of Income of Multinational Corporations: The Case of the United States Petroleum Industry, Development Discussion Papers (1975) View citations (20) (1975)

Books

2014

1. The Economics of Food Price Volatility
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (110)

2005

2. Storage and Commodity Markets
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (27)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1991) View citations (469)

1995

3. Reforming Agricultural Commodity Policy
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (1)

Edited books

2014

1. The Economics of Food Price Volatility
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (45)

Chapters

2020

1. Comment on Innovation, Growth, and Structural Change in American Agriculture
   A chapter in The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth, 2020, pp 165-174

2014

2. Bubble Troubles? Rational Storage, Mean Reversion, and Runs in Commodity Prices
   A chapter in The Economics of Food Price Volatility, 2014, pp 193-208 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Bubble Troubles? Rational Storage, Mean Reversion and Runs in Commodity Prices, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (5) (2013)
3. Comment on "Biofuels, Binding Constraints, and Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility"
   A chapter in The Economics of Food Price Volatility, 2014, pp 131-133
4. Front matter, table of contents, preface
   A chapter in The Economics of Food Price Volatility, 2014, pp -11
5. Indexes
   A chapter in The Economics of Food Price Volatility, 2014, pp 371-383
6. Introduction to "The Economics of Food Price Volatility"
   A chapter in The Economics of Food Price Volatility, 2014, pp 1-11 View citations (29)

2011

7. Agricultural Innovation
   A chapter in Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors, 2011, pp 49-85 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Agricultural Innovation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

2007

8. Agricultural Innovation: Investments and Incentives
   Elsevier View citations (4)

2001

9. Storage and price stabilization
   Chapter 14 in Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 2001, vol. 1, Part 2, pp 817-861 View citations (29)