Agricultural and Applied Economics

Congratulations

Joseph Stiglitz, Muqun Li, Diep Phan

Graduate students Muqun Li and Diep Phan have been chosen from a large field of applicants to attend the Advanced Graduate Workshop on Poverty, Development and Globalization, organized jointly by Columbia University's Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) and the University of Manchester’s Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI). The three-week workshop in Manchester is directed by Joseph Stiglitz and brings together advanced graduate students in development studies to present their work and interact with senior scholars.

Meet Our Faculty

T. Randall Fortenbery

Research Areas:
Marketing and risk analysis; futures markets; international trade.

More about Prof. Fortenbery

Upcoming Events

May 15
Development Economics Workshop (4:00pm-5:00pm)
Juan Camilo Cardenas - Dynamics of Rules and Resources: Three New Field Experiments on Water, Forests and Fisheries

May 16
Ag and Natural Resources Policy Roundtable (12:00pm-1:15pm)
Tom Cox, John Norman, Laura Ward Good & Jim Leveri - Measure to Manage: Measuring and improving environmental and economic performance of the WI bio-economy with integrated assessment models

June 13
Ag and Natural Resources Policy Roundtable (12:00pm-1:30pm)
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5th Midwest International Economic Development Conference

The 5th Midwest International Economic Development Conference was held in Madison on May 1-3, 2008. Information about the conference can be found on the MWIEDC website. Papers presented at the conference can be found here.

Featured Publications

Imperfect Competition, Agriculture and Development, by Kyle W. Stiegert. Commodity Market Review, 2007-2008. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008:35-50.
The Emergence and Evolution of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, by Daniel W. Bromley. Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics, ed. Junjie Wu, Paul W. Barkley & Bruce A. Weber. Resources for the Future, 2008: 11-28.
Rainfall Shocks, Resilience, and the Effects of Crop Biodiversity on Agroecosystem Productivity, by Salvatore Di Falco & Jean-Paul Chavas. Land Economics 84:1 (February 2008):83-96.
Valuing Pest Susceptibility to Control, by Paul D. Mitchell & David W. Onstad. Insect Resistance Management, ed. by David W. Onstad. Elsevier, Ltd., 2008:17-38.
The Dynamic Effects of Open-Space Conservation Policies on Residential Development Density, by David J. Lewis, Bill Provencher & Van Butsic. AAE Staff Paper No. 522, January 2008.
The Specialist in Today's University of Wisconsin-Extension, by Steven Deller & John Preissing. AAE Staff Paper No. 521, January 2008.
Theft, Gift-Giving, and Trustworthiness: Honesty is its Own Reward in Rural Paraguay, by Laura Schechter. American Economic Review 97:5 (December 2007):1560-1582.
Grader Bias in Cattle Markets? Evidence from Iowa, by Brent Hueth, Philippe Marcoul & John Lawrence. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89:4 (November 2007):890-903.
Looking Forward: Theory-Based Measures of Chronic Poverty and Vulnerability, by Michael R. Carter &Munenobu Ikegami. Chronic Poverty Research Centre; CPRC Working paper No. 94 (October 2007).