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Aaron Smith and Colleagues Explain Why Grain Futures Contracts Fail to Accurately Price Commodities
Nov. 21, 2016
The failure of U.S. grain futures contracts to properly price commodities has spurred considerable controversy in agricultural futures markets and raised questions over the value of grain futures contracts ...
Jens Hilscher and Mungo Wilson Propose a New Measure of Systematic Credit Risk
Nov. 21, 2016
The study shows that a straightforward and easy-to-implement and interpret measure of default probability contains significantly more information about future default and failure than S&P corporate credit ratings. Jens Hilscher ...
Ted Gilliland: Assistant Professor at Mount Holyoke College
May 16, 2017
Ted Gilliland will join the Economics Department at Mount Holyoke College as an assistant professor. Ted Gilliland’s research is at the intersection of natural resource economics and development economics ...
C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell Wins Award for Economics of Groundwater Management
Feb. 17, 2017
Cynthia Lin Lawell was awarded Honorable Mention in the Bacon Public Lectureship and White Paper Competition for her work on the economics of groundwater management. She presented her lecture at ...
Colin Carter and Dalia Ghanem Find Evidence That Pollution Reduces Rice Production in China
Feb. 17, 2017
The reductions in rice yields are large enough to have price implications for the global rice market, affecting global food security for hundreds of millions of the world’s poor ...
Katrina Jessoe, Ed Taylor and Dale Manning Find Evidence That Climate Change Will Alter Labor Allocations in Rural Mexico, Including Migration
Nov. 21, 2016
The study, published in The Economic Journal, uses a 28-year panel on individual employment and daily weather-station readings to test the impacts of weather shocks on labor allocations. It finds ...
Pierre Mérel and Mathew Gammans Predict Climate Change Will Cut Cereal Yields
May 16, 2017
Graduate student Matthew Gammans, Professor Pierre Mérel, and Cornell economist Ariel Ortiz-Bobea studied 65 years of wheat and barley yield data from France. Their new statistical model suggests climate change ...
Kajal Gulati: Research Associate at IMPAQ International
May 16, 2017
Kajal Gulati will join IMPAQ International as a research associate in their labor division. Kajal’s research is at the intersection of agricultural mechanization and gendered labor markets. Her dissertation ...
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Recent Publications
Secure Sustainable Seafood from Developing Countries
G.S. Sampson, J.N. Sanchirico, C.A. Roheim, S.R. Bush, J.E. Taylor, et al. Science (2015) 348 (6234): 504-506.
J.W. Somé, S. Abbeddou, E.Y. Jimenez, S.Y. Hess, Z.P. Ouédraogo, R.M Guissou, S.A. Vosti, et al. British Medical Journal (2015) 5 (9).
What Happens When Food Marketers Require Restrictive Farming Practices?
T.L. Saitone, R.J. Sexton, and D.A. Sumner. American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2015) 97 (4): 1021-1043.
E.L. Prado, S. Abbeddou, E. Yakes Jimenez, J.W. Somé, Z.P. Ouédraogo, S.A. Vosti, et al. The Journal of Nutrition (2016) 146 (4): 814-822.
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