UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics

Selected Publications and Working Papers

Valdes-Donoso, P. and Jarvis, L.S. 2022. "Combining epidemiology and economics to assess control of a viral endemic animal disease: Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)." PLOS One.

Valdes-Donoso, P., Alvarez, J., Jarvis, L.S., Morrison, R. and Perez, A.  Forthcoming. "Assessment of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) impact in US sow farms." PLOS One.

Jarvis, L.S. and J.P. Petraud. 2017. "Climate Change and Increasing Aridity: The Fate of Agriculture and Rural Communities in the Middle East and North Africa." In Proceedings of the Eighth Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, A. Garrido and A. Rabi, Eds. University of California.

Valdes-Donoso, P., VanderWaal, K., Jarvis, L., Wayne, S., and Perez, A. 2017.  "Using machine learning to predict swine movements within a regional program to improve control of infectious diseases in the US." Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine: Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics.

Jarvis, L. S. and J. E. Wilen, 2016. "The Political Economy of the Chilean Nearshore Fisheries Reform." Working Paper, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Larson, D, Pienaar, E., and Jarvis, L. 2016. "Wildlife Conservation, Labor Supply, and Time Values in Rural Botswana." Environment and Development Economics, 21(2).

Valdes-Donoso, P., Jarvis, L., Wright, D., Alvarez, J., and Perez, A. 2016.  "Measuring progress on the control of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) at a regional level: the Minnesota N212 regional control project (RCP) as a working example." PLOS One, 11(2)

Jarvis, L.S. and P. Valdes-Donoso. 2015.  "A Selective Review of How Economists and Veterinarians Use Economics to Analyze Animal Health Management." Journal of Agricultural Economics. August, DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12131

Valdes-Donoso, P. and Jarvis, L.S. 2015. "Análisis económico en la gestión de salud de los peces." Salmon Expert. 8(3), 50-57.

Pienaar, E., Jarvis, L. and Larson, D. 2014. “Using a Choice Experiment Framework to Value Conservation-Contingent Development Programs: An Application to Botswana.” Ecological Economics.

Shewmake, S. and L. Jarvis. 2014. "Hybrid cars and HOV lanes." Transportation Research Part A. 304-319.

Steenwerth L Kerri, Hodson K Amanda, Bloom J Arnold, Carter R Michael, Cattaneo  Andrea, Chartres  Colin, Hatfield L Jerry, Henry  Kevin, Hopmans W Jan, Horwath R William, Jenkins M Bryan, Kebreab  Ermias, Leemans  Rik, Lipper  Leslie, Lubell N Mark, Msangi  Siwa, Prabhu  Ravi, Reynolds P Matthew, Sandoval Solis  Samuel, Sischo M William, Springborn  Michael, Tittonell  Pablo, Wheeler M Stephen, Wollenberg  E., Vermeulen J Sonja, Jarvis S Lovell, Jackson E Louise. 2014. “Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Research Agenda: Science for Action.” Agriculture & Food Security. 3:11.

Jarvis, L.S. and J.E. Wilen. The Political Economy of the Chilean Nearshore Fisheries Reform.Working Paper. 2013.

Jarvis, L. S. "The Welfare Implications of Brazil's Coffee Export Price Subsidies During the ICA." Agricultural Economics, 43(s1)(2012): 19–32. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00617.x

Pienaar, E., Jarvis, L. and Larson, D. "Creating Direct Incentives for Wildlife Conservation in Community-Based Natural Resource Management Programmes in Botswana." The Journal of Development Studies 49(3) (2012): 315-333.

Suzuki, A., L.S. Jarvis and R.J. Sexton. "Partial Vertical Integration, Risk Shifting, and Product Rejection in the High-Value Export Supply Chain: The Ghana Pineapple Sector." World Development 39(9) (2011): 1611-1623.

Jarvis, L.S. "Domestic Rent Seeking, Policy Distortions and International Effects: Brazil's Use of Coffee Export Tax Rebates during the International Coffee Agreement." Working Paper. Davis, CA: University of California Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009.

Bervejillo, J.E., J.P. Cancino, and L.S. Jarvis. "The Effect of Foot and Mouth Disease on Trade and Prices in International Beef Markets." Working Paper. Davis, CA: University of California Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2008.

Sutton, W.R., D.M. Larson, and L.S. Jarvis. "Assessing the Costs of Living with Wildlife in Developing Countries: Using Willingness to Pay." Environment and Development Economics,13(4)(2008):475-495.

Kobayashi, M., R.E. Howitt, L.S. Jarvis, and E.A. Laca. "Stochastic Rangeland Use Under Capital Constraints." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89(3)(2007): 805-817.

Jarvis, L.S. and K.M. Rich. "Enabling Technologies and Decision Support Tools for Endemic FMD Control: Economic Tools." Proceedings of Welcome Trust Global Foot and Mouth Disease Technology Road Map Workshop, Agra, India, 2006.

Jarvis, L.S. "The Rise and Decline of Rent-Seeking Activity in the Brazilian Coffee Sector: Lessons from the Imposition and Removal of Coffee Export Quotas." World Development, 33(11)(2005): 1881-1903.

Jarvis, L.S., J.E. Bervejillo, and J.P Cancino. "International Beef Prices: Is There Evidence of Convergence?" Review of Agricultural Economics, 27(3)(2005):449-455.

Sumner, D.A., J.E. Bervejillo, and L.S. Jarvis. "The Role of Public Policy in Controlling Animal Disease." The Economics of Livestock Disease Insurance: Concepts, Issues and Worldwide Cases. D.L. Hoag, D.D. Thilmany, and S.R. Koontz, eds., pp.9-11. Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, 2005.

Sumner, D.A., J.E. Bervejillo, and L.S. Jarvis. "Public Policy, Invasive Species and Animal Disease Management." International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 8(1)(2005):1-19.

Jarvis, L. and Vera-Toscano E. 2004. "The Agricultural Effects of Economic and Land Reforms in Chile, 1965-2000." Working Paper.

Jarvis, L.S. and E. Vera-Toscano. "Seasonal Adjustment in a Market for Female Agricultural Workers." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(1)(2004):254-266.

Jarvis, L.S. and E. Vera-Toscano. "The Impact of Chilean Fruit Sector Development on Female Employment and Household Income." Working Paper. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2004.

Bervejillo, J.E. and L.S. Jarvis. "Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Lessons: From the United Kingdom." Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology and Economics for Biosecurity. D.A. Sumner, ed., pp.71-84. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 2003.

Ekboir, J., L.S. Jarvis, and J.E. Bervejillo. "Evaluating the Potential Impact of a Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak." Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology and Economics for Biosecurity. D.A. Sumner, ed., pp.85-98. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 2003.

Ekboir, J., L.S. Jarvis, D.A. Sumner, J.E. Bervejillo, and W.R. Sutton. "Changes in Foot and Mouth Disease Status and Evolving World Beef Markets." Agribusiness 18(2)(2002): 213-229.

Jarvis, L.S. "The Potential Effect of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) on World Dairying." Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods. V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson and D. Zilberman, eds., pp.101-111. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, 2002.

Jarvis, L.S., J.E. Bervejillo, J. Ekboir, D.A. Sumner, and W.R. Sutton. "South of the Border Beef: Changing Beef Industries in Argentina and Uruguay." Choices (2001): 30-33.

Newman, C. and L.S. Jarvis. "Worker and Firm Determinants of Piece Rate Variation in an Agricultural Labor Market." Economic Development and Cultural Change 49(1)(2000):137-169.

Paknawin-Mock, J., L.S. Jarvis, A.B. Jahari, M.A. Husaini, and E. Pollitt. "Community-Level Determinants of Child Growth in 24 Indonesian Villages," European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54(5)(2000):S28-S42.

Jarvis, L.S. "The Potential Effect of Recombinant Bovine Somatropin (rBST) on World Dairying." Paper prepared for conference on The Shape of the Coming Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR). Tor Vergata University, Rome, 1999.

Jarvis, L.S. "The Potential Effects of Biotechnology on the World Dairy Industry." Boulder: Westview Press, 1996.

Bohman, M., L.S. Jarvis, and R. Barichello. "Rent Seeking and International Coffee Agreement: The Case of Coffee." Economic Development and Cultural Change 44(2), 1996.

Bohman, M., L.S. Jarvis, D.A. Sumner, and V.Y. Suslow. "Acuerdo Internacional del Cafe y Asociacion de Productores: Teoria y Practica de las Asociaciones de Productores de Bienes Premarios, con Referencia Especial al Café." El Negocio Cafetero Ante el Mercado Libre, S. Clavijo, C.F. Jaramillo, and J. Leibovich, eds. Colombia: Ministerio de Hacienda y Credito Publico, 1994.

Jarvis, L.S. "Changing Private and Public Roles in Technological Development: Lessons from the Chilean Fruit Sector." Agricultural Technology: Policy Issues for the International Community, J.R. Anderson, ed., pp.243-266. Wallingford, UK: CAB International, 1994.

Jarvis, L.S. C. Sere. "Problems in the Transfer and Development of Complex Technological Packages: The Uruguayan Pastoral Sector." Agricultural Technology: Policy Issues for the International Community, J.R. Anderson, ed., Wallingford, UK: CAB International, 1994.

Jarvis, L.S. "Overgrazing and Range Degradation in Africa: Is There Need and Scope for Government Control of Livestock Numbers?" East Africa Economic Review 7(1)(1991):95-116.

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