UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics

Selected Publications

Eaves, J., and J.C. Williams. "Are Intraday Volume and Volatility U-Shaped After Accounting for Public Information?" American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(1) (2010): 212-227.

Adjemian, M., and Jeffrey Williams. "Using Census Aggregates To Proxy For Household Characteristics: An Application To Vehicle Ownership." Transportation 36(2) (2009): 223-241.

Hansen, K., R.E. Howitt and J.C Williams. "Valuing Risk: Options in California Water Markets." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90(5) (2008): 1336-1342.

Robinson, E.J.Z., H.J. Albers and J.C. Williams. "Spatial and Temporal Modeling of Community Non-Timber Forest Extraction." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 56 (2008): 234-245.

Suenaga, H., A. Smith and J.C. Williams. "Volatility Dynamics of NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Prices." Journal of Futures Markets 28 (5) (2008): 438-463.

Uria, R., and J.C. Williams. "The Supply of Storage for Natural Gas in California." Energy Journal 28 (July 2007): 31—50.

Eaves, J., and J.C. Williams. "Walrasian Tâtonnement Auctions on the Tokyo Grain Exchange." Review of Financial Studies 20 (July 2007): 1183—1218.

Obare, G.A., S.W. Omamo, and J.C. Williams. "Smallholder Production Structure and Rural Roads in Africa: The Case of Nakuru District, Kenya." Agricultural Economics 28 (May 2003): 245—254.

Ray, I., and J.C. Williams. "Locational Asymmetry and the Potential for Cooperation on a Canal." Journal of Development Economics 67 (February 2002): 129—155.

Omamo, S.W., J.C. Williams, G.A. Obare, and N.N. Ndiwa. "Soil Fertility Management on Small Farms in Africa: Evidence from Nakuru District, Kenya." Food Policy 27 (April 2002): 159—170.

Robinson, E.J.Z., J.C. Williams, and H.J. Albers. "The Influence of Markets and Policy on Spatial Patterns of Non-Timber Forest Product Extraction." Land Economics 78 (May 2002): 260—271.

Williams, J.C. "E—Commerce and the Lessons from 19th—Century Exchanges." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83 (December 2001): 1250—1257.

Williams, J.C., and B.A. Isham. "Processing Industry Capacity and the Welfare Effects of Sugar Policies." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81 (May 1999): 424—441.

Ray, I., and J.C. Williams. "Evaluation of Price Policy in the Presence of Water Theft." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81(November 1999): 928—941.

Williams, J.C., A.E. Peck, A. Park, and S.D. Rozelle. "The Emergence of a Futures Market: Mungbeans on the China Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange." Journal of Futures Markets 18 (June 1998): 427—448.

Brennan, D., J.C. Williams, and B.D. Wright. "Convenience Yield without the Convenience: A Spatial—Temporal Interpretation of Storage under Backwardation." Economic Journal 107 (July 1997): 1009—1022.

Williams, J.C. "Lessons from CFCs: The Need for Markets." In Peter Alonzi and Richard F. Kosobud (eds.), Market Tools for Green Goals. Chicago Board of Trade 1997: 109-119.

Williams, J.C. Manipulation on Trial: Economic Analysis and the Hunt Silver Case. Cambridge University Press, 1995, 244 pp. Translated into Japanese, sponsored by the Tokyo Grain Exchange and published by Jiji Press, 1996.

Williams, J.C., and Brian D. Wright. Storage and Commodity Markets Cambridge University Press, 1991, 502 pp.

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