2014 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 3-5, 2014, Philadelphia, PA

This paper analyzes the effect of landowner risk preferences and land quality on the optimal mix of vertically integrated production and contracted production of an energ [...]

This article discusses the current state of contract theory and its usefulness for conceptualizing issues related to agricultural contracting. I will discuss the limitati [...]

Recent increases in farm real estate values in the U.S. have increased farm equity in the form of unrealized capital gains. Exploiting periods of high and low appreciatio [...]

To meet the growing demand for freshwater, many regions have increased pumping of groundwater in recent years, resulting in declining groundwater levels worldwide. A prom [...]

We studied transboundary ground water management problems in the presence of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). We found that the presence of risk suggests a need to exerci [...]

In this paper we examine the effects of energy prices on groundwater extraction using an econometric model of a farmer’s irrigation water pumping decision that accounts f [...]

We examine enrollment in the U.S. Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) by health status and find that while SNAP-eligible adults in poor overall [...]

Prior research indicates not only that family businesses have fewer management controls in place and are more likely to have non-economic goals for their firm but also th [...]

Agribusiness firms introduce new products that require agricultural production and then processing. Firms have to decide about processing capacity and assure availability [...]

An increasingly common type of environmental policy instrument limits the carbon intensity of transportation and electricity markets. In order to extend the policy's scop [...]