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BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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Agricultural Economics Conference |
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Jeffrey
Perloff, Organizer |
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2nd Floor
Conference Room |
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PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY, MARCH 4: |
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Agricultural Policy |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle Vans Depart from The
Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER |
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Continental
Breakfast |
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8:55 am |
Welcoming Remarks |
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9:00 am |
JOHN BEGHIN, Iowa State University and INRA France |
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ANNE-CELIA DISDIER and STEPHAN MARETTE, INRA France and AgroParisTech |
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Discussant: ARIK LEVINSON, Georgetown University and NBER |
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9:50 am |
Break |
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10:05 am |
RACHEL GOODHUE, UC, Davis |
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CARLO RUSSO, Universitá di
Cassino |
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Discussant:
JULIE MORTIMER, Harvard University and NBER |
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10:55 am |
Break |
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11:10 am |
BARRY GOODWIN, North Carolina State University |
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The
Buck Stops Where? The Distribution of Agricultural Subsidies |
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Discussant: GILBERT METCALF, Tufts University and NBER |
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12:35 pm |
Lunch |
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1:35 pm |
JEFFREY LAFRANCE, Washington State University and UC,
Berkeley |
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RULON POPE, |
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Discussant: FRANK WOLAK. Stanford University and NBER |
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2:25 pm |
Break |
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2:40 pm |
BRUCE BABCOCK Iowa State University |
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The Politics and Economics of the U.S.
Crop Insurance Program |
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Discussant: JOSHUA GRAFF ZIVIN, UC, San Diego and NBER |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:45 pm |
ETHAN LIGON, UC, Berkeley |
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Discussant: NOLAN MILLER, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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4:35 pm |
Adjourn |
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4:45 pm |
Shuttle Vans Depart from
the NBER for The Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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6:00 pm |
Group Dinner - Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd.,
Cambridge |
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(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) |
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FRIDAY, MARCH 5: |
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Biofuels |
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7:45 am |
Shuttle Vans Depart from
The Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER |
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8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:25 am |
MICHAEL J. ROBERTS, North Carolina State University |
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WOLFRAM SCHLENKER, Columbia University and NBER |
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Discussant: RANDY WALSH, University
of Pittsburgh |
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9:15 am |
Break |
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9:30 am |
XIAOGUANG CHEN, HAIXIAO HUANG, MADHU KHANNA, and HAYRI
ONAL |
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
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Discussant: MATTHEW KAHN, UC, Los Angeles and NBER |
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10:20 am |
Break |
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10:35 am |
THOMAS W. HERTEL, ROMAN KEENEY, Purdue University |
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JAYSON BECKMAN, Economic Research Service, Department of
Agriculture |
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Commodity Price Volatility in the Biofuel
Era: An Examination of the Linkage between Energy and Agricultural Markets |
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Discussant: V. KERRY SMITH, Arizona State University and
NBER |
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11:25 am |
Break |
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11:40 am |
STEVE SEXTON and DAVID ZILBERMAN, UC, Berkeley |
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The Economics of
Agricultural Biotechnology Adoption: Implications for Biofuel Sustainability |
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Discussant:
DAVID POPP, Syracuse University and NBER |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |