EDUCATION:

• University of California, Berkeley. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Ph.D. awarded 1993.
Major Field: Agricultural Policy. Minor Field: Econometrics.
 
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

M.S. in Agricultural and Applied Economics. Awarded 1988.
Major: Agricultural and Applied Economics. Minor: Statistics.
 
• Southwest State University, Marshall, MN.

B.S. Agri-Business Management (Summa Cum Laude). Awarded 1986.

•  Montana State University, Assistant Professor, 1993 to present.

• University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Student Instructor, 1988B92.

 
• University of California, Berkeley, Research Assistant, 1990B92.

 
• University of Minnesota, Research Assistant, 1986B88.

 
• Minnesota Association for Cooperatives, St. Paul, MN, Legislative Analyst.

 

• Top Ten Instructor, 1998. Dean of Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Montana State University.

 
• Outstanding Instructor, 1997-1998. College of Agriculture, Montana State University.

 

Refereed Publications, Reviewed Book Chapters, and Conference Volume:

• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Generalized Expected Utility, Heteroscedastic Error, and Path Dependance in Risky Choice". Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. Forthcoming.

 
• Bengamin, Daniel K., William R. Dougan, and David E. Buschena. "Experimental Evidence on Risk Assessment." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. Forthcoming.
• Buschena, David E. and Lee Ziegler. "Options Markets for Crop Revenue Insurance Rating." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Vol. 24(1999):398-423.

 
• Buschena, David E. and Richard Gray. ATrade Liberalization and International Mergers: The Case of Barley Malting in North America.@ Review of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 21 (1999):20-34.
  
  
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Testing the Effects of Similarity on Risky Choice: Implications for Violations of Expected Utility." Theory and Decision. Vol. 46 (1999):253-280.
  
  
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. ATesting the Effects of Similarity and Real Payoffs on Choice.@ Forthcoming in Beliefs, Interactions, and Preferences in Decision Making. Edited by Mark Machina and Bertrand Munier. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
  
  
• Watts, Myles and David Buschena. "Land Use in the Northern Plains: What Does the Future Hold?" In 2000 WTO Negotiations: Issues for Agriculture in the Northern Plains and Rockies. L. Young, J.B. Johnson, and V.Smith, editors. Bozeman: Trade Research Center. (Forthcoming 1999).
  
  
• Buschena, David E. Executive Summary and Abstracts of Presented Papers. Agricultural Risk and Environmental Management. A Conference Sponsored by Southern Information Exchange Group 70, CSREES/USDA and the Farm Foundation. Gulf Shores, AL. March 25-27, 1999.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Performance of the Similarity Hypothesis Relative to Existing Models of Risky Choice." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty Vol. 11 (1995):233-263.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "What Do We Know About Decision-Making Under Risk and Where Do We Go From Here?" Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 19 (1994):425-445.

 
• Buschena, David E. and Jeffrey M. Perloff. "The Creation of Dominant Firm Market Power in the Coconut Oil Export Market." American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 73 (1991):1000-1008.

 

• Buschena, David E., Richard Gray, and Ethan Severson. "Changing Structures in the Barley Production and Malting Industries of the United States and Canada." In Markets, Prices, Policies, and Risks: The Economic Future of Agriculture in the Northern Plains. "Conference Proceedings, Trade Research Center. Bozeman, MT. May 14-15, 1998
  
  
• Buschena, David E. and Lee Ziegler. "Information Content and Performance of Agricultural Options Prices." In Agricultural Risk and Environmental Management, Conference Proceedings of SRIEG-70. Gulf Shores State Park, AL. March 1998
  
  
  
• Buschena, David E. "The Effects of Similarity on Choice and Decision Effort." In Quantifying Long Run Agricultural Risks and Evaluating Farmer Responses to Risk, Conference Proceedings of the SRRG S-232. Gulf Shores State Park, AL. March 24-26, 1994.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Similarity of Choices and the Performance of the Expected Utility Approach: Empirical Results." In Quantifying Long Run Agricultural Risks and Evaluating Farmer Responses to Risk, Conference Proceedings of the Southern Regional Research Group S-232. Orlando, FL. March 22-25, 1992.

 
• Zilberman, David and David E. Buschena. "What We Know About Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Why We Do Not Use What We Know." In Quantifying Long Run Agricultural Risks and Evaluating Farmer Responses to Risk, Conference Proceedings of the Southern Regional Research Group S-232. Sanibel Island, FL. January 28-31, 1990.

 

• Buschena, David E. and Myles Watts. "(How) Do Prerequisites Matter" Analysis of Intermediate Microeconomics and Agricultural Economics Grades." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. (Forthcoming 1999).
  
  
• Di, Hua, David E. Buschena, and Vincent Smith. "Understanding Chinese Farmers' Grain Storage." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. (Forthcoming 1999).
  
  
• Buschena, David E. and Richard Gray. ATrade Liberalization and International Mergers: The Case of Barley Malting in North America.@ American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 80 (1998):1185.

 
• Roberts, Michael J. and David E. Buschena. "Assessing Measurement Methods for Risk Preference: A Study of Risk Attitudes for Students and Seed Potato Producers." American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 76 (1994):1244.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Risk Attitudes Over Income Under Discrete Status Levels." American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 73 (1991):1543.

 
• Buschena, David E. and Jefrey M. Perloff. "Dominant Firm Market Power in the Coconut Oil Export Market." American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 72 (1990):1356-1357.

 

• Buschena, David E., Richard Gray, and Ethan Severson. AThe Changing Structures in The Barley Production, Barley Malting, And Brewing Industries of North America.@ Montana State University, Trade Research Center, Policy 
  Issues Paper No. 8, 1998.
  
  
• Baquet, Alan, David Buschena, Justin Miller, and Lee Ziegler. "Preliminary Analysis of the Economic Feasibility of Canola and Field Peas in Northcentral and Northeastern Montana." Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Departmental Special Report #29, 1998.

 
• Buschena, David E. and Richard Gray. ATrade Liberalization and International Merger in Cournot Industries: The Case of Barley Malting in North America.@ Montana State University, Trade Research Center, Research Discussion Paper No. 14, 1998.

 
• Atwood, Joseph and David E. Buschena. AAn Analysis of "Risk Attitudes" Over Income.@ Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Staff Paper No. 96-8, 1996.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Predictive Value of Incentives, Decision Difficulty, and Expected Utility Theory for Risky Choices." Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Staff Paper No. 95-1, 1995.

 
• Roberts, Michael J. and David E. Buschena. "Assessing Measurement Methods for Risk Preference: A Study of Risk Attitudes for Students and Seed Potato Producers." Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Staff Paper No. 94-8, 1994.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Risk Attitudes Over Income Under Discrete Status Levels.@ University of California at Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Working Paper No. 622, 1993.

 

• Hua Di, David Buschena, and Vincent Smith. "Understanding Chinese Farmers' Grain Storage." Selected paper at the Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association. Nashville, TN. August 8-11, 1999.
  
  
• David Buschena and Myles Watts. "(How) Do Prerequisites Matter? Analysis of Intermediate Microeconomics and Agricultural Economics Grades." Selected paper at the Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association. Nashville, TN. August 8-11, 1999.
  
  
• Buschena, David, Bruce Maxwell, Ed Luschei, and A. Bussan. "An Economic Model for "New" Weed Problems: Modeling Control of Wild Oats Given Resistance." Presented at the Western Society of Weed Science Meeting. Colorado Springs, CO. March 8-10, 1999.
  
  
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. ATesting the Effects of Similarity and Real Payoffs on Choice. Presented at The 8^th International Conference on the Foundations of Uncertainty and Risk in Mons, Belgium. July 1-4, 1998.

 
• Atwood, Joseph A. and David E. Buschena. "A Stochastic Dynamic Programming Analysis of "Risk Attitudes" for Wheat Growers in the Northern High Plains." Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Regional Information Exchange Group S-232. Gulf Shores, AL. March 21-23, 1996.

 
• Buschena, David E., Michael J. Roberts, and Alan E. Baquet. "Experimental Measurement of Risk Attitudes: Context Effects and Similarity. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Regional Information Exchange Group S-232. Gulf Shores, AL. March 21-23, 1996.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Predictive Value of Incentives, Decision Difficulty, and Expected Utility Theory for Risky Choices." Invited Paper at the Fall Meetings of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). October 29-November 1, 1995.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Testing the Effects of Similarity on Risky Choice: Implications for Violations of Expected Utility." Presented at the WEA International Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada. June 29-July 3, 1994.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Similarity of Choices and the Performance of the Expected Utility Approach: Empirical Results." Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Regional Research Group S-232. Orlando, FL. March 22-25, 1992.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Risk Attitudes Over Income Under Discrete Status Levels." Selected Paper at the Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association. Manhattan, KS. August, 1991.

 
• Perloff, Jeffrey and David E. Buschena. "Dominant Firm Market Power in the Coconut Oil Export Market." Selected Paper at the Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association. Vancouver, BC, Canada. August 4-8, 1990.

 

 
 
 
 
 

• Buschena, David E. and Myles Watts. "(How) Do Prerequisites Matter? Analysis of Intermediate Microeconomics and Agricultural Economics Grades." Submitted to the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  
  
• Buschena, David E., Terry Anderson, and Jerry Leonard. AValuing Non-Marketed Goods: The Case of Elk Hunting in Colorado and Montana.@ Revised and resubmitted to the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

 
• Buschena, David E. and David Zilberman. "Predictive Value of Incentives, Decision Difficulty, and Expected Utility Theory for Risky Choices." Submitted to the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

• Free Trade, Quality, and the Wheat Milling Industry. Trade Research Center. 1997/98. $18,955.

 
• Economic Feasibility of Canola and Field Peas in Northcentral and Northeastern Montana. Alan Baquet and David Buschena, P.Is. General Mills Corporation. $24,155.

1997/1998.
 
• Trade and Market Structure in the North American Barley Market. 1996 (Principle Investigator). The Northern Plains and Rockies Program for the Study of Western Hemisphere Trade. $34,389.

 
• Cooperated in Crop Insurance Reform Act Education in the Western U.S., 1995 (P.I. Alan Baquet) USDA-FCIC, $68,520.

 
• Cooperated in Educational Program on Risk management and the Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (update). 1996 (P.I. Alan Baquet) USDA-FCIC, $29,600.

 

• Reviewed submitted manuscripts for: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Contemporary Policy Issues, and Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.

 
• Reviewed grant proposals for the National Science Foundation, for the U.S.D.A. NRI Grant program, and for the University of British Columbia=s Hampton Fund.

 
• Reviewer of contributed papers for and session moderator for the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings. (5 years).

 
• Program Chair for the Southern Region Information Exchange Group (SRIEG-70, AAgricultural Risk and Environmental Management@). Gulf Shores, AL. (1999).

 
• Reviewer of contributed papers for the Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings.

 
• Member of the Department Head's Advisory Committee (2 years).

 
• Member of the Department's Graduate Advisory Committee (4 years).

 
• Member of the Department's Scholarship Committee (4 years, chair 1995).

 
• Alternate member to the University Faculty Council (2 years).

 

 
 





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