Education:

¨ Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington, 1984.

¨ M.S., Applied Economics, Montana State University, 1980

¨ B.S., Economics, Montana State University, 1977

Experience:

¨ Associate and Full Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, 1991-present.

¨ Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, N.C. State University, 1984-1991.

Research Interests:

¨ Applied Microeconomics/Regulation/Contracting

¨ Agricultural Policy

¨ Natural Resources/Forestry Economics

Teaching Experience:

¨ Principles

¨ Microeconomics (undergraduate, Master, and Ph.D.)

¨ Natural Resource Economics (graudate)

¨ Labor Economics

¨ Agricultural Marketing & Agricultural Policy

Current Courses:

¨ Econ 401, Microeconomic Theory

¨ AgEc 451, Economics of Agricultural Policy

Current Research Topics:

¨ "The Fable of the Bees Revisited: Causes and Consequences of the U.S. Honey Program,” with Walter N. Thurman, Mary Muth and Ching-Ta Chuang, May 2001.

¨ “Estimating the Speed of Market Reaction to News: Market Events and Lumber Futures Prices,” with Jonathan Yoder and Walter Thurman, May 2001.

¨ Agriculture and the State, with E. C. Pasour, Jr., 2nd edition.

¨ "By the Pound or By the Each? The Role of Transaction Costs in Fresh Produce Pricing,” with Keith B. Leffler and Peter Malishka, June 2001.

¨ "An Empirical Analysis of Honeybee Pollination Markets,” with Walter N. Thurman and Michael Burgett, May 2001.

¨ "Peanut Quota Markets and Peanut Production After FAIR,” with Walter N. Thurman and Jan Chvosta, May 2001.

¨ "The Choice Among Sales Procedures: Auction vs. Negotiated Sales of Private Timber, with Keith Leffler and Ian Munn, May 1999.

¨ “Private Leasing of Public Resources: The Effects of Changes in Property Rights Regimes at the Bureau of Reclamation’s Canyon Ferry Cabin Program,?” with Terry Anderson, Daniel K. Benjamin, and Peter Malishka, November 1998.

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