Michele C. MarraProfessor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State UniversityPhilip G. PardeyProfessor, Department of Applied Economics, University of MinnesotaJulian M. AlstonProfessor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis The purpose of this study is to compile…

Michael BurtonSchool of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Western AustraliaDale PearseSchool of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Western Australia A choice modeling approach was used to identify consumer preferences for various hypothetical forms of genetic modifica- tion in beer, using…

Randall LutterAEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory StudiesKatherine TuckerAssociate Professor of Nutrition; Director, Nutritional Epidemiology Program, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University The marketing of genetically modified (GM) salmon will lower salmon prices and increase consumption of salmon, an excep- tionally…

Marianne McGarry Wolf, John Gelke, Michelle Lindo, Philip Doub, and Brian LohseCalifornia Polytechnic State University This paper analyzes the characteristics of early adopters of transgenic cotton varieties in California and explains the factors driving such early adoption. The research was conducted through…

Yousouf IsmaelResearcher, Agricultural and Food Economics, University of Reading, Berkshire, UKRichard BennettSenior Lecturer, Agricultural Economics; Director, Agricultural Economics and Policy Research Group, University of Reading, Berkshire, UKStephen MorseReader in Development Studies, Department of Geography, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK This paper describes…

Mario F. TeislAssociate Professor, Department of Resource Economics and Policy, University of MaineLynn HalversonVice President, MACRO InternationalKelly O’BrienAssociate Scientist, Department of Resource Economics and Policy, University of MaineBrian RoeAssistant Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental an Development Economics, Ohio State UniversityNancy RossAssistant Professor,…

Clayton W. WardCounty Extension Agent, University of GeorgiaArchie FlandersPost-Doctoral Associate, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of GeorgiaOlga IsengildinaVisiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Champaign-UrbanaFred C. WhiteD.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia Transgenic cotton…

John L. KingEconomist, United States Department of Agriculture Economics Research ServiceNorbert L.W. WilsonAssistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn UniversityAnwar NaseemResearch Associate, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University This study employs event study analysis to examine…

Jeffrey BurkhardtProfessor, Agriculture and Naural Resource Ethics and Policy, Food and Resource Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida Much current research and development (R&D) in agricultural biotechnology is focused on the so-called “next generation” of biotech. There…

Willard C. LosingerConsultant, Losinger Economic Consulting Services The article “Economic Impacts Associated with Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST) Use,” which appeared in AgBioForum 3(2&3), merits somewhat closer scrutiny. The article was based on a pair of regression models which Ott and Rendleman (2000)…