RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
Effects
of Milk Marketing Order Regulation on the Share of Fluid-Grade
Milk in the United States by Joseph V. Balagtas,
Aaron Smith, and Daniel A. Sumner. May 2007, Forthcoming
in AJAE. This study presents an econometric model that
exploits regional and temporal variation in policy implementation
to identify the effect of marketing orders on the grade
A share of milk.
Domestic
Support and Border Measures for Processed Horticultural
Products (pdf) by Bradley J. Rickard
and Daniel A. Sumner. This study models reform of agricultural
policies that apply to different stages along the vertical
supply chain and show the importance of even limited input
substitution between raw materials and other inputs. April
2007.
United
States South Korea Free Trade Agreement: What it Would
Mean for California Agriculture (pdf) by Hyunok Lee
and Daniel A. Sumner. This study provides detailed information
and analysis of the potential effects of a South Korea
United States Free Trade Agreement for California Agriculture
on a commodity-by-commodity basis. March 2007.
Hurricanes
and Invasive Species: the Economics and Spatial Dynamics
of Eradication Policies (pdf)
Albert K.A. Acquaye, Julian M. Alston, Hyunok Lee, and Daniel
A. Sumner.
This paper examines the economic impacts of citrus canker
in oranges and the eradication policy in Florida, taking
into account the relationship between costs and benefits
of eradication and the spatial and dynamic aspects of infestation.
Chapter 7 in A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink (Ed.), New Approaches
to the Economics of Plant Health. Springer Publishing. Forthcoming
in March 2007.
Are
Agricultural Policies Making Us Fat? Likely Links between
Agricultural Policies and Human Nutrition and Obesity,
and Their Policy Implications (pdf, 240kb,
Fall 2006) by Julian M. Alston, Daniel A. Sumner, and
Stephen A. Vosti. This paper addresses the likely effects
of agricultural subsidies on obesity both in the United
States and abroad.
Political
Market Power of Milk Producers Reflected in U.S. Milk Pricing
Regulations (July 2006, pdf, 1.06mb) by Byeong-Il Ahn
and Daniel A. Sumner. This paper assesses the political
market power of milk producers relative to buyers in two
ways.
An
Analysis of the Private Costs and Benefits to Californians
from Eating the USDA Recommendations for Fruits and Vegetables 2001
(pdf)
Karen M. Jetter, James A. Chalfant, and Daniel A. Sumner
discuss the potential costs and benefits to producers and
consumers in California, should Californians increase their
intake of fruit and vegetables to meet recommendations for
a cancer prevention diet.
Economic
Impact of the Canadian Cattle and Beef Industry of
a Disruption of Exports of Boxed Beef to the United
States (doc)
Daniel A. Sumner and José Bervejillo. This report evaluates the potential
damage to the Canadian cattle and beef industry if legal challenges were to halt
exports of boxed beef from Canada to the United States in the near future. August
2005.
Analyzing
Vertical Market Structure and Its Implications for Trade Liberalization
and Market Access (pdf)
A working paper by Sexton, R.J., I. Sheldon, S. McCorriston, and
H. Wang. University of California, Davis, June 2004.
International Trade
Policy and Negotiations (pdf)
This chapter for the Handbook of Agricultural Economics, by Daniel A. Sumner and Stefan Tangermann, looks at the
history, results and analysis of international negotiations
on agricultural trade, with an emphasis on the GATT and
in particular on the Uruguay Round.
Commodity
Policy and California Agriculture (pdf, 38kb)
Sumner, D. A. and H. Brunke. Jan. 2004. Chapter 6 in "California
Agriculture: Issues and Challenges." Jerome B. Siebert
(ed). University of California, Giannini Foundation.
A National View of Agricultural Easement Programs
Are Agricultural Easement Programs Working?
American Farmland Trust and the Agricultural Issues Center have conducted the most
in-depth and comprehensive analysis of agricultural easement
programs undertaken in the United States. Includes the followinf reports:
- Report 1 - Profiles
and Maps
- Report 2 - How
Programs Select Farmland to Fund
- Report 3 - Easements
and Local Planning
- Report 4 - Measuring Success in Protecting Farmland with
Easements
Conserving Agricultural Land through Compensation
A Guide for California Landowners
Alvin D. Sokolow, Mica Bennett, December 2004
83 pages, 8.5 x 11, softcover
Chapter 1 - Compensatory Objectives: Public
Wants, Landowner Needs (.pdf 3235 kb)
Chapter 2 - Introducing
the Programs (.pdf 4420 kb)
Chapter 3 - Landowner
Rewards and Risks: Financial, Conservation, Family Considerations
(.pdf 3999 kb)
Chapter 4 - Financial
Rewards: What Programs Compensate Landowners (.pdf 2630
kb)
Chapter 5 - Preferential
tax Programs: The Two Versions of the Williamson Act (.pdf
1386 kb)
Chapter 6 - U.S.D.A.
Cost-Sharing and Reserve Program (.pdf 5093 kb)
Chapter 7 - Cash for
Development Rights: The Agricultural Easement Process (.pdf
2507 kb)
Chapter 8 - The Future
of Compensatory Programs in California (.pdf 638 kb)
Compensating
Landowners for Conserving Agricultural Land
Compensating landowners is an increasingly important approach
for maintaining working landscapes, especially in the face
of urban expansion. As an alternative or supplement to government
land use planning and regulation, landowner payments recognize
the multiple public benefits of keeping farmland in the
hands of farmers. The papers included in this collection
(products of an April, 2003, conference in Sacramento) describe,
evaluate, and suggest variations in a range of compensatory
techniques, including: (1) property tax preferences for
farmland allowed by state governments; (2) federal cost-share
conservation payments administered by USDA; (3) federal
payments for the temporary retirement of cropland; and (4)
agricultural easements created through the acquisition of
development rights from landowners.
Wine
on the Web, Susanne Stricker's thesis (in English.)
(pdf) Institut für Agrarökonomie der Christian-
Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. December 2003
United States' Agricultural
Systems: An Overview of U.S. Dairy Policy (pdf)
Paper by Daniel A. Sumner and Joseph V. Balagtas published
in the Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences.2002
Assessing
the Role of NAFTA in California Agriculture: A Review of
Trends and Economic Relationships (pdf)
Henrich Brunke and Daniel A. Sumner investigate the impacts
the North American Free Trade Agreement on California agriculture.
This is a study the Agricultural Issues Center conducted
in collaboration with the California Farm Bureau Federation
thirteen years after an agreement for free trade with Canada
and eight years after Mexico was added to create the North
American Free Trade Agreement. November 2002
University of California Executive
Seminar on Agricultural Issues, "The WTO and International
Trade Prospects" (pdf)
This link contains presentations from the executive seminar
on the WTO and international trade prospects. September 2002
Risk
and Returns to Policy-Created in a Portfolio Context: California
Dairy Quota (pdf)
Paper by Daniel A. Sumner and Norbert L. W. Wilson. March
2002.
Agricultural Policy Negotiation
Issues between the European Union and the United States (pdf)
This file contains the power point slides for a symposium
organized by AIC for presentation at the annual conference
of the American Agricultural Economics Association held
in Chicago in August 2001. It features presentations by
AIC director Sumner and colleagues from Begium, Italy and
France.
California's Future: Maintaining
Viable Agriculture at the Urban Edge
The publication provides the views of a dozen experts in
fields ranging from biotechnology to local government and
legislative policy. A concluding chapter is by Alvin D.
Sokolow, extension public policy specialist, UC Davis.
California Farmers and Conservation
Easements: Motivations, Experiences, and Perceptions in
Three Counties (pdf)
By Ellen Rilla and Alvin D. Sokolow, with the assistance
of Robin Kozloff and Cathy Lemp. Research Paper #4 in AIC's
California Farmland & Open Space Policy Series, December
2000.
The Agricultural Policy Outlook
(pdf)
Slides from the presentation by Joseph W. Glauber on the
U.S. agricultural policy outlook, October 26, 2000.
Food Security, Trade and Agricultural Commodity Policy (pdf)
Paper by Daniel A. Sumner presented at the symposium "Challenging
the Agricultural Economics Paradigm," Columbus, Ohio,
Agriculture in Urbanizing
Communities (pdf)
Outline of the presentation given by Alvin D. Sokolow to
the USDA Policy Advisory Committee on Farmland Protection
during the July 21, 2000 listening session at UC Davis.
Also available in pdf format from the listening session
is testimony by Solano County
farmer and rancher, Albert G. Medvitz.
Ex ante Economics of Exotic Disease
Policy: Citrus Canker in California (pdf)
Draft paper by Karen M. Jetter, Daniel A. Sumner and Edwin
L. Civerolo, prepared for presentation at the Conference:
“Integrating
Risk Assessment and Economics for Regulatory Decisions,”
USDA, Washington, DC, December 7, 2000.
Food Security Papers and Briefing Materials
(html)
This site contains brief papers discussing world food security.
They are written by scientists from multiple disciplines
and universities.
.
Value of Improved Data for Agricultural
Commodity Policy Analysis, with Emphasis on Food Security
(pdf)
Revised paper from a seminar presented by Daniel A. Sumner
at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, Rome, Italy, September 4, 2000.
Evaluating
Government Policy for Food Security: Indonesia (pdf)
Slides from the presentation by Rick Barichello to the
International Association of Agricultural Economists Workshop on
Food Security, Berlin, August, 2000.
Agricultural
Trade Policy and Food Security (pdf)
Paper presented by Daniel A. Sumner at the International
Association of Agricultural Economists Workshop on Food Security,
Berlin, August, 2000.
Agriculture in
the Sacramento Region, Trends and Prospects
This link provides a detailed portrait of agriculture in
the lower Sacramento Valley, and of the economic and policy
trends that are shaping its future.
International
Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, "China Working
Papers" (html)
This link contains twenty-one academic papers presented at the
June 1999 International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium:
China's Agricultural Trade and Policy: Issues, Analysis and Global
Consequences.
STE
Workshop (html)
This link contains ten academic papers presented at the
November 1998 North American Forum: Workshop on the Role
of the State in International Trade.
RELATED LINKS
AIC Director Daniel A. Sumner's University
of California, Davis, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Faculty Webpage
AIC
Associate Director Julian M. Alston's University of California,
Davis, Agricultural and Resource Economics Faculty Webpage
AIC Associate Director Colin A. Carter's
University of California, Davis, Agricultural and Resource
Economics Faculty Webpage
International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
United States Department
of Agriculture
United States Department
of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
United States Department
of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
United
States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
AIC QUARTERLY ARTICLES
(You may have to browse the Quarterly to find the indicated
article.)
Volume 19, Number 2,
of the AIC Quarterly 2005 (pdf, 263kb)
This AIC Quarterly summarizes 15 of the presentations given
at the two-day California Agricultural Symposium held in
Sacramento on March 24 and 25, 2005.
Volume
18 No.2, 2004 (pdf)
California food production outpaces population growth
Volume
17, No. 1, 2003 (pdf)
Food labeling lacks consistency
Long-term scenarios for California agriculture explored
Volume 16, No. 4,
2002 (pdf)
Effects of the farm bill on California commodities
Implications for California dairying
Volume
16, No. 3, 2002 (pdf)
Study generates cost expenditure data for crop insurance
programs
Volume
16, No. 2, 2002 (pdf)
Study relates income with vegetable consumption
Volume 15, No. 3,
2001 (pdf)
Production input expenditure studies will help improve crop
insurance
USDA grant will boost value-added agriculture
Volume 15, No. 1,
2001 (pdf)
Right-to-Farm Ordinances Reviewed
Volume 14, No. 3,
2000 (pdf)
The Federal Role in Farmland Conservation
Commission Director Outlines Farm Policy Issues
Volume 14, No. 2,
2000 (pdf)
Extended Crop Insurance for California Horticultural Crops
Volume 13, No. 4, 1999 (html)
Bruce Gardner Guest Speaker
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