The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) will be held from August 12-14, 2012 in Seattle, Washington. AAEA is the premier professional organization for agricultural applied economists. The yearly meeting enables faculty and students from AEDE to interact with their colleagues working in the academic, public and private sectors. This year’s meeting features over 150 educational sessions, 200 posters on display, and multiple plenary sessions each day featuring high-profile speakers.
Some highlights from AEDE faculty and student participation in this year’s conference include:
- Assistant Professor Joyce Chen will present “The Interaction between Migrants and Origin Households: Evidence from Linked Data” by Joyce J. Chen and Nazmul Hassan.
- Assistant Professor Sathya Gopalakrishnan will present “The Effect of Stochastic Storms on Optimal Beach Management” by Sathya Gopalakrishnan, Dylan McNamara, Martin D. Smith and A. Brad Murray.
- Department Chair and Professor Tim Haab’s paper “Substitutions, Damages, and Compensation for Anglers due to Oil Spills: The Case of the Deepwater Horizon” by Sergio Alvarez, Sherry Larkin, John Whitehead and Tim Haab will be presented.
- Professor Elena Irwin, Associate Professor Abdoul Sam and PhD student Douglas H. Wrenn’s paper “Searching for the Urban Fringe: Exploring Spatio-Temporal Variations in the Effect of Distance versus Local Interactions on Residential Land Conversion Using a Conditionally-Parametric Discrete-Time Duration Model” by Elena G. Irwin, Abdoul Sam and Douglas H. Wrenn will be presented.
- Assistant Professor H. Allen Klaiber will present “Is the Shale Boom a Bust for Nearby Residents? Evidence from Housing Values in Pennsylvania” by H. Allen Klaiber and Sathya Gopalakrishnan.
- Assistant Professor H. Allen Klaiber’s poster “The Effects of Adaptation Measures on Hurricane Induced Property Loses” by Meri Davlasheridze, Karen Fisher-Vanden and H. Allen Klaiber will be presented.
- Assistant Professor H. Allen Klaiber’s paper “Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Migration and Household Location Choice” by Qin Fan, H. Allen Klaiber and Karen Fisher-Vanden will be presented.
- Andersons Professor of Finance and Risk Management Mario Miranda’s paper “On the Efficient Management of Natural Disaster Risk Using Credit and Index Insurance” by Benjamin Collier, Jerry Skees and Mario Miranda will be presented.
- McCormick Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair Brian Roe will present “Do Farmers Have Heterogeneous Preferences for the Environment and Does It Matter? A Latent-Class Approach to Explaining Field-Level Tillage Choices” by Avishek Konar, Brian E. Roe and Elena G. Irwin.
- McCormick Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair Brian Roe and PhD student Matthew Pham will present “Estimating Plate-Lunch Demand: A Bottom-Line Assessment of the Competitive School Food Environment” by Brian E. Roe and Matthew Pham.
- McCormick Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair Brian Roe and Professor Brent Sohngen’s paper “Addressing Additionally in REDD Contracts when Formal Enforcement is Absent” by Paula Cordero Salas, Brian Roe and Brent Sohngen will be presented.
- Associate Professor Abdoul Sam’s paper “Education and health outcomes for social minorities in India: An Analysis using SUR model” by Ganita Bhupal and Abdoul G. Sam will be presented.
- Andersons Professor of International Trade Ian Sheldon’s paper “Voluntary Standards and International Trade: A Heterogeneous Firms Approach” by William McGuire and Ian Sheldon will be presented.
- Associate Professor Cameron Thraen and PhD student John Newton’s paper “Livestock Gross Margin Insurance for Dairy: Designing Margin Insurance Contracts to Account for Tail Dependence Risk” by Marin Bozic, John Newton, Cameron S. Thraen and Brian W. Gould will be presented.
- Assistant Professor Steven S. Vickner will present “Measuring the Value of Convenience: A Hedonic Pricing Model Approach in the Market for Breakfast Sausages” by Steven S. Vickner.
- Assistant Professor Steven S. Vickner will present “A Hedonic Pricing Model of Homogenized Peanut Butter in the Presence of the 2009 Salmonella-based Major Product Recall” by Steven S. Vickner.
- PhD student Cristina Connolly will present “Are Consumers Willing to Pay for Organic When the Food is Already Local?” by Cristina Connolly and H. Allen Klaiber.
- PhD student Matthew Gnagey will present "Heterogeneous Developers, Spatial Interactions, and Land Development Outcomes under Uncertainty" by Matthew Gnagey.
- PhD student Wendong Zhang will present “The Expanding Ethanol Market and Farmland Values: Identifying the Changing Influence of Proximity to Agricultural Delivery Points” by Wendong Zhang, Elena G. Irwin and Cynthia Nickerson.
Please see the 2012 AAEA Annual Meeting website to learn more about the meeting and the many presentations and discussions to be held there. Congratulations to all those will be present on behalf of AEDE!