Graduate Student Professional Papers and Journal Articles, 2000–2001 Academic Year

Presented Papers:

Acheampong, Y.J., J.E. Epperson, and T.A. Park. 2000. Globalization and Profitability Adjustment in International Food Industries. XXIV Int'l Assoc. of Ag. Econ.Conf., Berlin, Germany, August 13–19. 

Adhikari, Murali, Krishna P. Paudel and Neil R. Martin, Jr. An Economic Strategy for Preventing Water Pollution by Using a Transportation Model: A Case of Broiler Litter Management in North Alabama. Selected paper presented at the Alabama Water Association meeting held in Gulfshores, AL, September 2000.

Adhikari, Murali, Krishna P. Paudel, and Neil R. Martin, Jr. 2000. Economics of Dairy Waste Use and Outline of Effective Environmental Policies: a Case of Cross Timber Region of Central Texas. Selected paper presented in the 30th annual meeting of Southeast Decision Sciences.

Black, D. and J. H. Dorfman. Identifying Farmer Characteristics Related to Crop Insurance Purchase Decisions. Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Tampa, FL. Aug. 2000.

Costa, Ecio F., G. C. W. Ames, and L. Gunter, 2001. Brazil's New Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Broiler Market. 4th Annual Conference on the Americas, Savannah, GA.

Costa, Ecio F., and S. Turner, 2001. Price Risk Management for Peanut Meal. Annual Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Costa, Ecio F., G. C. W. Ames, and L. Gunter, 2001. Brazil's New Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Broiler Market. Annual Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Costa, Ecio F., J. E. Houston, and G. M. Pesti, 2001. How Does Cottonseed Meal Compare as an Alternative Protein Source to Soybean Meal in Poultry Production? Annual Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Fort Worth, TX. 

Costa, Ecio F., Ames, Glenn C. W., and Gunter, Lewell. Brazil's New Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Broiler Market. Paper presented at the 23rd West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference, Nassau, Bahamas, November 15–18, 2000.

Costa, Ecio F., B. R. Miller, J. E. Houston, and G. M. Pesti, 2000. Production and Profitability Responses to Alternative Protein Sources in Broiler Rations. Annual Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Lexington, KY. 

Dorfman, J. H. and N. Nelson. How Smart is Smart Growth? SERA-IEG Land Values Workshop, Athens. May 2000.

Heboyan, Vahe, Ames, Glenn C. W., and Epperson, James E. U.S.–EU Banana Dispute: A Case Study of Retaliatory Tariffs on Pecorino Cheese. Paper presented at the 23rd West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference, Nassau, Bahamas, November 15–18, 2000. 

Heboyan, Vahe, Glenn C.W. Ames, and James E. Epperson. U.S.–EU Banana War: Implications of Retaliatory Tariffs on Pecorino Cheese. Southern Agricultural Economics Association, January 28–31, 2001, Fort Worth, TX. 

Heboyan, Vahe and Steven C. Turner. Managing Price Risk in Cotton Production Using Strategic Rollover Hedging. Southern Agricultural Economics Association, January 28–31, 2001, Fort Worth, TX.

Heboyan, Vahe, Glenn C.W. Ames, Lewell F. Gunter, and Jack E. Houston. NAFTA Implications for the U.S. Sugar Market: Are Mexican Sugar Imports Good for American Consumers? Fourth Annual Conference on the Americas, March 30–31, 2001, Savannah, Georgia.

Heboyan, Vahe, Glenn C.W. Ames, Lewell F. Gunter, and Jack E. Houston. NAFTA Implications for the U.S. Sugar Market: Are Mexican Sugar Imports Good for American Consumers? Accepted for presentation at the 2001 Hawaii Conference on Business, June 14–17, 2001, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Heboyan, Vahe, Glenn C.W. Ames, Lewell F. Gunter, and Jack E. Houston. U.S.–Mexico Sugar Dispute: Impact of NAFTA on the Sugar Market. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Chicago, IL, August 5–8, 2001. 

Holmes, Marionette and Timothy A. Park. Small Business Portfolio Decisions: Evidence from the NSSBF Survey, presented at the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, February, 2000, Wilmington, NC.

Holmes, Marionette and Timothy A. Park. Portfolio Decisions of Small Agribusinesses: Evidence from the 1993 NSSBF Survey. Presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings July,2000: Tampa FL.

Holmes, Marionette, Hank Jones, and John C. Bergstrom. The Economic Impact of Lake Russell on Surrounding Counties. Presented at the 2001 Southern Regional Science Association Annual Meetings, April, 2001, Austin, TX 

Kazarian, Naira, and Ames, Glenn C. W., The Impacts of Trade Liberalization in Trinidad and Tobago. Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting in Lexington, KY., January 29–February 2, 2000.

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, Glenn C. W., and Huang, C.L. Selectivity Bias in the Demand for Food Elasticities of the Hispanic Community in the U.S. Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association annual meetings, Tampa, FL., July 20–August 2, 2000.

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, Glenn C. W., and Huang, C.L. Food Expenditure Patterns of the Hispanic Population in the U.S. Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting in Lexington, KY., January 29–February 2, 2000. 

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, Glenn C. W., and Huang, C.L. Food Demand Elasticities of the Hispanic Community in the U.S. Poster paper presented at the XXIV International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Berlin, Germany, August 13–18, 2000.

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, Glenn C. W., Huang, C. L., and Stegelin, Forest. WIC and the Demand for Food by the Hispanic Community in the U.S. Paper presented at the Food Distribution Research Society's 41st Annual Conference, Roanoke, VA., October 15–18, 2000. 

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, Glenn C. W., and Huang, Chung L. A Censored System Estimation of Hispanic Household Food Consumption Patterns. Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Houston, Texas, January 28–31, 2001. 

Onunkwo, I., and J.E. Epperson. 2000. Export Demand for U.S. Almonds: Impacts of U.S. Export Promotion Programs. Paper presented at the Food Distribution Research Society meetings, Roanoke, VA, October 15–18. 

Paudel, Krishna, Murali Adhikari, and Neil R. Martin, Jr. An Economic Strategy for Preventing Water Pollution Using a Phosphorus Consistent Transportation Model: A Case of Broiler Litter Management. Selected paper presented in ESOS Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, January 2001.

Pennington, G.B., S.C. Turner, J.E. Epperson, and F.E. Stegelin. 2000. Factors Determining Initial Public Offering Readiness of Agribusiness Firms. Presented at Southern Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Lexington, KY, January 29–February 2. 

Truesdell, M., J. C. Bergstrom, and J. H. Dorfman. Regulatory Takings and the Diminution of Value: An Empirical Analysis of Givings and Takings. Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Tampa, FL. Aug. 2000.

Woo, B.J., C.L. Huang, J.E. Epperson, and B.J. Cude. 2000. Effects of a New WalMart Supercenter on Local Retail Food Prices. Paper presented at the Food Distribution Research Society meetings, Roanoke, VA, October 15–18. 



Journal Articles:

Costa, Ecio F., G. C. W. Ames, and L. Gunter, 2000. Brazil's New Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Poultry Market. Proceedings, 23rd West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference, Nassau, Bahamas. 

Costa, Ecio F., B. R. Miller, J. E. Houston, and G. M. Pesti, 2000. Production and Profitability Responses to Alternative Protein Sources in Broiler Rations. Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Lexington, KY. 

Costa, Ecio F., Ames, Glenn C. W., and Gunter, Lewell. 2000. Brazil's New Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Poultry Market. Review of Agricultural Economics. 

Costa, Ecio F., G. C. W. Ames, and L. Gunter, 2001. Brazil's New Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Broiler Market. Proceedings, 4th Annual Conference on the Americas.

Costa, Ecio F., B. R. Miller, G. M. Pesti, R. I. Bakalli, and H. P. Ewing, 2000. Studies on Feeding Peanut Meal as a Protein Source For Broiler Chickens. Poultry Science Journal.

Heboyan, Vahe, Ames, Glenn C. W., and Epperson, James E. 2000. U.S.–EU Banana War: Implications of Retaliatory Tariffs on Pecorino Cheese. Journal of East-West Business. 

Heboyan, Vahe, Glenn C.W. Ames, and James E. Epperson. U.S.–EU Banana Dispute: A Case Study of Retaliatory Tariffs on Pecorino Cheese. Proceedings, 23rd West Indies Aricultural Economics Conference, Caribbean Agro-Economic Society, November 15–18, 2000, Nassau, The Bahamas. 

Heboyan, Vahe, Glenn C.W. Ames, and James E. Epperson. U.S.-EU Banana War: Implications of Retaliatory Tariffs on Pecorino Cheese. Proceedings, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, January 28–31, 2001, Fort Worth, TX

Heboyan, Vahe and Steven C. Turner. Managing Price Risk in Cotton Production Using Strategic Rollover Hedging. Proceedings, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, January 28–31, 2001, Fort Worth, TX 

Heboyan, Vahe, Glenn C.W. Ames, Lewell F. Gunter, and Jack E. Houston. NAFTA Implications for the U.S. Sugar Market: Are Mexican Sugar Imports Good for American Consumers? Proceedings, 2001 Hawaii Conference on Business, June 14–17, 2001, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Holmes, Marionette and Josef Broder. 2000. Assessing the Value-Added Benefits of Undergraduate Degree Programs. In Creative Interactive Teaching: Case Method and Other Techniques, edited by Hans E. Klein. Needham, Massachusetts: World Association for Case Method Research and Application, April, pp. 379–390.

Marionette Holmes and Timothy Park. Small Business Portfolio Decisions: Evidence from the NSSBF Survey. Proceedings, Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Meetings 2000. pp. 26–28. 

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, G. C. W., and Huang, Chung L. Food Demand Among Hispanic Households: Revisiting Engel's Law. Politicas Agricolas. 4 (3) 2000, pp. 69–92.

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, G. C. W., and Huang, Chung L. 2001. Food Expenditure Patterns of the Hispanic Population in the U.S. Agribusiness: An International Journal. 

Messonnier, M.L., J.C. Bergstrom, C.M. Cornwell, R.J. Teasley, and H.K. Cordell. Survey Response-Related Biases in Contingent Valuation: Concepts, Remedies, and Empirical Application to Valuing Aquatic Plant Management. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 82(2000), pp. 438–450. 

Onunkwo, I.M., and J.E. Epperson. 2000. Export Demand for U.S. Pecans: Impacts of U.S. Export Promotion Programs. Agribus. Int. J. 16(2), pp. 253–265. 

Onunkwo, I.M., and J.E. Epperson. 2000. Export Demand for U.S. Walnuts: Impacts of U.S. Export Promotion Programs. J. Food Distr. Res., 31(3), pp. 21–28. 

Tareen, I.Y. M.E. Wetzstein, and J. A. Duffield. Determining the Substitutability of Inputs in a Stochastic Environment, Journal of Ag. & Applied Economics, August, 2000.

Wojciechowski, Jan, Glenn C. W. Ames, Steve Turner, and Bill R. Miller. 2000. Marketing of Cotton Fiber in the Presence of Yield and Price Risk. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 32 (3), pp. 521–529. 



Faculty Series

Costa, Ecio F., and S. Turner, 2001. Price Risk Management for Peanut Meal. Faculty Series. Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. FS 01–03.

Costa, Ecio F., J. E. Houston, and G. M. Pesti, 2001. How Does Cottonseed Meal Compare as an Alternative Protein Source to Soybean Meal in Poultry Production? Faculty Series. Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. FS 01–02.

Costa, Ecio F., G. C. W. Ames, and L. Gunter, 2000. Brazil's New Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Poultry Market. Faculty Series. Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. FS 00–18. 

Costa, Ecio F., B. R. Miller, J. E. Houston, and G. M. Pesti, 2000. Production and Profitability Responses to Alternative Protein Sources in Broiler Rations. Faculty Series. Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. FS 00–03.

Costa, Ecio F., J. E. Houston, and G. M. Pesti, 2001. How Does Cottonseed Meal Compare as an Alternative Protein Source to Soybean Meal in Poultry Production? Faculty Series. Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. FS 01–02.

Costa, Ecio F., G. C. W. Ames, and L. Gunter, 2000. Brazil's New Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Poultry Market. Faculty Series. Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. FS 00–18.

Heboyan, Vahe, Glenn C.W. Ames, and James E. Epperson. U.S.-EU Banana War: Implications of Retaliatory Tariffs on Pecorino Cheese. FS 00–18, November 2000

Heboyan, Vahe and Steven C. Turner. Managing Price Risk in Cotton Production Using Strategic Rollover Hedging. FS 01–09, January 2001. 

Lanfranco, Bruno, Ames, Glenn C. W., and Huang, C.L. Selectivity Bias in the Demand for Food Elasticities of the Hispanic Community in the U.S. Faculty Series 00-07. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, Glenn C. W., and Huang, C.L. Food Expenditure Patterns of the Hispanic Population in the U.S. Faculty Series 00–01. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 

Lanfranco, Bruno A., Ames, Glenn C. W., and Huang, C.L. Food Demand Elasticities of the Hispanic Community in the U.S. Faculty Series 00–06. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 

Rahman, S.M., S. C. Turner, and Ecio F. Costa, 2000. Cross-hedging Cottonseed Meal. Faculty Series. Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. FS 00–12. 



Research Awards:

Costa, Ecio F., Distinguished Professional Contribution Award 2001 Graduate Student Paper, Southern Agricultural Economics Association Phi Beta Delta 2000 Honor Society for International Scholars.

Costa, Ecio F., Phi Beta Delta 2000 Honor Society for International Scholars.

Lanfranco, Bruno. 2000. William Applebaum Memorial Scholastic Award for outstanding Masters thesis awarded by the Food Distribution Research Society.

Tareen, I.Y. Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia.

Tareen, I.Y. 2000 Rod Zeimer Outstanding Ph.D. Paper Award, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia.

Tareen, I.Y. Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for the, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2000.


Chapters in Books

Costa, Ecio F. 2001. Brazil In Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies, eds. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, Inc.