ANNUAL REPORT OF COOPERATIVE REGIONAL PROJECTS

I. Project: NE-165 Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance

II. Cooperating Agencies and Principal Leaders:

 *Denotes Station Leader.

III. Progress of the Work and Principal Accomplishments

In 1997, the first year of the new NE-165 Project, the members concentrated on building by doing extensive planning and initiating of work to be accomplished over the following 4 years. Project members also continued to be very productive during the year in completing research initiated earlier. The publication list for the year includes 9 regional publications, 61 journal articles, 2 edited proceedings and books, 19 book chapters, 32 station and agency publications, and 10 theses and dissertations. Project members were very active in professional meetings and other forums across the United States and in Europe during the year.

As part of its building and planning process, the Project held 2 meetings for members in 1997 that focused on in-depth discussion of research projects and collaborative work. At the June meeting, joint discussion and efforts focused on three areas. The first was risk assessment and benefit/cost analysis, with a specific emphasis on HACCP: Benefit/Cost and Structural Impact Analysis: Discussion of Early Research Approaches and Results. The participants evaluated methodologies for measuring the benefits and costs of HACCP adoption and planned application of the best methodologies to future research. They also made plans for a major conference on the Economics of HACCP to be held in 1998. The second area of focus was food safety research being done at the Economic Research Service of USDA, particularly on valuation and risk assessment. The exchange highlighted the need for further work on valuation issues. The third emphasis of the meeting was Voluntary and Mandatory Standards, Certification, and Labeling. The role of information policies is increasing in the food system and NE-165 Project members worked to coordinate their research approaches and methodologies at this meeting.

The Project met again in October to further develop projects and collaborative work. The focus at that meeting was on organizing the Project=s analysis of the impacts of changes in strategies, technologies, consumer behavior, and policies on the economic performance of the food system. The discussion focused on three areas. The first was Market Power and Market Performance, including identifying and estimating market power, and the links between market power and broader market performance. The second area of focus was Policy Analysis, particularly antitrust and consumer protection. The final area was Comparative Analysis of U.S. and European Food Systems, including research on retail and manufacturer power shift, firms active in both markets, private label vs. national brand questions, regional product identification, and antitrust policy. In all three areas, the researchers evaluated approaches and methodologies for carrying out future research and planned this work. The discussion laid the groundwork for planning three future conferences: Consolidation in the Meat Sector (February 1999), Transitions in Agbiotech: Economics of Strategy and Policy (June 1999), and Pricing Strategy Studies in the Food System (tentative for 2000).

In 1997, NE-165 also concentrated on participating in research forums jointly organized with others. For example, several members of NE-165 participated in organizing the June 1997 conference titled Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System held at the Sacred Heart Catholic University in Piacenza, Italy. Four of the six plenary session papers were written by NE-165 participants. In addition, the book Vertical Coordination in the Food System based on the NE-165 conference held in June 1995 was accepted for publication by Ashgate Publishing Ltd. NE-165 members were very active at the July 1997 meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, participating in principal paper sessions, selected paper sessions, and symposia.

During 1997, the Project continued to focus on improving communication among researchers and between researchers and decision makers. The proceedings from our June 1996 conference on Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues, and most other NE-165 publications, were posted on the leading web-based research site for agricultural economics, AgEcon Search (http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/ne165.html). There they are instantly available to researchers around the world. NE-165's core group at the Food Marketing Policy Center, University of Connecticut, and University of Massachusetts played a major role in supporting collaboration and communication. It organized the Project meetings, continued development of the NE-165 web site (http://www.umass.edu/ne165/) and maintained a listserv for the group. The Center continued to purchase and maintain 12 major data sets that are used on a regular basis by NE-165 members. The effectiveness of NE-165 research has been significantly enhanced by the availability of these detailed data sets. The core group also provides support for the NE-165 Working Paper and Reprint Series, which are distributed to over 200 economists, research libraries, and others worldwide. The Food Marketing Policy Center is funded by a CSREES Special Research Grant.

IV. Usefulness of Findings

In 1997, NE-165 research was used by policy makers and private parties through their direct discussions and interactions with Project members, access to publications and working papers, and Congressional testimony. The scope of this impact became increasingly international during the year. Many of NE-165's impacts are discussed on the Project=s web site at (http://www.umass.edu/ne165/impacts.html). Under the Project's first objective, strategy and policy analysis, Project researchers participated in a major discussion on vertical coordination and relationships with researchers working in the European Union. They also prepared analyses of, and in some cases participated in, major antitrust cases in the United States. Project members contributed a broad range of useful research on the operation of food markets in the United States and the world, focusing on pricing, competition, and policy issues.

Under the Project=s second objective, providing economic analysis of private and public strategies in order to assess their impact on improvement in food safety and other quality attributes, members continued to be at the forefront of analyzing the benefits and costs of the on-going mandatory requirement by FDA and USDA/FSIS of a Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points (HACCP) approach to food safety assurance by companies in the seafood, meat, and poultry industries. Economic methodology was also applied to analysis of the operation of markets for other quality attributes such as nutrition, pesticide residues, use of inputs produced with biotechnology, and other process attributes such as environmental friendliness. This research is directly used by private companies in their market analysis and by federal and state agencies in their rule-making.

V. Work Planned for Next Year

Next year will be the second year of the current NE-165 Project. During 1998, Project members will hold a major conference in June focused on the Economics of HACCP: New Studies of Costs and Benefits. This conference will engage researchers from the United States and around the world in discussing approaches to and results from economic analyses of HACCP implementation in the food industries. The Conference will be chaired by Laurian Unnevehr (IL).

NE-165 members will also be very active at the AAEA meeting in Salt Lake City in August. These activities include: Free Session on the HACCP Conference: Future Directions for Research; Symposium on The Adequacy of Cost of Illness for Valuing Health Risk Reductions; Symposium on Private Incentives for Food Safety Assurance; Symposium on Foreign Direct Investment; Symposium on Retail Consolidation; and numerous other papers and posters. Several NE-165 members are also involved in the pre-conference on Economic and Policy Implications of Structural Realignments in Food and Ag Markets: A Case Study Approach.

The Committee will also hold a meeting for members only in the Fall to focus its research plans and future conferences. Two conferences are already planned for 1999: 1) Consolidation in the Meat Sector to be held in February in Washington, DC, Conference Steering Committee Chair: James MacDonald (USDA/ERS) and 2) Transitions in Agbiotech: Economics of Strategy and Policy to be held in June in Washington, DC, Conference Steering Committee Chair: William Lesser (NY).

 

VI. Publications Issued or Manuscripts Approved During the Year

CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY

 Journal Articles

Golan, Amos, George Judge, and Jeffrey M. Perloff. 1997. Recovering Information from Censored and Ordered Multinomial Response Data. Journal of Econometrics 79(1):23-51.

Golan, Amos, George Judge, and Jeffrey M. Perloff. 1996. Recovering Information from Multinomial Response Data. Journal of the American Statistical Association 91(434):841-853.

CALIFORNIA-DAVIS

Journal Articles

Morrison, C. J. 1997. Assessing the Productivity of Information Technology Equipment in U.S. Manufacturing Industries. Review of Economics and Statistics 79(3):471-481.

Morrison, Catherine. 1997. Economic Performance, Cost Economies and Pricing Behavior in the U.S. and Australian Meat Products Industries. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41(3):361-383.

Morrison, Catherine J. 1997. Structural Change, Capital Investment and Productivity in the Food Processing Industry. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(1):110-125.

Morrison, Catherine J. and Donald Siegel. 1997. External Capital Factors and Increasing Returns in U.S. Manufacturing. Review of Economics and Statistics 79(4):647-654.

Books, Chapters in Books

Holloway, G. J. and L. J. Peyton. 1997. Mandatory Commodity Promotion, the Laffer-Curve Effect and the Optimal Allocation of Advertising Effort. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis, Istanbul, Turkey.

Morrison, Catherine J. and Donald Siegel. 1997. Automation or Openness?: Technology and Trade Impacts on Costs and Labor Composition in the Food System. In Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues, ed. Julie A. Caswell and Ronald W. Cotterill, 67-84. Storrs, CT: Food Marketing Policy Center.

CONNECTICUT

Station and Agency Publications

Cotterill, R. and L. Haller. 1997. An Econometric Analysis of the Demand for RTE Cereal: Product Market Definition and Unilateral Market Power Effects. Food Marketing Policy Center Research Report No. 35.

Journal Articles

Barrett, J. and K. Segerson K. 1997. Prevention and Treatment in Environmental Policy Design. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 33(2):196-213.

Cotterill, R. 1997. The Food Distribution System of the Future: Convergence Towards the U.S. or U.K. Model. Agribusiness 13(2):123-135.

Cotterill, R. 1997. The Performance of Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives in Differentiated Product Markets. Journal of Cooperatives 12:23-34.

Putsis, W. 1997. An Empirical Study of the Effect of Brand Proliferation on Private LabelCNational Brand Pricing Behavior. Review of Industrial Organization 12(3):355-371.

GEORGIA

Station and Agency Publications

Carley, D. H. and S. M. Fletcher. 1997. An Analysis of Peanut Price Support Issues. Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station Research Bulletin #425, 22 pp.

Fletcher, S. M. 1997. Consumers= Attitudes, Perceptions and Consumption of Peanut Products. 1996 Georgia Peanut Research-Extension Report, Cooperative Research-Extension Publication No. 97-2, pp. 14-15.

Journal Articles

Chen, C., D. E. Ethridge, and S. M. Fletcher. 1997. Textile Manufacturers= Market Valuation of Cotton Fiber Attributes. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 29(1):185-195.

Deodhar, S. Y., S. M. Fletcher, B. J. Hubbell, and S. K. Misra. 1997. The Effects of Consumer Beliefs on Responses to Pesticide Residue Concerns: Implications for Food Safety Policy. Consumer Interest Annual 43:107-112.

McWatters, K. H., S. M. Fletcher, A. V. A. Resurreccion, E. L. Andress, and A. V. Peisher. 1997. Evaluation of the Sensory Quality of Akara (Fried Cowpea Paste) by Teenage Consumers. Journal of Food Quality 20(2):117-125.

ILLINOIS

Journal Articles

Kuchler, F., K. Ralston, and L. Unnevehr. 1997. Reducing Pesticide Residue Risks to Consumers: Can Agricultural Research Help? Food Policy 22(2):119-132.

Thompson, Sarahelen and Steven T. Sonka. 1997. Potential Effects of Information Technologies on the Economic Performance of Agricultural and Food Markets. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79:657-662.

Unnevehr, L. J., P. Pingali, and D. Zilberman. 1997. Changing Pesticide Policies: Introduction. Food Policy 22(2):105-106.

Unnevehr, L. J., T. Roberts, and H. H. Jensen. 1997. Improving Food Safety in Meat and Poultry: Will New Regulations Benefit Consumers? Advancing the Consumer Interest 9(2):13-17.

Books, Chapters in Books

Holt, D. A., S. R. Thompson, F. D. Davenport, and T. M. Prow. 1996. StratSoy: Gateway to the World of Soybean Research. Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Computer Technology in Agriculture. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Unnevehr, Laurian and Tanya Roberts. 1997. Improving Cost/Benefit Analysis for HACCP and Microbial Food Safety: An Economist=s Overview. In Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues, ed. Julie A. Caswell and Ronald W. Cotterill, 225-229. Storrs, CT: Food Marketing Policy Center.

Westgren, Randall E. and Larry J. Martin. 1997. The Heterogeneity of Firms: Where Public Policy and Firm Strategy Collide. In Government and the Food Industry: Economic and Political Effects of Conflict and Cooperation, ed. L. Tim Wallace and William R. Schroder, 399-416. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

INDIANA

Regional Publications

Connor, John M. 1997. Breakfast Cereals: The Extreme Food Industry. Food Marketing Policy Center Issue Paper No. 12.

Station and Agency Publications

Aguiar, Danilo R. D. and John M. Connor. 1997. The Effects of Changes in Regulatory and Trade Policies on the Structure, Conduct, and Performance of the Brazilian Dairy Processing Industry. Staff Paper 97-15, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, October.

Connor, John M. 1997. Archer Daniels Midland: Price-Fixer to the World. Staff Paper 97-04, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, April.

Connor, John M. 1997. Concentration and Mergers in the Grocery Wholesaling Industry. Staff Paper 97-09, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, June.

Connor, John M. 1997. Couponing as a Horizontal and Vertical Strategy: Theory and Effects. Working Paper No. 97-06, Retail Food Industry Center, University of Minnesota, July.

Connor, John M. et al. 1997. Consumer Demand for Food. In Food System 21CGearing Up for the New Millennium, 113-148. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, EC-710.

Connor, John M. et al. 1997. Food Distribution Industries. In Food System 21CGearing Up for the New Millennium, 149-184. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, EC-710.

Ravara, Filipe and John M. Connor. 1997. Food Multinational Enterprise Investment Strategies: An Option Approach. Staff Paper 97-1, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, January.

Journal Articles

Connor, John M. 1997. Economic Overview and Research Issues. Agribusiness 13(2): 253-259.

Connor, John M. 1997. The Global Lysine Price-Fixing Conspiracy of 1992-1995. Review of Agricultural Economics 19:158-174.

Connor, John M. 1997. O Sistema Alimentar em Transição. Interview conducted by Professor Danilo Aguiar, Economia Rural, Viçosa, 8(2):3-8.

Connor, John M. and Everett B. Peterson. 1997. Market Structure Determinants of National Brand-Private Label Price Differences of Manufactured Food Products: Reply. Journal of Industrial Economics 65:225-226.

Peterson, Everett B. and John M. Connor. 1996. A Comparison of Welfare Loss Estimates for U.S. Food Manufacturing: Reply. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78:710-711.

Books, Chapters in Books

Connor, John M. 1997. Comments on the Structural Convergence Hypothesis. In Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues, ed. Julie A. Caswell and Ronald W. Cotterill, 121-126. Storrs, CT: Food Marketing Policy Center.

Connor, John M. The Global Lysine Price-Fixing Conspiracy of 1992-1995. 1997. In Mercosul: Agronegócios e Desenvolvimento Econômico, ed. Wilson Vieira and Fátima Carvalho, 271-295. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Federal University of Viçosa.

Connor, John M. 1997. International Convergence of Antitrust Laws and Enforcement. In Mercosul: Agronegócios e Desenvolvimento Econômico, ed. Wilson Vieira and Fátima Carvalho, 221-244. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Federal University of Viçosa.

Connor, John M. and William Schiek. 1997. Food Processing: An Industrial Powerhouse in Transition, Second Revised Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Overend, Christopher, John M. Connor, and Victoria Salin. 1997. Foreign Direct Investment and U.S. Exports of Processed Foods: Complements or Substitutes? In Foreign Direct Investment and Processed Food Trade, ed. Shida Rastegari Henneberry, 31-56. Oklahoma State University.

Ravara, Filipe A. and John M. Connor. 1997. Food Multinational Enterprise Investment Strategies: An Option Theory Approach. In Foreign Direct Investment and Processed Food Trade, ed. Shida Rastegari Henneberry, 57-78. Oklahoma State University.

IOWA

Journal Articles

Hennessy, David A. and Thomas I. Wahl. 1997. An Analysis of Grain Cleaning and Commingling Decisions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79.

Sapp, S. and H. Jensen. 1997. Reliability and Validity of Nutrition Knowledge and Diet Health Awareness Scales Developed from the 1989-91 DHKS Surveys. Journal of Nutrition Education 29:63-72.

LOUISIANA

Journal Articles

Harrison, R. Wes and P. L. Kennedy. 1997. A Neo-Classical Economic and Strategic Management Approach to Evaluating Global Agribusiness Competitiveness. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 7(1).

Kennedy, P. Lynn, R. Wes Harrison, N. G. Kalaitzandonakes, H. C. Peterson, and R. P. Rindfuss. 1997. Perspectives on Evaluating Competitiveness in Agribusiness Industries. Agribusiness: An International Journal 13(4).

MASSACHUSETTS

Station and Agency Publications

Caswell, Julie A. 1997. What Labels Tell Us About How Foods Are Processed. Accents (University of Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station) 1(2):1-2.

Journal Articles

Caswell, Julie A. and Jaana K. Kleinschmit V.L. 1997. Using Benefit-Cost Criteria for Settling Federalism Disputes: An Application to Food Safety Regulation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79:24-38.

Caswell, Julie A. and Eliza M. Mojduszka. 1996. Using Informational Labeling to Influence the Market for Quality in Food Products. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78:1248-1253.

Raper, Kellie Curry, H. Alan Love, and C. Richard Shumway. 1996. A Statistical Test for Market Power Exertion Using Nonparametric Techniques. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78:1411.

Books, Chapters in Books

Caswell, Julie A. and Ronald W. Cotterill, editors. 1997. Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues. Storrs, CT: Food Marketing Policy Center. 247 pp.

Caswell, Julie A. and Spencer J. Henson. 1997. Interaction of Private and Public Food Quality Control Systems in Global Markets. In Globalization of the Food Industry: Policy Implications, ed. R. J. Loader, S. J. Henson, and W. B. Traill, 217-235. Reading, UK: Centre for Food Economics Research, University of Reading.

Mueller, Willard F. and Richard T. Rogers. 1997. Monopoly and Competition. In The Academic American Encyclopedia. CT: Grolier Incorporated.

Roberts, Tanya, Roberta A. Morales, C.-T. Jordan Lin, Julie A. Caswell, and Neal H. Hooker. 1997. Worldwide Opportunities to Market Food Safety. In Government and the Food Industry: Economic and Political Effects of Conflict and Cooperation, ed. Tim Wallace and Bill Schroder. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Press.

Rogers, Richard T. 1997. The Role of Cooperatives in Increasingly Concentrated Markets. In Proceedings of Symposium on Cooperatives: Their Importance in the Future Food and Agricultural System, ed. Cook, Torgerson, Sporleder, and Padberg. Sponsored by National Council of Farmers Cooperatives and the Food and Agricultural Marketing Consortium.

MICHIGAN

Station and Agency Publications

Owens, N. N., S. M. Swinton, and E. O. van Ravenswaay. 1997. Farmer Demand for Safer Corn Herbicides: Survey Methods and Descriptive Results. Research Report 547, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan State University.

Owens, N. N., S. M. Swinton, and E. O. van Ravenswaay. 1997. Will Farmers Use Safer Pesticides? Staff Paper No. 97-1, Michigan State University.

van Ravenswaay, E. O. and J. R. Blend. 1997. Using Ecolabeling to Encourage Adoption of Innovative Environmental Technologies in Agriculture. Staff Paper No. 97-19, Michigan State University.

Journal Articles

van Ravenswaay, E. O. and J. P. Hoehn. 1996. The Theoretical Benefits of Food Safety Policies: A Total Economic Value Framework. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(5):1291-1296.

Books, Chapters in Books

van Ravenswaay, Eileen O. and John P. Hoehn. 1997. Approaches to Measuring Consumer Benefits from Food Safety. In Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues, ed. Julie A. Caswell and Ronald W. Cotterill, 209-215. Storrs, CT: Food Marketing Policy Center.

van Ravenswaay, E. O. and Tanya Roberts. 1996. Food Safety Issues and Economics Analyses. Environment-Conserving Type of Agriculture, ed. Takuji Sakurai, 269-299. Tokyo: Noh-Rin Toh-Kei Kyoh-kai.

MINNESOTA

Station and Agency Publications

Bourgeon, J-M and R. B. Smith. 1997. Technology Choice and Tacit Collusion. THEMA, University of Paris X and Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, September.

Journal Articles

Diao, X. and T. Roe. 1997. Embodied Pollution and Trade: A Two-Country General Equilibrium Model. Journal of Economic Development 22(1):57-77.

Gopinath, M., C. Arnade, M. Shane, and T. Roe. 1997. Agricultural Competitiveness: The Case of the U.S. and Major E.U. Countries. Agricultural Economics 16:99-109.

Gopinath, M. and T. Roe. 1997. Sources of Sectoral Growth in an Economy Wide Context: The Case of U.S. Agriculture. Journal of Productivity Analysis 8:293-310.

Gopinath, M., T. Roe, and M. Shane. 1996. Competitiveness of U.S. Food Processing: Benefits from Primary Agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78.

NEBRASKA

 Journal Articles

Azzam, A. 1997. Measuring Market Power and Cost-Efficiency Effects of Industrial Concentration. Journal of Industrial Economics 35:1-10.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Station and Agency Publications

Manalo, Alberto B. 1997. The New Hampshire Specialty Food Industry. New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report No. 134.

Journal Articles

Manalo, A. B. and C. M. Gempesaw II. 1997. Preferences for Oyster Attributes by Consumers in the U.S. Northeast. Journal of Food Distribution Research 28:55-63.  

NEW JERSEY

Journal Articles

Adelaja, A., R. M. Nayga, K. R. Tank, and B. J. Schilling. 1997. Business Climate of Food Firms: A Comparative Analysis of Problems Faced by Food Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Retailers and Service Institutions. Journal of Food Distribution Research 28(1):45-53.

Adelaja, A., R. Nayga, Jr., K. Tank, and B. Schilling. 1997. Enhancing Business Opportunities in the Food Wholesale Industry: A Case Study of New Jersey. Journal of Food Distribution Research 28(2):45-54.

Adelaja, A., R. M. Nayga, Jr., and T. Wall. 1997. Income and Racial Differential in Selected Nutrient Intakes. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79.

Adelaja, A., R. Nayga, Jr., K. Tank, and B. Schilling. 1997. Industry Views on Methods of Improving the Business Climate for Food Stores: The Case of New Jersey. Agribusiness: An International Journal 13(1):107-117.

NEW YORK

Station and Agency Publications

McLaughlin, E. W., K. Park, and D. J. Perosio. 1997. The Fresh Produce Wholesaling System: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities. R.B. 97-16, ARME Department, Cornell University, October.

McLaughlin, E. W., K. Park, and D. J. Perosio. 1997. Marketing and Performance Benchmarks for the Fresh Produce Industry. R.B. 97-15, ARME Department, Cornell University, October.

McLaughlin, E. W., D. J. Perosio, and J. L. Park. 1997. Retail Logistics and Merchandising: Requirements in the Year 2000. R.B. 97-08, ARME Department, Cornell University, May.

Journal Articles

Tomek, W. G. 1997. Commodity Futures Prices as Forecasts. Review of Agricultural Economics 19:23-44.

OHIO

Journal Articles

Deodhar, S. and Sheldon, I. M. 1997. Econometric Estimation of the Magnitude of Market Power in the Soymeal Export Market. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 22:78-86.

Hasebe, T., W. S. Chern, and F. Itoh. 1997. The Cholesterol Information Index and Demand for Milk and Milk Products. Journal of Farm Management Economics 29, February (in Japanese).

Kim, S. R. and W. S. CHERN. 1997. Indicative Measures of Health Risk Information on Fat and Cholesterol for U.S. and Japanese Consumers. Consumer Interest Annual 43.

McCorriston, S. and I. M. Sheldon. 1997. The (Non)-Equivalence of Tariffs and Quantity Restraints as >Rent-Shifting= Policies. Canadian Journal of Economics 30:1220-1233.

McCorriston, S. and I. M. Sheldon. 1997. Vertical Restraints and Competition Policy in the U.S. and U.K. Food Marketing Systems. Agribusiness: An International Journal 13:237-252.

RHODE ISLAND

Station and Agency Publications

Spatz, M. J., J. L. Anderson, and S. Jancart. 1996. Northeast Region Aquaculture Industry Situation and Outlook Report, 1994-1995. Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center/Rhode Island Experiment Station Report No. 3352, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI AES Number 3352, 76 pp.

Journal Articles

Anderson, J. L. and Q. S. W. Fong. 1997. Aquaculture and International Trade. Aquaculture Economics and Management 1(1):29-44. USDA CSRS Grant Number 92-34276-6963, RI AES pending.

Eales, James, Catherine A. Durham, and Cathy R. Wessells. 1997. General Models of Japanese Demand for Fish. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Kinnucan, Henry W. and Cathy Roheim Wessells. 1997. Marketing Research Paradigms for Aquaculture. Aquaculture Economics and Management 1:73-86.

Books, Chapters in Books

Anderson, J. L. 1997. The Growth of Salmon Aquaculture and the Emerging New World Order of the Salmon Industry. In Global Trends: Fisheries Management, ed. E. K. Pikitch, D. D. Huppert, and M. P. Sissenwine, 175-184. Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society, USDA CSRS Grant Number 92-34276-6963, RI AES pending.

TEXAS

Journal Articles

Govindasamy, R. and R. M. Nayga, Jr. 1997. Determinants of Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Market Visitations by Type of Facility: A Logit Analysis. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 26(1):31-38.

Love, H. A. and G. C. Rausser. 1997. Flexible Public Policy: The Case of the U.S. Wheat Sector. Journal of Policy Modeling 19(2).

Nayga Jr., R. M. 1997. Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Perceived Importance of Nutrition in Food Shopping. Journal of Consumer Affairs 31(1):1-9.

Nayga Jr., R. M. 1997. Obesity and Heart Disease Awareness: A Note on the Impact of Consumer Characteristics Using Qualitative Choice Analysis. Applied Economics Letters 4:229-231.

Nayga Jr., R. M. 1997. The Socio-economics and Demography of the Elderly: Issues and Thoughts for Agricultural Economics Research. Review of Agricultural Economics 19(1):158-165.

Tepper, B. J., Y. Choi, and R. M. Nayga, Jr. 1997. Understanding Food Choice in Adult Men: Influence of Nutrition Knowledge, Food Beliefs and Dietary Restraint. Food Quality and Preference 8(4):307-317.

WISCONSIN

Books, Chapters in Books

Grobe, Deana, Robin Douthitt, and Lydia Zepeda. 1997. Consumer Risk Perception Profiles for the Food-Related Biotechnology, Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rbGH). In Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues, ed. Julie A. Caswell and Ronald W. Cotterill, 157-170. Storrs, CT: Food Marketing Policy Center.

COOPERATIVE SERVICES-USDA

Station and Agency Publications

Byrne, Patrick J., John J. VanSickle, and Monica Escaleras. 1996. Performance of Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Cooperatives. Research Report, University of Florida, September.

Comparisons of Costs and Efficiencies Between Cooperative, Proprietary, and Captive Fluid Processors: A Neural Network Approach. Report R.B. 96-13, Cornell University.

Schrader, Lee and Michael Boehlje. 1996. Cooperative Coordination in the Hog-Pork System: Examples from Europe and the U.S. Staff Paper 96-21, Purdue University.

Stearns, Larry, David W. Cobia, and Marc Warman. 1997. Strategies for Survival by Cooperative Country Elevators Revisited. RBS-CS, Research Report 158, September.

Stearns, Larry, David W. Cobia, and Marc Warman. 1997. Response of Cooperative Elevators to Changes in Government Policies. RBS-CS, Research Report 153, June.

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICECUSDA

Station and Agency Publications

Buzby, Jean C. and Tanya Roberts. 1997. Guillain-Barré Syndrome Increases Foodborne Disease Costs. Food Review 20(3):36-42.

Buzby, Jean C. and Stephen R. Crutchfield. 1997. USDA Modernizes Meat and Poultry Inspection. Food Review 20(1):14-17.

Buzby, Jean C., Tanya Roberts, and Ban M. Allos. 1997. Estimated Annual Costs of Campylobacter-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome. USDA, ERS, AER No. 756, July.

Buzby, Jean C. and Tanya Roberts. 1996. ERS Updates U.S. Foodborne Disease Costs for Seven Pathogens. Food Review 19(3):20-25.

Crutchfield, S., J. C. Buzby, T. Roberts, M. Ollinger, and C.-T. J. Lin. 1997. An Economic Assessment of Food Safety Regulations: The New Approach to Meat and Poultry Inspection. USDA, ERS, AER No. 755, July.

Gallo, Anthony E. 1997. The Food Marketing System in 1995. Agricultural Information Bulletin 731, January.

Morrison, R. M., J. C. Buzby, and C.-T. J. Lin. 1997. Irradiating Ground Beef to Enhance Food Safety. Food Review 20(1):33-37.

Journal Articles

Buzby, Jean C., Ban Mishu Allos, and Tanya Roberts. 1997. Economic Burden of C. jejuni-induced GBS. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 176:S192-197.

Buzby, Jean C. and Tanya Roberts. 1997. Economic Costs and Trade Impacts of Foodborne Illness. World Health Statistics Quarterly 50(2):57-66.

Gallo, Anthony E. 1997. Consolidation in the U.S. Food Marketing System. Journal of Food Distribution Research XVIII(1), April.

Gallo, Anthony E. 1997. Econometrics: Its Use in Evaluating Policy Options. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(5), March.

Roberts, Tanya, Jean C. Buzby, and Michael Ollinger. 1996. The Net Benefits of Food Safety Regulation: An Application to HACCP. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(5):1297-1301.

FRANCE

Books, Chapters in Books

Sauvee, Loïc. 1997. Coordination Verticale dans L'industrie Avicole: Une Perspective Institutionnelle. Actes et Vommunications INRA-ESR, n°14, pp. 185-205.

TURKEY

Journal Articles

Rehber, Erkan. 1997. An Appraisal of Contract Farming. The Turkish Journal of Agricultural Economics 1998-3 (23-27).

VII. Attachments: Theses, Manuscripts, Works in Press, Presentations

CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY

Hyde, Charles E. and Jeffrey M. Perloff. In Press. Multimarket Market Power Estimation: The Australian Retail Meat Sector. Applied Economics.

Perloff, Jeffrey M. In Press. Droit de Suite. New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law.

CALIFORNIA-DAVIS

Alston, J. M., R. J. Sexton, and M. Zhang. In Press. The Effects of Imperfect Competition on the Size and Distribution of Research Benefits. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Holloway, G. J. A Coherent Procedure for Inferring Conduct. Paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meetings, Toronto, Canada.

Holloway, G. J. 1997. Is the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation=s Advertising Efficient? Selected paper presented at the Australian Agricultural Economics Society annual meetings, Pan Pacific Hotel, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Morrison, Catherine and Donald Siegel. In Press. Knowledge Capital and Cost Structure in the U.S. Food and Fibre Industries. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

CONNECTICUT

Langan, G. 1997. Brand Level Demand and Oligopolistic Price Interaction Among Domestic and Imported Beer Brands. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Connecticut.

Ma, Li-Yu. 1997. An Econometric Analysis of Competition in a Differentiated Product Industry: The U.S. Ready-to-Eat Cereal Industry. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Connecticut.

Nevo, A. 1997. Demand for Ready-to-Eat Cereal and its Implications for Price Competition, Merger Analysis and Valuation of New Brands. Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, May, 1997.

Putsis, W. and R. Dhar. In Press. Private Labels vs. National Brands: The Many Faces of Competition. Marketing Letters.

Steahr, T. In Press. An Estimate of Foodborne Illness in the Elderly Population of the United States, 1987-1993. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 8.

GEORGIA

Deodhar, Satish Y. and Stanley M. Fletcher. In Press. The Peanut Program and Pass-Through of Prices, Conjectural Variations, and Consumer=s Welfare Gain. In The Industrialization of Agriculture: Vertical Coordination in the U.S. Food System, ed. Jeffrey S. Royer and Richard T. Rogers. Ashgate Publishing of Aldershot, UK.

INDIANA

Aguiar, Danilo R. D. and John M. Connor. 1997. The Effects of Changes in Regulatory and Trade Policies on the Structure, Conduct and Performance of the Brazilian Dairy Processing Industry. Selected Paper, annual meeting of the American Association of Agricultural Economics, Toronto, Canada, July.

Binkley, James K. and John M. Connor. In Press. Market Competition and Metropolitan-Area Food Prices. Journal of Retailing.

Boehlje, Michael and John M. Connor. 1997. Focus on the Food and Agribusiness Marketplace. Pioneer Hybrid Institute VII, Center for Agricultural Business, Purdue University, November 7.

Boehlje, Michael and John Connor. 1997. The Food and Agribusiness Marketplace. Central Soya University, Center for Agricultural Business, Purdue University, September 9.

Connor, John M. In Press. International Convergence of Antitrust Laws and Enforcement. Antitrust Law and Economics Review.

Connor, John M. In Press. Market Structure and Mergers in the U.S. Grocery Wholesaling Industry. Scientific Bulletin, Agricultural Research Station, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Connor, John M. 1997. Keeping Tabs on the Consumer: Just a Few Links Away. Plenary Speech at the 1997 National conference for Agribusiness, Center for Agricultural Business, Purdue University, November 10.

Connor, John M. 1997. Growth of Midwest Food Processing Industries. Meeting of Electric Power Research Institute, Chicago, November 3.

Connor, John M. 1997. International Convergence of Antitrust Laws and Enforcement. Keynote Address in the International Seminar Series, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, October 23.

Connor, John M. 1997. Recent Developments in Industrial Organization Research on the Food System. University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil, October 21.

Connor, John M. 1997. Archer Daniels Midland: Price-Fixer to the World. Department Seminar Series, Department of Economics IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana, September.

Connor, John M. 1997. Market Concentration: Does Anyone Really Care Anymore? Organized Symposium Presentation, AAEA Annual Meeting, Toronto, July.

Connor, John M. 1997. The Economics of Food Couponing. Plenary address at the Conference on Vertical Relationships in the Food System, Piacenza, Italy, June.

Connor, John M. 1997. New Developments in Price-Fixing Enforcements: The Lysine and Citric-Acid Cases. Food Marketing Seminar Series, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC, May 6.

Connor, John M. 1997. Archer Daniels Midland: Price-Fixer to the World. Department Seminar Series, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, March 20.

IOWA

Jensen, H., L. Unnevehr, and M. Gomez. In Press. Costs of Improving Food Safety in the Meat Sector. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

Nusser, S., A. Carriquiry, and H. Jensen. In Press. Usual Intake Distributions in Risk Assessment for Food Residues. 1997 Proceedings of the Section on Statistics and the Environment, American Statistical Association.

KANSAS

Fox, J. A. and D. G. Olson. In Press. Market Trials of Irradiated Chicken. Invited Paper, Radiation Physics and Chemistry.

Fox, J. A., J. F. Shogren, D. J. Hayes, and J. B. Kliebenstein. In Press. CVM-X: Calibrating Contingent Values with Experimental Auction Markets. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

MASSACHUSETTS

Caswell, Julie A. In Press. Rethinking the Role of Government in Agri-Food Markets. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Gershoff, Matthew S. 1997. Estimating Brand Level Price Elasticities for the Margarine Industry: A Two-Stage Budget Approach. M.S. Thesis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 110 pp.

Hooker, Neal H. 1997. Food Quality Regulation Under Trade Agreements: Effects on the Supply of Food Safety and Competitiveness. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 249 pp.

Lewis, Jennifer E. 1997. A Comparison between the Advertising Strategies of Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives and Investor-Owned Firms in Food Processing. M.S. Thesis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 155 pp.

Mojduszka, Eliza M. 1997. Manufacturers= Responses to New Nutrition Labeling Regulation. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 243 pp.

Raper, Kellie Curry and H. Alan Love. In Press. Testing for Monopsony Power in Multiple Input Markets: A Nonparametric Approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Raper, Kellie Curry. 1997. Empirical Measurement of Market Power. AAEA Honorable MentionBOutstanding Ph.D. Dissertation. Abstract forthcoming in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79(5).

Raper, Kellie Curry and H. Alan Love. 1997. Testing for Monopsony Power in Multiple Input Markets: A Nonparametric Approach. Selected Paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meetings, Toronto, Canada, July. Abstract forthcoming in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79(5).

Rogers, Richard T. In Press. Broilers, Differentiating a Commodity. In Industry Studies, ed. Larry Deutch. M.E.Sharp.

Royer, Jeffrey S. and Richard T. Rogers, editors. In Press. The Industrialization of Agriculture: Vertical Coordination in the U.S. Food System. Ashgate Publishing Limited.

Willis, Michael S. and Richard T. Rogers. In Press. Market Share Dispersion Among Leading Firms as a Determinant of Advertising Intensity. Review of Industrial Organization.

MONTANA

Antle, J. M. In Press. Economic Analysis of Food Safety. In Handbook of Agricultural Economics, ed. G. Rausser and B. Gardner. North-Holland Publishing Company.

Antle, J. M. 1997. Reputation, Quality-Adjusted Cost Functions, and Food Safety Regulation. Research Seminar Presentation, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., March 12.

Antle, J. M. 1997. Reputation, Quality-Adjusted Cost Functions, and Food Safety Regulation. Research Seminar Presentation, Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Tech, March 5.

Antle, J. M. 1997. Reputation, Quality-Adjusted Cost Functions, and Food Safety Regulation. Research Seminar Presentation, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska, January 31.

NEBRASKA

Hoffman, Susan H. 1997. Evaluating the Procompetitive Effects of Farmer Cooperatives and Public Firms in Imperfectly Competitive Markets: A Simulation Analysis. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Nebraska.

Hoffman, Susan H. and Jeffrey S. Royer. 1997. Evaluating the Competitive Yardstick Effect of Cooperatives on Imperfect Markets: A Simulation Analysis. Paper presented at Western Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Reno, Nevada, July 13-16.

NEW JERSEY

Bhuyan, S. and R. A. Lopez. In Press. Oligopoly Power and Economies of Scale in the U.S. Food and Tobacco Manufacturing Industries. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Farooq, Z. 1997. Mergers and Acquisition in the Food Industry. M.S. Thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, July.

Lopez, R. A. and S. Bhuyan. 1997. What Determines Allocative Efficiency Losses in the Food and Tobacco Industries? Selected Paper, annual meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Toronto, Canada, July 27-30.

OHIO

Henderson, D. R., I. M. Sheldon, and D. H. Pick. In Press. International Commerce in Processed Foods: Patterns and Curiosities. In Global Markets for Processed Foods: Theoretical and Practical Issues, ed. D. H. Pick, J. Kinsey, D. R. Henderson, and I. M. Sheldon. Westview Press.

McCorriston, S. and I. M. Sheldon. 1997. The Non-Neutrality of Border Tax Adjustments for Environmental Taxes under Imperfect Competition. University of Exeter, Discussion Paper in Economics, 97/10.

Pick, D. H., J. Kinsey, D. R. Henderson, and I. M. Sheldon, editors. In Press. Global Markets for Processed Foods: Theoretical and Practical Issues. Westview Press.

Sheldon, I. M. and D. R. Henderson. In Press. Theory and Practice in Perspective. In Global Markets for Processed Foods: Theoretical and Practical Issues, ed. D. H. Pick, J. Kinsey, D. R. Henderson, and I. M. Sheldon. Westview Press.

Sheldon, I. M., D. H. Pick, and S. McCorriston, S. In Press. Export Subsidies in a Vertically-Interrelated Marketing System: The Case of Durum Wheat and Pasta. In Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System, ed. S. Boccaletti.

RHODE ISLAND

Anderson, J. L. 1997. Evaluation of the Relationship Between Pre- and Post-harvest Practices and Responsible Fisheries Management. Prepared for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France, RI AES Number pending, 35 pp.

Anderson, J. L., R. J. Johnston, S. Jancart, M. Carroll, and J. Martinez. 1997. A Strategic Plan for Rhode Island Aquaculture. Prepared for Rhode Island Legislative Commission on Aquaculture, Providence, RI, 166 pp.

Asche, Frank and Cathy R. Wessells. In Press. On Price Indices in the Almost Ideal Demand System. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

TEXAS

Awokuse, T., M. C. Espinoza, H. A. Love, and C. R. Shumway. 1997. Monopolistic and Monopsonistic Behavior in the U.S. Agricultural Processing Sectors: A Flexible Approach to Test for Market Power Exertion. Selected Paper presented at AAEA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Espinoza, M. C. and H. A. Love. 1997. A Nonparametric Test for Monopoly Market Power Exertion by Breakfast Cereal Manufacturers. Selected Paper presented at WAEA Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Gomez, I. A., H. A. Love, and D. Burton. 1997. Inventories, Expectations, and Environmental Effects on Industry Structure: Three Essays on Pulpwood and Sawtimber Markets. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University.

Hill, H., K. Stiegert, and H. A. Love. 1997. Testing the Validity of Standard Representative Agent Input Demand Systems. Selected Paper presented at WAEA Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Salin, Victoria et al. 1997. Grower Contracts and Implications for Identity-Preserved Handling Systems. Final report to Monsanto Company, December 1.

WISCONSIN

Douthitt, R., L. Zepeda, and D. Grobe. 1997. Consumer Acceptance of >Engineered= Foods. Panel Presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS) and the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), Madison, Wisconsin.

Grobe, D. 1997. Consumers= Perceptions of Risk: The Case of the Food-Related Biotechnology, Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rbGH). Unpublished Thesis, Oregon State University.

Grobe, D., R. Douthitt, and L. Zepeda. 1997. A Model of Consumers= Risk Perceptions Toward Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rbGH): The Impact of Risk Characteristics. Poster presented at the 1997 Oregon Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Annual Meeting.

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICECUSDA

AAEA Organized Symposium. 1997. Is Structure a Food Policy Research Issue? AAEA Meetings, Toronto, Canada, August.

Gallo, Anthony E. 1997. Food Retailing. Food Distribution Research Society Meetings, Clearwater, Florida, October.

Gallo, Anthony E. 1997. Monitoring Consolidation in Food Marketing in l996. Food Distribution Research Society Meetings, Clearwater, Florida, October.

Gallo, Anthony E. 1997. Is Structure a Food Policy Research Issue? Symposium Presentation, AAEA Meetings, Toronto, Canada, August.

Roberts, T., J. C. Buzby, J. Lin, P. Nunnery, P. Mead, and P. Tarr. In Press. Economic Aspects of E. coli O157:H7: Disease Outcome Trees, Risk, Uncertainty, and Social Cost of Disease Estimates. Annual Public Health Forum: New and Resurgent Infections, ed. K. De Cock and B. Greenwood. London: John Wiley and Sons.

FRANCE

Sauvee, Loïc. 1997. Le Secteur de la Pomme de Terre et la Grande Distribution: de Nouvelles Formes de Coordination. Paper presented at SFER Montpellier, France, May 22-23, 13 pp.

Sauvee, Loïc and Françoise Philippe. 1997. Coordination Efficiency: Proposal for a Framework. An Illustration with the Fresh Tomato Sector in France. Paper presented at International Conference on Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System, Piacenza, Italy, June 12-13.

TURKEY

Rehber, Erkan. 1997. An Appraisal of Contract Farming. Paper presented in seminar in Izmir, September 24.

APPROVED:

Julie A. Caswell, September 1, 1998

Chairperson, Technical Committee Date

Daniel Rossi, September 11, 1998

Administrative Advisor Date

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