Understanding Productivity Growth in Agriculture
Wolfram Schlenker, Organizer
May 11-12, 2017
Supported by the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Giannini Foundation at the University of California, Davis
Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd Floor
Cambridge
| Thursday, May 11 | ||||
| 10:30 am |
Jayson L. Lusk, Purdue University Jesse B. Tack, Kansas State University Nathan P. Hendricks, Kansas State University Heterogeneous Yield Impacts from Adoption of Genetically Engineered Corn and the Importance of Controlling for Weather
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| 11:30 am |
Hsing-Hsiang Huang, Environmental Protection Agency Michael Moore, University of Michigan Farming Under Weather Risk: Adaptation, Moral Hazard, and Selection on Moral Hazard
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Cecilia Bellora, OECD Elodie Blanc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jean-Marc Bourgeon, INRA Eric Strobl, Ecole Polytechnique Estimating the Impact of Crop Diversity on Agricultural Productivity in South Africa
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| 2:30 pm |
Christine L. Carroll, California State University, Chico Colin A. Carter, University of California at Davis Rachael Goodhue, University of California, Davis C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, Cornell University Crop Disease and Agricultural Productivity
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| 3:30 pm | Coffee Break | |||
| 4:00 pm |
Sun Ling Wang, Department of Agriculture-Economic Research Service V. Eldon Ball, Department of Agriculture Richard Nehring, Department of Agriculture Ryan Williams, Department of Agriculture Truong Chau, Pennsylvania State University Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Weather on US Agricultural Productivity
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 5:00 pm | Shuttle Vans depart NBER for Royal Sonesta Hotel | |||
| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner at Royal Sonesta Hotel (Parkview Room/ East Tower) | |||
| Friday, May 12 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:30 am |
Mark Brown, Statistics Canada Shon M. Ferguson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Crina Viju, Carleton University Agricultural Trade Reform, Reallocation and Technical Change: Evidence from the Canadian Prairies
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| 9:30 am |
Wyatt Brooks, Arizona State University Kevin Donovan, Yale University and NBER Eliminating Uncertainty in Market Access: The Impact of New Bridges in Rural Nicaragua
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| 10:30 am | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Sebastian Sotelo, University of Michigan and NBER Domestic Trade Frictions and Agriculture
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
Katrina Jessoe, University of California at Davis Reena Badiani, The World Bank Electricity Prices, Groundwater and Agriculture: The Environmental and Agricultural Impacts of Electricity Subsidies in India
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| 2:00 pm |
Sofia Villas-Boas, University of California at Berkeley Rebecca Taylor, University of Sydney Hannah Krovetz, University of California, Berkeley Willingness to Pay for Low Water Footprint Food Choices During Drought
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| 3:00 pm | Adjourn | |||