SIMON ZBINDEN, Cornell University, “Costa Rica’s Payments for Environmental Services Programs: An Economic Analysis of Program Participation and Performance”, David Lee, Advisor
Honorable Mention
SHAWN JOSEPH BUCHOLTZ, University of Maryland, “Estimating the Value of Permanently Preserved and Developable Open Space in Urban Fringe Counties”, Loretta M. Lynch, Advisor
Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award
KURT SCHNIER, University of Arizona, "Economic Analysis of Spatially Heterogeneous Resources: The Case of the Fishery", James Cox, Advisor
Honorable Mention
MICHELE VILLINSKI, University of Minnesota, "A Framework for Pricing Multiple-Exercise Option Contracts for Water", Jay Coggins, Advisor
Distinguished Teaching
Less than 10 Years’ Experience
MARSHALL FRASIER, Colorado State University
Undergraduate, More than 10 Years’ Experience
DANIEL TILLEY, Oklahoma State University
Graduate, More Than 10 Years’ Experience
B. WADE BRORSEN, Oklahoma State University
Distinguished Extension Program
Individual
GEORGE F. PATRICK, Purdue University
Group
ROBERT CRAVEN, EDWARD USSET, WYNN RICHARDSON, TIM ARLT, WILLIAM CRAIG, GARY HACHFELD and BRET OELKE, University of Minnesota; ROGER SELLEY, H. DOUGLAS JOSE, TERENCE HEJNY, ROBERT MEDUNA and DAVID GOELLER, University of Nebraska; ROY SMITH; KEITH BANTA, County Hedging, Inc., members of the “Winning the Game” team
Quality of Communication Award
C. FORD RUNGE, BENJAMIN SENAUER, PHILIP G. PARDEY, University of Minnesota and MARK W. ROSEGRANT, IFPRI, “Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization”, John Hopkins University Press
Honorable Mention
FRANK A. SLOAN, Duke University, V. KERRY SMITH, North Carolina State University and DONALD H. TAYLOR, Duke University, “The Smoking Puzzle: Information, Risk Perception, and Choice”, Harvard University Press
Quality of Research Discovery Award
MARTIN SMITH, Duke University and JAMES WILEN, University of California at Davis, "Economic Impacts of Marine Reserves: The Importance of Spatial Behavior", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46 (2003)
Outstanding Journal Article Award: AJAE
MICHAEL CARTER, University of Wisconsin and PEDRO OLINTO, IFPRI, "Getting Institutions ‘Right’ for Whom? Credit Constraints and the Impact of Property Rights on the Quantity and Composition of Investment", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85 (February): 173-186
Outstanding Journal Article Award: RAE
TOMISLAV VUKINA, North Carolina State University, “The Relationship between Contracting and Livestock Waste Pollution”, Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(1): 66-88
Honorable Mention
PAUL WILSON and GARY THOMPSON, University of Arizona, “Time Integration: Agribusiness Structure for Competitive Advantage”, Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(1): 30-43
Outstanding Journal Article Award: Choices
COLIN A. CARTER and GUILLAUME P. GRUERE, University of California at Davis, "International Approaches to the Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods”, Choices (Second Quarter, 2003)
Publication of Enduring Quality Award
JAMES EALES, Purdue University and LAURIAN UNNEVEHR, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Demand for Beef and Chicken Products: Separability and Structural Change”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 70(1988): 521-532
Lonnie Vandeveer, Patricia Soto, Steven Henning, Huizhen Niu, and Rebecca McLaren, Louisiana State University, “Measuring Spatial Dynamics of Growth at the Urban Fringe”
2nd Place
Catherine Kling, Hongli Feng, Lyubov Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi, Phillip W. Gassman, Manoj Jha, Todd Campbell, Arathi Bhaskar, Cristopher Burkart, Sanchita Sengupta, Rebecca Olson, Iowa State University, “Policies to Improve Water Quality: In-Stream versus Edge-of-field Assessment”
3rd Place
Ogbonnaya Nwoha, Susan Watson, Gary Kennedy, and Kenneth Rea, Louisiana Tech University, “Characteristics of Rural E-Commerce Adopters in the South”
Graduate Student Case Study Competition
First Place
Lindsey Higgins, Pablo Ramirez, Texas A&M University
Second Place
Michelle Mullins, Jane Njuguna, Andrea Woolverton, University of Missouri
Third Place
Brian Briggeman, Joshua Detre, Purdue University Team #2
