Demand & Price Analysis
1016
Examining Energy and Commodity Price Volatility
Monday, 9:30 AM–11:00 AM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 606
Selected Paper Session
Volatility in energy, grain, and food prices.
Moderator: Berna Karali, University of Georgia
Presentations:
Do energy prices stimulate food price volatility? Examining volatility transmission between the US oil, ethanol and corn markets
Cornelis Gardebroek, Wageningen University; Manuel A. Hernandez, IFPRI
Interrelationship and Volatility Transmission between Grain and Oil Prices
Doo Bong Han, Korea University; Minji Kong,
Commodity Prices and Volatility in Response to Anticipated Climate Change
Anh Nam Tran and Michael James Roberts, North Carolina State University; David Lobell, Stanford University; Wolfram Schlenker, Columbia University; Jarrod R. Welch, University of California, San Diego
When do the USDA Forecasters Make Mistakes?
Berna Karali, University of Georgia; Olga U. Isengildina-Massa, Clemson University; Scott H. Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1045
International and Development Issues
Monday, 1:00 PM–2:30 PM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 606
Selected Paper Session
Issues in international markets: trade in South Korea, structural change in Chinese food preferences, livestock marketing in Zambia, and electricity in India.
Moderator: Rubaba Ali, University of Maryland, College Park
Presentations:
Implications of the U.S.-South Korean Free Trade Agreement on South Korean Dairy Product Import.
Keithly G. Jones and Donald P. Blayney, USDA-Economic Research Service
Structural change in Chinese food preferences
Vardges Hovhannisyan and Brian W. Gould, University of Wisconsin
Factors Influencing Livestock Marketing Dynamics in Zambia
Mary Lubungu, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute
Demand for Electricity and Its Impact on Welfare: Evidence from Rural India
Rubaba Ali, University of Maryland, College Park; Shahidur R. Khandker and Hussain Samad, World Bank
1074
Price Analysis and Market Integration
Monday, 4:30 PM–6:00 PM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 606
Selected Paper Session
Market integration: relationships through time and space.
Moderator: Sonja M. Perakis, Michigan State University
Presentations:
The Income Shifting Option’s Effect on January Forward Basis Bids
Wenjiao Zhao, ; Mindy L. Mallory and Scott H. Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Basis Effects of Ethanol Plants in the US Corn Belt
Elizabeth D. Miller, Mindy L. Mallory, and Katherine R. Baylis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chad E. Hart, Iowa State University
A New Approach to Investigate Market Integration: a Markov-Switching Autoregressive Model with Time-Varying Transition Probabilities
Jieyuan Zhao and Barry K. Goodwin, North Carolina State University
Changing Spatial Maize Price Relationships in West Africa
Sonja M. Perakis, Michigan State University
2017
Retail Food
Tuesday, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 606
Selected Paper Session
Nutrition and marketing in retail food markets.
Moderator: Lan Li, Tennessee State University
Presentations:
Brand Level Demand Analysis of Fluid Milk Products with Different Attributes
Hee Jung Choi, University of Florida; Michael K. Wohlgenant, North Carolina State University
Understanding Food-Away-From-Home Expenditures in Urban China: Differences by Week, Day and Meal
Haiyan Liu and Thomas I. Wahl, North Dakota State University; Junfei Bai, Chinese Academy of Sciences; James L. Seale, Jr., University of Florida
Price Discrimination with Asymmetric Firms: The Case of The U.S. Carbonated Soft Drinks Market
Yizao Liu, University of Connecticut; Shu Shen, University of California, Davis
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Availability: Relationships to Adult Overweight and Obesity in the U.S.
Lan Li, Tennessee State University
2047
Advancement in Demand System Estimation
Tuesday, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 606
Selected Paper Session
Estimating demand systems
Moderator: Cesar E. Castellon, Clemson University
Presentations:
DEMAND ESTIMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNOBSERVABLE PRODUCT ATTRIBUTE: THE CASE OF MINT QUALITY
Daniel Toro-Gonzalez, Jia Yan, Rosa Karina Gallardo, and Jill J. McCluskey, Washington State University
PRE- AND POST-RECALL DEMAND SYSTEMS ESTIMATION FOR PEANUT BUTTER IN LIGHT OF THE RECALL OF THE PETER PAN BRAND
Rafael Bakhtavoryan, Oral Capps, Jr., and Victoria Salin, Texas A&M University
Temporal Aggregation in the Estimation of Food Demand using Cross Sectional Data
Kristyn Leffler, Carlos E. Carpio, and Tullaya Boonsaeng, Clemson University
Demand System Estimation in the Absence of Price Data: an Application of Stone-Lewbel Price Indices
Cesar E. Castellon, Tullaya Boonsaeng, and Carlos E. Carpio, Clemson University
2074
The Retail Food Market
Tuesday, 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 604
Selected Paper Session
This session's papers explore the factors affecting the retail food market.
Moderator: Sebastien Pouliot, Iowa State University
Presentations:
A Censored Demand System Analysis of Fruits and Vegetables by Different Income Groups Using Micro Data
Luyuan Niu and Michael K. Wohlgenant, North Carolina State University
Price Dynamics in Food-Energy Market in China
Juan Yang, Peking University; David J. Leatham, Texas A&M University
Social Networks and New Product Choice
Timothy J. Richards, Arizona State University; Stephen F. Hamilton, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Consumer confidence and the 2010 egg recall
Sebastien Pouliot, Iowa State University
