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Organized Symposia
Organized Symposium sessions highlight ideas or works-in-progress on a topic involving cooperative or competing efforts by two or more panelists. Symposia may involve panel discussions of prepared questions, debates, roundtable meetings, or other formats. Formal paper presentations are discouraged, nonetheless if such presentations are proposed, the organizer should explain how they will fit into a tightly coherent theme. At least half of the session time will be reserved for discussion among the panelists and between the panelists and the audience. Symposia may offer discussions of policy issues, research methods, emerging research results, teaching or outreach topics, issues in professional organization, or other matters.
Organized Symposia are concurrent sessions. Each concurrent session is 90 minutes in duration. Other concurrent sessions include, Selected Paper Sessions, Lightning Sessions, Organized Symposia, Track Sessions, Invited Paper Sessions, and Invited Case Study Sessions.
Schedule
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2019 Sessions
(Current as of June 5, 2019)
Increasing Role of Economics in Agricultural Regulatory Decisions
The session will provide an overview and perspectives on the changing role of economics in agricultural regulatory decisions today. The panel will also discuss where to look for information about forthcoming regulations and supporting documents that researchers/analysts may find useful.
Organizers:
- Parveen Setia, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Mary Bohman, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Moderator:
- Shannon Hamm, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Panelist:
- Joe Cooper, USDA Office of the Chief Economist
- Parveen Setia, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- April Regonlinski, USDA-Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Jason Grant, Virginia Tech University
Strengthening Growth in Global Food/Feed Demand with Challenging Policies: Implications for U.S. Crop Exports
Growth in global food/feed demand is projected for the coming decade which provides opportunities for exporting countries. However, evolving trade policies may temper growth prospects for some nations. In this symposium, we examine the potential attributes or impediments that are expected to affect demand for U.S. crops in the global marketplace.
Organizer:
- Linwood A. Hoffman, USDA-Economic Research Service
- Jennifer K. Bond, USDA-Economic Research Service
Moderator:
- Seth D. Meyer, USDA-Economic Research Service
Discussant:
- Patrick C. Westhoff, University of Missouri
Presentations:
- Global Growth in Food/Feed Demand and Changing Domestic/Trade Policies: Background
Presenter: James M. Hansen, USDA-Economic Research Service - Export Growth Potential for U.S. Feed Grains: Opportunities/Challenges
Presenter: Thomas C. Capehart, USDA-Economic Research Service - Export Growth Potential for U.S. Soybeans/meal: Opportunities/Challenges
Presenters: Mark S. Ash, USDA-Economic Research Service and Jennifer Bond, USDA-Economic Research Service
Agricultural Labor - Issues and Solutions
In this session, we discuss several issues of emerging importance to farmers and policymakers concerned with access to agricultural labor. From healthcare, to minimum-wage reform, and changes to the H-2A program, researchers discuss on-going research using a variety of theoretical, and empirical, approaches.
Panelist:
- Ivan T. Kandilov, North Carolina State University
- Jennifer E. Ifft, Cornell University
- Alexandra E. Hill, University of California, Davis
- Timothy J. Richards, Arizona State University
Pollution, Health, and Environmental Policies: The Case of China
Unprecedented economic growth in China has caused serious environmental degradation and brought challenges for sustainable development. It is imperative to fully understand the adverse effects of environmental pollution on health and come up with feasible and effective energy/resource policies to lower the pollution levels. China’s experience in tackling environmental problems provides valuable lessons for other developing economies. The session aims to create a stage for general economists to exchange opinions on environmental issues and for environmental researchers to share their research outcomes.
Organizer:
- Maoyong Fan, Ball State University
Moderator:
- Maoyong Fan, Ball State University
Panelist:
- Lunyu Xie Xie, Renmin University
- Junji Xiao, University of Technology Sydney
- Maoyong Fan, Ball State University
Presentations:
- The impacts of air pollution on health: Evidence from Winter Heating Policy
Presenter: Maoyong Fan, Ball State University - Battling Against Local and Global Air Pollutions by Household Energy Transition
Presenter: Lunyu Xie Xie Renmin University - The unintended environmental consequences of location-based policy: A quasi-natural experiment from Guangdong province in China
Presenter: Junji Xiao, University of Technology Sydney
Pull Mechanisms and Prize Contests in the Field: Impacts of AgResults and Other Innovation Incentives
Pay-for-result competitions are often introduced by funders in agriculture and other sectors, offering "pull mechanisms" to reward results that are difficult to fund through traditional grants or contracts. New incentives create demand for innovation beyond existing markets, pulling efforts towards the funder's criteria for prize payments. This AAEA symposium will debate the strengths and limitations of pay-for-results approaches, focusing on impacts to date of the multi-donor $147 million AgResults program and other recent studies.
Organizer:
- Tulika Narayan, Abt Associates
Panelist:
- William A. Masters, Tufts University
- Brian D. Wright, University of California, Berkeley
- Justice A. Tambo, CABI Switzerland
- David J. Spielman, International Food Policy Research Institute
Presentation:
- Pull mechanisms and prize contests in the field: Impacts of AgResults and other innovation incentives
Presenter: Tulika Narayan, Abt Associates
Food Waste and Loss: Global Perspectives and Local Challenges
The purpose of this proposed symposium is to discuss the linkages between food waste, food security, and environmental health. It includes both global perspectives and local analyses of potential solutions. This session aims to shed light on food waste-related issues faced both in industrialized countries where consumer food waste is dominant and developing regions where post-harvest losses are more important. The proposed symposium will start by addressing global patterns of food waste and the potential for mitigation of these losses to improve environmental outcomes to then shift to specific insights for reducing food waste across different stages of the supply chain.
Organizers:
- Emiliano López Barrera, Purdue University
- Thomas W. Hertel, Purdue University
- Brian E. Roe, The Ohio State University
Moderator:
- Jayson L. Lusk, Purdue University
Discussant:
- Prabhu L. Pingali, Cornell University
Panelist:
- Emiliano López Barrera, Purdue University
- Thomas W. Hertel, Purdue University
- Brian E. Roe, The Ohio State University
- Danyi Qi, Louisiana State University
- Kathryn A. Boys, North Carolina State University
Presentations:
- Linking Food Availability and Waste in the Global Economy
Presenter: Emiliano López Barrera, Purdue University - Putting Dollars to Waste: Estimating the Value of On-Farm Food Loss
Presenter: Kathryn A. Boys, North Carolina State University - Household Food Waste and Home Livestock Production: Implications of Market Liberalization for Food Waste
Presenter: Danyi Qi, PhD, Louisiana State University
Info-Metrics for Modeling and Inference
Info - metrics is a framework for rational inference based on insufficient information. It is the science of modeling, reasoning, and drawing inferences under conditions of noisy and insufficient information. It is at the intersection of information theory, statistical inference, and decision - making under uncertainty. It plays an important role in helping make informed decisions and improved pol icies. It provides a framework to process available information with minimal reliance on assumptions that cannot be validated. The info - metrics framework, and its tools, provide a simple way for modeling all types of economic systems and problems. It is a beneficial tool for all researchers and modelers as well as for studying and analyzing policies and for establishing improved forecasts and predictions.
Organizers:
- Amos Golan, American University
- Ximing Wu, Texas A&M University
Discussant:
- Ron Mittelhammer, Washington State University
Panelists:
- Amos Golan, American University
- Ximing Wu, Texas A&M University
- Paul Preckel, Purdue University
Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Dynamics under Changing Market and Policy Environments: Leveraging New Data and Geographic Approaches to Explore Employment Dynamics
The food and agriculture supply chain has undergone remarkable evolution over the past three decades. This session highlights how researchers are utilizing relatively new or enriched economic data that enhance publicly available sets, all of which take unique approaches to study the evolution of geographic dynamics of upstream and downstream agricultural and food supply chains. One panelist will present work on the locational determinants of food manufacturing across the U.S., exploring how farm-based direct sales and other indicators of local food systems may spillover into the birth rate of food manufacturing establishments. Another panelist will explore whether a relatively recent food market policy intervention, Cottage Food laws, may influence the birth rate, survival and/or employment growth of food manufacturers in those states where they have been enacted. Subsequent discussion will highlight future directions for the work with food manufacturing, retail and food-away-from home data including opportunities for work in agribusiness, rural development and geographic elements of industrial organization.
Organizer:
- Dawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State University
Discussant:
- Dawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State University
Moderator:
- Dawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State University
Presentations:
- The Geography of Foodies: Exploring the Influence of Place-Based Factors on the Relocalization and Employment Dynamics of Food Manufacturing Establishments
Presenter: Sarah Low, University of Missouri - Do Cottage Food Laws Reduce Barriers to Entry for Food Manufacturers?
Presenter: Jeffrey O’Hara, USDA - Agricultural Marketing Service - Economic Dynamism: Comparing urban and rural regions of the United States Author(s), including institutional affiliation and contact information
Presenter: Brent M Hueth, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Perspectives on Global Food Security
Sponsored by Sections: International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) and International Section
This session will feature four prominent panelists giving brief presentations on different features of the global food security landscape. Half the time will be dedicated to open discussion among the panelists and the audience about research directions as well as policy implications of recent research advances on global food security.
Organizer:
- Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University
Moderator:
- Awudu Abdulai, University of Kiel
Panelist:
- Annemie Maertens, University of Sussex
- Ashok K. Mishra, Arizona State University
- Matin Qaim, University of Goettingen
- William J. Martin, International Food Policy Research Institute
Presentations:
- Perspectives on Global Food Security
Presenter: William J. Martin, International Food Policy Research Institute - Labor markets, social protection programs, and diet quality
Presenter: Ashok K. Mishra, Arizona State University - Complex household structures and food security
Presenter: Annemie Maertens, University of Sussex
The Role of Economic Theory in Empirical Analysis
Sponsored by Sections: Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) and Land, Water and Environmental Economics (ENV)
This session explores the role of economic theory in empirical analysis. Each presenter will begin with some general comments on the role of theory in empirical analysis, and then present a research paper to illustrate how the theory informs the empirical analysis. The presentation would not focus on the theoretical model per se nor the empirical results, but rather on how the one informs the other, i.e., the link between the two.
Organizer:
- Corbett Grainger, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- JunJie Wu, Oregon State University
Moderator:
- JunJie Wu, Oregon State University
Presentations:
- Combining Theoretical and Empirical Analysis to Evaluate Voluntary Environmental Programs with Spillover Effects
Presenter: Kathleen Segerson, University of Connecticut - The Role of Theory for the Modern Empirical Researcher
Presenter: David A. Keiser, Iowa State University - Quantifying Heat Waves and Their Effect on Economic Activity
Presenter: Steve J. Miller, University of Minnesota
"Reforming" Cost-Benefit Analysis for Regulation: What are the Consequences?
Sponsored by Sections: Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) and Land, Water and Environmental Economics (ENV)
In June 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on increasing the consistency and transparency in considering costs and benefits when making regulatory decisions. The agency asked for input regarding perceived inconsistency and lack of transparency in cost-benefit analysis and solicited potential approaches for improving the application of C/B analysis in the rulemaking process – especially in considering costs and benefits in setting pollution standards. One potential change is the treatment of ancillary benefits, which is a critical issue for several regulations including the mercury air quality rule. This session reviews the history of C/B methods and applications, discusses alternative changes that might occur under the proposed reform, and assesses consequences of these alternatives. Given the importance of this topic, the session includes a moderated discussion between the audience and the speakers.
Organizer:
- Otto C. Doering, III, Purdue University
- Leah H. Palm-Forster, University of Delaware
Moderator:
- Otto C. Doering, III, Purdue University
Presentations:
- A Short History of C/B Analysis and its Application
Presenter: Wallace E. Tyner, Purdue University - The Consistency of Proposed Cost-Benefit Analysis Changes with Economic Best Practices: Consequences and Uncertainties
Presenter: Robert Johnston, Clark University - Revisiting Revised WOTUS RIA Cost-Benefit Analysis
Presenter: Kevin Boyle, Virginia Tech
Careers in Economics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): The path from Agricultural and Environmental Economics training and practice to a career in Health Economics
Sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This symposium is an opportunity for AAEA members to gain an understanding of career opportunities at CDC, the world’s largest health protection agency. Our panel includes four agricultural and/or environmental trained economists whose academic and professional paths have led to careers as health economists at CDC. Each panel member will discuss their unique experiences leading to their current positions and a synopsis of their current research. Each panel member participated in the Steven M. Teutsch Post-Doctoral Prevention Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship at CDC. Our panel will also be joined by the Dr. Adam Skelton, director of the PE Fellowship.
Organizer:
- Gabrielle Miller, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Panelists:
- Sergey V Sotnikov
- Jamison Pike, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- Gabrielle Miller, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mark L. Messonnier, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Adam Skelton, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Economic Methods in Public Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
We will discuss how applied economics methodologies can, and have, been used to generate essential information for public health decision makers. These topics include public health emergency, infectious diseases, vaccines, and injury prevention. This symposia will feature speakers with experience in public health, and they will describe how they have used applied economics methodologies to produce essential information for leadership. These methods are ultimately published and contribute to the field in public health economics. Discussants and attendants will discuss the specific challenges and types of questions relevant in public health.
Organizer:
- Gabrielle Miller, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Panelists:
- Gabrielle Miller, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Jamison Pike, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- Cristina Carias, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- Andres Leidner, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Measuring the Global Burden of Animal Diseases
Sponsored by ISESSAH
Economist monetize health impacts. Metrics for quantifying the global burden of disease range from direct impact on mortality and morbidity of humans and animals, to indirect effects on the economy at large. This symposium will address how economic and econometric tools can guide and inform those quantifying the burden of animal disease (including money metric measures), and how these can guide policy decisions.
Organizer
- Thomas Marsh, Washington State University
Moderator:
- Kamina Johnson, USDA-APHIS
Panelists:
- Amy Hagerman, Oklahoma State University
- Thomas Marsh, Washington State University
- Dustin Pendell, Kansas State University
- Ann Hillberg Seitzinger, CSIRO
- Kamina Johnson, USDA-APHIS
Measuring the Global Burden of Animal Diseases
- Thomas Marsh, Washington State University
- Dustin Pendell, Kansas State University
- Ann Hillberg Seitzinger, CSIRO
- Kamina Johnson, USDA-APHIS
- Amy Hagerman, Oklahoma State University
Topics in One Health, Zoonotic Diseases, & Biosecurity
Presentations:
Effects of drought and media-reported violence on Cattle Fever Tick incursions
- Jada Thompson, University of Tennessee, USA
Incorporating containment zones into emergency response options for highly infectious livestock diseases
- Ann Hillberg Seitzinger, CISRO, Australia
Empirical evidence on the substitution between antibiotics and vaccination: Livestock in East Africa
- Ashley Railey, Washington State University, USA
Incorporating biological feedback of Rhipicepalus microplus & R. annulatus eradication efforts into simulating eradication costs to agencies and ranchers
- David Anderson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, USA
On the optimal policy for infectious animal disease management: a principal-multiple agents approach
- Abdel Fawaz Osseni, INRA, France
Measuring impact of animal diseases on livestock productivity across countries
- Thomas Marsh, Washington State University, USA
Sustainability in action: observations from year one of the integrity beef sustainability pilot project
- Myriah Johnson, Noble Research Institute, USA
A benefit cost ratio approach to evaluating adoption of a Johne's disease vaccination for dairy cattle in Canada
- David Hall, University of Calgary, Canada
Foot-and-mouth disease transmission between wildlife and livestock populations of smallholder farmers: What are the emerging policy implications?
- Ndiadivha Tempia, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Epidemiologic and economic consequences of African Swine Fever in the United States
- Kamina Johnson, USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USA
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Important Dates
- July 2, 2019
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