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Contents

  1. American Association of Agricultural Economics Honors and Awards
    1. Fellows of the American Association of Agricultural Economics
    2. Presidents of the American Association of Agricultural Economics
    3. Editors of the Journal of Farm Economics and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics
    4. Publication of Enduring Quality Awards
    5. Quality of Research Discovery Awards
    6. Outstanding Journal Article Awards
    7. Quality of Communication Awards
    8. Outstanding Article in Choices Awards
    9. Distinguished Graduate Teaching Awards
    10. Distinguished Extension Program Awards
    11. Outstanding PhD Dissertation Awards
  2. Western Agricultural Economics Association
    1. Distinguished Scholars of the Western Agricultural Economics Association
    2. Presidents of the Western Agricultural Economics Association
    3. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Published Research Awards
    4. Outstanding Extension Program Awards
    5. Outstanding Extension Program Awards for Career
    6. Outstanding Published Research Awards

American Association of Agricultural Economics Honors and Awards

Fellows of the American Association of Agricultural Economics, 1962–1995
YearFellow
1962Murray R. Benedict
1963Raymond G. Bressler, Jr.
1975S. V. Ciriacy-Wantrup
1977Sidney S. Hoos
1979Varden Fuller
1980Harold O. Carter
Kenneth R. Farrell
1981Ben C. French
1982George M. Kuznets
Oscar R. Burt
1983Gordon A. King
1984Sylvia Lane
1985Andrew Schmitz
Harry R. Wellman
1988Alex F. McCalla
1990Gordon C. Rausser
1991Alain de Janvry
1992B. Delworth Gardner
1995Warren E. Johnston
George G. Judge
Fellows of the American Association of Agricultural Economics, 1998–2015
YearFellow
1998Irma Adelman
David Zilberman
1999Daniel A. Sumner
2000Julian Alston
Colin Carter
2001James E. Wilen
2002Brian D. Wright
2003Jeffrey M. Perloff
2004Richard J. Sexton
2005Robert Ines
2006Cathy Morrison Paul
2007Scott Rozelle
Jeffrey LaFrance
2008Peter Berck
Larry Karp
2009Michael Carter
Richard Howitt
2010Michael Hanemman
2011Quirino Paris
Elisabeth Sadoulet
2015Ariel Dinar
Alan Olmstead
J. Edward Taylor

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Presidents of the American Association of Agricultural Economics
YearPresident
1929H. E. Erdman
1933Howard R. Tolley
1941Murray R. Benedict
1953Harry R. Wellman
1959Raymond G. Bressler, Jr
1977Kenneth R. Farrell
1991Warren E. Johnston
2011Richard J. Sexton
Editors of the Journal of Farm Economics (v. 1–49) and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (v. 50–88)
YearsVolumesEditor
1930–1932Vol. 12–14H. E. Erdman
1969–1971Vol. 51–53Varden Fuller
1984–1986Vol. 66–68Richard E. Just
Gordon C. Rausser
1987-1991Vol. 69–71Jeffrey M. Perloff
1990-1996Vol. 70–76Julian M. Alston
1998–2000Vol. 80–82Richard J. Sexton
2001–2004Vol. 83–86Peter Berck
2011–2013Vol. 93–95J. Edward Taylor
2016–Vol. 96–Timothy Beatty
Travis Lybbert

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Publication of Enduring Quality Awards
YearPublication
1982Andrew Schmitz and David Seckler. "Mechanized Agriculture and Social Welfare: The Case of the Tomato Harvester." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52 (1970).
1983Oscar R. Burt. "The Economics of Conjunctive Use of Ground and Surface Water." Hilgardia 36 (1964).
1984Poykayil S. George and Gordon A. King. Consumer Demand for Food Commodities in the United States with Projections for 1980. Berkeley CA: Giannini Foundation Monograph 26, 1971.
1987John Martin Currie, John A. Murphy, and Andrew Schmitz. "The Concept of Economic Surplus and Its Use in Economic Analysis." Economic Journal, 81 (1971).
1992Richard E. Just and Rulon D. Pope. "Stochastic Specification of Production Functions and Economic Implications." Journal of Econometrics, 7 (1978).
1993Gordon C. Rausser and Eithan Hochman. Dynamic Agricultural Systems: Economic Prediction and Control. New York NY: North Holland, 1979.
1994Richard E. Just, Darrell L. Hueth, and Andrew Schmitz. Applied Welfare Economics and Public Policy. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1982.
2003Gershon Feder, Richard E. Just, and Andrew Schmitz. "Futures Markets and the Theory of the Firm under Price Uncertainty." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 94 (1980).
2005Gershon Feder, Richard E. Just, and David Zilberman. "Adoption of Agricultural Innovations in Developing Countries: A Survey." Economic Development and Cultural Change, 33(1985).
2009Michael Hanemann, University of California, Berkeley; John B. Loomis, Colorado State University; and Barbara Kanninen, Stratus Consulting; "Statistical Efficiency of Double-bounded Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73 (4) (1991).
2010Erik Lichtenberg, University of Maryland and David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley; "The Econometrics of Damage Control: Why Specification Matters." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68(2) (1986).
2015Julian Alston, University of California, Davis; George Norton; Virginia Tech; and Philip Pardey, University of Minnesota, "Science under Scarcity: Principles and Practice for Agricultural Research Evaluation and Priority Setting." Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995.

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Quality of Research Discovery Awards (Outstanding Published Research Report)
YearResearch Report
1957David A. Clarke, Jr. Milk Delivery Costs and Volume Pricing Procedures in California. Berkeley CA: California Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 757, 1956.
1963Gerald W. Dean and Harold O. Carter. "Some Effects of Income Taxes on Large Scale Agriculture." Journal of Farm Economics, 44 (1962).
1963Stephen Sosnick. "Orderly Marketing for California Avocados." Hilgardia, 33 (1962).
1964Gordon A. King and Lee F. Schrader. "Regional Location of Cattle Feeding: A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis." Hilgardia, 34 (1963).
1966Peter G. Helmberger and Sidney Hoos. Cooperative Bargaining in Agriculture Grower-Processor Markets in Fruits and Vegetables. Berkeley CA: University of California Division of Agricultural Sciences, 1965.
1967D. Lee Bawden, Harold O. Carter, and Gerald W. Dean. "Interregional Competition in the United States Turkey lndustry." Hilgardia, 13 (1966).
1967Oscar R. Burt. "Economic Control of Groundwater Reserves." Journal of Farm Economics, 48 (1966) Part I.
1968Gerald W. Dean and Norman R. Collins. World Trade in Fresh Oranges: An Analysis of the Effect of European Economic Community Tariff Policies. Berkeley CA: Giannini Foundation Monograph 18, 1967.
1970Pinhas Zusman, A. Melamed, and I. Katzir. Possible Trade and Welfare Effects of EEC Tariff and 'Reference Price' Policy on the European-Mediterranean Market for Winter Oranges. Berkeley CA: Giannini Foundation Monograph 24, 1969.
1971Richard Shumway, Gordon A. King, Harold O. Carter, and Gerald W. Dean. Regional Resource Use for Agricultural Production in California, 1961–65 and 1980. Berkeley CA: Giannini Foundation Monograph 25, 1970.
1972Poykayil S. George and Gordon A. King. Consumer Demand for Food Commodities in the United States with Projections for 1980. Berkeley CA: Giannini Foundation Monograph 26, 1971.
1976Gordon C. Rausser and Richard E. Howitt. "Stochastic Control of Environmental Externalities." Annals of Economics and Social Measurement, (1975).
1977Oscar R. Burt. "Ground Water Management and Surface Water Development for Irrigation." In Economic Modeling for Water Policy Evaluation. R. M. Thrall, et al., North-Holland, New York, 1976. Honorable Mention
1978Gershon Feder, Richard Just, and Andrew Schmitz. "Storage with Price Uncertainty in International Trade." International Economic Review, 13 (1977). Oscar R. Burt and Ronald G. Cummings. "Natural Resource Management, The Steady State and Approximately Optimal Decision Rules." Land Economics, 53 (1977). Honorable Mention
1979Hans P. Binswanger, Vernon W. Ruttan, Uri Ben-Zion, Alain de Janvry, Robert E. Evenson, Yujiro Hayami, Terry L. Roe, John H. Sanders, William W. Wade, Adolf Weber, and Patrick Young. Induced Innovation Technology, Institutions, and Development. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978.
1980Gordon C. Rausser and Eithan Hochman. Dynamic Agricultural Systems: Economic Prediction and Control. New York NY: North Holland Publishing Co., 1979. Honorable Mention
1981Oscar R. Burt, Won W. Koo, and Norman J. Dudley. "Optimal Stochastic Control of U.S. Wheat Stocks and Exports." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62 (2) (1982).
Richard E. Just and Wen S. Chern. "Tomatoes, Technology, and Oligopsony." Bell Journal of Economics, 11 (1980). Honorable Mention
1982Andrew Schmitz, Alex F. McCalla, Donald O. Mitchell, and Colin A. Carter. Grain Export Cartels. Cambridge MA: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1981.
  Oscar R. Burt. "Farm Level Economics of Soil Conservation in the Palouse Area of the Northwest." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 63(1) (1981). Honorable Mention
1984Richard E. Just and David Zilberman. "Stochastic Structure, Farm Size, and Technology Adoption in Developing Agriculture." Oxford Economic Papers, 65 (1983). Honorable Mention.
1987Gordon C. Rausser, James A. Chalfant, H. Alan Love, and Kostas G. Stamoulis. Macroeconomic Linkages, Taxes, and Subsidies in the U.S. Agricultural Sector." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68 (1986).
Alex McCalla, T. Kelley White, and Kenneth Clayton. Embargoes, Surplus Disposal, and U.S. Agriculture. Washington DC, USDA, Economic Research Service, Agricultural Economics Report, 564, (1986). Honorable Mention
1990Jeffrey T. LaFrance and W. Michael Hanemann. "The Dual Structure of Incomplete Demand Systems." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 71 (1989).
1991Richard E. Just, David Zilberman, Eithan Hochman, and Ziv Bar-Shira. "Input Allocation in Multicrop Systems." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 72 (1990). Honorable Mention
1992Jeffrey C. Williams and Brian D. Wright. Storage and Commodity Markets. Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
1993Quirino Paris. "The von Liebig Hypothesis." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 74 (1992) Honorable Mention
1996Randal R. Rucker, Walter N. Thurman, and Daniel A. Sumner. "Restricting the Market for Quota: An Analysis of Tobacco Production Rights with Corroboration from Congressional Testimony." Journal of Political Economy, 103 (1995).
Julian M. Alston, George W. Norton, and Philip Pardey. Science under Scarcity: Principles and Practice for Agricultural Research Evaluation and Priority Setting. Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 1995. Honorable Mention
1998Frances R. Homans and James E. Wilen. "A Model of Regulated Open Access Resource Use." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 32 (l997).
2000James N. Sanchirico and James E. Wilen. "Bio-Economics of Spatial Exploitation in a Patch Environment." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, (37). Honorable Mention
2001Gordon C. Rausser and Arthur A. Small. "Valuing Research Leads: Bioprospecting and the Conservation of Genetic Resources." Journal of Political Economy, 108 (2000).
2002Junjie Wu, David Zilberman, and Bruce A. Babcock. "Environmental and Distributional Impacts of Conservation Targeting Strategies." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 41 (2001).
2003Hanan J. Jacoby, Guo Li, and Scott Rozelle. "Hazards of Expropriation: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Rural China." American Economic Review, 92 (2002).
2004Martin Smith and James Wilen. "Economic Impacts of Marine Reserves: The Importance of Spatial Behavior." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46 (2003).
2005Scott Rozelle and Johan F. M. Swinnen. "Success and Failure of Reform: Insights from the Transition of Agriculture." Journal of Economic Literature, 42 (2004).
2006Richard E. Howitt, Siwa Msangi, Arnaud Reynaud, Keith C. Knapp. " Estimating Intertemporal Preferences for Natural Resource Allocation." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(4) (2005).
Michael R. Caputo and Quirino Paris. "An Atemporal Microeconomic Theory and an Empirical Test of Price-Induced Technical Progress." Journal of Productivity Analysis, 24 (2005).
2008Colin Carter and Aaron Smith. "Estimating the Market Effect of a Food Scare: The Case of Genetically Modified Starlink Corn." Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(3) (2007).
2009Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode. Creating Abundance: Biological Innovation and American Agricultural Development. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
2010James N. Sanchirico, James E. Wilen, and Martin D. Smith. "The Economics of Spatial-dynamic Processes: Application to Renewable Resources." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 57(1) (2009).
2011Julian Alston, Matthew Andersen, Jennifer James, and Philip Pardey. Persistence Pays: U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D Spending. New York: Springer, 2010.

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Outstanding Journal Article Awards
YearArticle
1959Gerald W. Dean and Earl O. Heady. "Changes in Supply Response and Elasticity for Hogs." Journal of Farm Economics, 40 (1958). Honorable Mention
1968Vernon R. Eidman, Gerald W. Dean, and Harold O. Carter. "An Application of Statistical Decision Theory to Commercial Turkey Production." Journal of Farm Economics, 49 (1967)
1971Andrew Schmitz and David Seckler. "Mechanized Agriculture and Social Welfare: The Tomato Harvester." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52 (1970)
1982Richard E. Just and Gordon C. Rausser. "Commodity Price Forecasting with Large Scale Econometric Models and the Futures Market." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 63 (1981)
1984Alexander H. Sarris and John Freebairn. "Endogenous Price Policies and International Wheat Prices." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65 (1983)
1987Julian M. Alston. "An Analysis of Growth of U.S. Farmland Prices, 1963–82." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68 (1986)
1992Israel Finkelshtain and James A. Chalfant. "Marketed Surplus under Risk: Do Peasants Agree with Sandmo?" American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73 (1991)
1997Shy Y. Huang and Richard J. Sexton. "Measuring Returns to an Innovation in an Imperfectly Competitive Market: Application to Mechanical Harvesting of Processing Tomatoes in Taiwan." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78 (1996)
2001David L. Sunding and Joshua Zivin. "Insect Population Dynamics, Pesticide Use, and Farmworker Health." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82 (2000)
Nigel Key, Elisabeth Sadoulet, and Alain de Janvry. "Transaction Costs and Agricultural Household Supply Response." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82 (2000). Honorable Mention
2006Fred Kuchler, Abebayehu Tegene and J. Michael Harris. "Taxing Snack Foods: Manipulating Diet Quality or Financing Information Programs?" Review of Agricultural Economics, 27(1) (2005)
Daniel A. Sumner and Norbert L.W. Wilson. "Capitalization of Farm Policy Benefits and the Rate of Return to Policy-Created Assets: Evidence from California Dairy Quota." Review of Agricultural Economics, 27(2) (2005). Honorable Mention
2007George A. Dyer, Steve Boucher, and J. Edward Taylor. "Subsistence Response to Market Shocks." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88(2) (2006). Honorable Mention
Matin Qaim, Arjunan Subramanian, Gopal Naik, David Zilberman. "Adoption of Bt Cotton and Impact Variability: Insights from India." Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 28(1) (2006)
2010David R. Just and Travis J. Lybbert. "Risk Averters that Love Risk? Marginal Risk Aversion in Comparison to a Reference Gamble." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91(3) (2009)
2013J. Edward Taylor, Diane Charlton, and Antonio Yúnez-Naude. "The End of Farm Labor Abundance." AEPP, 34 (4) (2012). Honorable Mention
2015Nathan Hendricks, Aaron Smith, and Daniel Sumner. "Crop Supply Dynamics and the Illusion of Partial Adjustment." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 96 (5) (2014)

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Quality of Communication Awards
YearArticle
1975Harold O. Carter, George M. Briggs, John R. Goss, Maurice L. Peterson, David W. Robinson, Seymore D. Van Gundy, Pran Vohra, and James G. Youde. A Hungry World: The Challenge to Agriculture. Berkeley CA: University of California Food Task Force, 1974
1979Mary E. Ryan, Robert L. Tontz, Martin K. Christiansen, James P. Houck, Peter K. Pollak, Bob F. Jones, Robert L. Thompson, Jimmye S. Hillman, Anne E. Peck, Andrew Schmitz, Steven C. Schmidt, Harold D. Guither, Arthur B. Mackie, Leo V. Mayer, and Harold Breimyer. Speaking of Trade: Its Effect on Agriculture. University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Service Report 72, 1978
1980Richard Beck, Ronald R. Canham, Ronald C. Faas, Bruce Florea, George Goldman, Robert E. Howell, Eugene Lewis, Garnet Premer, Neil R. Rimbey, Theodore R. Siegler, Bruce Weber, and Russell C. Youmans. Coping with Growth. Corvallis OR: Western Rural Development Center, 1979. Honorable Mention
1981Robert G. F. Spitze, Marshall A. Martin, Milton C. Hallberg, Tom A. Stucker, Alex F. McCalla, Bruce Gardner, Willard W. Cochrane, and Sylvia Lane. Analysis of Food and Agricultural Policies for the Eighties. Robert G. F. Spitze and M. A. Martin, eds. Urbana IL: University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station North Central Regional Research Publication 271, 1980. Honorable Mention
1986Daniel A. Sumner and Julian M. Alston. Removal of Price Supports and Supply Controls for U.S. Tobacco: An Economic Analysis of the Impact. Washington DC: Food and Agriculture Committee National Planning Association Report 220, 1985. Honorable Mention
1989Harold O. Carter, Carole F. Nuckton, Sandra O. Archibald, Karen Berke, Ray Coppock, Adel Kader, Bill Liebhardt, James Lyons, Bennie Osburn, Mike Poe, James Seiber, and Mike Stimmann. Chemicals in the Human Food Chain: Sources, Options, and Public Policy. New York NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990
1995Jonathan Brooks and Colin A. Carter. The Political Economy of U.S. Agriculture. Canberra, Australia: Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics Research Report 94.8, 1994
1996B. Delworth Gardner. Plowing Ground in Washington: The Political Economy of U.S. Agriculture. San Francisco CA: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, 1995
Daniel A. Sumner, series editor. American Enterprise Institute Studies in Agricultural Policy
Seven-volume series including studies by Julian M. Alston and Philip Pardey, John Antle, Peter Barry, Barry Goodwin and Vincent Smith, Daniel A. Sumner, Walter Thurman, and Brian Wright and Bruce Gardner. Washington DC: The AEI Press, 1995. Honorable Mention
2007Richard E. Just, Julian M. Alston, and David Zilberman. Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. New York, NY: Springer Science and Business Media, 2006
2011Julian Alston, Bruce Babcock, and Philip Pardey. The Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Production and Productivity Worldwide. CARD MATRIC Electronic Book. Ames, IA: Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, May 2010. Honorable Mention
2012Colin Carter, Giovanni Moschini, and Ian Sheldon. Genetically Modified Food and Global Welfare. Emerald, Bingley, UK. 2011
2014Michael Adjemian, Philip Garcia, Scott Irwin, and Aaron Smith. "Non-Convergence in Agricultural Markets Series." Amber Waves (2013)
2015Geoffrey Barrows, Steven Sexton, and David Zilberman, "Agricultural Biotechnology: The Promise and Prospects of Genetically Modified Crops." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28 (1) (2014)
J. Edward Taylor and Mateusz Filipski. Beyond Experiments in Development Economics: Local Economy-wide Impact Evaluation. UOP, Oxford, 2014
Colin Carter, Ben Santer, Maximilian Auffhammer, Alan Olmstead, Paul Rhode, Richard Howitt, David Zilberman, and Scott Kaplan. "Climate Change: Challenges to California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources." ARE Update, 18(1) (2014)

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Outstanding Article in Choices Awards
YearArticle
2003Steven C. Blank. "Is Agriculture a 'Way Of Life' or a Business?" Choices, 3rd Qtr (2002)
2004Colin A. Carter and Guillaume P. Gruere. "International Approaches to the Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods." Choices, 2nd Qtr (2003)
2011David Zilberman, Steve Sexton, Michele Marra, and Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo. "The Economic Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops," Choices, 2nd Qtr (2010)
2015Brian Wright. "Multiple Peril Crop Insurance" Choices, 3rd Qtr (2014). Honorable Mention

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Distinguished Graduate Teaching Awards
YearRecipient
1998James E. Wilen
University of California, Davis
2000Jeffrey C. Williams
University of California, Davis
2015Richard Sexton
University of California, Davis
Distinguished Extension Program Awards
YearRecipient
1982George Goldman
University of California, Berkeley
2007Steven C. Blank
University of California, Davis

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Outstanding PhD Dissertation Awards
YearDissertation
2005Tian Xia, "Cattle, Contracts, and Grocery Retailers: Three Essays on Industrial Organization in Agricultural Markets," University of California, Davis. Richard Sexton, Advisor
2007Meredith Lynn Fowlie, "Firm Behavior in Pollution Permit Markets," University of California, Berkeley. Jeffrey Perloff and Severin Borenstein, Advisors
2009Kristiana M. Hansen, "Three Essays on Contractual Mechanisms to Manage Water Supply Risk in the Western United States," University of California, Davis. Richard Howitt and Jeffrey Williams, Advisors
Jenny Aker, "Three Essays on Markets and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa," Honorable Mention, University of California, Berkeley. Maximillan Auffhammer, Advisor
2010Kelly Cobourn, "Incentives for Individual and Cooperative Management of a Mobile Pest: An Application to the Olive Fruit Fly in California," University of California, Davis. Rachael Goodhue and Jeffrey Williams, Advisors
2015Anil Bhargava, "Agriculture, Poverty, and Natural Resource Conservation in 21st Century India: Impact Evaluation and Analysis of Rural Development Policy," University of California, Davis. Travis Lybbert, Advisor

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Western Agricultural Economics Association

Distinguished Scholars of the WAEA Western Agricultural Economics Association
YearDistinguished Scholar
2002Harold O. Carter
2004Warren E. Johnston
Alex F. McCalla
2006Jeffrey T. LaFrance
2007Steven C. Blank
Richard E. Howitt
2012Gordon C. Rausser
2013Richard J. Sexton
Presidents of the Western Agricultural Economics Association
YearsPresident
1928–29Henry E. Erdman
1931–32Howard R. Tolley
1940–41Murray R. Benedict
1947–48D. Barton DeLoach
1948–49Harry R. Wellman
1951–52Sidney S. Hoos
1954–55Raymond G. Bressler, Jr.
1965–66Chester O. McCorkle, Jr.
1970–71Ben C. French
1975–76Harold O. Carter
1987–88Oscar R. Burt
2001–02Steven C. Blank

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Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Published Research Awards
YearArticle
2002Iddo Kan, Kurt A. Schwabe, and Keith C. Knapp. "Microeconomics of Irrigation with Saline Water." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 27 (2002)
2005Steven Blank, University of California; Kenneth Erickson, US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service; Charles Moss, University of Florida. "Profit Patterns Across American Agriculture." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 30 (2005)

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Outstanding Extension Program Award
YearArticle
1979Neil L. Meyer et al. (including George Goldman). Coping with the Impact of Growth. Corvallis OR: Western Rural Development Center, 1979
2002Richard Carkner, John Hewlett, Lorne Owen, Howard Rosenberg, Trent Teegerstrom, Jeffrey Tranel, and Randy Weigel. Ag Help Wanted: Guidelines for Managing Agricultural Labor, Western Farm Management Extension Committee, 2002

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Outstanding Extension Program Award for Career
YearArticle
2004Steven C. Blank. "Risk Management in Agriculture, 1990–2004."

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Outstanding Published Research Awards (Excellence in Published Research)
YearResearch
1979Dwight D. Minami, Ben C. French, and Gordon A. King. An Econometric Analysis of Market Control in the Cling Peach Industry. Berkeley, CA: Giannini Foundation Monograph 39 (1979)
1980Stephen J. Turnosky, Haim Shalit, and Andrew Schmitz. "Consumer Surplus, Price Instability and Consumer Welfare." Econometrica, 48 (1980)
1981Jon A. Brandt and Ben C. French. An Analysis of Economic Relationships and Projected Adjustments in the U.S. Tomato Industry. Berkeley CA: Giannini Foundation Research Report 33 1, 1981. Honorable Mention
1983Richard E. Just, David Zilberman, and Eithan Hochman. "Estimation of Multi-Crop Production Functions." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65 (1983)
1989Jeffrey T. LaFrance and W. Michael Hanemann. "The Dual Structure of Incomplete Demand Systems."American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 71 (1989)
1990Julian M. Alston, Colin A. Carter, Richard Green, and Daniel Pick. "Wither Armington Trade Models?" American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 72 (1990)
1991Israel Finkelshtain and James A. Chalfant. "Marketed Surplus under Risk: Do Peasants Agree with Sandmo?" American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73 (1991)
1993William E. Foster and Gordon C. Rausser. "Price-Distorting Compensation Serving the Consumer and Taxpayer Interest." Public Choice, 77 (1993)
1994John H. Constantine, Julian M. Alston, and Vincent H. Smith. "Economic Impacts of the California One-Variety Cotton Law." Journal of Political Economy, 102 (1994)
1995Randle R. Rucker, Walter N. Turman, and Daniel A. Sumner. "Restricting the Market for Quota: An Analysis of Tobacco Production Rights with Corroboration from Congressional Testimony." Journal of Political Economy, 103 (1995)
1996Shu-Yu Huang and Richard J. Sexton. "Measuring Returns to an Innovation in an Imperfectly Competitive Market: Applications to Mechanical Harvesting of Processing Tomatoes in Taiwan." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78 (1996). Honorable Mention
1997Frances R. Homans and James E. Wilen. "A Model of Regulated Open Access Resource Use." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 32 (1997). Honorable Mention
1999James A. Chalfant, Jennifer S. James, Nathalie Lavoie, and Richard J. Sexton. "Asymmetric Grading Error and Adverse Selection: Lemons in the California Prune Industry." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 24 (1999)
2000Julian M. Alston, Michele C. Marra, Connie Chang-Kang, Philip G. Pardey, and T. J. Wyatt. "A Meta-Analysis of Rates of Return to Agricultural R&D: "Ex Pede Herculem?" Washington DC: International Food Policy Research Institute Research Report 113, (2000)
2001Julian M. Alston, John W. Freebairn, and Jennifer S. James. "Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Advertising: Theory and Application to Generic Commodity Promotion Programs." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83 (2001)
2005Jeffrey T. LaFrance. "Integrability of the Linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand System." Economics Letters, 84 (2004)
2006John M. Crespi, Kansas State University; Richard J. Sexton, University of California, Davis. "A Multinomial Logit Framework to Estimate Bid Shading in Procurement Auctions: Application to Cattle Sales in the Texas Panhandle." Review of Industrial Organization, 27 (2005).
2011Julian Alston, Matthew Andersen, Jennifer James, and Philip Pardey. "Persistence Pays: U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D Spending." New York: Springer, 2010
2012Carlo Russo, Rachael E. Goodhue, and Richard J. Sexton. "Agricultural Support Policies in Imperfectly Competitive Markets: Why Market Power Matters in Policy Design." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93 (2011)
2013Abigail Okrent and Julian Alston. "The Effects of Farm Commodity and Retail Food Policies on Obesity and Economic Welfare in the United States," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 94 (2012)
2014Chenguang Li and Richard J. Sexton. "Grocery Retailer Pricing Behavior with Implications for Farmer Welfare." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 38(2) (2013).

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