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"The New Social Cost of Carbon" by Maximilian Auffhammer
Dec. 19, 2018
The Social Cost of Carbon is a dollar figure, which measures the damage caused from one more ton of the greenhouse gas CO2 emitted. The federal government uses this number ...
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"The Economic Impacts of Agricultural Groundwater Markets" by Ellen M. Bruno
Aug. 10, 2018
Groundwater markets offer a cost-effective means of meeting management goals under the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Using data from the Coachella Valley groundwater basin, we quantify the economic impacts ...
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"Retail Food Prices and Retailer Market Power: Evidence from the Greater Los Angeles Area" by Meilin Ma, Tina L. Saitone, Richard J. Volpe, Richard J. Sexton, and Michelle Saksena
Aug. 10, 2018
Our analysis of transaction-level data for the Greater Los Angeles Area shows that relatively small food retailers charge substantially higher prices than supermarkets. Higher market concentration and sales shares in ...
"Are Marketing Orders and Checkoffs in Legal Trouble Again?" by John M. Crespi
Aug. 10, 2018
A recent Supreme Court ruling against fees collected by public employee unions from non-union members may lead to litigation of commodity checkoff program assessments. Marketing boards that considered this issue ...
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"Can CalFresh Cut Costs and Better Serve California’s Agricultural Counties?" By Alexandra E. Hill and Charlotte Ambrozek
June 22, 2018
Higher rates of employment are associated with more CalFresh caseload terminations, which then increase applications from previous recipients. Reapplications are costly to the state and participants. These effects are largest ...
"How Does Meeting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015–2020 Benefit U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Growers?" By Karen M. Jetter and Kjersti Nes.
June 22, 2018
This study estimates the economic impact on fruit and vegetable industries in the U.S. from an increase in consumption based on different scenarios, including a shift in demand that meets ...
The new edition of California Agriculture: Dimensions and Issues is now available
June 22, 2018
Edited by Philip L. Martin, Rachael E. Goodhue, and Brian D. Wright.
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GFAE Annual Meeting Features Guest Speaker Soren Bjorn, President of Driscoll's
May 3, 2018
On April 30, 2018, the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics held its annual meeting. Foundation Director and UC Berkeley Professor Brian Wright began the meeting with a slide presentation that ...
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Ellen Bruno Awarded for Writing the Most Downloaded Article of the Year for the ARE Update
Oct. 16, 2017
Article About California Groundwater Law and Market Downloaded Over 2,600 Times
"Economic Consequences of New Federal and State Regulations to Limit Antibiotic Use in Livestock," by Tina L. Saitone
Oct. 9, 2017
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing public health challenges facing the world today. In response, regulations have been put in place to limit the use of antibiotics in ...
