Education
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics - University of Missouri, 1979
AB Russian Studies - University of Missouri, 1972
Research Interest
- Discrete and Limited Dependent Variable Models
- Non-market Valuation
- Recreation Demand
- Commodity Market Models
- Models of Firm Counts
Honors and Professional Appointments
- Fellow, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2011
- Editorial Board Member, Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies, 2011-
- Editorial Council Member, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011-2012
- Distinguished Scholar, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2009
- Pays de la Loire Research Chair, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 2008-2009
- President, Western Regional Research Project W-1133, "Benefits and Costs of Natural Resource Policies Affecting Public and Private Lands", 2002-2003
- Outstanding Service Award, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2000
- Editor, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1998-2000.
- Outstanding Researcher,College of Agriculture, University of Nevada, 1996
- Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991-1994
- Editorial Council Member, Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1985-1988
- Research Associate, Center for the Study of Futures Markets, Columbia University, 1984-1985