CURRICULUM VITAE August 2018 NAME: E. Wesley F. Peterson TITLE: Professor ADDRESS: Department of Agricultural Economics University of Nebraska 314C H.C. Filley Hall-East Campus Lincoln NE 68583-0922 Office phone: (402) 472-7871 Fax: (402) 472-3460 e-mail: epeterson1@unl.edu EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics Received from Michigan State University, 1981.

Dissertation Title: Adjustment of the Spanish Feedgrain and Livestock Sectors Following Accession to the European Community.

M.A. in Economics Received from Michigan State University, 1980. Masters in Public Affairs (major: economic development)

Received from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1973.

B.A. in Anthropology (honors program completed with great distinction)

Received from the University of California (Berkeley), 1967. Junior year spent at the Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.

EMPLOYMENT:

1990-present -- Professor (1996 to present), Associate Professor (1990-96), Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska. Research and teaching areas include international agricultural trade, agricultural development and economic policy.

1999-2000 -- Faculty development leave (sabbatical) spent as Visiting Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Delaware.

1983-1990 -- Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University. Research and teaching areas included agricultural policy, international trade and economic development.

1981-1983 -- Assistant Professor, Institut de Gestion Internationale Agro- alimentaire, Cergy-Pontoise, France. Research, consulting and teaching in agricultural policy, economic development and international agribusiness.

1975-1981 -- Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State

University. Research on returns to agricultural research, international trade and Spanish agricultural policy.

1974-1976 -- Assistant Director, Regional Economic Research and Documentation Center,

Lome, Togo, West Africa. Wrote and edited two monthly publications (in French and English) on labor economics in Africa.

1968-1971 -- Peace Corps Volunteer and Peace Corps Training Staff, Benin (West Africa),

and U.S. Virgin Islands. Agricultural development programs. LANGUAGES: Fluent French, limited Spanish PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND HONOR SOCIETY ACTIVITIES Professional Associations American Agricultural Economics Association International Agricultural Economics Association American Economics Association Honor Societies Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Delta - Honor Society for International Scholars Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society, honorary member of the Black Masque Chapter (University of Nebraska). Scholarly and International Activities

Referee for numerous scholarly articles, books, and grant proposals submitted to academic journals, conferences, publishers and grant-making organizations.

Participation in the European Forum held in Alpbach, Austria, August, 1984. Support was provided by the Center for Free Enterprise and Texas A&M University.

Participation in the 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 28th, and 29th International Conferences of Agricultural Economists, held in Malaga, Spain (1985), Tokyo, Japan (1991), Sacramento, CA (1997), Durban, South Africa (2003), Fos do Iguacu, Brazil (2012), and Milan, Italy (2015).

Co-Director for Nebraska Semester Abroad Program (NSAP) in Prague, Czechoslovakia and Leuven, Belgium, March 21-May 29, 1992.

Member of University of Nebraska planning committee for the E.N. Thompson Forum on Global Issues (1995 - 2010).

Served as an OSCE election supervisor for municipal and national elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 1997 (Sarajevo) and September 1998 (Banja Luka), and for provincial elections in Kosovo (Prizren) in November, 2001. Also served as an OSCE election observer in Macedonia in September 2002 (Gostivar) and May 2004 (Negotino), for the second round of Presidential elections in Ukraine (Makeefka) in November 2004, for parliamentary elections in Montenegro (Pljevlja) in September 2006, parliamentary elections in Ukraine (Genichesk) in September 2007, presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) in July 2009, and presidential elections in Belarus (Brest) in December 2010.

Completed a Leadership Development Program organized by the agricultural colleges and experiment stations of the Land Grant University system, 1996-97. Participated in two workshops and completed an internship focusing on international education in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska. Member of the review team for the Academic Program Review of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska, 1997.

Attended the Workshop on Human Rights and Human Diversity conducted by members of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Program on Human Rights and Human Diversity, March 25-27, 1998.

Participated in the Seminar on Applied Ethics organized by Robert Audi (Philosophy) and Stephen Kalish (Law), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, June 8-13, 1998.

Member of evaluation panels for the Markets and Trade component of the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 1995, 2001, and 2002.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus Coordinator for Fulbright Scholarship Program (1998-99). Chair of graduate committee, Department of Agricultural Economics, 2000 -2004.

Member of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Senate (2000 to present) and of the Academic Senate Executive Committee (2002 to 2006). Served as Senate President-elect (2003-04), Senate President (2004-05) and past President (2005-06).

Member (2009-2012 and 2015-2018) and Chair (2010-2012 and 2016-17) of the Academic Rights and Responsibilities Committee; Member (2006-2009 and 2012-2015) of Academic Rights and Responsibilities Panel.

Attended the American Association of Colleges and Universities Institute on General Education, Newport, Rhode Island, May 20-25, 2005. Member of two committees at the

University of Nebraska-Lincoln charged with reforming the university’s general education program.

Member of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Speakers Bureau, 2005 to present.

Section editor (international trade and trade policy) for the Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, edited by Paul Thompson and David Kaplan, Springer, 2014.

Honors Faculty and Staff Advisory Board member, 2018-19. CONSULTING ACTIVITIES: Senegal (1982):

Review of research on agricultural policy in Senegal and development of proposal for a research program to be conducted by the policy research unit of the Senegalese agricultural research institute (ISRA); contract with Michigan State University/USAID.

Mediterranean France (1982):

Study of agro-food industries in Mediterranean France to evaluate the impact of and need for changes in a European Community (EC) structural directive; contract with the Commission of the EC.

Madagascar (1985):

Conducted a short course in the economics of agricultural development for officials from the Malagasy Ministry of Agriculture (MPARA); contract with Associates for International Resources and Development/IBRD.

France (1987):

Participated in a study of grain quality in France; contract with the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA).

Senegal (1988):

Helped prepare a Project Identification Document (PID) on agricultural research for USAID in Dakar; contract with USAID/Senegal.

Niger (1988):

Evaluation of a Peace Corps development program aimed at African food systems; contract with Peace Corps.

Niger (1989):

Design of a system to monitor the impact of USAID policy reform programs in Niger; contract with Abt Associates and USAID/Niger.

Niger (1989): Assisted in the planning for a new agricultural sector grant to be funded by USAID; contract with Abt Associates and USAID/Niger.

Tunisia (1992): Team leader for project to develop action plans for improved market information, agricultural statistics and grain inspection and grading as part of Tunisia's grain market reform program; contract with Abt Associates and USAID/Tunisia. Guinea (1997): Evaluation and reformulation of a project proposal to establish a banana plantation and banana fiber extraction operation in Guinea; contract with the Common Fund for Commodities (UN). TEACHING Undergraduate Courses Taught: 1. Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Texas A&M (1984-1989) University of Nebraska (1997-present) University of Delaware (2000) 2. International Agricultural Trade University of Nebraska (1990-2014) University of Delaware (2000) 3. The Future of the Nation State in Europe University of Nebraska (Study Abroad Program, 1992) 4. The European Food and Agricultural System University of Nebraska (Study Abroad Program, 1992) 5. Pro-Seminar in International Relations, Trade and Development University of Nebraska (2000), undergraduate and masters students. 6. World Food Economics University of Nebraska (2001-present) 7. Agricultural Development in Less Developed Countries University of Nebraska (1999 and 2002- present). 8. Dimensions of World Hunger (Honors Seminar) University of Nebraska (2007-2008) 9. The Idea of Poverty (Honors Seminar)

University of Nebraska (2009-2011) 10. Economic Inequality in the United States and Around the World (Honors Seminar) University of Nebraska (2013-2017) 11. Benin: Culture and Agriculture (three-week international study tour to Benin, West Africa) University of Nebraska (summer 2012, 2014, and 2016) 12. The World Today: “It was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times” (Honors Seminar) University of Nebraska (2019). Graduate Courses Taught: 1. Agricultural Policy Analysis Institut de Gestion Internationale Agro-alimentaire (IGIA, 1981-83, in French) Texas A&M (1985-89), University of Nebraska (1993) 2. Agricultural Development in the Third World IGIA (1981-83, in French) Texas A&M (1984-89), University of Nebraska (1991) 3. International Agricultural Trade University of Nebraska (1990-98, 2015) 4. Political Economy and Policy Analysis University of Nebraska (1990, 1994) 5. Orientation to Research University of Nebraska (2000-2004) PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles:

Peterson, E. Wesley F., "The Effect of Trade Restrictions on Demand for Imported Feed Ingredients in France." North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics, July, 1986.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., "Agricultural Structure and Economic Adjustment." Agriculture

and Human Values, Vol. III, No. 4, 1986.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., "Some Lessons from the Modeling of the Spanish Rice Market." Agricultural Economics, 1(1988): 341-354.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., Mechel Paggi and Guy Henry, "Quality Restrictions as Barriers to Trade: The Case of European Community Regulations on the Use of Hormones," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1988, 13(1): 82-91.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., Hector Viscencio-Brambila and Stephen Fuller, "A Welfare

Analysis of Port User Fees: The Case of Grain and Soybean Exports," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, December, 1988.

Ito, Shoichi, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Warren Grant, "Rice in Asia: Is it Becoming an

Inferior Good?" American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1989, 71(1): 32-42.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., Fred Ruppel and Daniel I. Padberg, "Assessing Agricultural Education: Agricultural Economics at a Crossroads." Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. V., No. 4, Fall, 1988.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Clare B. Lyons, "The Perpetual Agricultural Policy Crisis in

the European Community." Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. VI, Nos. 1 & 2, (Winter-Spring, 1989): 11-21.

Ito, Shoichi, Dean Chen and E. Wesley F. Peterson, "Modeling International Trade Flows

and Market Shares: A modified Armington Procedure for Rice." Agricultural Economics, Vol. 4, Nos. 3-4, pp. 315-34, December, 1990.

Boadu, Fred and E. Wesley F. Peterson, "Enforcing United States Trade Legislation: Is

There a Need for Expanded Presidential Discretion?" Journal of World Trade, (August, 1990): 79-93.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., Lan Jin and Shoichi Ito. "An Econometric Analysis of Rice Consumption in the People's Republic of China." Agricultural Economics, Vol. 6, No. 1, (October, 1991):67-78. Goodwin, H.C. and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "Using Marxian Theory to Understand Farm Industry Crisis: A Comment." Rural Sociology, 55 (Summer, 1990):249-255. Peterson, E. Wesley F., Fred Ruppel and Fred Boadu. "Federalism, Opportunism and Multilateral Trade Negotiations in Agriculture." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, (November, 1991): 1009-1019. Ruppel, Fred J., Thomas Blaine and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "U.S. Tourism in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Healing Emotional and Political Wounds." Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy. Vol. 27, Nos. 1/2, Spring- Summer, 1991. Ito, Shoichi, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Warren Grant. “Rice in Asia: Is It Becoming an Inferior Good? Reply." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, (May, 1991): 528-532.

Boadu, Fred O. and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "Multilateral Trade Agreements and Visions of the World." University of Nebraska Law Review, 71(2) 1992: 460-487.

Henry, Guy, E. Wesley F. Peterson, David Bessler and Donald Farris. "A Time-Series Analysis of the Effects of Government Policies on the U.S. Beef Cattle Industry." Journal of Policy Modeling, 15-2 (1993):117-139.

Kotschwar, Lance, Douglas Simon and E.Wesley F. Peterson."Laws Governing the Use of Technical Standards as Barriers to Trade: The Case of Trade in Livestock Products." Agribusiness: An International Journal, Vol. 9, No. X, 1993.

Tanyeri-Abur, Aysen, Bruce A. McCarl, Ching-Cheng Chang, Ronald D. Knutson, E. Wesley F. Peterson, and Keith Koble. "An Analysis of Possible U.S. Sugar Import Policy Revisions," Review of Agricultural Economics, 15-2 (May 1993):255-268. Peterson, E. Wesley F. "Time Preference, the Environment and the Interests of Future Generations." Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, October, 1993.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., J. David Aiken and Bruce Johnson. "Property Rights and Ground Water in Nebraska." Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. X, No. 4 (Fall, 1993): 41-49.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Samarendu Mohanty. "The European Community's Changing

Agricultural Policies." Currents, South Texas College of Law, Winter 1992.

Kherallah, Mylene W., John C. Beghin, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Fred J. Ruppel. "The Impacts of Official Development Assistance on Growth, Savings and Imports." Agricultural Economics, 11 (1994): 99-110.

Conley, Dennis M. and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "Exchange Rates and Agribusiness Trade:

A Case Study of Nebraska Beef Exports to Japan." Agribusiness: An International Journal, Vol. 11, No. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1995): 441-446.

Mohanty, Samarendu, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Nancy Kruse. "Price Asymmetry in

the International Wheat Market." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, November, 1995.

Mohanty, Samarendu, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Darnell Smith. "Relationships between

U.S. and Canadian Wheat Prices: Cointegration and Error Correction Approach," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 44(1996): 265-276.

Valluru, Siva Rama and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "The Impact of Environmental

Regulations on Agricultural Trade," Agribusiness: An International Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, (1997): 261-272.

Mohanty, Samarendu and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "Price Asymmetry in the International Wheat Market: Reply," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 44(1996): 319-321.

Mohanty, Samarendu, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Darnell Smith. "Fractional Cointegration

and the False Rejection of the Law of One Price in International Commodity Markets" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 30-2 (December 1998): 267-76.

Mohanty, Samarendu, and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "Estimation of Demand for Wheat by

Classes for the United States and the European Union," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 28-2 (1999): 158-168.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "The Ethics of Burden-Sharing in the Global Greenhouse," Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 11 (1999): 167-196.

Ito, Shoichi, E. Wesley F. Peterson, Bharat Mainali, and Mark W. Rosegrant. "Estimates of the Evolution of U.S. Rice Supply Response Using Implicit Revenue Functions: Implications for the World Food Supply and Trade." Japanese Journal of Rural Economics, Vol. 1 (1999): 39-51.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “The Design of Supranational Institutions for the Provision of

International Public Goods: The Case of Global Environmental Protection.” Review of Agricultural Economics, 22-2 (Fall/Winter 2000): 352-366.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and S.R.K Valluru. "Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Government Policy Interventions," Journal of Agricultural Economics, 51-3 (September, 2000): 371-87.

Huang, Rui, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, and E. Wesley F. Peterson, “Investing in Hope: AIDS, Life Expectancy and Human Capital Accumulation,” Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Volume 1, Durban, South Africa. February 2004.

Mohanty, Samarendu and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Food Security and Government

Interventions: A Study of Indian Grain Markets,” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 14, No. 3 (September 2005): 337-352.

Sun, Ling, Lilyan Fulginiti, and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Accounting for Agricultural

Decline with Economic Growth in Taiwan,” Agricultural Economics, 36 (2007): 181-190.

Huang, Rui, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, and E. Wesley F. Peterson, “Health and Growth: Causality

through Education,” China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 2, No. 3 (2010): 321-344.

Zenebe, Addisalem, Kassu Wamesho and E. Wesley F. Peterson, “The Impact or the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa Agricultural Exports to the United States,” Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2015).

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Trade Agreements: Impacts of the Uruguay Round and Prospects

for the Future,” Choices: the Magazine of Food, Farm and Resource Issues, Second Quarter, 30 (2015).

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “The Role of Population in Economic Growth,” SAGE open,

October-December, (2017): 1 - 15.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Is Economic Inequality Really a Problem? A Review of the Arguments,” Social Sciences, 6 -147, (2017): 1- 25.

Books and Chapters Included in Books:

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Kiersten Haugen, “Food and Agricultural Trade Sanctions,” Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, Second Edition edited by Paul Thompson and David Kaplan, Springer, 2016.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Food and Agricultural Trade and National Sovereignty,”

Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, edited by Paul Thompson and David Kaplan, Springer, 2014.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “WTO Dispute Settlement and Food and Agricultural Trade,”

Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, edited by Paul Thompson and David Kaplan, Springer, 2014.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Free Trade and Protectionism in Food and Agriculture,”

Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, edited by Paul Thompson and David Kaplan, Springer, 2014.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. A Billion Dollars a Day: The Economics and Politics of

Agricultural Subsidies, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2009.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. The Political-Economy of Agricultural, Natural Resource, and Environmental Policy Analysis, Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, 2001.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Nafta” in The Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, edited by J. Baird Callicot and Robert Frodeman, Macmillan Reference, GALE/Cengage, New York, 2009.

Mohanty, Samarendu and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "Food Security and Government

Intervention." The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (on-line encyclopedia), edited by UNESCO Secretariat, UNESCO, New York, 2001.

Mohanty, Samarendu and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "Food Security in Developing Countries: A Case Study for India." The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (on-line encyclopedia), edited by UNESCO Secretariat, UNESCO, New York, 2001.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Africa,” “European Union,” “Flax,” “Free Trade,” “Fruits,” “Non- Tariff Barriers,” “Nuts,” “Potatoes,” “Rice,” “Trade Organizations,” “World Trade Organization,” in Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present, edited by Cynthia Northrup, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., New York, 2005.

Mohanty, Samarendu and E. Wesley F. Peterson, “The Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility

on U.S. Agricultural Exports,” in Exchange Rate Volatility and International Agricultural Trade, edited by S. V. Langley, S. Mohanty, M. Giugale and W. H. Meyers, Captus Press, Concord, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

Sorenson, Vernon L. and E. Wesley F. Peterson, "Growth and Change in International

Marketing of Agricultural Commodities and Interrelations with the Domestic Marketing System," Future Frontiers in Agricultural Marketing Research, edited by Paul Farris, Iowa State Press, Ames, 1983.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. , "Policy Implementation Methods to Achieve Self-Sufficiency." in

National and Regional Self-Sufficiency Goals:Implications for International Agriculture, edited by Fred J. Ruppel and Earle D. Kellogg, Lynne Reinner Publishers, Boulder CO, 1991.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "Structural Adjustment and Food Self-Sufficiency in Developing

Countries." in National and Regional Self-Sufficiency Goals: Implications for Inter-national Agriculture, edited by Fred J. Ruppel and Earle D. Kellog, Lynne Reinner Publishers, Boulder CO, 1991.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Guy Henry. "International Snap Bean Trade: Present Status and Future Prospects." in Snap Beans in the Developing World, edited by Guy Henry and Willem Janssen, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, March 1992. Commissioned and Invited Papers Peterson, E. Wesley F. "Third World Trade and Development: Discussion," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68-5, December, 1986. Peterson, E. Wesley F. "The Implications of a Free Trade Agreement with Mexico for U.S. Grain and Oilseed Exports."Paper commissioned by the American Farm Bureau Federation, Park Ridge IL, November, 1991. Rempe, Jay E., Matthew F. Spilker and E. Wesley F. Peterson. The Economic Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on the Nebraska Corn Industry. Prepared for the Nebraska Corn Board, Lincoln, NE, September 1, 1993.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and S. R. K. Valluru. "Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Government Policy Interventions," Research Discussion Paper No. 19, Trade Research Center, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, October 1998. Peterson, E. Wesley F. and George C. Davis. "Consequences, Rights and Virtues: Ethical Foundations for Applied Economics." presented at the principal paper session entitled "Reexamining the Philosophical Foundations of Applied Ethics," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol.1, no. 5, 1999: 1173-1180.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Trade and Environment,” GREENR, learning portal for internet resources on the environment, GALE/Cengage, New York.

Experiment Station Publications:

Peterson, E. Wesley F. Agricultural Policy in the European Economic Community, MP-1578, TAES, 1985.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., Implications of Alternative Methods for Determining Agricultural

Price and Income Supports, TAES Bulletin, B- 1527, April, 1986.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., Guy Henry and Mechel Paggi, Implications of Qualitative Restrictions in International Agricultural Trade, TAES Bulletin, B-1594, 1988.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Samarendu Mohanty. Agricultural Policy Reform in the

European Community: Implications for Markets for Livestock Feed Ingredients. ARD Research Bulletin 320-F, IANR, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, September, 1993.

Tanyeri-Abur, Aysen, Bruce A. McCarl, Ching-Cheng Chang, Ronald D. Knutson, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Keith H. Koble. An Analysis of Possible U.S. Sugar Import Policy Revisions, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, TX, May 1993. Other Articles And Publications:

Peterson, E. Wesley F., French Economic Relations with the West African Monetary Union. Woodrow Wilson Association Monograph Series in Public Affairs, No. 7, Princeton, 1975.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., A. Pelach-Paniker, H. Riley and V. Sorenson, Spain's Entry into

the European Community: Effects on the Feed Grain and Livestock Sectors, Foreign Ag. Econ. Report 180, ERS/USDA, Washington, 1983.

Pelach-Paniker, Albert and E. Wesley F. Peterson, "Impacto de la Adhesion de Espana a la CEE en el Sector Cerealista y Ganadero," Agricultura y Sociedad, February- March 1982.

Henry, Richard and E. Wesley F. Peterson, "Le Pouvoir Vert Des Etats-Unis: Mythe ou

Réalité?" Analyses de la SEDEIS, No. 29, Paris, September 1982.

Brown, Earl, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Jeffrey Charlesworth, European Community: Know Your Market, Maryland Extension Service, University of Maryland, College Park, January, 1986.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., "Efectos sobre la demanda de haba de soja en Francia de la

applicacion de un gravemen a las importanciones a la CEE." Revista de Estudios Agro-sociales 137, Madrid, September, 1986.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Mitchell Auerbach. "Consequences of the Imposition of

Import Duties on Soybeans by the European Community." Staff Paper Series DIR 85-1, SP-7, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX, 1985.

Peterson E. Wesley F., "Ruminations on Agricultural Structure." Faculty Paper Series, FP

86-2, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1986.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., "Les ajustements structurels des industries laitieres dans les pays

de 1'OCDE." Revue Laitiere Francaise No. 409, Paris, France, June, 1982.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Bernard Yon, Agro-Food Industries in Mediterranean France: The Livestock and Cereal Sectors, Etudes et Recherches R/892, IGIA, Cergy-Pontoise, France, 1983.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., D. Bruce Dickson, and J. M. Bowker, "Is the U.S. Family Farm

Worth Saving?" in Proceedings of the Society for Economic Anthropology Conference, April 1987.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., "Effects on French Soybean Demand of an Import Duty Imposed

by the European Community," in Agriculture and Economic Instability, IAAE Occasional Paper No. 4 edited by Margot Bellamy and Bruce Greenshields, International Assoc. of Agricultural Economists, Gower Publishing, 1987.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., editor, "U.S. and European Community Agriculture: Changing

Policies and Conflicts over Trade." Symposium Proceedings, Faculty Paper Series FP87-13, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M, Sept. 28, 1987.

Paggi, Mechel, E. Wesley F. Peterson and Fred J. Ruppel, "U.S. Agricultural Exports in a

Quandary." International Agricultural Trade Quarterly, TAEX, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1987.

Peterson, E. Wesley F., Niger: Monitoring the Effect of Policy Reform, Technical Report No. 105, APAP II, Abt Associates, Washington, D.C., November, 1989.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "International Programs in the 1990 Farm Bill." 1990 Farm Bill Series, Cooperative Extension, Univ. of Nebraska, Dept. of Agric. Econ., Nov. 28, 1990. Peterson, E. Wesley F. "Agriculture and GATT." Directions, Vol. 1, No. 3, Winter 1991. Dept. of Agric. Econ., Univ. of Nebraska. Peterson, E. Wesley F., Dan Tucker and Mohsen Younes. Market Information and Grain Grading in Tunisia, Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD, February, 1992. Peterson, E. Wesley F. "Grains and Oilseeds." in United States-Mexico Free Trade, Proceedings from satellite broadcast, Nov. 21, 1991, American Farm Bureau Federation, USDA Federal Extension, Clemson Univ. and Texas A&M Univ.

Ellis, Daryl E. and Peterson, E. Wesley F. "NAFTA and Potential Effects on the Dry Edible Bean Industry." in Cornhusker Economics, Dept. of Agric. Econ., UNL, November 4, 1992.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "The Development of the U.S. Economy." 1993 Agricultural Outlook and Policy Issues, Dept. of Agric. Econ., UNL, December, 1992. Peterson, E. Wesley F. Case Studies in the Interaction of Agricultural Policies and International Agricultural Trade. Nebraska Cooperative Extension MP 60, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1993. Peterson, E. Wesley F. "Count Your Blessings." Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 15, 1994.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "Duties beyond Borders: The Landgrant Mission and Responsibilities to People from Other Places." Discussion paper CBPE 93-10, Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, 1993.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "U.S. Agriculture in the New World Trade Regime," 1995 Agricultural Outlook and Policy Issues, Dept. of Agric. Econ., UNL, December 1994. Valluru, S. R. K. and E. Wesley F. Peterson. "Agricultural Competitiveness and Environmental Regulations," 1996 Agricultural Outlook and Policy Issues, Dept. of Agric. Econ., UNL, December 1995.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "A Nation of Immigrants," Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, May 1, 1996.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "The Public Sector in the U.S. Economy," Cornhusker Economics,

Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, April 30, 1997.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "International Training for Students in the College of Agricultural

Sciences and Natural Resources." Internship report submitted to CASNR, University of Nebraska, June 12, 1997.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. "Revitalization of the Banana Sector in Guinea." Report submitted

to the Common Fund for Commodities, Amsterdam, July, 1997. Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Global Warming,”

Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, April 29, 1998.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Population and Food Security,” Department of Agricultural

Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, April 28, 1999.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Agriculture, Trade and the WTO,” Department of Agricultural

Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, September 6, 2000.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): An

Update,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, April, 2001.

Ghosh, Somali and E. Wesley F. Peterson, “Agricultural Trade and the WTO- An Update,”

Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 6, 2002.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Defense and International Affairs in the Federal Budget,”

Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 5, 2003.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Regional and Multilateral Trade Negotiations,” Cornhusker

Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 3, 2004.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Chandra A. Ruff. “ The Environmental Kuznets Curve.”

Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 2, 2005.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “A Billion Dollars a Day.” Cornhusker Economics, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 1, 2006.

Abdelnour, Rita and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “The WTO Decision on U.S. Cotton Policy,”

Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 14, 2007.

Lakoh, Kepifri and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Biodiesel Production: Focus on Palm Oil and

Jatropha,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 18, 2008.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. And Kepifri Lakoh. “Reflections on the Effects of Commodity

Price Increases on Economic Development in Africa,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 17, 2009.

Khachaturyan, Marianna and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Politics and Trade in the Former

Soviet Union,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 16, 2010.

Yi Liu and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Poverty Reduction and Income Inequality in China,”

Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 30, 2010.

Khachaturyan, Marianna and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Land Reform and farm Structure in

the Former Soviet Union,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 15, 2011.

Lakoh, Kepifri and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Foreign Land Investments and Traditional

Land Ownership Rights in Africa,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 22, 2011.

Anderson, Ryan P. And E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Property Rights in Post-Conflict Sri

Lanka,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 29, 2011.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Foreign Land Investments in Developing Countries,” Cornhusker

Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, January 25, 2012.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “The Changing Composition of United States Agricultural Trade,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 6, 2012.

Khachaturyan, Marianna and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Virtual Water,” Cornhusker

Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, January 30, 2013.

Zenebe, Addisalem and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “The Impact of the African Growth and

Opportunity Act (AGOA): An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Agricultural Exports,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 19, 2013.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Huskers in Benin: Culture and Agriculture in West Africa,”

Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, June 18, 2014.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Are Developing Countries Finally Developing?”Cornhusker

Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, Jan. 29, 2014.

Khachaturyan, Marianna and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Gender Inequality in the World and

its Implications,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, January 14, 2015.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Marianna Khachaturyan. “Updaye on Agricultural Trade: TPA.

TPP and TTIP,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 16, 2016.

Khachaturyan, Marianna and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Economic Inequality and Changing

Family Structure,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, July 20, 2016.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Marianna Khachaturyan. “A Note on the Implications of

Brexit,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, October 12, 2016.

Khachaturyan, Marianna and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “The Russian Food and Agricultural

Import Ban,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, April 5, 2017.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Marianna Khachaturyan. “Trade Balances” Cornhusker

Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, July 12, 2017.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. and Marianna Khachaturyan. “International Migration,”

Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, September 6, 2017.

Khachaturyan, Marianna and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Does Gender Really Matter in

Agriculture,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, February 7, 2018.

Peterson, E. Wesley F. “Trade Wars,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural

Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, July 18, 2018.

Theses and Dissertations Directed

The Effects on French Feed Compounders of a Trade Barrier on Soybeans. M.S. Thesis by Mitchell Auerbach, Texas A&M University, 1984.

The Effects of Cash Cropping on Household Expenditure Patterns in Rural Kenya. M.S.

Thesis by Fred Ken George, Texas A&M University, 1986.

Rice Consumption in China. M.S. Thesis by Lan Jin, Texas A&M University, 1989.

Linkages between Foreign Aid and Income Growth in the Third World: An Empirical Analysis. M.S. Thesis by Mylene Kherallah, Texas A&M University, 1989.

An Economic Analysis of Alternative Federal Government Policies Affecting the Market

for U.S. Peanuts. Ph.D. Dissertation by John Montgomery, Texas A&M University, 1989.

An Econometric Analysis of International Trade in Rice. Ph.D. Dissertation by Shoichi Ito

(co-directed), Texas A&M University, 1988. Bottling as a Marketing Strategy for the Aragon Wine Industry. M.S. Thesis by Jose Antonio Dominguez, Texas A&M University, 1990. The Implications of a North American Free Trade Agreement for the Mexican Corn,

Wheat and Sorghum Markets. M.S. Thesis by Jay E. Rempe, University of Nebraska, 1993.

The World Banana Market. M.S. Thesis by Jacqueline F. Rivera, University of Nebraska, 1994. United States-Canada Wheat Trade Dispute: Some Additional Evidence. Ph.D. Dissertation by Samarendu Mohanty, University of Nebraska,1995.

Agricultural Policy in Pakistan. Ph.D. Dissertation by Ejaz Ghani, University of Nebraska, 1995. The Impact of Environmental Regulations on Agricultural Comparative Advantage. M.S. Thesis by Siva Rama Valluru, University of Nebraska, 1995.

Environmentally-Adjusted Measures of the Gains from Trade Liberalization: The Case of Corn in the United States. Ph.D. Dissertation by Intarapapong Walaiporn, University of Nebraska, 1999.

European Union Wheat Policies and World Wheat Prices: A Linear Feedback Approach. Ph.D. Dissertation by Ronald Roeber, University of Nebraska, 2000.

On Cooperative Actions in Greenhouse Gas Abatement: Evidence from Five Representative Countries. Ph. D. Dissertation by Xuanli Liu, University of Nebraska, 2001.

The Impact on China’s Agricultural Products Imports from the United States after its

Accession to the WTO: A Bilateral Trade Model Analysis. M.S. Thesis by Hong Guan, University of Nebraska, 2004.

The Impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): An Empirical Analysis of

Sub-Saharan African Agricultural Exports. M.S. Thesis by Addisalem Zenebe, University of Nebraska, 2013.

Irrigation Management, Environment, and Profits: Who Wins? M. S. Thesis by Emily

O’Donnell, University of Nebraska, 2018. Presentations

"The Effects on French Soybean Demand of an Import Duty Imposed by the European Community." Presented at the XIX International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Malaga, Spain, Sept., 1985.

"Third World Development and Trade: Discussion." Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Reno, Nevada, July, 27-30, 1986.

"EC Enlargement and Competition for International Market Share." Moderator of selected paper session, annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, East Lansing, MI, Aug., 1987.

"U.S. and European Community Agriculture: Changing Policies and Conflicts over

Trade." Moderator for Organized Symposium, Southern Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Nashville, TN, Feb., 1987.

"The Welfare Implications of Transportation User Fees." Paper presented at the 28th

annual meeting of the Transportation Research Forum, San Antonio, TX, Nov., 1987.

"Is the U.S. Family Farm Worth Saving?" Paper presented at the Society for Economic

Anthropology Conference, Riverside, CA, April, 1987.

"Trade Policy Analysis." Moderator of selected paper session, American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Knoxville, TN, Aug., 1988.

"Can U.S. Agricultural Exports be More Competitive?" (with Shoichi Ito). Paper

presented at the American Agric. Econ. Association annual meeting, Knoxville, TN, Aug., 1988.

"The Potential for Increased American Tourism in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam"

(with Fred Ruppel). Presented to Winrock International, July, 1988.

"Forecast-Based Policy Analysis: The case of U.S. Livestock" (with Guy Henry, David Bessler and Donald Farris). Paper presented at the Eighth International Symposium on Forecasting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June, 1988.

"Structural Adjustment and Food Security in Developing Countries." Paper presented at

the Third Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, June 2-4, 1989, College Station, Texas.

"Time Preference, the Environment and the Interest of Future Generations." Paper

presented at the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society Conference held in Little Rock, Arkansas in November, 1989.

"A Multi-CES and Non-Homothetic Approach for Agricultural Trade Analysis: A

Modified Armington Model" (with Shoichi Ito and Dean Chen). Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, Aug., 1989.

"An Econometric Analysis of Rice Consumption in The People's Republic of China" (with

Lan Jin). Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, Aug., 1989.

"International Trade in Snap Beans" (with Guy Henry). Paper presented at CIAT

conference on snap beans, Oct.16-20, 1989, Cali, Colombia. "Trade Creation and Trade Diversion Potentials: A Canada-Mexico-U.S. Free Trade Agreement" (with Fred Ruppel). Paper presented at the organized symposium entitled "Applications of International Trade Theory to Agriculture." Southern Ag. Ec. Assoc. annual meeting, Little Rock, AR, Feb. 4-7, 1990.

"The Impact of Official Development Assistance on Growth, Savings and Imports." (with Mylene Kherallah and Fred Ruppel). Paper presented at the Southern Ag. Ec. Assoc. meeting, Little Rock, AR, Feb. 4-7, 1990. "The Changing Face of Western European Development Assistance." Paper presented at the organized symposium entitled "Foreign Agricultural and Development Assistance: Donor Nation Perspectives on Levels, Trends, Types, Objectives, and Outlook." AAEA annual meetings in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Aug. 4-8, 1990. "Agricultural Trade and Structural Adjustment in Less Developed Countries." Paper presented at Southern Regional Research Conference on Developing Nations and International Trade. Washington, D.C., April 8-10, 1991. "Property Rights, Water and Sustainability." (with Bruce Johnson). Paper presented at the Agriculture and Human Values Society Conference, Asilomar, California, May 10-12, 1991. "Agriculture and the GATT: Discussion." The Twelfth Hendricks Symposium entitled "American Trade Policy in a Changed World Political Economy," Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, April 5-6, 1991. "Laws Governing the Use of Technical Standards as Barriers to Trade: The Case of Trade in Livestock Products." (with Lance Kotschwar and Doug Simon). Paper presented as part of the organized symposium entitled "Law, Institutions and International Agricultural Trade," AAEA annual meetings, Manhattan, Kansas, August, 1991. "Agricultural Trade and Regional Agreements." (with Fred Boadu). Paper (poster session) presented at the XXI International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Tokyo, Japan, August, 1991. "Multilateral Agreements and Visions of the World." (with Fred Boadu). Presented at the Regional International Law Conference, University of Nebraska Law School, Lincoln, NE, October 11, 1991. "The Implications of a Free Trade Agreement with Mexico for U.S. Grain and Oilseed Exports." Presented at American Farm Bureau Federation and Cooperative Extension Service Satellite Conferences, November 15, 1991 (in Park Ridge, IL) and November 21, 1991 (in Clemson, SC). "Elimination of Farm Commodity Programs: A Note on the Implications for International Trade." (with Praveen Dixit). Presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, free session entitled "Without Farm Commodity Programs: Farm Prices Higher or Lower?" Baltimore, August, 1992.

"Cornhuskers in Europe: The Nebraska Semester Abroad." with Allen Shepherd

(Chadron State). Paper presented at the European Studies Conference, October 17, 1992, Omaha. "The Impact of Agricultural Policy Reform in the EC on Markets for Livestock Feed Ingredients." with Samarendu Mohanty and Fred J. Ruppel. Paper presented at the IATRC Conference "New Dimensions in North American-European Agricultural Trade Relations," Calabria, Italy, June 20-23, 1993. "Exchange Rates and Agribusiness Trade: A Case Study of Nebraska Beef Exports to Japan." with Dennis M. Conley. Paper presented at the Third Annual Symposium of the IAMA, San Francisco, CA, May 21-24, 1993. "The Response of Competing Exporters to Variations in U.S. Wheat Prices." with Samarendu Mohanty and Nancy Cottrell. Paper presented at AAEA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, August 1-4, 1993. "US-EC Trade Relations: The Problem of Agriculture." Paper presented at the European Studies Conference, Omaha, NE, October 14-16, 1993. "The Design of Supranational Institutions for the Provision of International Public Goods." Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April 14-16, 1994.

"Time Series Evidence on Relationships Between U.S. and Canadian Prices," with Samarendu Mohanty (lead author) and Darnell Smith. Paper presented at annual meeting of the AAEA, Indianapolis, August, 1995.

"Measuring Linear Feedback Between Generic Advertising Expenditures and Sales in the

New York City Fluid Milk Market," with Samarendu Mohanty (lead author) and Jeffrey Royer. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AAEA, Indianapolis, August, 1995.

"The Changing Nature of U.S. Foreign Aid Policies," with Dale Anderson. Paper presented at the Third World Studies Conference, Omaha, NE, October 12-14, 1995. "The Impact of Environmental Regulations on Trade in Cereal Grains," with Siva R. K. Valluru (lead author). Paper presented at the annual meetings of the AAEA, San Antonio, TX, July 28-31, 1996.

“Price Discovery Role of Futures Prices: A Linear Feedback Approach,” with Samarendu Mohanty (lead author) and Darnell Smith. Presented at NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting and Market Risk Management, Chicago, 1996.

"Estimation of Demand for Wheat by Classes for the United states and the European Union," with Samarendu Mohanty (lead author). Paper presented at the annual meetings of the AAEA, Toronto, Canada, July 27-30, 1997.

"Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Government Policy Interventions," with Siva R. K. Valluru. Paper presented at the IAAE International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Sacramento, CA, August 10-16, 1997. "Environmentally Adjusted Measures of Gains from Trade Liberalization: The Case of US Corn Production" with Walaiporn Intarapapong (lead author). Paper presented at the AAEA annual meetings, Salt Lake City, August 1998. "Price Integration in MERCOSUR Countries: A Fractional Cointegration Analysis" with Samarendu Mohanty (lead author) and Darnell Smith. Paper presented at the AAEA annual meetings, Salt Lake City, August 1998. "The Ethics of Global Warming: Who Should Bear the Burden." Paper presented at the joint annual meeting of the Assoc. for ths Study of Food and Society and the Agric., Food, and Human Values Society, San Francisco, June 4-7, 1998. “Technology, Factor Endowments, Prices and the Relative Decline of Agriculture in Taiwan.” with Ling Sun (lead author) and Lilyan Fulginiti. Paper presented at the AAEA annual meetings in Memphis, TN, August 1999. “Accounting for Agricultural Decline with Economic Growth in Taiwan.” with Ling Sun (lead author) and Lilyan Fulginiti. Paper presented at Western Agricultural Economics Association meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June/July, 2000. “The Impact of Life Expectancy in Human Capital Accumulation.” with Rui Huang (lead author) and Lilyan Fulginiti. Paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting in Montreal, Canada, July 2003. “Investing in Hope: Aids, Life Expectancy and Human Capital Accumulation.” with Rui Huang (lead author) and Lilyan Fulginiti. Paper presented at the International

Conference of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Durban, South Africa, August 2003.

“Efficiency of Milk Production in India: A Stochastic Frontier Approach.” with Samarendu Mohanty (lead author) and K. Rajendran. Poster presentation at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Durban, South Africa, August 2003.

“Hunger and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries.” National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 23, 2005.

“Globalization: An Agricultural Case Study.” (With Chuck Hassebrook). Peace and Justice Workshops, Nebraskans for Peace, Grand Island, Nebraska, October 14, 2006.

“International Trade Agreements.” Omaha Westside Lions Club (Nebraska), February 12,

2007; Sarpy County League of Women Voters (Nebraska), February 21, 2007; Kiwanis Club of Southwest Lincoln, October 14, 2008; University Sertoma Club, July 7, 2009.

“Africa: Problems and Prospects.” African American Cultural Society at the Nebraska

Correctional Center, Lincoln, NE, April 1, 2007 and May 24, 2008; Lincoln N.E. Sertoma Club, November 13, 2008; Lincoln Golden K Kiwanis, December 2, 2008; Lincoln West Optimist Club, March 4, 2009..

“A Billion Dollars a Day.” Grand Island Rotary Club (Nebraska), May 8, 2007; Lincoln

Southeast Kiwanis Club (Nebraska), June 5, 2007; Fremont Golden K Kiwanis Club (Nebraska), August 21, 2007; Brownville Lyceum Science Café (Nebraska), September 2, 2007; Lincoln Golden K Kiwanis Club (Nebraska), May 27, 2008.

“A Billion Dollars a Day: The Economics and Politics of Agricultural Subsidies,”

Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (October 30, 2009) and Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (September 23, 2009).

“The Economic Effects of an Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Nebraska,” Seventh

Annual Preparedness Symposia Series: Protecting Our Heartland and its Resources, Center for Preparedness Education, Norfolk (June 10, 2009), Lincoln (July 8, 2009) and North Platte (August 28, 2009), NE.

“What’s Up with the Doha Development Round?” Lincoln, N.E. Kiwanis Club, September

2, 2009.

“The Place of the United States in the World,” Nebraska LEAD Program, Comparative Cultural. Political and Religious Systems, annually in December since 2000.

“The Idea of Poverty,” Nebraska Citizens for Science (Lincoln, NE0, March 4, 2010;

Lincoln East Rotary Club, May 12, 2010; Sunrise Kiwanis Club of Lincoln, June 22, 2010.

“Agricultural Policy, Trade and Development,” Short Course at Kyushu University,

Fukuoka, Japan, February 15-19, 2010.

“Economic Issues 2010: U.S. Agricultural Policy and Its International Impacts,” Osher Lifelong Learning Program, Lincoln, NE, April 12, 2010.

“Globalization and the World Food System,” Nebraska Colloquium, University of

Nebraska-Lincoln, April 6, 2011.

“Why is Agricultural Policy so Hard to Change?” West Omaha Diamond Kiwanis, Omaha, NE, April 6, 2011.’

“International Trade: What Happen in China doesn’t Stay in China,” Transatlantic

Conference on Food and Fuels, Lincoln, NE, October 16-18, 2011.

“The Significance of Public Policy for World Food Security,” with Brad Lubben and Mark Gustafson, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, “Was Malthus Right?” coordinated by C. Francis and B. Johnson, Lincoln, NE, December 8, 2011.

“A New Age of Colonialism? Land and Resource deals in Low-Income Countries,”

Northeast Kiwanis, Lincoln, NE, December 20, 2011. Also presented to the Grand Lodge at the Preserve, Lincoln, NE, July 12, 2012.

“International Trade: What Happens in China doesn’t Stay in China,” Farm Animal

Integrated Research Symposium on Globalization, Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability, Washington, DC, March 4-6, 2012.

“Is the World Running Out of Food?” United Nations Association, Lincoln, NE, February

27, 2012.

“The United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Where do we Stand?” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program on the United Nations, Lincoln, NE, October 1, 2012.

“The Future of Capitalism,” PMI Mid Nebraska Chapter, Lincoln, Ne, Oct. 8, 2013;

Lincoln South Rotary Club, Lincoln, NE, December, 23, 3013.

“Is Africa Finally Poised for an Economic Take-off?” Grand Lodge at the Preserve, Lincoln, NE, March 6, 2014.

“U.S. and Global Economic Inequality,” Golden K Kiwanis, Lincoln, NE, Aug. 26, 2014; Gateway

Senior Living, Lincoln, NE, Oct. 17, 2014; Kearny Unitarian Universal Fellowship, Kearny, NE, March 15, 2015.

“ Huskers in Benin: A West African Odyssey,” Executive Club of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, June 16,

2014; National Association for Active and Retired Federal Employees, Lincoln, NE, June 21, 2014; Lincoln Kiwanis, Lincoln, NE, July 17, 2104; Legacy Terrace, Lincoln, NE, Nov. 24, 2014, Bellevue-Offutt Kiwanis, Bellevue, NE, May 1, 2015; Northgate Garden Estates, Lincoln, NE, June 3, 2015.

“The Impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): An Empirical Analysis of Sub-

Saharan African Agricultural Exports,” Annual Meetings, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Minneapolis, MN, July 27, 2014.

“Brexit, the European Union and International Trade,” Lincoln Executive Club, Lincoln, NE,

August 17, 2016; Farm and Life Expo, Columbus, NE, January 31, 2018.

“The Changing Nature of Food and Agricultural Trade: Implications for Nebraska,” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Lincoln, NE, February 12, 2016.

“Demographic Trends and Economic Growth,” Gretna Optimists Club, Gretna, NE, February 23,

2017; Rationalists, Empiricists and Skeptics of Nebraska (REASON), Omaha, ME April 7, 2018.

“Inequality: An Overview of the Main Issues,” Winter Lecture Series, Lincoln, NE, February 12,

2017.

“Farm Bill Overview,” Food and Farm Policy Forum, NeighborWorks, Lincoln, NE, February 3, 2018.

“International Trade and Global Agricultural Markets,” Big Cob University Winter Session,

Kearney, NE, February 21, 2018. Book Reviews:

World Economic Growth, edited by Arnold C. Harberger, Rural Sociology, Vol. 51, No. 1, Spring, 1986.

Agricultural Development, An International Perspective, (2nd edition), Yujiro Hayami and

Vernon Ruttan, Annals of Regional Science, July, 1986.

The Common Agricultural Policy and the Less Developed Countries, Alan Matthews, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 68, No. 3, August, 1986.

Agricultural Household Models, Extensions, Application and Policy, edited by Inderjit

Singh, Lyn Squire and John Strauss, Rural Sociology, Vol. 53, No. 4, Winter, 1988.

Comparative Farming Systems, edited by B.L. Turner II and Stephen B. Brush, Journal of Geography, Vol. 89, No. 2, March-April, 1990.

Research Methodology for Economists: Philosophy and Practice, Glenn L. Johnson, Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. VII, Nos. 3-4, 1990. Is There a Moral Obligation To Save The Family Farm? edited by Gary Comstock, Rural Sociology, Vol. 56, No. 1, Spring, 1991. Policy for American Agriculture: Choices and Consequences, by M.C. Hallberg, Great Plains Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, February, 1995.

The Rise and Decline of Holland's Economy: Merchant Capitalism and the Labor Market, by J.L. van Zanden, European Studies Journal, Vol. XII/1 (Spring), 1995.

Health and Sustainable Agricultural Development: Perspectives on Growth and Constraints, edited by Vernon W. Ruttan, Journal of Rural Health, 1996.

Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest, edited by Gregory McIsaac and William R. Edwards, Agricultural Economics, 13-3 (February 1996): 210-211. Pigs, Profits, and Rural Communities edited by Kendall M. Thu and E. Paul Durrenberger, Journal of Agribusiness, Vol 15, No.3 (1999):427-429.

American Trade Politics by I. M. Destler, Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 18, No. 2 (April 2007): 405-408.

Anchoring Reform with a US-Egypt Free Trade Agreement by A. Galal and R. Z.

Lawrence, Journal of Asian Economics, 19 (2008): 196-197.

Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability: A Political Economy Approach, edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 25, 2015.