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Lindon J. Robison

Business Address: Home Address:

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics 2579 Dustin Rd.

Michigan State University Okemos, Michigan 48864

East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Phone: (517) 282-4880

Phone: (517) 353-7226

Fax: (517) 432-1800

E-mail: [email protected]

Education:

Post Graduate: George Washington University

Course work in statistics, 1975-77

Graduate: Texas A&M University

Degree: Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), 1975

Thesis title: “Portfolio Adjustments under Uncertainty:

An Application to Agricultural Financing by Commercial Banks”

Graduate: University of Illinois

Degree: M.S. (Agricultural Economics), 1971

Thesis title: “A Comparison of Interest Rate Policies of

The St. Louis Federal Land Bank”

Undergraduate: Utah State University

Degree: Bachelor of Science (Agricultural Economics), 1969

Professional Experience:

Agricultural Economist

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service

Washington, D.C.

Dates: May 1975 - June 1977

Responsibility: Research of current issues in agricultural finance

Department of Agricultural Economics

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Dates: June 1977--present

Research: - Theory of the firm under risk

- Measuring risk attitudes

- Size and structure adjustments in U.S. farmland

- Present value models and capital investment decisions

- Use of Present Value models as a dynamic analytic tool

- Consistent ordering of capital budgets

- The nature of social capital

- The influence of relationship on the terms and level of trade

- Distinguishing between commodities and relational goods

- A social capital foundation for behavioral economics

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Teaching: - Advanced Production Analysis

- The theory of the firm under risk

- An Analytic Approach to Capital Budgeting

- Relationship Economics: The Social Capital Paradigm and its

applications

- Fundamental methods of mathematical economics

- Fundamental methods of mathematical statistics

- Financial management for small businesses

Visiting Professor

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics

Uppsala, Sweden

Dates: May - July 1989

Research: Worked on Investment Analysis Text

Teaching: The Competitive Firm's Response to Risk and Fundamentals of Present Value

Analysis

Visiting Associate Professor

Department of Economics

Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah

Sabbatical Leave: September 1984 - August 1985

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

University of Minnesota

St. Paul, Minnesota

Dates: January - March 1982

Research: Worked on text “Theory of the Firm Under Uncertainty”

Teaching: Advanced Production Economics

Foreign Language:

Fluent in Spanish.

Academic Honors and Awards:

Phi Kappa Phi

Alpha Zeta

Gamma Sigma Delta

Valedictorian of the College of Agriculture, Utah State University, 1969

Kiwanis Scholarship and Leadership Award in the College of Agriculture, 1969

Distinguished Military Student, Distinguished Military Graduate, 1969

Farm Bureau Leadership Award, 1969

American Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 1975

American Men and Women of Science (13th ed.)

Supervised AAEA Award Winning Master's Thesis, 1982

Supervised AAEA Award Winning Ph.D. Thesis, 1986

Award for Faculty Fellow, MSU Integrative Studies Institute, 1999-2000

Elected Chair of the Institutional and Behavioral Economics Section of AAEA 2007-2008.

Elected Institutional and Behavioral Economics Fellow 2012

Department of Agricultural Food and Research Economics Award for Excellence in Research 2008

Department of Agricultural Food and Research Economics Award for Excellence in Teaching 2013

Excellence in Study Abroad for more than 10 years of leading study abroad programs at MSU 2013.

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Professional Consulting Services:

Ralston Purina Co.

Union Carbide

Stauffer Chemical Co.

Elanco Products Co.

Sandia National Laboratories

The World Bank

Grants and Contracts Supervised:

1978-80 - Electric Power Research Institute ($100,000)

1979-80 - U.S. Department of Agriculture ($65,830)

1980-Current - U.S. Department of Agriculture ($35,536)

1986-1990 - Sigma One Corporation ($150,000)

2000-2001 World Bank (Create annotated bibliography) $10,000

1999-2001 World Bank (Poverty Reduction in Nicaragua) $20,000

2001-2002 - World Bank (Annotated bibliography expansion) $15,000

Special funding received from Provost=s office for continued support of Social Capital Initiative programs;

$50,000 FY 00-01, $20,000 FY 01-02, 02-03, 03-04, 04-05, and 05-06.

2002-2003 MAES support of the Social Capital Initiative: $22,500.

2002-2003 Provost support for the Social Capital Initiative: $35,000.

2002-2003 Urban Regional Interest Group (IPPSR) $22,000.

2002-2003 Andean Development Corporation $200,000 (MSU’s share is about $60,000)

Other Professional Activities:

Member, Editorial Council of the North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics

Member of Regional Research Project NCT-128, AEvaluating Financial Markets for Agriculture” (1982/83)

Member of Regional Committee NCR-113, AFarm and Financial Management” (1981/1983)

Member and Chairman of Regional Committee NCT-127, AAgricultural Land Values” (1979-present)

Member of Western Regional Research Committee W-149, AEvaluating Market Risks in Agriculture”

(1978-1981)

Member and Chairman of Southern Regional Research Committee S-180, AAn Economic Analysis of Risk

Management Strategies for Agricultural Production Firms” (1981-present)

Member of American Agricultural Economics Association Finance Committee (1984-1987)

Member and Chairman of Regional Committee NC-181, ADeterminants of Farm Size and Structure”

(1986-1989)

Editor of Review of Agricultural Economics (1990-1993)

President Institutional and Behavioral Section, American Agricultural Economics Assn. (2002/2003)

Recent Department Service

Interim Chair, Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University.

(August 2013 - May 2015).

Member, Panel, Michigan State University, Ag Bio Research. (2015 - Present).

Responsibilities: Review Green Proposals for awarding of funds. Accomplishments: Completed the reviews and contributed to the decision process for funding projects.

Chair, CANR Retention, Promotion, and Tenure, Michigan State University. (August 2012 - December

2014).

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Responsibilities: Review and make recommendations to the dean of CANR for faculty being considered for retention, promotion, and tenure. Accomplishments: careers of faculty depend on this committee's recommendation.

Chair, CANR Committee on Fixed Term Faculty Review Recommendations, Michigan State

University. (October 31, 2014). Responsibilities: To prepare and submit recommendation to the Dean of CANR for conducting hiring and promotion reviews for fixed-term faculty. Accomplishments: The committee completed its report and submitted it to the Dean and Associate Deans of the college of Agriculture and Natural Resources. It was forwarded to school director and department chairs for review.

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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles:

Robison, Lindon J., C.B. Baker, and G.K. Brinegar (1972). “A Comparison of Interest Rate Policies on the St.

Louis Federal Land Bank.” Illinois Agricultural Economics Journal 12:12-15.

Robison, Lindon J., Peter J. Barry, and John A. Hopkin (1973). “Cash Flows and Financing in Texas

Agriculture.” Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics 5:187-192.

Barry, Peter J. and Lindon J. Robison (1975). “A Practical Way to Select an Optimum Farm Plan Under Risk:

Comment.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 57:128-131.

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry (1977). “Portfolio Adjustments: An Application to Rural Banking.”

American Journal of Agricultural Economics 59:311-320.

Robison, Lindon J. and David J. Leatham (1978). “A Study of Interest Rate Charges and Amounts Loaned by

Major Farm Real Estate Lenders.” Journal of Agricultural Economics Research 30:1-9.

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry (1978). “Risk Efficiency Using Stochastic Dominance and Expected

Gain Confidence Limits.” Journal of Finance 33:1244-1249.

Robison, Lindon J. and Ross O. Love (1979). “An Empirical Study of Changes in Farm Mortgage Loan

Market Shares Held by Federal Land Banks and Life Insurance Companies.” Agricultural Finance

Review 39:18-34.

Robison, Lindon J. and John R. Brake (1979). “Applications of Portfolio Theory to Farmer and Lender

Behavior.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 61:160-164.

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry (1980). “Portfolio Theory and Asset Indivisibility: Implications for

Analysis of Risk Management.” North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics 2:41-46.

Robison, Lindon J. and John R. Brake (1980). “Inflation, Liquidity and Growth: Some Implications for the

Farm Firm.” Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics 12:131-137.

Robison, Lindon J.(1980): “Inflation and Agricultural Finance: Discussion.” American Journal of

Agricultural Economics 62:1065-1066.

King, Robert P. and Lindon J. Robison. (1981). “An Interval Approach to the Measurement of Decision Maker

Preferences.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 63:510-520.

Robison, Lindon J. (1982). “An Appraisal of Expected Utility Hypothesis Tests Constructed from Responses

to Hypothetical Questions and Experimental Choices.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics

64:367-375.

Love, Ross O. and Lindon J. Robison (1984). “An Empirical Analysis of the Intertemporal Stability of Risk

Preferences.” Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics July, pp. 159-165.

Cochran, Mark J., Lindon J. Robison, and Weldon Lodwick (1985). “Improving the Efficiency of Stochastic

Dominance Techniques Using Convex Set Stochastic Dominance.” American Journal of Agricultural

Economics 67:289-295.

Robison, Lindon J., David A. Lins, and Ravi Venkataraman (1985). “Cash Rents and Land Values in U.S.

Agriculture.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 67:794-805.

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Robison, Lindon J. and Larry Lev (1986). “Distinguishing Between Indirect and Direct Outcome Variables to

Predict Choices Under Risk or Why Woody Chip Went to the Air.” North Central Journal of

Agricultural Economics 8:59-68.

Robison, Lindon J. and Steven R. Koenig (1986). “Wrap-Around Mortgages and Blended Interest Rate: A

Technical Note.” The Engineering Economist 32:51-55.

Barry, Peter J. and Lindon J. Robison (1986). “Economic Versus Accounting Rates of Return for Farm

Land.” Land Economics 62:388-40l.

Kelsey, Myron P., Lindon J. Robison, and Steven R. Koenig (1987). “The Effect of the Tax Reform Act of

1986 on Maximum Bid Real Estate Prices.” Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and

Rural Appraisers 51:30-33.

Robison, Lindon J., Steven R. Koenig, and Myron P. Kelsey (1987). “Farm Real Estate Prices and the Tax

Reform Act of 1986.” Agricultural Finance Review 47:21-30.

Robison, Lindon J., David A. Lins, and Steven R. Koenig (1987). “Refinancing Agricultural Loans.”

Agricultural Finance Review 47:135-141.

Barry, Peter J. and Lindon J. Robison (1987). “Portfolio Theory and Financial Structure: An Application of

Equilibrium Analysis.” Agricultural Finance Review 47:142-151.

Robison, Lindon J., Peter J. Barry, and William G. Burghardt (1987). “Borrowing Behavior Under Financial

Stress by the Proprietary Firm: A Theoretical Analysis.” Western Journal of Agricultural Economics

12:144-151.

Meyer, Jack and Lindon J. Robison (1988). “Hedging Under Output Price Randomness.” American Journal

of Agricultural Economics 70:268-272.

Robison, Lindon J.(1988). “The Value of Agricultural Land: Michigan.” Realtors Land Institute: Journal

Edition 40:9-10..

Lins, David A. and Lindon J. Robison (1989). “Calculation of Loan Losses: Restructuring Versus

Foreclosure.” Agricultural Finance Review 49:57-63.

Robison, Lindon J., Steven D. Hanson, and David A. Lins (1990). “A Present Value Analysis of Land

Transactions.” Agricultural Finance Review 50:16-25.

Lins, David A. and Lindon J. Robison (1990). “Calculation of Loan Losses: Restructuring Versus

Foreclosure: A Reply.” Agricultural Finance Review 50:129-130.

Meyer, Jack and Lindon J. Robison (1991). “The Aggregate Effects of Risk in the Agricultural Sector.”


Robison, Lindon J. and Steven D. Hanson (1992). “Capital Gains and After-Tax Internal Rates of Return.”


Zeller, Manfred and Lindon J. Robison (1992). “Flexibility and Risk in the Firm.” Review of Agricultural

Economics 19:473-484.

Robison, Lindon J. (1992). “Economic Insights from the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon

Studies 1:35-53.

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Siles, Marcelo, Lindon J. Robison, and Steven D. Hanson (1993). “Why Do Banks Advertise?” Bank

Marketing, December, pp. 37-39.

Robison, Lindon J. and A. Allan Schmid (1994). “Can Agriculture Prosper Without Increased Social

Capital?” Choices, Fourth Quarter, pp. 29-31.

Robison, Lindon J. and Dale Colyer (1994). “Reflections on Relevance of Professional Journals.” Journal of

Agriculture and Applied Economics 26:19-34.

Siles, Marcelo, Steven D. Hanson, and Lindon J. Robison (1994). “Socio-Economics and the Probability of

Loan Approval.” Review of Agricultural Economics 16:405-414.

Robison, Lindon J. and Steven D. Hanson.(1995). “Social Capital and Economic Cooperation.” Journal of

Agricultural and Applied Economics 27:43-58.

Schmid, A. Allan and Lindon J. Robison (1995). “Applications of Social Capital Theory.” Journal of

Agricultural and Applied Economics 27:59-66.

Robison, Lindon J. and A. Allan Schmid (1996). “Can Agriculture Prosper without Increased Social Capital?”

published in The Best of Choices, 1986-1996, edited by Harry W. Ayer, published by the American

Agricultural Economics Association, Ames, Iowa, 1996.

Hanson, Steven D., Lindon J. Robison, and Marcelo E. Siles (1996). “Impacts of Relationships on Customer

Retention in the Banking Industry.” Agribusiness: An International Journal 12:27-36.

Barry, Peter J., Lindon J. Robison, and Gilbert V. Nartea (1996). “Changing Time Attitudes in Intertemporal

Analysis.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78:1-10.

Robison, Lindon J. and Marcelo E. Siles (1999). “Social Capital and Household Income Distributions in the

United States: 1980, 1990.” Journal of Socio-Economics 28:43-93.

Siles, Marcelo, Lindon Robison, Bruce Johnson, Gary Lynne, and M. David Beveridge (2000). “Farmland

Exchanges: Selection of Trading Partners, Terms of Trade, and Social Capital.” 2000 Journal of the

American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, pp. 127-140.

Paterson, Brian J., Steven D. Hanson, and Lindon J. Robison (2000). “Characteristics of Farmland Leasing in

the North Central United States.” 2000 Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and

Rural Appraisers, pp. 72-82.

Robison, Lindon J., et al.(2000). “Short Papers from the April, 1998 Social Capital Conference at Michigan

State University.” Journal of Socio-Economics 29:579-586.

Perry, Gregory M. and Lindon J. Robison (2001). “Evaluating the Influence of Personal Relationships on

Land Sale Prices: A Case Study in Oregon.” Land Economics 77:385-398.

Robison, Lindon J., A. Allan Schmid, and Marcelo E. Siles (2002). “Is Social Capital Really Capital?”

Review of Social Economy 60:1-21.

Robison, Lindon J., A. Allan Schmid, and Peter J. Barry (2002). “The Role of Social Capital in the

Industrialization of the Food System.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 31:15-24.

Robison, Lindon J., Robert J. Myers, and Marcelo E. Siles (2002). “Social Capital and the Terms of Trade for

Farmland.” Review of Agricultural Economics 24:44-58.

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Biles, J.J., L. J. Robison, and M.E. Siles (2003). “Export-oriented Industrialization, the State, and Social

Capital: A Case Study of Maquiladora Production in Yucatan, Mexico” in Papers and Proceedings of

the Applied Geography Conferences 25: 157-165.

Robison, Lindon J. and Jan L. Flora (2003). “The Social Capital Paradigm: Bridging Across Disciplines.”

American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85: 1187-1193.

Cordes, Sam, John Allen, Richard C. Bishop, Gary D. Lynne, Lindon J. Robison, Vernon D. Ryan, and Ron

Shaffer (2003). “Social Capital, Attachment Value, and Rural Development: A Conceptual

Framework and Application of Contingent Valuation.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics

85: 1201-1207.

Perry, G.M., P.A. Duffy, C.J. Nixon, and L.J. Robison (2005). “An Exploration of Factors Influencing Ethical

and Unethical Behavior in Negotiations. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 37:1-12.

Perry, G.M., P.A. Duffy, C.J. Nixon, and L.J. Robison (2005). “An Exploration of Factors Influencing Ethical

and Unethical Behavior in Negotiations. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 37:1-12.

Robison, Lindon J., Robert S. Shupp, Robert J. Myers (2010). “Expected utility paradoxes.” Journal of Socio-

Economics 39:1-7.

Robison, L.J., M.E. Siles, and S. Jin (2011). “Social Capital and the Distribution of Household Income in the

United States: 1980, 1990, and 2000. Journal of Socio-Economics 40: 538-547.

Robison, L.J., R.S. Shupp, S. Jin, M.E. Siles, and T.H. Ferrarini (2012). “The Relative Importance of

Selfishness and Social Capital. Motives.” Journal of Socio-Economics 41: 118-127.

Phillips, B.N., L.J. Robison, and J.F. Kosciulek (2014). “The Influence of Social Capital on Starting Wage for

People with and Without Disabilities.” Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin 58:37-45.

Barry, P.J. and L.J. Robison (2014). “Technical Note: Economic Rates of Return and Investment

Analysis.” Engineering Economist (2014).

Robison, L. J., & Siles, M. E. (2014). “Organizations and social capital.” Well-being and Social

Policy, 9(1 Frst Semester): 105-121.

Robison, L.J., P.J. Barry, and R.J. Myers (2015). “Consistent IRR and NPV rankings.” Agricultural Finance

Review 75:499-513,

Robison, L.J. and D.R. Just (2016). “Motives and the Path to Perfection.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55:133-

150.

Book Reviews:

Brenner, R. History - The Human Gamble

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983, xiv and 247 pp. In American Journal of

Agricultural Economics 66(1984):398-399.

Harrison, Alan with R.B. Tranter. The Changing Financial Structure of Farming

Published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics 71(1989):1073-1074.

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Adams, Dale W. and Delbert A. Fitchett, eds. Informal Finance in Low-Income Countries

Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992, xii + 393 pp.

____________________, The Role of Social Capital in Development: An Empirical Assessment

_______________: Cambridge University Press, À

Extension Publications:

Robison, Lindon J. “What's Likely to Happen to Land Prices?” Michigan Farm Economics, No. 418,

November 1977.

Robison, Lindon J. “Michigan Farmland.” Michigan Farm Economics, 1978.

Robison, Lindon J. “Farm Real Estate: How Much Is It Worth, Who Can Afford It?” Michigan Farm

Economics, No. 436, June 1979.

Robison, Lindon J. “Income From Land and Land Values: Is There a Connection?” Michigan Farm

Economics, No. 439, June 1980.

Chapters in Books:

Robison, Lindon J. et al. “Chapter 2: Risk Attitudes: Concepts and Measurement Approaches” in Risk

Management in Agriculture, edited by Peter J. Barry. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1984.

King, Robert P. and Lindon J. Robison. “Chapter 6: Risk Efficiency Models” in Risk Management in

Agriculture, edited by Peter J. Barry. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1984.

Robison, Lindon J. and A. Allan Schmid. “Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences: Evidences and

Implications” in Handbook of Behavioral Economics, Vol. 2, edited by Roger Frantz and Harinder

Singh, J.A.I. Press, 1989.

Robison, Lindon and Hugo Ramos. “Chapter 9: Credit and Credit Policies” in Agriculture and Economic

Survival: The Role of Agriculture in Ecuador's Economic Development. Boulder, CO: Westview

Press, 1990.

Robison, Lindon J. “Structural Diversity Under Risk: Choice of Durable Assets” in Size, Structure, and the

Changing Face of American Agriculture, edited by Arne Hallam. Boulder, CO.: Westview Press,

1993, pp. 412-443.

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry. Present Value Models and Investment Analysis Solutions Manual.

Northport, AL: The Academic Page, 1996 (64 pages).

Robison, Lindon J. and Steven D. Hanson. “Analyzing Firm Response to Risk Using Mean-Variance Models”

in Risk Management Strategies in Agriculture: State of the Art and Future Perspectives, edited by

R.B.M. Huirne, J.B. Hardaker, and A.A. Jijkhuizen. The Netherlands: Backhuys Publishers, 1997,

pp. 121-138.

Barry, Peter J. and Lindon J. Robison. “Chapter 10. Agricultural Finance: Credit, Credit Constraints, and

Consequences.” In Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 1A: Agricultural Production, edited by

Bruce L. Gardner and Gordon C. Rausser. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: North Holland Publishers,

2001, pp. 514-571.

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Robison, Lindon J. and Robert J. Myers. “Chapter 3: Ordering Risky Choices” in The Role of Risk in

Agriculture, edited by Richard Just and Rulon Pope. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers,

2002, pp. 41-51.

Hanson, S.D., L.J. Robison, and J. R. Black. Applied Financial Management: Financial Statements and

Present Value Models. MSU Library, Spring 2013: 1-163.







Books

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry (1986). The Competitive Firm's Response to Risk. New York:

Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (324 pages).

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry (1996). Present Value Models and Investment Analysis. Northport, AL:

The Academic Page, (661 pages).

Robison, Lindon J. and Bryan K. Ritchie (2010). Relationship Economics: The Social Capital Paradigm and

its Applications to Business, Politics and Other Transactions, Grower Publishing Co., (190 pages).

Hanson, Steven D., Lindon J. Robison, and J. Roy Black (2016). Financial Management for small

businesses: financial statement and Present Value Models. Printed on the Espresso Book Machine at

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, (306 pages).

Bulletins or Articles in Bulletins:

Robison, Lindon J. and Richard Simunek. “Monetary Farm Capital Formation and Financing” in Looking

Forward: Research Issues Facing Agricultural and Rural America, Economic Research Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, September 1977.

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry. “New Directions in Farm Sector Accounting Procedures and

Estimation Techniques” in Proceedings of Workshop on Farm Sector Financial Accounts, April

14-15, 1977, published by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Statistics and Cooperative

Service, Agricultural Economics Report 412, November 1978.

Robison, Lindon J. “Decision Theory: The Expected Utility Hypothesis” in Proceedings of Workshop on

Capital Investment Decisions, EPRI, WS-77-18(1978):164-177.

Robison, Lindon J. and Robert P. King. Specification of Micro-Risk Models for Farm Management Policy

Research. Agricultural Economics Report No. 349, Michigan State University, December 1978.

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Robison, Lindon J. and Garth Carman. “Aggregate Risk Response Models and Market Equilibrium” in Risk

Management in Agriculture: Behavioral, Managerial, and Policy Issues, published by the

Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture,

University of Illinois, AE-4478, July 1979, pp. 1-25.

Young, Douglas, Lindon J. Robison, et al. “Risk Preferences of Agricultural Producers: Their Measurement

and Use” in Risk Management in Agriculture: Behavioral, Managerial, and Policy Issues, published

by the Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, College of

Agriculture, University of Illinois, AE-4478, July 1979, pp. 1-28.

King, Robert P. and Lindon J. Robison. “Implementing Stochastic Dominance with Respect to a Function” in

Risk Analysis in Agriculture: Research and Educational Development, published by the Department

of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, University of

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, AE-4492, June 1980, pp. 65-81.

Brake, John R. and Lindon J. Robison. “Capital and Credit Needs of U.S. Agriculture--Revisited” in

Agricultural Banking in the 1980's, published by the American Bankers Association, 1980, pp. 26-37.

Robison, Lindon J. “Inflation and Financing in Agriculture: An Agenda for Research” in Input Markets in

Agriculture Proceedings of NCR-117 Seminar, June 1980, pp. 85-99.

King, Robert P. and Lindon J. Robison. Implementation of the Interval Approach to the Measurement of

Decision Maker Preference. Michigan State Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report No.

418, 1980.

Robison, Lindon J. “Investment/Disinvestment and Use of Durables: An Analytic Framework” in Chapter IV

in Lindon J. Robison and Michael H. Abkin (eds.), Theoretical and Practical Models for Investment

and Disinvestment Decision Making Under Uncertainty in the Energy Supply Industry. Agricultural

Economics Report No. 390, Michigan State University, March 1981.

Robison, Lindon J. and Michael H. Abkin (eds.). Theoretical and Practical Models for Investment and

Disinvestment Decision Making Under Uncertainty in the Energy Supply Industry. Agricultural

Economics Report No. 390, Michigan State University, March 1981.

Espel, Thomas K. and Lindon J. Robison. A Conversation Between Buyers and Sellers of Land or a Market

Equilibrium Approach for Estimating Land Values. Agricultural Economics Report No. 403,

Michigan State University, December 1981.

Kooti, Ghanbar and Lindon J. Robison. Present Value Formulas for Calculating Maximum Bid Prices for

Land with Applications for the TI-59 Hand-Held Computer. Agricultural Economics Report No. 407,

Michigan State University, March 1982.

Robison, Lindon J. and Beverly Fleisher. “Attitudes Toward Risk: Their Interpretation, Measurement in

Agricultural Settings and Application to Decision Makers on Small Farms in Developing Countries.”

Prepared for USAID under contract titled: "Alternatives Rural Development Strategies." March

1983.

Robison, Lindon and Beverly Fleisher. “Risk: Can We Model What We Can't Define or Measure?” An

Economic Evaluation of Risk Management Strategies for Agricultural Production Firms, pp. 34-51,

Department of Agricultural Economics, AE-8350, Oklahoma State University, May 1983.

Robison, L.J., and W.G. Burghardt. Five Principles for Building Present Value Models and Their Application

to Maximum (Minimum) Bid (Sell) Price Models for Land. Agricultural Economics Report No. 442,

Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, November 1983.

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Burghardt, William G. and Lindon J. Robison. “Theoretical and Empirical Issues Associated with Credit

Management, Liquidation, and Bankruptcy” in NC-161 Proceedings, St. Louis, Missouri, October

1984.

Robison, Lindon J., Steven R. Koenig, and John R. Brake. An Analysis of Interest and Principal Payments,

Interest Rates and Time in Common and Uncommon Loans Using Present Value Tools. Agricultural

Economics Report No. 459, Michigan State University, November 1984.

Fleisher, Beverly and Lindon J. Robison. “Applications of Decision Theory and the Measurement of Attitudes

Towards Risk in Farm Management Research in Industrialized and Third World Settings.” Michigan

State University International Development Paper Series, Paper No. 6, July 1985.

Robison, Lindon J., Steven R. Koenig, and John R. Brake. Relationships Among Loan Maturity, Total

Interest Paid, and Periodic Payment for Constant Payment Loans. Agricultural Economics Report

No. 470, Michigan State University, October 1986.

Robison, Lindon J., Steven R. Koenig, and Myron P. Kelsey. Maximum (Minimum) Bid (Sell) Price Models

for Land When Depreciable Assets are Included in the Transaction. Agricultural Economics Report

No. 492, Michigan State University, November 1986.

Robison, Lindon J. “Land Values and Credit Policies in an Imperfect-Risky Market.” Future Directions in

Risk Analysis for Agricultural Production Firms. St. Paul, MN: Department of Agricultural and

Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1987, pp. 162-177.

Robison, Lindon J., Editor. Determinants of Farm Size and Structure. Proceedings of program by NC-181

Committee, San Antonio, Texas, January 1988. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Agricultural Experiment

Station, 1988.

Robison, Lindon J. “Introduction and Overview” in Determinants of Farm Size and Structure. Proceedings of

program by NC-181 Committee, San Antonio, Texas, January 1988, pp. 1-5. East Lansing, MI:

Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, 1988.

Ramos, Hugos and Lindon J. Robison. “Agricultural Finance Issues in Ecuador.” Instituto de Estrategias

Agropecuarias (IDEA) Working Paper, 1989.

Robison, Lindon J. and Steven R. Koenig. “Market Value Versus Agricultural Use Value of Farmland” in

Costs and Returns for Agricultural Commodities, edited by Mary C. Ahearn and Utpal Vasavada.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1992, pp. 207-228.

Robison, Lindon J. and Steven D. Hanson. “Social Capital and Catastrophic Risk Responses” in Quantifying

Long Run Agricultural Risks and Evaluating Farmer Responses to Risk. Proceedings of a Seminar

sponsored by Southern Regional Project S-232, Jekyll Island, Georgia, March 1993, Orono, ME:

Department of Resource Economics and Policy, University of Maine, 1993, pp. 34-61.

Robison, Lindon J. “Expanding the Set of Expected Utility and Mean Standard Deviation Consistent Models”

in Risk Modeling in Agriculture: Retrospective and Prospective. Program proceedings for the annual

meeting of the Technical Committee of S-232, March 24-26, 1994, Gulf Shores State Park, Alabama,

published by Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, August 1994.

Robison, Lindon J. “Comprehensive Review of the Department of Agricultural Economics: University of

Nebraska-Lincoln, May 12-16, 1997,” Don West, team leader.

Robison, Lindon J. Radio interview: “Back on Campus,” Chicago Earth Channel, July 16, 1997.

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Robison, Lindon J. and Marcelo E. Siles. Social Capital and Household Income Distributions in the United

States: 1980, 1990. Department of Agricultural Economics Report No. 595 and the Julian Samora

Research Institute Research Report No. 18, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan,

October 1997.

Robison, Lindon J. “U.S. Income Inequality Continues to Rise.” News Release, December 10, 1997, MSU

Public Relations.

Siles, Marcelo E. and Lindon J. Robison. Data Book: Supplement to Social Capital and Household Income

Distributions in the United States: 1980, 1990. Department of Agricultural Economics Report No.

595/S and the Julian Samora Research Institute Research Report No. 18/S, Michigan State University,

East Lansing, Michigan, October 1998.

Robison, L.J., M.E. Siles, J.L. Bokemeier, D. Beveridge, M. Fimmen, P.T. Grummon, and C. Fimmen. Social

Capital and Household Income Distributions: Evidence from Michigan and Illinois. Department of

Agricultural Economics Report No. 605 and Social Capital Initiative Research Report No. 12,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, December 2000.

Robison, Lindon J. and Marcelo E. Siles. “El Paradigma del Capital Social y las Organizaciones” en Capital

Social: Clave para una Agenda Integral de Desarrollo. Fidel Jaramillo y Maria Teresa Szauer

compiladores. Publicado por Corporacion Andina de Fomento, Septiembre 2003: 157-176. [“The

Social Capital Paradigm and Organizations in Social Capital: The Key for an Integrated

Development”]

Atria, Raul, Marcelo Siles, Irma Arriagada, Lindon J. Robison, and Schott Whiteford compliladores. Capital

Social y Reduccion de la Pobreza en America Latina y el Caribe: en Busca de un Nuevo Paradigm.

Publicado de las Naciiones Unida, Comision Economica Para America Latina y el Caribe, (2003):1-

590. [Social Capital and Poverty Reduction: In Search of a New Paradigm.]

Siles, M., L.J. Robison, I. Cuellar, C. Garcia, and S.F. LaHousse, The Impact of Latino Immigrants in Grand

Rapids’ Urban Development: A Social Capital Approach. Julian Samora Research Institute Research

Report No 37 (2006):1-37.

PRESENTATIONS

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry. “A Theory of Portfolio Adjustments Under Uncertainty: A

Mean-Variance Approach.” Presented at the 1975 summer meetings of the American Agricultural

Economics Association, Columbus, Ohio.

Robison, Lindon J. and Peter J. Barry. “Adapting Portfolio Theory for Asset Indivisibility: A Conceptual

Framework.” Presented at the August 1976 summer meetings of the American Agricultural

Economics Association, State College, Pennsylvania.

Robison, Lindon J. “Specification of Micro-Risk Models for Farm Management and Policy Research.”

Invited paper presented at the 1978 Western Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Bozeman,

Montana.

Robison, Lindon J. and John R. Brake. “Portfolio Theory and Its Application to Farmer and Lender

Behavior.” Invited paper presented at the Allied Social Science Association annual meetings,

Chicago, Illinois, 1978.

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Robison, Lindon J. and J. Roy Black. “Combining Lumpy and Divisible Assets Under Uncertainty.”

Presented at the 1978 summer meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association,

Blacksburg, Virginia.

Robison, Lindon J. and Garth Carman. “Aggregate Risk Response Models in Market Equilibrium.” Invited

paper presented at the annual meetings of the Western Regional Research Committee W-149, San

Francisco, California, January 1979.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Distribution Impacts of Inflation on the Farm Firm.” Contributed paper presented at

the Southern Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Hot Springs, Georgia, February 1980.

King, Robert P. and Lindon J. Robison. “An Interval Approach to the Measurement of Decision Maker's Risk

Preferences.” Presented at the 1980 Western Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Las

Cruces, New Mexico.

Robison, Lindon J. “Inflation in Agricultural Finance: Discussion.” Presented at the 1980 American

Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Urbana, Illinois.

Robison, Lindon J. and Thomas K. Espel. “A Market Equilibrium Approach to Determining Land Values.”

Presented at the 1981 American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Clemson, South

Carolina.

Cochran, Mark, Lindon Robison, Weldon Lodwick, and Alan Jones. “Selection of Apple Scab Pest

Management Strategies Under Uncertainty: An Application of Various Stochastic Dominance

Techniques.” Presented at the 1982 American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Logan,

Utah.

Love, Ross O. and Lindon J. Robison. “An Empirical Analysis of the Intertemporal Stability of Risk

Preferences.” Presented at the 1982 American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Logan,

Utah.

Robison, Lindon J., Larry Lev, and Lee Sonneborn. “A Re-Examination of the Overproduction Argument

Under Conditions of Uncertainty and Flexibility.” Presented at the 1983 American Agricultural

Economics Association meetings, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Trechter, David and Lindon J. Robison. “An Analysis of Demand for Revenue Insurance.” Presented at the

1985 American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Ames, Iowa.

Robison, Lindon J. “How Much Can You Afford To Pay For Land?” Presented at Frankenmuth, Michigan,

January 6, 1988 (arranged by First of America Bank, Frankenmuth).

Robison, Lindon J. “The Great Depression of 1990?” Presented to Rotary Club, Okemos, Michigan, January

26, 1988.

Robison, Lindon J. “Land Values and the Influence of Risk.” Presented to area farmers and bankers, Penn

Township, Vandalia, Michigan, February 9, 1988 (arranged by Bud Search).

Robison, Lindon J. “How Relationships Affect the Market.” Presented to Mason Kiwanis Club, Mason,

Michigan, March 8, 1988.

Robison, Lindon J. “What Do We Know About the Elicitation of Grower Risk Preferences That Is Relevant

to: Practical Models in Farm Management?” 995 Farm Management Seminar, East Lansing,

Michigan, July 20, 1988.

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Robison, Lindon J. “Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences: Evidences and Implications.” Presented at

the 1988 American Agricultural Economics Association meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 2,

1988.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Distance and Its Implication for Natural Resource Policy.” Presented to the

Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, D.C., August 19, 1988.


Implications.” Selected Paper presented at the annual meeting of AAEA, Knoxville, Tennessee,

August 1988. Abstract: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(5)(December 1988):1210.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Distance, Altruism, and Resource Valuation.” 995 Proseminar in Advanced

Topics in Natural Resource Economics, East Lansing, Michigan, December 2, 1988.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Impact of Risk on Farm Size and Structure.” Presented at NC-181 meeting,

Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 8, 1990.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Structure of Families and Changes in Farm Organization and Structure: Discussion

of paper presented by Larry Janssen.” Presented at NC-181 meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico,

January 8, 1990.

Robison, Lindon J. “Our Ignorance About Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Why We Do Not Use

What We Know: Discussion of paper presented by David Zilberman.” Presented at S-232 meeting,

Sanibel Island, January 28-31, 1990.

Robison, Lindon J. “Interpersonal Relationships and Preferences: Evidence and Implications.” Presented to

the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, November 7,

1990.

Robison, Lindon J. “Consistency Conditions for Present Value Models and Ranking Investment Alternatives.”

Presented to Agricultural Economics students at South Dakota State University, November 8, 1990.

Robison, Lindon J. “Geometric Series and Their Use in Present Value Analysis.” Presented to Agricultural

Economics students at South Dakota State University, November 8, 1990.


the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at South Dakota State University,

November 8, 1990.


the Department of Economics at Brigham Young University, November 12, 1990.

Robison, Lindon J. “Expected Utility Basis for Decision Theory.” Presented to the Department of

Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, November 30, 1990.

Robison, Lindon J. “After-Tax Internal Rates of Return.” Presented to the Managerial Economics

Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, February 20, 1992.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital Theory and Its Applications.” Presented to the Economics

Department at Utah State University, Logan, Utah, February 21, 1992.

Robison, Lindon J. “Evidence of Social Capital in Economic Transactions.” Presented to the Managerial

Economics Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 28, 1992.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital Theory: Empirical Tests and Application.” Presented at Sandia National

Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, February 24, 1993.

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Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital Theory: Empirical Tests and Application.” Presented to the Departments

of Economics and Agricultural Economics at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM,

February 25, 1993.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Responses to Catastrophic Risk.” Presented to Southern Regional

Project Committee S-232, Jekyll Island, Georgia, March 25-27, 1993.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Investment in Public Goods.” Presented to the Department of

Managerial Economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, September 29, 1993.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Catastrophic Risk Responses.” Presented at the Symposium on High

Consequence Surety: Academic Views, sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, Surety

Assessment Center, Albuquerque, NM, October 13, 1993.

Robison, Lindon J. “Customer Relationships and Customer Retention.” Presented to the American Society of

Quality Control, Lansing-Jackson Chapter, East Lansing, MI, November, 1993.

Robison, Lindon J. “Relevance of Professional Journals: Relationship Between Acceptance Criteria and

Utility to End Users.” Invited Paper presented at the 1994 Southern Agricultural Economics

Association meetings, February 7, 1994, Nashville, Tennessee.

Robison, Lindon J. “Las Relaciones Socio-Economicas y la Productividad,” (The Relationship Between

Socio-Economics and Productivity). Presented at the International Symposium sponsored by the

Organizations of American States, The Private University of Bolivia, and Chamber of Commerce in

Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia, February 25-26, 1994.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Economic Consequences of Social Capital.” Presented to the Department of

Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois, April 8, 1994.

Schimd, A.A. and L.J. Robison. “Social Capital as a Factor of Production.” Paper presented to International

Association for Research in Economic Psychology/Society for the Advancement of Behavioral

Economics Conference, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, July 10-13, 1994.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Economic Cooperation.” Presented at the Southern Agricultural

Economics Association annual meeting held in New Orleans on January 30, 1995.

Robison, Lindon J. “Introduction to Social Capital Theory: Implications for Economic Development.”

Presented to the Agricultural Economics Department at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,

Arkansas, March 27, 1995.

Robison, Lindon J. “Can Agriculture Prosper Without Increased Social Capital?” Presented with Allan

Schmid and Marcelo Siles at the 1995 Fall Extension Conference, October 10-12, 1995, Kellogg

Center, Michigan State University.

Robison, Lindon J. “Risk Management Strategies.” Presented at the EUNITA-Seminar, January 7-10, 1996,

Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Robison, Lindon J. “Consistency in the Application of Present Value Methods.” Presented to the Pellervo

Economic Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland, January 11, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Decision Models under Risk and Their Relationship to Nonlinear Transformation of

Indirect Outcome Variables.” Presented to the Agriculture and Forestry faculty and students of the

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, January 15, 1996.

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Robison, Lindon J. “The Influence of Social Capital on Economic Transactions.” Presented to the University

of Helsinki faculty and students, Helsinki, Finland, January 16, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Consistency in Present Value Models.” Presented to the Agricultural Economics faculty

at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Upsalla, Sweden, January 18, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “ANR College Class Lecture on Social Capital and Team Work.” 145 Com Arts

Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, January 25, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “In Search of Social Capital in Economics.” Presented to the Department of Agricultural

and Resource Economics at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, February 16, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Indicators of Social Well-Being and the Distribution of Income.” Invited Seminar

presented to the faculty and students of the Agricultural Economics Department, Lincoln, Nebraska,

March 15, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “When Does Mean-Variance Utility Get it Right?” Presented at the Annual Meeting of

SRIEG-70 Economics and Management of Risk in Agricultural Resources, Gulf Shores State Park,

Gulf Shores, Alabama, March 21-23, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Measuring Social Capital in Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Its Impact on

Community Development.” Presented jointly with Marcelo Siles to the Michigan Partnership for

Economic Development Assistance Center for Urban Affairs Speaker Series, Spartan Room B,

International Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, May 2, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. Helped organize the Symposium: “Understanding the Role of Relationships in

Economics: Modeling Neoclassical Economics to Fit the Task” for the American Agricultural

Economics Association Meetings, San Antonio, Texas, July 30, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Economic Decisions.” Presented as part of the Organized

Symposium: AUnderstanding the Role of Relationships in Economics: Modeling Neoclassical

Economics to Fit the Task” for the American Agricultural Economics Association Meetings, San

Antonio, Texas, July 30, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital in the Creation of Value.” Presented in the Free Session: ASocial Capital:

Theory, Measurement and Implications for Economic Development,” at the American Agricultural

Economics Association Meetings, San Antonio, Texas, July 31, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Household Income Distributions.” Presented with Marcelo Siles at

the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, San Antonio, Texas,

August 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Income Inequality: Theoretical Links and Implications.” Presented

with Marcelo Siles to The Rural Sociological Society, Savery Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa, August 17,

1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Income Distributions.” Presented to faculty and students of the

Department of Economics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, November 4, 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital, Externalities and The Distribution of Household Income.” Presented to

the Departments of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University,

Corvallis, Oregon, February 3, 1997.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Household Income Distributions.” Presented to the Department of

Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, February 5, 1997.

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Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Risk Subsidies.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of SRIEG-70

Economics and Management of Risk in Agricultural Resources, Gulf Shores, Alabama, March 20-22,

1997.

Robison, Lindon J. “Diversification, Technology Adoption, and Other Strategies.” Presented at the American

Agricultural Economics Meetings, Toronto, Canada, July 28, 1997 in the workshop titled: The New

Risk Environment in Agriculture.

Robison, Lindon J. “A Theoretical Model: The Influence of Social Capital on Farmland Prices.” Presented at

the annual meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Toronto, Canada, July 28,

1997 during the Free Session titled: Social Capital and Its Influence on Farmland Prices.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and The Distribution of Household Income” (with Marcelo Siles)

presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada, August 14,

1997.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital Networks in Mexicantown, Southwest-Detroit, Michigan” (with Marcelo

Siles) presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada, August

14, 1997.

Robison, Lindon J. “Land Values and Capital Gains Taxes.” Presented to the Department of Agricultural

Resources and Managerial Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, November 3, 1997.

Robison, Lindon J. “Social Capital and Household Income Distributions in the United States.” Presented to

the Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan,

November 6, 1997.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Hard Side of Social Capital: Adding Economic Content to the Social Capital

Paradigm.” Presented seminar at The Ohio State University, February 1999.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Hard Side of Social Capital: Adding Economic Content to the Social Capital

Paradigm.” Presented seminar to Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University,

February 2, 1999.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Role of Social Capital in Economics and Agricultural Economics.” Presented to the

Division of Agricultural Sciences at Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,

February 14, 2000.

Robison, Lindon J. “What Are the Linkages between Social Capital and Agricultural Competitiveness?”

Presented to the Division of Agricultural Sciences at Southern University and A&M College, Baton

Rouge, Louisiana, February 15, 2000.

Siles, Marcelo E., Lindon J. Robison, and Janet Owens. “World Bank Report: Performance of Social

Investment Funds in Nicaragua.” October 2000, 37 pages.

Robison, Lindon J. “Toward an Integrated Social Capital Paradigm: Social Capital, Institutions, and

Networks.” Presented in the Social Capital Initiative=s Visiting Scholars Series Seminars, Michigan

State University, October 6, 2000.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Social Capital Paradigm and Poverty Reduction.” Presented at the Workshop on

Poverty Reduction and Social Capital sponsored by the Social Capital Initiative and the Center for

Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Center for Advanced Study of International

Development, Michigan State University, November 16, 2000.

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Robison, Lindon J., Marcelo E. Siles, and A. Allan Schmid. “Social Capital and Poverty Reduction: Toward

A Mature Paradigm.” Presented at the International Invitational Conference, ASocial Capital and

Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: Toward A New Paradigm,” Santiago de

Chile, September 24-26, 2001.

Robison, Lindon J. and Marcelo E. Siles. “The Use of Social Capital for Development and Poverty

Reduction.” Presented at the Roundtable Discussion on ASocial Capital: The Value of the Concept

and Strategic Directions for the World Bank Lending,” The World Bank, Washington, D.C., March 1,

2002.

Robison, L. J., Oliver, J. (November 20, 2015) Resolving economic anomalies by accounting for

relational goods in mixed exchanges. PowerPoint Presentation presented at Faculty Seminar,

Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Developmental Economics, The Ohio State

University, Columbus, OH.



Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.



Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

Robison, L. J. (October 26, 2015) Social capital contributions to behavioral economic: A personal

journey. PowerPoint Presentation presented at Faculty Seminar, Konya Food and Agricutlure

University, Konya, Turkey.

Robison, L. J. (October 23, 2015) Commodity and relational good exchanges: commodification and

decommodification. Paper presented at 1st International Congress of Applied Science: Social

Capital, Konya, Turkey.

Robison, L. J. (February 27, 2015) Social capital contributions to behavioral economics: A personal

journey. PowerPoint Presentation presented at Seminar, Department of Agricultural Economics,

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

Robison, L. J. (October 3, 2014) Social capital and population health. Paper presented at School of

Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.

Robison, L. J. (September 23, 2014) Theoretical foundations for behavioral economics. Paper

presented at AFRE Fall 2014 Brown Bag Series, Department of Agricultural Food and Resource

Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Robison, L. J. Social capital contributions to behavioral economics: A personal journey. PowerPoint

Presentation presented at Seminar, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics, University

of Missouri, Columbia, NC.

Robison, L. J. (April 24, 2015) Social capital contributions to behavioral economics: A personal

journey. PowerPoint Presentation presented at Seminar, Department of Economics, Old Dominion

University, Norfolk, VA.

Robison, L. J. (February 3, 2015) Capital Social y motivos de acciones. PowerPoint Presentation #

presented at Seminar, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Palmira, Palmira, Colombia.

Robison, L. J. (February 5, 2015) El paradigma de capital social en el desarrollo rural y bienestar

comunitario. Power Point Presentation presented at Uso de Tierra, sistemas ganaderos y sustento

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comunitario en Colombia, Fulbright, MSU, CIAT, Colciencias, Vallenpaz, Universidad Nacional

de Colombia,, Cali, Colombia.

Robison, L. J. (October 24, 2015) Information society. 1st International Congress on Applied Science:

Social Capital, Konya, Turkey.

Staff Papers:

Robison, Lindon J., John Brake, and Mike Kelsey. “An Overview of the Structure of U.S. Agriculture.”

Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 77-94, October 1977.

Robison, Lindon J. “Farm and Land Debt Carrying Capacity: Some New Rules for an Old Game.”

Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 79-2, 1979.

King, Robert P. and Lindon J. Robison. “An Interval Approach to the Measurement of Decision Maker

Preferences.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 79-100, January 1979.

Robison, Lindon J. and Alan Baquet. “A Preliminary Review of the Effects of Uncertainty on Energy Supply

Response.” A preliminary report to EPRI under Contract 1220-2. January 1979.

Robison, Lindon J. “The Effect of Financial Arrangements on the Maximum Bid Price for Land.”


Robison, Lindon J. “Living with Inflation.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 79-85, December 1979.

Robison, Lindon J. “Integrating Investment/Disinvestment Theory and Uncertainty.” Mimeo presented at

Michigan State University/Electric Power Research Institute Conference. March 6-7, 1980.

Robison, Lindon J. “A New Development in the Marginal Productivity Theory of Factor Demand.” Mimeo,

April 1980.

Robison, Lindon J. and Thomas K. Espel. “A Market Equilibrium Approach to Determining Land Values.”

Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 81-30, March 1981.

Robison, Lindon J. “An Introduction to Durable Investment Analysis.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper

No. 81-29, May 1981.

Love, Ross O. and Lindon J. Robison. “An Empirical Analysis of the Intertemporal Stability of Risk

Preferences.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 82-24, March 1982.

Robison, Lindon J. “An Explanation of Apparently Risk Preferring Behavior by Risk Averse Decision

Makers.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 83-29, October 1982.

Robison, Lindon J. “U.S. Farm Finance Programs for the 80's.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No.

83-55, August 1983.

Robison, Lindon J. “Cash Rates of Return, Cash Flows, and Accounting Rates of Return Compared.”


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Robison, Lindon J. “Have Farmland Prices Reached Bottom?” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No.

86-14, January 1986.

Meyer, Jack and Lindon J. Robison. “A Consistency Condition for Expected Utility and Mean Variance

Analysis.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 86-102, 12 pages.

Robison, Lindon J. and A. Allan Schmid. “Does Identity of Market Participants Make A Difference?”

Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 87-104, 12 pages.

Robison, Lindon J. and Jack Meyer. “Agricultural Policies, Land Values, and Agricultural Production Under

Risk: A Net Present Value-Certainty Equivalent Approach.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No.

87-105, 40 pages.

Robison, Lindon J. “Deductive Implications of Social Distance Models.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper

No. 88-17.


Implications.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 88-21.

Hanson, Steven and Lindon Robison. “Farmland Prices” in Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 88-117,

Annual Agricultural Outlook, December 1988.

Robison, Lindon J. “Distinctiveness in the Design and Choice of Durable Assets Under Risk.” Agricultural

Economics Staff Paper No. 89-44. (In NC-181 Proceedings, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa,

1989.)

Meyer, Jack and Lindon J. Robison. “Equilibrium Land Prices Under Risk.” Agricultural Economics Staff

Paper No. 89-52.

Robison, Lindon J. and Steven D. Hanson. “A Present Value Analysis of Land Transactions.” Agricultural

Economics Staff Paper No. 89-101.

Hanson, Steven D. and Lindon J. Robison. “Opportunity Costs and Present Value Models.” Agricultural

Economics Staff Paper No. 90-61.

Robison, Lindon J. and Steven D. Hanson. “Capital Gains and Effective Tax Rates.” Agricultural Economics

Staff Paper No. 90-67.

Siles, Marcelo E., Steven D. Hanson, and Lindon J. Robison. “The Role of Social Capital in Credit Markets.”

Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 92-16.

Siles, Marcelo, Lindon J. Robison, and Steven D. Hanson. “Relationships and Lender Behavior.”


Robison, Lindon J. and A. Allan Schmid. “Has the Invisible Hand Lost Its Way? ─ Can Agriculture Prosper

in the 21st Century Without Caring and Sense of Community?” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper

No. 92-34.

Siles, Marcelo E. and Lindon J. Robison. “Las Relaciones Socio-Economicas en los Mercados Financieros.”


Schmid, A. Allan and Lindon J. Robison. “Economics, Altruism and Manners.” Agricultural Economics Staff

Paper No. 95-59.

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Robison, Lindon J. and Steven D. Hanson. “The Analysis of the Firm's Response to Risk Using Mean-

Variance Models.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 95-81.

Schmid, A. Allan and Lindon J. Robison. “Race and Gender Discrimination in Bargaining for a New Car:

Comment.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 95-86.

Robison, Lindon J. and Steven D. Hanson. “Social Capital and Risk Responses.” Agricultural Economics

Staff Paper No. 96-90, October 1996.

Robison, Lindon J. “In Search of Social Capital in Economics.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 96-

102, December 1996.

Robison, Lindon and David Lins. “Lower Capital Gains Tax Rates: Measuring the Impact on Effective Taxes

and Real Returns to Farmland.” Staff Paper 97-f-1, The Center for Farm and Rural Business Finance,

Summer 1997.

Robison, Lindon J. and Marcelo E. Siles. “Social Capital and Organizations.” Agricultural Economics Staff

Paper No. 98-27, October 1998.

Peterson, H. Christopher, Lindon Robison, and Marcelo Siles. “The Social Capital Foundations of Trust in

Global Agri-Food Systems Transactions.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 99-19, June 1999.

Robison, Lindon J., A. Allan Schmid, and Marcelo E. Siles. “Is Social Capital Really Capital?” Agricultural

Economics Staff Paper No. 99-21, June 1999.

Robison, Lindon J., Robert J. Myers, and Marcelo E. Siles. “Social Capital, The Terms of Trade, and the

Distribution of Income.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 99-22, August 1999.

Robison, Lindon J. “A White Paper on the Relevance of Social Capital for the College of Agriculture and

Natural Resources (CANR).” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 99-59, December 1999.

Robison, Lindon J. and Marcelo E. Siles. “Social Capital: Sympathy, Socio-Emotional Goods, and

Institutions.” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 00-45, December 2000.

Darden, Joe T., Rex LaMore, and Lindon Robison. “Assessment of Section 8 Housing Spatial Mobility

Program: The Case of Vouchers in Pontiac.” Final Report to the Pontiac Housing Commission,

August 31, 2003.

Siles, Marcelo E., Lindon J. Robison, Isarael Cuellar, and Ernesto Restaino. “Social Capital and the Rapid

Growth of the Hispanic Population in Michigan: Its impact on Sprawl and Health.” White Paper

Presented to Urban Research Interest Group (URIG), December 2003.

Robison, Lindon J. and Marcelo E. Siles. “The Building Bridges Project.” Center for Latin American and

Caribbean Studies, Michigan State University, (2003):9.

Magazine Articles:

Robison, Lindon J. “Have Farmland Prices Reached Bottom?” Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 86-

14, Michigan State University. Reprinted in Farm Financial Conditions Review, March 1986.

Robison, Lindon J. “Land Value/Cash Rent Ratio Has Land Prices Near Bottom” in Successful Farming, May

1986.

Halm, Jerry and Lindon Robison. “How Are Extension and Research Responding to the Farm Crisis? ─

Michigan” in Rural Development News, The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development,

10(June 1986):4.

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Lins, D.A. and L.J. Robison. “Refinancing Agricultural Loans.” Agricultural Finance 28(October 1986).

Hanson, Steven D. and Lindon J. Robison. “Land Values Rise, But Not Much Here” in Michigan Farmer,

January 7, 1989, p. 9.

Hanson, Steven D. and Lindon J. Robison. “Land Values Will Increase Slightly” in Michigan Farmer,

January 1, 1990, p. 17.

Robison, Lindon J. “Researcher Finds Relationships Affect Loan Approval.” Interview published in The

Community Bank President, April 1, 1995, Vol. 15, No. 3, p. 7.

Robison, Lindon J. “Study Finds Reasons to Slash Capital Gains Tax” in The Register-Mail, Galesburg, IL.,

July 29, 1997, p. C-7.

Robison, Lindon J. “Time to Kill Taxes That Destroy Family Farms” in Prairie Farmer, August 1997, p. 18.

Robison, Lindon J. “Ethics and Social Capital” in Michigan State University: Research Integrity, Vol. 1, No.

4, Spring 1998, pp. 5-8.

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