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Alex McCalla

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Professor Emeritus

3121 Social Sciences & Humanities

Office Hours: By Appointment

Phone: (530) 752-1529

Fax: (530) 752-5614

alex@primal.ucdavis.edu

Selected Publications

  • McCalla, A.F., E. Castle, and V. Eidman. "The AAEA: Ever Growing and Changing Research Challenges." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(2)(2010):334-355.
  • Binswanger-Mkhize, H., A.F. McCalla, and P. Patel. "Structural Transformation and African Agriculture." Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 2(2)(2010):113-152.
  • Johnston, W.E., and A.F. McCalla, eds. A.P. Giannini and the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. Davis, CA: Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, 2010.
  • Binswanger-Mkhize, H., and A.F. McCalla. "The Changing Context and Prospects for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa." Handbook of Agricultural Economics 4(2010):3571-3712.
  • McCalla, A.F. "The Governance Challenges of Improving Global Food Security." The Global Food Crisis : Governance Challenges and Opportunities.
    J. Clapp and M.J. Cohen, eds., pp.237-250. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2009.
  • McCalla, A.F. "World Food Prices: Causes and Consequences." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 57(2009):23-34.
  • McCalla, A.F. "Implications of WTO Developments for Market Integration." Contemporary Drivers of Integration. K.M. Huff, K.D. Meilke, R.D. Knutson, R.F. Ochoa and J.Rude, eds. Texas A&M University, University of Guelph and IICA-Mexico, 2008.
  • Gifffors, M., A.F. McCalla, and K.D. Meilke. "The Doha Round and Agrifood: A Question of Political Will." Policy Options 29(8)(2008):35-38.
  • McCalla, A.F., and J.D. Nash, eds. Reforming Agricultural Trade for Developing Countries (Vol 1): Key Issues for a Pro-Development Outcome for the Doha Round and (Vol 2): Quantifying the Impact of Multilateral Trade Reform. Washington DC: World Bank, 2006.
  • Anania, G., M.E. Bohman, C.A. Carter, and A.F. McCalla, eds. Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading? Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2004.
  • Johnston, W.E., and A.F. McCalla. "Whither California Agriculture: Up, Down, Or Out? Some Thoughts About the Future." Giannini Foundation Special Report 4(1)(2004).
  • McCalla, A.F., and A. Valdes. "Where Interests of Developing Countries Converge and Diverge." Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda: Creating a Global Trading Environment for Development. M.D. Ingco and L.A. Winters, eds., pp.136-148. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • McCalla, A.F., Chairman of the Board, Iwanaga, M. Director General, et. al. 2004. Seeds of Innovation : CIMMYT's Strategy for Helping to Reduce Poverty and Hunger by 2020. Mexico DF, CIMMYT, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. 56 p.
  • McCalla, A.F., R.R. Barichello, and A. Valdes. "Developing Countries and the World Trade Organization Negotiations." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(3)(2003):674-678.
  • McCalla, A.F. "Liberalizing Agricultural Trade: Will It Ever Be A Reality?" Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 28(3)(2003):419-434.
  • McCalla, A.F. "The Long Arm of Industrialized Countries: How Their Agricultural Policies Affect Food Security." Sustainable Food Security For All By 2020, pp. 94-96. Washington DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002.
  • McCalla, A.F., and P. Abbott. "Agriculture in the Macroeconomy: Theory and Measurement." Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume 2A- Agriculture and Its External Linkages. B.L. Gardener and G.C. Rausser, eds., pp.1659-1686. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2002.
  • McCalla, A.F., and C.L. Revoredo. "Prospects for Global Food Security: A Critical Appraisal of Past Projections and Predictions." Food, Agriculture and the Environment Discussion Paper 35. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 2001.
  • McCalla, A.F. "What Developing Countries Want from the WTO." The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 2(1)(2001):165-177.
  • McCalla, A.F. "Agriculture in the 21st Century." Fourth Distinguished Economist Lecture. Mexico, D.F.: CIMMYT, 2000.
  • McCalla, A.F., et al. "Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture." Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.
  • McCalla, A.F. "Prospects for Food Security in the 21st Century: With Special Emphasis on Africa." Agricultural Economics 20 (1999):95-103.
  • McCalla, A.F. "Challenge of Food Security in the 21st Century." Tropical Agricultural Association Newsletter 19 (1999):12-19.
  • McCalla, A.F. Rural Development: From Vision to Action. Washington DC: The World Bank, 1997.
  • McCalla, A.F., and A. Valdes. "The Uruguay Round and Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries and Economics in Transition." Food Policy 21(4/5)(1996):419-431.
  • Anania, G., C.A. Carter, and A.F. McCalla, eds. Agricultural Trade Conflicts and GATT. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994.
  • McCalla, A.F. "Agricultural Trade Liberalization: The Ever-Elusive Grail." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75 (1993):1102-1112.
  • McCalla, A.F. "GATT, Preferential/Regional Trading Blocs and Agricultural Trade." Review of International Economics 1(1)(1992):73-89.
  • McCalla, A.F., and G. Anania. "Does Arbitraging Matter? Spatial Trade Models and Discriminatory Trade Policies." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73(1)(1991):103-117.
  • McCalla, A.F., C.A. Carter, and A. Schmitz. Canada and International Grain Markets: Trends, Polices and Prospects, 107 pp. Economic Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1989.
  • McCalla, A.F. "Improving Food Coordination in Agriculture." Policy Coordination in World Agriculture. H. von Witzke, C.F. Runge, and B. Job, eds., pp.212-241. Kiel, Germany: Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, 1989.
  • McCalla, A.F., C.O. McCorkle, and S.O. Archibald. "Food Processing Industry Dynamics and Economic Policy." Economics of Food Processing in the United States. C.O. McCorkle, Jr., ed., pp.409-434. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 1988.
  • McCalla, A.F., T.K. White, and K. Clayton. "Embargoes, Surplus Disposal, and U. S. Agriculture." USDA/ERS Agricultural Economics Report 564 (1986).
  • McCalla, A.F., and T.E. Josling. Agricultural Policies and World Markets. New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985.
  • McCalla, A.F., and L.S. Karp. "Dynamic Games and International Trade: An Application to the World Corn Market." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 65(4)(1983):641-650.
  • McCalla, A.F. "Impact of Macroeconomic Policies upon Agricultural Trade and International Agricultural Development." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 64(5)(1982):861-868.
  • McCalla, A.F., and T.E. Josling, eds. Imperfect Markets in Agricultural Trade. Montclair, NJ: Allanheld, Osmun and Co., 1981.
  • Schmitz, A., A.F. McCalla, D.O. Mitchell, and C.A. Carter. Grain Export Cartels. Cambridge, MA: Ballenger Publishing Company, 1981.

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