Julian Alston
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Professor 2157 Social Sciences & Humanities Office Hours: By Appointment Phone: (530) 752-3283 Fax: (530) 752-5614 |
Working Papers and Staff Papers
- J.M. Alston, K.B. Fuller, J.T. Lapsley, G. Soleas, K.P. Tumber. "Splendide Mendax: False Label Claims about High and Rising Alcohol Content of Wine." 2011.
- A.M. Okrent, J.M. Alston. "The Demand for Disaggregated Food-Away-from-Home Products." 2011.
- J.C. Parks, A.D. Smith, J.M. Alston. "The Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Energy Balance and Obesity." 2011.
- K.B. Fuller, J.M. Alston, J.N. Sanchirico. "Spatial Externalities and Vector-Borne Plant Diseases: Pierce's Disease and the Blue-Green Sharpshooter in the Napa Valley." May 2011.
- J.M. Alston, B.J. Rickard, A.M. Okrent. "Farm Policy and Obesity in the United States." 2010.
- K.B. Fuller, J.M. Alston, J.N. Sanchirico. "The Benefits and Costs of Alternative Policies for the Management of Pierce's Disease: A Case Study of the Blue-Green Sharpshooter in the Napa Valey." 2010.
- J.M. Alston, M.A. Andersen, J.S. James, and P.G. Pardey. "Revisiting the Returns to U.S. Public Agricultural Research: New Measures, Models, Results, and Interpretation." University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P10-8 /InSTePP Paper 10-04, October 2010.
- M.A. Andersen, J.M. Alston and P.G. Pardey. "Capital Use Intensity and Productivity Biases."University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P10-7 /InSTePP Paper 10-03, August 2010.
- J.C. Parks, A.D. Smith, J.M. Alston. "Quantifying Obesity in Economic Research: how Misleading is the Body Mass Index?" May, 2010.
- J.M. Alston and A.M. Okrent. "Farm Commodity Policy and Obesity." August, 2009.
- J.M. Alston, J.M. Beddow and P.G. Pardey. "Mendel Versus Malthus: Research, Productivity and Food Prices in the Long Run." University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P09-1 /InSTePP Paper 09-01, January 2009 -- revised September 2009.
- M.A. Andersen, J.M. Alston and P.G. Pardey. "Capital Service Flows: Concepts and Comparisons of Alternative Measures in U.S. Agriculture." University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P09-8 /InSTePP Paper 09-03, May 2009.
- J.M. Alston, P.G. Pardey, and V.W. Ruttan. "Research Lags Revisted: Concepts and Evidence from U.S. Agriculture." University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P08-14 /InSTePP Paper 08-02, December 2008.
- P.G. Pardey, P.G., J.M. Alston and J.S. James. "Agricultural R&D Policy: A Tragedy of the International Commons." University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P08-01 /InSTePP Paper 08-01, September 2008.
- Andersen M.A., J.M. Alston, and P.G. Pardey. "Capital Use Intensity and Productivity Biases." University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P07-06 /InSTePP Paper 07-02, April 2007.

