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Rachael Goodhue

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Professor

2146 Social Sciences & Humanities

Phone: (530) 754-7812

Fax: (530) 752-5614

goodhue@primal.ucdavis.edu

Curriculum Vitae [pdf]

Selected Publications

Agricultural Marketing and Organization, Contracting

  • Goodhue, R.E., S. Mohapatra, and G.C. Rausser. "Interactions between Incentive Instruments: Contracts and Quality in Processing Tomatoes." Forthcoming in American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
  • Carter, C.A., J.A. Chalfant, R.E. Goodhue, and S. Mohapatra. "Effects of Forward Sales in Spot Markets: Pre-Commitment Sales and Prices for Fresh Strawberries." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(1)(2010):152-163.
  • Goodhue, R.E., R. Green, D.M. Heien, and P. Martin. "California Wine Industry Evolving to Compete in 21st Century." California Agriculture 62(1)(2008):12-18.
  • Henry, A., R.E. Goodhue, and L.K. Simon. "Meeting Quality Requirements Using Agricultural Contracting." Contract Farming in India: A Resource Book. A. Gulati, P.K. Joshi, and M. Landes, eds. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (New Delhi, 2008).
  • Alexander, C., R.E Goodhue, and G.C. Rausser. "Do Incentives for Quality Matter?" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39(1)(2007):1-15.
  • Goodhue, R.E. and S. Hoffman. "Reading the Fine Print in Agricultural Contracts: Boilerplate, Risk and Returns." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 88(5)(2006):1237-1243.

Pest Management, Pesticide Use and Regulation

Pesticide Use and Regulation

  • Goodhue, R.E., K. Klonsky, and S. Mohapatra. "Can a Grower Education Program be a Substitute for a Regulation that Bans Pesticides? Evidence from a Panel Selection Model." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(4) (2010):956-971.
  • Steinmann, K.P., M. Zhang, J.A. Grant, C. Pickel, R.E. Goodhue, and K. Klonsky. "Quantifying Economic and Environmental Tradeoffs of Walnut Arthropod Pest Management." Agricultural Systems 103(5)(2010):294-306.
  • Steinmann, K.P., M. Zhang, J.A. Grant, C. Pickel, and R.E. Goodhue. "Pheromone-based Pest Management Can Be Cost-effective for Walnut Growers." California Agriculture 62(3)(2008): 105-110.
  • Goodhue, R.E., R. Howitt, and P. Howard. "Effects of Proposed VOC Emission Reduction Rule on California Agriculture: A Statewide Industry Analysis." Interim report submitted to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (2007).

Invasive Species

  • Walsh, D.B., M.P. Bolda, R.E. Goodhue, A.J. Dreves, J. Lee, D.J. Bruck, V.M. Walton, S.D. O’Neall, and F.G. Zalom. "Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): Invasive Pest of Ripening Soft Fruit Expanding Its Geographic Range and Damage Potential." Forthcoming in Journal of Integrated Pest Management.
  • McKee, G., R.E. Goodhue, F.A. Zalom, C.A. Carter, and J.A. Chalfant. "Population Dynamics and the Economics of Invasive Species Management: The Greenhouse Whitefly in California-grown Strawberries." Journal of Environmental Management 90(1)(2009):561-570.
  • McKee, G.J., F.G. Zalom, and R.E. Goodhue. "Management and Yield Impact of the Greenhouse Whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) on California Strawberries." HortScience 42(2)(2007):280-284.
  • Goodhue, R.E. and G.J McKee. "Designing and Implementing Invasive Species Prevention, Eradication, and Control Policies: Economics, Biology and Uncertainty." Choices 21(3)(2006):129-132.
  • McKee, G.J., C.A. Carter, J.A. Chalfant, and R.E. Goodhue. "Bioeconomic Modeling of Greenhouse Whiteflies in California Strawberries." Choices. 21(3)(2006):143-146.
  • McKee, G.J., C.A. Carter, J.A. Chalfant, R.E. Goodhue, and F.G. Zalom. "Pesticide Resistance, Population Dynamics, and Invasive Species Management." Contractor and Cooperator Report 43(2008). Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

Soil Fumigation and Methyl Bromide Alternatives

  • Goodhue, R.E., P. Howard, and R. Howitt. "Costs of Methyl Iodide Non-registration: Economic Analysis." Final report submitted to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (2010).
  • Fennimore, S.A., M.J. Haar, R.E. Goodhue, and C.Q. Winterbottom. "Weed Control in Strawberry Runner Plant Nurseries with Methyl Bromide Alternative Fumigants." HortScience 43(5)(2008):1495-1500.
  • Fennimore, S.A., J.M Duniway, G.T. Browne, F.N. Martin, H.A. Ajwa, B.B. Westerdahl, R.E. Goodhue, M.J. Haar, and C.Q. Winterbottom. "Methyl Bromide Alternatives Evaluated for California Strawberry Nurseries." California Agriculture 62(2)(2008):62-67.
  • Fennimore, S.A., and R.E Goodhue. "Estimated Costs to Disinfest Soil with Steam." 2009 Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions: Proceedings. www.mbao.org.
  • Gilbert, C.A., S.A. Fennimore, K. Subbarao, R.E. Goodhue, J.B. Weber, and J. Samtani. "Soil Disinfestation with Steam and Solarization for Flower and Strawberry." 2008 Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions: Proceedings. www.mbao.org.
  • Goodhue, R.E., R. Howitt, P. Howard, and H. An. "Effects of the January 2008 CDPR Field Fumigation Regulations: Ventura County Case Study." Final report submitted to California Department of Food and Agriculture (2009). www.cdfa.ca.gov/files/pdf/GoodhueHowitt042309.pdf.

Agricultural Policy

  • Goodhue, R.E., and C. Russo. "Modeling Processor Market Power and the Incidence of Agricultural Policy: A Non-parametric Approach." Working Paper 16706 (2011). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
  • Goodhue, R.E., J.T. LaFrance, and L.K. Simon. "Wine Taxes, Production, Aging and Quality." Journal of Wine Economics 4(1)(2009):65-83.

Property Rights and Multilateral Negotiations

Water Rights and Water Policy

  • Goodhue, R.E., L.K. Simon, and S.E. Stratton. "Strategic Behaviour in Water Policy Negotiations: Lessons from California." Policy and Strategic Behaviour in Water Resource Management, A. Dinar and J. Albiac, eds. London: Earthscan Press, 2009.
  • Goodhue, R.E., G.C. Rausser, L.K. Simon, and S. Thoyer. "Multilateral Negotiations over the Allocation of Water Resources: The Strategic Importance of Bargaining Structure." Game Theory for Policymaking in Natural Resources and the Environment, A. Dinar, J. Albiac, and J. Sanchez-Soriano, eds., pp.132-154. London: Routledge Press, 2008.
  • Simon L.K., R.E. Goodhue, G.C. Rausser, S. Thoyer, S. Moradet, and P. Rio. "Structure and Power in Multilateral Negotiations: An Application to French Water Policy." Giannini Foundation Research Monograph 47(2007).

Pastoralist Grazing Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Goodhue, R.E. and N. McCarthy. "Traditional Property Rights, Common Property, and Mobility in Semi-arid African Pastoralist Systems." Environment and Development Economics. 14(1)(2008):29-50.
  • Goodhue, R.E. and N. McCarthy. "Traditional Grazing Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Role of Policy." Game Theory for Policymaking in Natural Resources and the Environment, A. Dinar, J. Albiac, and J. Sanchez-Soriano, eds., pp. 43-64. London: Routledge Press, 2008.

Industrial Organization and Labor Markets

  • Mohapatra, S., R.E. Goodhue, and S.C. Rozelle. "Investment Complementarity in China’s Rural Enterprises." Review of Industrial Organization 33(2008):63-79.
  • Mohapatra, S., S.C. Rozelle, and R.E. Goodhue. "The Rise of Self-Employment in Rural China: Development or Distress?" World Development. 35(1)(2007): 163-181.

Outreach Publications

  • Goodhue, R.E., P. Howard, and R. Howitt. "Costs of Methyl Iodide Non-registration: Economic Analysis." Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 13(5)(2010).
  • Mohapatra, S., R.E. Goodhue, C.A. Carter, and J.A. Chalfant. "How Do Forward Contracts Affect Strawberry Prices?" Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 13(5)(2010).
  • Bolda, M., R.E. Goodhue, and F.G. Zalom. "Spotted Wing Drosophila: Potential Economic Impact of a Newly Established Pest." Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 13(3)(2010).
  • An, H., R.E. Goodhue, P. Howard, and R.E. Howitt. "Reducing Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Pre-plant Soil Fumigation: Lessons from the 2008 Ventura County Emission Allowance System" Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 12(5)(2009).
  • Goodhue, R.E., R.D. Green, D.M. Heien, and P.L. Martin. "Current Economic Trends in the California Wine Industry." Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 11(4)(2008).
  • Goodhue, R.E. and P.L. Martin. "Introduction to the Issue. Special Issue: Issues in the California Wine and Grape Industry." Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 11(4)(2008).
  • Goodhue, R.E. and L.K. Simon. "Agricultural Contracts and Risk Management." Beating the Odds: Reducing Market Risk for Specialty Crops, S. Hardesty, ed., pp. 18-22. United States Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency and Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of California, 2007.
  • Alexander, C., R.E. Goodhue, S. Mohapatra, and G.C. Rausser. "Effects of Price Premiums for Multiple Product Attributes on Product Quality: California Processing Tomatoes." Prepared for AgMRC (2006).
  • Goodhue, R.E., S.A. Fennimore, K. Klonsky, and H. Ajwa. "After Methyl Bromide: The Economics of Strawberry Production with Alternative Fumigants." Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 9(5)(2006).

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