Joanna Parks
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Ph.D. Student; expected completion in 2011 Phone: (530) 545-3715 |
Fields of Interest
Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, Health Economics, Public Economics, and Applied Econometrics
Education
- University of California, Davis, Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011
- University of California, Davis, M.S. Agricultural Economics, 2009
- University of California, Davis, B.A. Economics, 2006
Dissertation Topic
The Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Energy Balance and Obesity
Dissertation Committee
Julian M. Alston (co-chair), Aaron Smith (co-chair), and Hilary Hoynes
Job Market Paper
- Joanna C. Parks, Aaron D. Smith, and Julian M. Alston . Quantifying Obesity in Economic Research: How Misleading is the Body Mass Index?
Publications
- Julian M. Alston, Abigail M. Okrent and Joanna C. Parks (2012). U.S. Food Policy and Obesity, Public Health - Social and Behavioral Health, Prof. Jay Maddock (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0620-3, InTech.