Agricultural Economics Graduate Student Association

K-State Agricultural Economics Graduate Students at AAEA - 2015

AAEA and WAEA Joint Annual Conference
July 26 -July 28
San Francisco, CA at the Marriott Marquis

Conference Participants

Kayode Ajewole
Lightening Presentation: Japanese Consumer Preferences toward GM Foods after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Authors: Kayode M. Ajewole*, Koichi Yamaura, and Hikaru Hanawa Peterson

Sandra Contreras
Poster: Does Time allocation really matter for the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture? An evaluation of the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index WEAI
Authors: Sandra Contreras* and Yacob Zereyesus
Case Study Competition

Krystal Drysdale
Presentation: Effects From A Farmer-led Collective Action Water Management Plan on Irrigators in Kansas.”
Authors: Krystal Drysdale*, and Nathan P. Hendricks

Emrah Er
Presentation: Cropland Acreage Response to Price: Challenges from Data Measurement Errors and Government Programs
Authors: Nathan Hendricks* and Emrah Er

Ji Yong Lee
Presentation: Strategic Bidding in a Private Value Experimental Auction with Positive and Negative Bids
Authors: Ji Yong Lee* and Sean Fox

Melissa McKendree
Lightening Presentation: Similarities and Differences of Animal Welfare Perceptions between Cow-Calf Producers and the US Public
Authors: Melissa McKendree*, Glynn Tonsor, Chris Wolf
Poster: Step One to Understanding the Vote-Buy Gap: A look at county level outcomes in recent ballot initiatives
Authors: Melissa McKendree*, Glynn Tonsor, Jayson Lusk, Bailey Norwood, Kathleen Brooks

Claire Newman
Graduate Student Extension Competition Participant

Frank Nti
Lightening Presentation: NAFTA at 20: Structural Change in U.S. Meat Demand in Mexico
Authors: Frank Nti*, Vincent Amanor-Boadu

Krishna Pokharel
Presentation: On the Examination of the Reliability of Statistical Software for Estimating Logistic Regression Models
Authors: Jason Bergtold, Krishna Pokharel*, and Allen Featherstone
Poster: Estimates of the Incidence of Agricultural Subsidies Using Soil - Climatic Regimes
Authors: Nathan Hendricks and Krishna Pokharel*

Nicolas Quintana Ashwell
Presentation: Aquifer Depletion in the face of Climate Change and Technical Progress
Authors: Nicolas E. Quintana-Ashwell and Jeff Peterson

Steven Ramsey
Presentation: Neural Network Estimators of Binary Choice Processes: Estimation, Marginal Effects, and WTP
Authors: Steven Ramsey* and Jason Bergtold

Ana Claudia Sant'Anna
Poster: It is all about location?: An analysis of the factors that affect the location decision of sugarcane processing mills in Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Authors: Ana Claudia Sant'Anna*, Gabriel Granco, Jason Bergtold, Marcellus Caldas

Weldensie Teklay
Poster: Sorghum Research and Poverty Reduction Under Trade Distortions in Ethiopia
Authors: Weldensie Teklay*, Nina Lilja, and Nathan Hendricks

Xia Shang

Poster: Comparing Forecasting Ability of Demand Systems Using Different Data Sources: the Case of U.S. Meat Demand with Food Safety Recalls
Authors: Xia Shang* and Glynn Tonsor

Rulianda Wibowo
Poster: Is irrigated farm is more efficient than non-irrigated non-tillage farm and non-irrigated conventional farm for a sample of Kansas corn farmer?
Authors: Rulianda Wibowo* and Allen Featherstone

Competition Teams:
Case Study Team 1: Ana Claudia Sant'Anna, Sandra Contreras, Emrah Ehr
Case Study Team 2: Kayode Ajewole, Noah Miller, Madhav Regmi

* denotes presenter