SIMON ZBINDEN, Cornell University
“Costa Rica’s Payments for Environmental Services Programs: An Economic Analysis of Program Participation and Performance”
David Lee, Advisor

Honorable Mention
SHAWN JOSEPH BUCHOLTZ, University of Maryland
“Estimating the Value of Permanently Preserved and Developable Open Space in Urban Fringe Counties”
Loretta M. Lynch, Advisor

KURT SCHNIER, University of Arizona
"Economic Analysis of Spatially Heterogeneous Resources: The Case of the Fishery"
James Cox, Advisor

Honorable Mention
MICHELE VILLINSKI, University of Minnesota
"A Framework for Pricing Multiple-Exercise Option Contracts for Water"
Jay Coggins, Advisor

Less than 10 Years’ Experience
MARSHALL FRASIER, Colorado State University
 
Undergraduate, More than 10 Years’ Experience
DANIEL TILLEY, Oklahoma State University

Graduate, More Than 10 Years’ Experience
B. WADE BRORSEN, Oklahoma State University

Individual
GEORGE F. PATRICK, Purdue University

Distinguished Extension Program - Group
ROBERT CRAVEN, EDWARD USSET, WYNN RICHARDSON, TIM ARLT, WILLIAM CRAIG, GARY HACHFELD and BRET OELKE, University of Minnesota; ROGER SELLEY, H. DOUGLAS JOSE, TERENCE HEJNY, ROBERT MEDUNA and DAVID GOELLER, University of Nebraska; ROY SMITH; KEITH BANTA, County Hedging, Inc., members of the “Winning the Game” team

C. FORD RUNGE, BENJAMIN SENAUER, PHILIP G. PARDEY, University of Minnesota and MARK W. ROSEGRANT, IFPRI
“Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization”
John Hopkins University Press

Honorable Mention
FRANK A. SLOAN, Duke University, V. KERRY SMITH, North Carolina State University and DONALD H. TAYLOR, Duke University
“The Smoking Puzzle: Information, Risk Perception, and Choice”
Harvard University Press

MARTIN SMITH, Duke University and JAMES WILEN, University of California at Davis
"Economic Impacts of Marine Reserves: The Importance of Spatial Behavior"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46 (2003)

MICHAEL CARTER, University of Wisconsin and PEDRO OLINTO, IFPRI
"Getting Institutions ‘Right’ for Whom? Credit Constraints and the Impact of Property Rights on the Quantity and Composition of Investment"
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85 (February): 173-186

TOMISLAV VUKINA, North Carolina State University
“The Relationship between Contracting and Livestock Waste Pollution”
Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(1): 66-88

 

Honorable Mention
PAUL WILSON and GARY THOMPSON, University of Arizona
“Time Integration: Agribusiness Structure for Competitive Advantage”
Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(1): 30-43

COLIN A. CARTER and GUILLAUME P. GRUERE, University of California at Davis
"International Approaches to the Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods”
Choices (Second Quarter, 2003)

JAMES EALES, Purdue University and LAURIAN UNNEVEHR, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Demand for Beef and Chicken Products: Separability and Structural Change”
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 70(1988): 521-532

Kym Anderson
Derek Byerlee
Gerald Carlson
Thomas W. Hertel
Timothy E. Josling
Richard J. Sexton

1st Place
Lonnie Vandeveer, Patricia Soto, Steven Henning, Huizhen Niu, and Rebecca McLaren, Louisiana State University, “Measuring Spatial Dynamics of Growth at the Urban Fringe”

2nd Place
Catherine Kling, Hongli Feng, Lyubov Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi, Phillip W. Gassman, Manoj Jha, Todd Campbell, Arathi Bhaskar, Cristopher Burkart, Sanchita Sengupta, Rebecca Olson, Iowa State University, “Policies to Improve Water Quality: In-Stream versus Edge-of-field Assessment”

3rd Place
Ogbonnaya Nwoha, Susan Watson, Gary Kennedy, and Kenneth Rea, Louisiana Tech University, “Characteristics of Rural E-Commerce Adopters in the South”

First Place
Lindsey Higgins, Pablo Ramirez, Texas A&M University

Second Place
Michelle Mullins, Jane Njuguna, Andrea Woolverton, University of Missouri

Third Place
Brian Briggeman, Joshua Detre, Purdue University Team #2

First Place
Rik R. Smith, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Second Place
Natalie Zimmer, University of Alberta

Third Place
Amanda Kirksey, Pacific Lutheran University

Iowa State University (Ronald Deiter, Advisor)

Iowa State University (Ronald Deiter, Advisor)