Invited Paper sessions are selected by the AAEA President and two additional Board members based on proposals submitted by AAEA members. These sessions are chosen because they may appeal to a broad spectrum of meeting attendees, further the development and dissemination of systematic knowledge in the field of agricultural and applied economics, and/or generate meaningful conversation. Invited Paper sessions generally involve 2-3 paper presentations and ample opportunity for discussion. Invited papers may also be published in the proceedings issue of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Invited Paper Sessions are concurrent sessions. Each concurrent session is 90 minutes in duration. Other concurrent sessions include, Selected Paper Sessions, Lightning Sessions, Organized Symposia, Track Sessions, and Invited Case Study Session.
August 10, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (CDT)
Moderator:
Robert C. Johansson, USDA-Office of the Chief Economist
Discussant:
Lee Ann B. Jackson, World Trade Org
This session conducts a comprehensive, one-year, ex post policy and empirical econometric evaluation of the 2018/19 trade war and retaliatory tariffs on U.S. and global agricultural markets.
Agricultural Export Prices and Volumes: A Monthly Panel-Data Assessment of the 2018/19 Trade War
Jason Grant, Virginia Tech
Does Trade Policy Uncertainty Affect Agriculture?
Gopinath Munisamy, University of Georgia
Agricultural Trade Aid: Implications and Consequences for U.S. Global Trade Relationships in the Context of the World Trade Organization
Joseph W. Glauber, International Food Policy Research Institute
August 10, 2020
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM (CDT)
Discussant:
Ruth Meinzen-Dick, International Food Policy Research Institute
Organizer:
Carlo Azzarri, International Food Policy Research Institute
Moderator:
Greg Symour, International Food Policy Research Institute
Valid measures of women’s empowerment are essential for monitoring progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 5 (gender equality and women’s empowerment). One of these measures is the integrated-Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (i-WEAI), a novel approach intended to prevent duplication of survey questions and reduce overall survey time. This approach allows for the collection of most WEAI indicators in existing agricultural household surveys while minimizing the number of additional questions required. Alongside measure of women’s empowerment, data, information, or analysis on differential gender targeting of agricultural extension is lacking, particularly in a developing-country setting characterized by smallholder farming systems. This data limitation persists despite the need for better information system from governments and their development partners who invest considerable resources in new agricultural technologies and practices targeted to farmers with different characteristics. This session will dive deep into gender data collection in some selected countries in Africa, providing the methodological framework as well as case studies in Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, and Tanzania.
Integrating Measures of Women’s Empowerment in Impact Assessments of Rural Development Projects: Methodology and Pilot Results from Mali
Ruth Meinzen-Dick, International Food Policy Research Institute
Does gendered targeting of agricultural extension mitigate the effects of weather variability and shocks in sub-Saharan Africa?
Carlo Azzarri, International Food Policy Research Institute
Explaining the gender gap in profits among entrepreneurs in Malawi
Greg Symour, International Food Policy Research Institute
August 10, 2020
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM (CDT)
Organizer:
Sofia B. Villas-Boas, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant:
Andrew Stevens, University of Wisconsin
In August 2019, students and colleagues held a day and a half conference at the University of California at Berkeley to honor the work of AAEA Fellow, Professor Peter Berck, who died two years ago on August 10, 2018. The conference highlighted work in many of the diverse areas Professor Berck contributed to so richly. This Session is designed to give a taste of the papers presented at that memorial workshop and the kind of work that Professor Berck encouraged, and two of the papers are co authored with the late Professor Berck.
BERCKonomics stands for Bonding over Environment, Resources, Coffee, and Kindness.
Recycling Policies, Behavior and Convenience: Survey Evidence from the CalRecycle Program
Sofia B. Villas-Boas, University of California, Berkeley
Food, Temperature, Season, Region and Campylobacteriosis in the U.S.
Sandra Hoffmann, USDA-Economic Research Service
Lydia Ashton, University of Wisconsin
Do Conventional Energy Prices Induce Innovation in Renewable Energy? New Evidence from a Non-Linear Approach
Jill J. McCluskey, Washington State University
August 11, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (CDT)
Discussant:
Juan Pablo Sesmero, Purdue University
Moderator & Organizer:
Jose Nuno-Ledesma, University of Guelph
The session features research illuminating the role that climate has in the determination of economic outcomes in developing countries. The focus is in food price dynamics and rural workforce participation.
Blame it on the Rain: The Effects of Weather Shocks on Rural Formal Employment in Colombia
Camilo Bohorquez-Penuela, Banco de la República de Colombia
Geographical constraints for using international trade to stabilize domestic markets in the presence of cross-country correlated supply shocks
Nelson B. Villoria, Kansas State University
August 11, 2020
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (CDT)
Discussant & Moderator:
Joshua P. Berning, Colorado State University
Organizer:
Anne Byrne, Cornell University
Time costs and constraints are important parameters in consumer food demand, especially among resource limited households. This session builds on traditional food demand analysis characterized by price and income effects by examining the impact of time costs and monthly cycles in food demand.
Monthly Cycles in Food Pantry Use: Evidence from Pantry Client Panel Data
Anne Byrne, Cornell University
The Quality of the Food Retail Environment When Consumers May Be Mobile
Parke E. Wilde, Tufts University