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Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy Essays in Honor of Gordon Rausser

This volume celebrates the life and career of Gordon Rausser, pioneer and leader in natural resource economics, while critically overviewing the emerging literature in the field. As the chair of the Agriculture and Resource Economics department at UC Berkeley, Rausser led the transformation of the d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: de Gorter, Harry (Editor), McCluskey, Jill (Editor), Swinnen, Johan (Editor), Zilberman, David (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Natural Resource Management and Policy
Subjects:
Agriculture—economic Aspects
Power Resources
Industrial Policy
Agricultural Economics
Environmental Economics
Regulation And Industrial Policy
Resource And Environmental Economics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Gordon Rausser: Scholar, Leader and Entrepreneur
  • Chapter 1. On the Essence of Leadership: Lessons from Gordon Rausser
  • Chapter 2. Scholar, Entrepreneur and Editorial Innovator
  • Chapter 3. Gordon Rausser: Impacts on the World Food System
  • Chapter 4. Gordon Rausser and the Transformation of Agricultural Economics from the 1960s to the 1980s
  • Part 2. Major Developments in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
  • Chapter 5. Principles of Policy Modeling in Agriculture
  • Chapter 6. Woke Farm and Food Policies in the Post-Truth Era: Calamitous Consequences for People and the Planet
  • Chapter 7. The Future of Food Economics
  • Chapter 8. Closing the Gap between Water Needs and Renewable Water Supplies: Global Perspective and Local Lessons
  • Chapter 9. Remote Sensing Technologies: Implications for Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Part 3. Major Developments in Institutional Economics and Political Economy
  • Chapter 10. Special Interests and the Public Interest in Public Policy and Information: Insights from Agricultural and Food Policies
  • Chapter 11. The Evolution of Political Hyperbole and Polarization: Echo Chambers and Voter-Elite Feedback Loops
  • Chapter 12. The Puzzle of Lagging Sub-Saharan Africa Agriculture: Toward a Theory of Connectedness
  • Chapter 13. Control of the Research Agenda in University-Industry Partnerships
  • Chapter 14. Econometrics in Law and Economics: Challenges at Class Certification
  • Part 4. Major Developments in Macroeconomic Linkages, Futures Markets, and Commodity Systems
  • Chapter 15. Macroeconomic Linkages to the Agricultural Supply Chain
  • Chapter 16. The Theory of Normal Backwardation and Financialization of the Futures Markets
  • Chapter 17. Causes of the Great Food Commodity Price Booms in the New Millennium
  • Chapter 18. Economics and Policy Implications of Contracts in Agriculture
  • Chapter 19. How Gordon Rausser’s Legacy will Influence the Way Forward

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