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Richard BoisvertProfessor Areas of ExpertiseProduction Economics, Resource Economics
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Professor Boisvert’s research program focuses on the application of production economics to agricultural, natural, and human resource problems, with an emphasis on the effects of public policy on agricultural production and income, and the well being of rural residents.
From a theoretical and methodological perspective, he maintains an interest in estimating complete production systems, modeling agricultural and natural resource risks, and estimating the costs and benefits of environmental regulations, particularly for rural areas.
Professor Boisvert is currently examining the implications of the trend in farm bill legislation for agricultural insurance. He conducts ongoing research on wage and income inequality as they are affected by trade and technical change. Current projects also include an assessment of the effects of environmental policy on risk to agricultural firms and the environment from pesticide and nutrient contamination, and an EPA study to identify the costs and benefits to small communities of compliance with the 1986 and 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Professor Boisvert is a member of the fields of Agricultural Economics and Regional Science, and he has served as associate editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. He has been the major professor of numerous graduate students receiving national dissertation and thesis awards.
Teaching
AEM 6110: Global Modeling
AEM 7010: Applied Microeconomics I
AEM
7080: Advanced Production Economics
AEM
7120: Quantitative Methods I
AEM
7170: Research Methods in Agricultural
Economics
Selected Publications
Boisvert, R. N., P. Cappers, C. Goldman, B. Neenan, and N. Hopper. 2007. Consumer response to RTP in competitive markets: A study of Niagara Mohawk's standard offer tariff. The Energy Journal 28(1):53-74.
Rozelle, S., and R. N. Boisvert. 1993. Grain policy in Chinese villages: Yield response to pricing, procurement, and loan policies. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75:339-49.
Boisvert, R. N., and C. Ranney. 1990. Accounting for the importance of nonfarm income on farm family income inequality in New York. Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 19:1-11.
Boisvert, R. N., and B. McCarl. 1990. Agricultural risk modeling using mathematical programming. Southern Cooperative Series, Bulletin No. 356. A. E. Research Bulletin 90-9, Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University.
Professional Activities and Sabbatical Leaves
• Director of Graduate Studies, field of Agricultural Economics
• Associate editor, American
Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Member, National Academy of Science
Panel (earthquake economic issues and insurance)
• Sabbatical
leaves: Federal Insurance Administration; Niagara Mohawk
Power Corporation
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota,
1971
B.S., Montana State University, 1966
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