Faculty

David G. Abler

Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography
(Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 1987)

David G. Abler

 

Email address: d-abler@psu.edu

Telephone: 1-814-863-8630

Fax: 1-814-865-3746

Office address: 207B Armsby Building

University Park, PA  16802

Research Interests

My research interests include international food and agricultural trade and trade policy, international economic development, and climate change adaptation and mitigation. My country expertise includes work in China, Costa Rica, France, India, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. I am the J. Lossing Buck Visiting Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University in China.

 

Current/Recent Courses

  • AEREC 550: International Economic Development and Agriculture

  • AG EC 450: International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment (Web site: http://450.aers.psu.edu/)

  • AG BM 338: Agribusiness in the Global Economy (Web site: http://338.aers.psu.edu/)

 

Recent Selected Publications

Yu, X., and D.G. Abler. 2009. “The Demand for Food Quality in Rural China.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91:57-69.

Abler, D., J.C. Beghin, D. Blandford, and A. Elobeid. 2008. “Changing the U.S. Sugar Program into a Standard Crop Program: Consequences under NAFTA and Doha.” Review of Agricultural Economics 30:82-102.

Celikkol, B., and D.G. Abler. 2008. “Environmental Policy with Endogenous Technology from a Game Theoretic Perspective: The Case of the US Pulp and Paper Industry.” Environmental and Resource Economics 40:424-444.

Abler, D.. 2007. “Approaches to Measuring the Effects of Trade Agreements.” Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 3:155-171.

Abler, D.G., and V.A. Sukhatme. 2006. “The ‘Efficient But Poor’ Hypothesis.” Review of Agricultural Economics 28:338-343.

Abler, D., and D. Blandford. 2006. “A Review of Empirical Studies of the Acreage and Production Response to US Production Flexibility Contract Payments under the Fair Act and Related Payments under Supplementary Legislation.” OECD Economic Papers 5:259-290.

Abler, D., J. Shortle, J. Carmichael, and R. Horan. 2002. “Climate Change, Agriculture, and Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Region.” Climatic Change 55:339-359.

Reilly, J., J. Hrubovcak, J. Graham, D. Abler, R. Darwin, S. Hollinger, C. Izaurralde, S. Jagtap, J. Jones, J. Kimble, B. McCarl, L. Mearns, D. Ojima, E. A. Paul, K. Paustian, S. Riha, N. Rosenberg, C. Rosenzweig, and F. Tubiello. 2002. Agriculture: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Abler, D., J. Shortle, A. Rose, and G. Oladosu. 2000. “Characterizing Regional Economic Impacts and Responses to Climate Change.” Global and Planetary Change 25:67-81.

 

Recent Graduate Students

Yu, X. 2009. Essays on Consumer Behavior and Demand Analysis: Food Quality, Non-Market Goods, and Habit Persistence. Ph.D., Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography.

Chikasada, M. 2008. Three Essays on Demand for Organic Milk in the U.S., Environment and Economic Growth in Japan, and Life Expectancy at Birth and Socio-Economic Factors in Japan. Ph.D., Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography.

Fleming, D. 2008. International Trade, Agricultural Productivity and Poverty: The Role of Product Tradability in the Chilean Case. M.S., Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics.

Ghimire, N. 2008. Economics of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae. M.S., Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics.

Shrestha, S. 2007. Essays on Childhood Nutritional Deprivation in Nepal and Off-Farm Employment in the United States: Multi-Level and Spatial Econometric Modeling Approach. Ph.D., Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography.

Mishra, R. 2007. Implications of Trade Liberalization for Nepalese Agriculture. M.S., Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics.

Konovalchuk,V. 2006. A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of the Economic Effects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. Ph.D., Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics.

Miloser, D. 2006. The Effects of Land Use Policy on the Rate of Open Space Loss in the Chesapeake Bay Region. M.S., Environmental Pollution Control.