Friday, April 24, 2015
Note: Parking is available with any valid TAMU Parking Permit.
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SAAER Morning Session
9:00 – 10:00 am Coffee and Poster Presentations
Hannah Ahn
M.S. student
The Effects of Violence-Caused Border Closings on U.S.-Mexican Cattle Trade
Lu Fang
Ph.D. student
M.S. student
An Economic Analysis of Price Discounts for Over Thirty Months of Age Cattle
M.S. student
Analyzing Structural changes and Trade Impacts in the Tomato Industry
9:45 – 10:00 am ….. Welcome from C. Parr Rosson
Professor and Department Head, Agricultural Economics
10:00 – 12:00 pm ….. Oral Presentations
Phil Xu
Ph.D. student
Reconciling Consequential Egalitarianism and the Accountability Principle: An Experimental Study
Wen Zheng
M.S. student
Market Competitiveness, Demographic Profiling of Demand and Tax Policies Associated with Sparkling and Non-Sparkling Bottled Water in the United States
Junyi Chen
Ph.D. student
Climate as a Cause of Conflict: A Nexus Analysis
Luis A. Ribera
Associate Professor and Extension Economist
Availability, Usage and Value of Irrigation Water in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Lunch and Keynote Presentation
12:00 – 1:30 pm …… Lunch
12:20 – 1:30 pm ……. Keynote Presentation
Henry W. Kinnucan
Alumni Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Auburn University
“Perfect Farm-Retail Price Transmission: Theory and a Proposed Test”
SAAER Afternoon Session
1:30 – 1:45 pm ….. Break
1:45 – 2:45 pm ….. Oral Presentations
Ruoxi Lu
Ph.D. Student
Agricultural Economics
The Evolution of China’s Interbank Interest Rate and Its Interaction with Monetary Policy Actions: A Markov-Switching Exponential GARCH Approach
Yu (Yvette) Zhang
Assistant Professor
2:45 – 3:00 pm ….. Break
3:00- 3:54 pm ….. Industry Seminar
Troy Thompson
Business Planning and Analytics Manager, Chevron
President of USAEE
Jimmy Dodson
Chairman, Farm Credit Bank of Texas Board of Directors
President and CEO, Byebrook Group
3:45 – 4:30 pm ….. Oral Presentations
Pei Huang
Ph.D. student
Agricultural Economics
Richard T. Woodward
Professor
Robust Policy Analysis – A Fisheries Example
Reception to follow at The Corner Bar and Grille on Northgate.