Dr. Richard K. Perrin
Jim Roberts Professor
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207 Filley Hall |
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University, 1968
B.S. Agricultural Business, Iowa State University, 1960
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Switchgrass and Cellulosic Ethanol
"Farm-Scale Production Cost of Switchgrass for Biomass." BioEnergy Research 10.1007/s12155-008-9002-1 March, 2008.
"The Outlook for Switchgrass as an Energy Crop." Cornhusker Economics, March 5, 2008
"Switchgrass Cost of Production: Data from On-Farm Trials, 2000-2005." Ag. Econ Report 184, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, March, 2008.
"Net Energy of Cellulosic Ethanol from Switchgrass." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (2):464-469, Jan. 15, 2008. - Grain Ethanol
"How Much Ethanol, Ultimately?" Cornhusker Economics, Oct. 17, 2007.
"Ethanol, Oil and Corn" Cornhusker Economics Feb. 14, 2007. - Food vs. Fuel: Grain Ethanol and Food Prices
"Ethanol and Food Prices: A Preliminary Assessment." Working Paper 03-08, April, 2008.
"Grain Ethanol - Why Consider Food for Fuel?" Working Paper 02-08, February, 2008.
"The Corn Ethanol Boom and Food Prices." Cornhusker Economics, Feb. 13, 2008.
Classes
- AECN 840 - Applied Welfare and Policy Analysis (Spring '08 and '09)
- UHON 395H - Carbonomics: Could Bioenergy Save the World? ( Spring '08)
- AECN 873 - Microeconomic Models and Applications ( Fall '08)
- ENSC 230 - Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policy ( Spring '09)
Selected Publications
- Perrin, Richard K. and Lilyan Fulginiti. Intellectual Property Institutions for Plant Breeding, pp 171-192, in Erly Cardoso Teixeira & Marcelo Jose Baga, eds. Instituções E Desenvolvimento Econômico. Vicosa, MG, Brasil, Os Editores, 2007.
- Schmer, M.R., K.P. Vogel, R.B. Mitchell, L.E. Moser, K.M. Eskridge, and R.K. Perrin. "Establishment Stand Thresholds for Switchgrass Grown as a Bioenergy Crop." Crop Science. 46(1):157-161, (Jan-Feb 2006).
- Perrin, Richard K., "Regulation of Biotechnology for Field Crops" , in R.E. Just, J.M. Alston, and D. Zilberman, eds, Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. New York: Springer Publishers, 2006.
- Fulginiti, Lilyan E, and Richard K. Perrin. "Productivity and Welfare", The Journal of Productivity Analysis 49(2):133-155, October, 2005.
- Perrin, Richard K., "Safety Regulations for New GMO Crops" Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, UNL, October 19, 2005.
- Fulginiti, Lilyan, Richard K. Perrin and Bingxin Yu. "Institutions and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Agriculture", Agricultural Economics 31/2-3:169-180, 2004.
- Rezek, Jon and Richard K. Perrin. "Environmentally Adjusted Agricultural Productivity in the Great Plains", Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 29(2):346-369, August, 2004.
