Dr. Wesley Peterson
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314 Filley Hall |
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 1981
M.A., Economics, Michigan State University, 1980
Masters in Public Affairs (Major: economic development), Princeton University, 1973
B.A., Anthropology (honors program completed with great distinction), University of California (Berkeley), 1967
Research Interests
- Agricultural development
- Public policy
- International agricultural trade
Classes
- AECN 346 - World Food Economics
- AECN 367 - Agriculture Development in 3rd World Countries
- AECN 420 - International Food and Agricultural Trade Recent Syllabus
- AECN 445 - Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Recent Syllabus
- AECN 901 - International Agricultural Trade
- UHON 395H - Dimensions of World Hunger (Honors Seminar)
Selected Publications
- Sun, Ling, Lilyan Fulginiti, and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Accounting for Agricultural Decline with Economic Growth in Taiwan,” Agricultural Economics, 36 (2007): 181-190.
- Abdelnour, Rita and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “The WTO Decision on U.S. Cotton Policy,” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 14, 2007.
- Peterson, E. Wesley F. “A Billion Dollars a Day.” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska, March 1, 2006.
- Mohanty, Samarendu and E. Wesley F. Peterson. “Food Security and Government Interventions: A Study of Indian Grain Markets,” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 14, No. 3 (September 2005): 337-352.
- Huang, Rui, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, and E. Wesley F. Peterson, “Investing in Hope: AIDS, Life Expectancy and Human Capital Accumulation,” Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Volume 1, Durban, South Africa. February 2004.
- Peterson, E. Wesley F. The Political-Economy of Agricultural, Natural Resource, and Environmental Policy Analysis, Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, 2001.
