Jeff LaFrance to Give Seminar on Nov. 20

Friday, Nov.20 from 2–3:30 in Chavez 308, Jeff LaFrance, professor at Washington State University (and one of AREC’s former faculty members), will give a talk on "Making Sense of Agricultural Production, Risk Management, and Arbitrage Decisions: Is There REALLY No Economic Response in U.S. Agriculture?"Links to 3 papers that form the background theory and some preliminary empirical work, which will form the basis of LaFrance's talk:

http://www.ses.wsu.edu/people/faculty/LaFrance/working-papers/LP-DTVCJP-AJAE-2009.pdf

http://www.ses.wsu.edu/people/faculty/LaFrance/reprints/LP-GQES-Chapter-4.pdf

http://www.ses.wsu.edu/people/faculty/LaFrance/reprints/BCLPT-AT&AMiJP.pdf