Teaching and Research Interests
Bruce Beattie joined the faculty in 1990 as professor and head
of department. He has held faculty positions at the University
of Kentucky, Iowa State, Texas A&M, and Montana
State University (including head of department). Teaching interests
include production economics, intermediate microeconomics,
and principles of microeconomics. Research interest area is
production and agricultural economics. Current research/writing
projects include “Tractable U-Shaped Average Variable
Cost,” “U.S. and Arizona Agricultural Productivity
Revisited” (with Mortenson), and “Perverse Environmental
Policy Implications for Irrigated Agriculture When Whole-Farm
Water Allocation Is Fixed” (with Watts and Attwood).
Curriculum Vitae
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
President, AAEA
President, Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA)
President, National Association of Agricultural Economics Administrators
Associate
Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Society of Centennial Alumni (100 most distinguished graduates), Montana State
University
Award for Professional Excellence (extension program), WAEA
Award for Professional Excellence (published research), WAEA
Award for Professional Excellence (published research), AAEA
Classes Taught
INDV 103, Role of Markets and Incentives
AREC 304, Intermediate Production and Consumption Analysis
AREC 504, Production Economics
Selected Publications
•Beattie, Bruce R. (2011). Readings in Production and
Consumption Economics: Collected Papers of B.R. Beattie and Friends. Tucson:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University
of Arizona. 85 pp.
• Beattie, Bruce R., C.R. Taylor, and M.J. Watts. (2009). The
Economics of Production, second edition. Malabar, FL:
Krieger Publishing.
• Beattie, Bruce R. (2006). On Doing
More with Less and Other Messages for University Administrators:
Collected Papers of a Former Insider. Tucson: Department of Agricultural and Resource
Economics, University of Arizona. 101 pp.
• Beattie, Bruce R. and J.T. LaFrance. (2006). “The Law of
Demand Versus Diminishing Marginal Utility.” Review
of Agricultural Economics 28(2):263–271.
• Beattie, Bruce R., J.R. Mortensen, and L. Knudsen. (December
2004).“The
Flexible Cubic Polynomial and Plateau Production Functions.” Journal
of Agricultural Economics 191(4):55–64 (English translation
of original Danish available at http://ag.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/researchpapers.html.)
• Mortensen, Jorgen R., and B.R. Beattie. (December 2003). “Does
Choice of Response Function Matter in Setting Maximum Allowable
N-Application Rates in Danish Agriculture.” Journal
of Agricultural Economics 190(4):338-350. (English translation
of original Danish available at http://ag.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/
researchpapers.html.)
• Beattie, Bruce R., M.T. Holt, and M.J. Watts. (Spring/Summer 2002). “On
the Function Coefficient, Euler’s Theorem, and Homogeneity
in Production Theory.” Review of
Agricultural Economics 24(1):240–249.
• Beattie, Bruce R. (2001). “The ‘Disappearance’ of
Agricultural Land: Fact or Fiction?” In: Agriculture and
the Environment: Searching for Greener Pastures, T.L. Anderson
and B. Yandle, eds. Stanford: Hoover Press.
