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Michael James Roberts

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Homepage: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mjrober2/main.html
Postal Address: Agricultural and Resource Economics Box 8109 NC State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8109
Phone: 919-513-8060

Affiliation

• Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  North Carolina State University

  Location: Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)
  Homepage: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/ag_rec/
  Email:
  Phone: 919-515-3107
  Fax: 919-515-6268
  Postal: Box 8109 NCSU Campus - Raleigh, NC 27695
  Handle: RePEc:edi:dancsus (registered authors at this institution)

Working papers

1. Key, Nigel & Kirwan, Barrett E. & Roberts, Michael J., 2009. "Production Effects of Decoupled Commodity Program Payments: An Instrumental Variables Approach," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 49201, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. [Downloadable!]

2. Wolfram Schlenker & Michael Roberts, 2008. "Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields: The Importance of Nonlinear Temperature Effects," NBER Working Papers 13799, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
   Other versions:
   • Wolfram Schlenker & Michael J. Roberts, 2006. "Estimating the impact of climate change on crop yields: The importance of non-linear temperature effects," Discussion Papers 0607-01, Columbia University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

3. Key, Nigel & Roberts, Robert J., 2008. "Do Decoupled Payments Stimulate Production? Estimating the Effect on Program Crop Acreage Using Matching," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6072, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

4. Roberts, Michael J. & Key, Nigel, 2008. "Did the Baby Boom Cause the Farm-Size Boom?," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6087, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

5. Livingston, Michael & Roberts, Michael J. & Rust, John, 2008. "Optimal Corn and Soybean Rotations," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6213, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

6. Roberts, Michael J. & O'Donoghue, Erik & Key, Nigel, 2007. "Does Crop Insurance Affect Crop Yields?," 2007 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2007, Portland, Oregon TN 9828, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

7. Key, Nigel & Roberts, Michael J., 2007. "Nonpecuniary Benefits To Farming And Decoupled Payments," 2007 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2007, Portland, Oregon TN 9831, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

8. Lubowski, Ruben N. & Vesterby, Marlow & Bucholtz, Shawn & Baez, Alba & Roberts, Michael J., 2006. "Major Uses of Land in The United States, 2002," Economic Information Bulletin 7203, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]

9. Lubowski, Ruben N. & Bucholtz, Shawn & Claassen, Roger & Roberts, Michael J. & Cooper, Joseph C. & Gueorguieva, Anna & Johansson, Robert, 2006. "Environmental Effects Of Agricultural Land-Use Change: The Role Of Economics And Policy," Economic Research Report 33591, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]

10. Roberts, Michael J. & Key, Nigel, 2006. "Government Payments and Farmland Concentration," 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 21097, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

11. Roberts, Michael & Schimmelpfennig, David & Ashley, Elizabeth & Livingston, Michael & Ash, Mark & Vasavada, Utpal, 2006. "The Value of Plant Disease Early-Warning Systems: A Case Study of USDA's Soybean Rust Coordinated Framework," Economic Research Report 7208, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]

12. O'Donoghue, Erik & Key, Nigel & Roberts, Michael J., 2005. "Does risk matter for farm businesses? The effect of crop insurance on production and diversification," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19397, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

13. Claassen, Roger & Lubowski, Ruben & Roberts, Michael, 2005. "Extent, Location, and Characteristics of Land Cropped Due to Insurance Subsidies," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19546, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

14. Key, Nigel & Roberts, Michael J., 2005. "Do Government Payments Influence Farm Business Survival?," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19248, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

15. Livingston, Mike & Johansson, Rob & Daberkow, Stan & Roberts, Michael & Ash, Mark & Breneman, Vince, 2005. "Potential Market Impacts Of Soybean Rust," Agricultural Outlook Forum 2005 32842, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum. [Downloadable!]

16. Sullivan, Patrick & Hellerstein, Daniel & Hansen, Leroy & Johansson, Robert & Koenig, Steven & Lubowski, Ruben & McBride, William & McGranahan, David & Roberts, Michael & Vogel, Stephen & Bucholtz, Sh, 2004. "The Conservation Reserve Program: Economic Implications for Rural America," Agricultural Economics Reports 33987, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]

17. Ahearn, Mary Clare & Collender, Robert N. & Diao, Xinshen & Harrington, David & Hoppe, Robert & Korb, Penni & Makki, Shiva S. & Morehart, Mitchell & Roberts, Michael J. & Roe, Terry & Somwaru, Agapi &, 2004. "Decoupled Payments In A Changing Policy Setting," Agricultural Economics Reports 33981, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]

18. Roberts, Michael J. & Osteen, Craig & Soule, Meredith, 2004. "Risk, Government Programs, And The Environment," Technical Bulletins 33563, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]

19. Just, David R. & Roberts, Michael J., 2004. "The Illusion Of Control, Cognitive Dissonance And Farmer Perception Of Gm Crops," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 19941, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

20. Key, Nigel & Lubowski, Ruben & Roberts, Michael J., 2004. "The 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act: Correcting a Distortion?," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 20128, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

21. Aillery, Marcel & Gollehon, Noel & Schaible, Glenn & Roberts, Michael & Quinby, William, 2004. "Policy Directions To Mitigate Water-Supply Risk In Irrigated Agriculture: A Federal Perspective," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 19925, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

22. Key, Nigel & Roberts, Michael J., 2003. "Government Payments And Structural Change In Agriculture," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 22106, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

23. Key, Nigel & Roberts, Michael J. & O'Donoghue, Erik J., 2003. "The Importance Of Income Risk In Labor Allocation Decisions," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 22175, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

24. Roberts, Michael J. & O'Donoghue, Erik J. & Key, Nigel, 2003. "Chemical And Fertilizer Applications In Response To Crop Insurance: Evidence From Census Micro Data," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 21895, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

25. Bucholtz, Shawn & Roberts, Michael, 2002. "Slippage Or Spurious Correlation: An Analysis Of The Conservation Reserve Program," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19714, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

26. Roberts, Michael J. & Key, Nigel, 2002. "Risk And Structural Change In Agriculture: How Income Shocks Influence Farm Size," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19661, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]

27. Berck, Peter & Roberts, Michael J., 1994. "Natural resource prices : will they ever turn up?," CUDARE Working Paper Series 699, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy, revised 1995.
    Published as:
    • Berck, Peter & Roberts, Michael, 1996. "Natural Resource Prices: Will They Ever Turn Up?," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 65-78, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1. Michael J. Roberts & David Schimmelpfennig & Michael J. Livingston & Elizabeth Ashley, 2009. "Estimating the Value of an Early-Warning System," Review of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 31(2), pages 303-329, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2. Erik J. O'Donoghue & Michael J. Roberts & Nigel Key, 2009. "Did the Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act Alter Farm Enterprise Diversification?," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 60(1), pages 80-104. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

3. Nigel Key & Michael J. Roberts, 2009. "Nonpecuniary Benefits to Farming: Implications for Supply Response to Decoupled Payments," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 91(1), pages 1-18, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

4. Michael J. Roberts & Nigel Key, 2008. "Agricultural Payments and Land Concentration: A Semiparametric Spatial Regression Analysis," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 90(3), pages 627-643, 08. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

5. Key, Nigel D. & Roberts, Michael J., 2007. "Do Government Payments Influence Farm Size and Survival?," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 32(02), August. [Downloadable!]

6. Michael Roberts & Nigel Key, 2007. "Losing Under Contract: Transaction-Cost Externalities and Spot Market Disintegration," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 3(2), pages 1094-1094. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

7. Michael J. Roberts & Ruben N. Lubowski, 2007. "Enduring Impacts of Land Retirement Policies: Evidence from the Conservation Reserve Program," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 83(4), pages 516-538. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

8. Michael J. Roberts & Nigel Key & Erik O'Donoghue, 2006. "Estimating the Extent of Moral Hazard in Crop Insurance Using Administrative Data," Review of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 28(3), pages 381-390, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

9. Wolfram Schlenker & Michael J. Roberts, 2006. "Nonlinear Effects of Weather on Corn Yields," Review of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 28(3), pages 391-398, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

10. Nigel Key & Michael J. Roberts & Erik O'Donoghue, 2006. "Risk and farm operator labour supply," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 38(5), pages 573-586, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

11. Michael J. Roberts & Shawn Bucholz, 2006. "Slippage in the Conservation Reserve Program or Spurious Correlation? A Rejoinder," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 88(2), pages 512-514, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

12. Nigel Key & Michael J. Roberts, 2006. "Government Payments and Farm Business Survival," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 88(2), pages 382-392, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

13. Michael J. Roberts & Nigel Key, 2005. "Losing Under Contract: Transaction-Cost Externalities and Spot Market Disintegration," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 3(2). [Downloadable!]

14. Nigel Key & Ruben N. Lubowski & Michael J. Roberts, 2005. "Farm-Level Production Effects from Participation in Government Commodity Programs: Did the 1996 Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act Make a Difference?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 87(5), pages 1211-1219, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

15. Barrett Kirwan & Ruben N. Lubowski & Michael J. Roberts, 2005. "How Cost-Effective Are Land Retirement Auctions? Estimating the Difference between Payments and Willingness to Accept in the Conservation Reserve Program," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 87(5), pages 1239-1247, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

16. Michael J. Roberts & Shawn Bucholtz, 2005. "Slippage in the Conservation Reserve Program or Spurious Correlation? A Comment," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 87(1), pages 244-250, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

17. Michael J. Roberts & Barrett Kirwan & Jeffrey Hopkins, 2003. "The Incidence of Government Program Payments on Agricultural Land Rents: The Challenges of Identification," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 85(3), pages 762-769, 08. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

18. Berck, Peter & Roberts, Michael, 1996. "Natural Resource Prices: Will They Ever Turn Up?," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 65-78, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
    Other versions:
    • Berck, Peter & Roberts, Michael J., 1994. "Natural resource prices : will they ever turn up?," CUDARE Working Paper Series 699, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy, revised 1995.

19. Key, Nigel & Roberts, Michael, 0. "AJAE Appendix: Nonpecuniary Benefits to Farming: Implications for Supply Response to Decoupled Payments," American Journal of Agricultural Economics Appendices, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. [Downloadable!]

20. Roberts, Michael J. & Key, Nigel, 0. "AJAE Appendix: Agricultural Payments and Land Concentration: A Semi-Parametric Spatial Regression Analysis," American Journal of Agricultural Economics Appendices, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. [Downloadable!]

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