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Jennifer S. James
Researcher at Pennsylvania State University
Publications - 12
Citations - 642
Jennifer S. James is an academic researcher from Pennsylvania State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Commodity & Public policy. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications receiving 616 citations. Previous affiliations of Jennifer S. James include California Polytechnic State University & University of California, Davis.
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Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation in Applesauce: Using a Choice Experiment to Assess the Value of Organic, Local and Nutrition Attributes
TL;DR: The authors found evidence that increased knowledge of agriculture decreases the willingness to pay for organic and locally grown applesauce compared to those labeled USDA Organic, Low Fat, or No Sugar Added.
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The Incidence of Agricultural Policy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss what economists mean by "the incidence of agricultural policy" and why they care about it, and review models of the determinants of the differential incidence of different policies among interest groups such as suppliers of factors of production, consumers, middlemen, taxpayers, and others.
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The Economic Returns to U.S. Public Agricultural Research
TL;DR: This paper used newly constructed state-specific data to explore the implications of common modeling choices for measures of research returns and found that state-to-state spillover effects are important, that the research and development lag is longer than many studies have allowed, and that misspecification can give rise to significant biases.
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Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Advertising: Theory and Application to Generic Commodity Promotion Programs
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare a scenario where different producer groups cooperate and choose their advertising expenditures jointly to maximize the sum of profits across the groups, and a case where they optimize independently.
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Asymmetric Grading Error and Adverse Selection: Lemons in the California Prune Industry
TL;DR: Application to the California prune industry shows that grading errors reduce incentives to produce more valuable, larger prunes, and shows the effects of asymmetric grading errors on returns to producers.