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Anton Bekkerman
Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, P.O. Box 172920, Bozeman, MT 59717-3460, USA

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Published: 03 February 2020 in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
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Biofuel policies and concomitant market forces in the mid‐2000s systemically altered US corn markets. Because corn production requires large nitrogen fertilizer inputs, those policies may have also impacted US fertilizer markets. We model fertilizer price relationships across US regions and leverage the natural experiment of biofuel policy intervention to show the secondary impacts on fertilizer markets. Long‐run fertilizer price adjustments became faster and short‐run price dynamics became more responsive to corn markets and less affected by natural gas prices. Additionally, regions where corn production significantly increased after the policies had a 10–20% increase in influencing the fertilizer price discovery process.

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Anton Bekkerman; Thomas Gumbley; Gary W. Brester. The Impacts of Biofuel Policies on Spatial and Vertical Price Relationships in the US Fertilizer Industry. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 2020, 43, 802 -822.

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Anton Bekkerman, Thomas Gumbley, Gary W. Brester. The Impacts of Biofuel Policies on Spatial and Vertical Price Relationships in the US Fertilizer Industry. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 2020; 43 (2):802-822.

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Anton Bekkerman; Thomas Gumbley; Gary W. Brester. 2020. "The Impacts of Biofuel Policies on Spatial and Vertical Price Relationships in the US Fertilizer Industry." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 43, no. 2: 802-822.

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Published: 11 June 2019 in Sustainability
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Covering about 40% of Earth’s land surface and sustaining at least 38% of global population, drylands are key crop and animal production regions with high economic and social values. However, land use changes associated with industrialized agricultural managements are threatening the sustainability of these systems. While previous studies assessing the impacts of agricultural management systems on biodiversity and their services focused on more diversified mesic landscapes, there is a dearth of such research in highly simplified dryland agroecosystems. In this paper, we 1) summarize previous research on the effects of farm management systems and agricultural expansion on biodiversity and biodiversity-based ecosystem services, 2) present four case studies assessing the impacts of management systems on biodiversity and ecosystem services across highly simplified dryland landscapes of the Northern Great Plains (NGP), USA, 3) discuss approaches to sustain biodiversity-based ecosystem services in drylands, and 4) present a conceptual framework for enhancing agricultural sustainability in the drylands through research, policy, economic valuation, and adaptive management. An analysis of the land use changes due to agricultural expansion within the Golden Triangle, a representative agricultural area in the NGP, indicated that the proportion of land conversion to agriculture area was 84%, 8%, and 7% from grassland, riparian, and shrubland habitats, respectively. Our results showed this simplification was associated with a potential reduction of pollination services. Also, our economic analysis projected that if 30% parasitism could be achieved through better management systems, the estimated potential economic returns to pest regulation services through parasitoids in Montana, USA alone could reach about $11.23 million. Overall, while dryland agroecosystems showed a significant loss of native biodiversity and its services, greater pest incidence, and a decrease in plant pollinator networks, these trends were moderately reversed in organically managed farming systems. In conclusion, although land use changes due to agricultural expansion and industrialized farming threaten the sustainability of dryland agroecosystems, this impact can be partially offset by coupling ecologically-based farming practices with adaptive management strategies.

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Subodh Adhikari; Arjun Adhikari; David Weaver; Anton Bekkerman; Fabian Menalled. Impacts of Agricultural Management Systems on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Highly Simplified Dryland Landscapes. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3223 .

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Subodh Adhikari, Arjun Adhikari, David Weaver, Anton Bekkerman, Fabian Menalled. Impacts of Agricultural Management Systems on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Highly Simplified Dryland Landscapes. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (11):3223.

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Subodh Adhikari; Arjun Adhikari; David Weaver; Anton Bekkerman; Fabian Menalled. 2019. "Impacts of Agricultural Management Systems on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Highly Simplified Dryland Landscapes." Sustainability 11, no. 11: 3223.

Journal article
Published: 19 April 2019 in International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
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Commodity groups, academics, government agencies, and marketing analysts often have strong interests in understanding changes in demand for products. It is often the case, however, that only equilibrium price and quantity data are available for identifying changes in demand. But, such equilibria are the result of both changes in demand and changes in supply – the latter of which causes changes in quantity demanded. Although an existing index-based method is widely used to identify demand shifts, we consider its theoretical foundation and empirical performance against a proposed alternative. We find that when using widely available but highly aggregated annual-level price and quantity data, our alternative better characterizes demand shifts for goods such as beef, pork, poultry, and lamb. For many agribusinesses that require information about market dynamics in their industry, our method is likely to provide a more accurate, low-cost assessment of demand changes over time.

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Anton Bekkerman; Gary W. Brester; Glynn T. Tonsor. An alternative approach to measuring demand changes in meat markets. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 2019, 22, 397 -412.

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Anton Bekkerman, Gary W. Brester, Glynn T. Tonsor. An alternative approach to measuring demand changes in meat markets. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 2019; 22 (3):397-412.

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Anton Bekkerman; Gary W. Brester; Glynn T. Tonsor. 2019. "An alternative approach to measuring demand changes in meat markets." International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 22, no. 3: 397-412.

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Published: 01 February 2019 in Journal of Wine Economics
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For many purchases, consumers often possess only limited information about product quality. Thus, observable product characteristics are used to determine expected quality levels when making purchase decisions. We use more than 1 million weekly scanner-level observations from grocery stores across ten U.S. markets between September 2009 and August 2012 to examine how consumers value a wine bottle's closure type (i.e., cork or screw cap). We focus on lower-priced wines—those with sale prices less than $30 per 750 milliliter bottle—to more accurately evaluate decisions of consumers for whom seeking additional information about wine quality is likely more costly than the benefits derived from that information. Using both pooled ordinary least squares and quantile regressions to estimate price premiums for bottles with corks or screw caps, we find that U.S. consumers are willing to pay, on average, approximately 8% more (about $1.00) for a bottle of wine that has a cork closure. In addition, we show that the size of this premium increases as wine prices decline. (JEL Classifications: D81, M31, Q11)

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Anton Bekkerman; Gary W. Brester. Don't Judge a Wine by Its Closure: Price Premiums for Corks in the U.S. Wine Market. Journal of Wine Economics 2019, 14, 3 -25.

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Anton Bekkerman, Gary W. Brester. Don't Judge a Wine by Its Closure: Price Premiums for Corks in the U.S. Wine Market. Journal of Wine Economics. 2019; 14 (1):3-25.

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Anton Bekkerman; Gary W. Brester. 2019. "Don't Judge a Wine by Its Closure: Price Premiums for Corks in the U.S. Wine Market." Journal of Wine Economics 14, no. 1: 3-25.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in Ecology and Society
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Lawrence, P. G., B. D. Maxwell, L. J. Rew, C. Ellis, and A. Bekkerman. 2018. Vulnerability of dryland agricultural regimes to economic and climatic change. Ecology and Society 23(1):34. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09983-230134

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Patrick G. Lawrence; Bruce D. Maxwell; Lisa J. Rew; Colter Ellis; Anton Bekkerman. Vulnerability of dryland agricultural regimes to economic and climatic change. Ecology and Society 2018, 23, 1 .

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Patrick G. Lawrence, Bruce D. Maxwell, Lisa J. Rew, Colter Ellis, Anton Bekkerman. Vulnerability of dryland agricultural regimes to economic and climatic change. Ecology and Society. 2018; 23 (1):1.

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Patrick G. Lawrence; Bruce D. Maxwell; Lisa J. Rew; Colter Ellis; Anton Bekkerman. 2018. "Vulnerability of dryland agricultural regimes to economic and climatic change." Ecology and Society 23, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 18 December 2016 in Agricultural Economics
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange introduced a futures contract for distillers’ dried grains (DDGs) in early 2010, but the market became inactive only four months after its inception. While many new futures contracts do not develop into high-volume traders, interest from DDG cash market participants indicated that this contract could be successful. Prompted by the unexpected lack of trading activity in this new futures market, we empirically revisit the question of what factors contribute to a futures contract's success and extend the literature by investigating the roles of market participants and the significance of supporting futures markets. Estimation results indicate that the market participant type—hedger or speculator—affects futures contract trade volume. More importantly, we find that the viability of new futures contracts for commodities that are jointly produced with other commodities is impacted by hedgers’ trade volume of the related futures contract. These results provide important additions into the portfolio of indicators used by commodity exchanges to more cost-effectively evaluate new futures contract products.

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Anton Bekkerman; Hernan A. Tejeda. Revisiting the determinants of futures contracts success: the role of market participants. Agricultural Economics 2016, 48, 175 -185.

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Anton Bekkerman, Hernan A. Tejeda. Revisiting the determinants of futures contracts success: the role of market participants. Agricultural Economics. 2016; 48 (2):175-185.

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Anton Bekkerman; Hernan A. Tejeda. 2016. "Revisiting the determinants of futures contracts success: the role of market participants." Agricultural Economics 48, no. 2: 175-185.

Journal article
Published: 24 July 2014 in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
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The 2011 Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act deregulated Canadian grain markets and removed the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) as the sole buyer and seller of Canadian grain. We develop a rational expectations contract decision model that serves as the basis for an empirically informed simulation analysis of malt barley contracting opportunities between Canadian farmers and U.S. maltsters in the deregulated environment. Comparative statics and simulation results indicate that some new opportunities for contracting are possible, but the likelihood of favorable conditions for U.S. maltsters to contract with Canadian rather than U.S. farmers is low—between 9% and 35% over a range of possible selection rates. The effects on contracting of the termination of the Canadian grain transportation revenue cap policy and of the relaxation of criteria for the release of new spring wheat varieties are also investigated. While changes to grain transportation policies are not likely to significantly affect favorable conditions for contracting, reducing constraints on Canadian farmers’ access to higher yielding wheat varieties could increase the returns from growing spring wheat but decrease the likelihood of contracting for malt barley with U.S. maltsters by an average of 5.3 percentage points.L'adoption de la Loi sur le libre choix des producteurs de grains en matière de commercialisation en 2011 a déréglementé les marchés canadiens des grains et a délogé la Commission canadienne du blé (CCB) en tant que guichet unique pour la commercialisation des grains canadiens. Nous avons élaboré un modèle de décisions de passation de marché fondé sur des anticipations rationnelles comme modèle de base pour l'analyse par simulation des occasions de passation de marché pour l'orge brassicole entre les céréaliculteurs canadiens et les malteries étatsuniennes dans le contexte de la déréglementation. Selon les résultats de la statique comparative et de l'analyse par simulation, de nouvelles occasions de passation de marché sont possibles, mais la probabilité que les malteries étatsuniennes jouissent de conditions favorables pour conclure des marchés avec des céréaliculteurs canadiens plutôt qu'avec des céréaliculteurs étatsuniens est faible et varie de 9 à 35 % pour des taux de sélection probables. Nous avons également examiné les répercussions de l'abolition de la politique de plafond de revenu du transport du grain de l’Ouest sur la passation de marché ainsi que les répercussions de l'assouplissement des critères quant à l'accès à de nouvelles variétés de blé de printemps. Alors que les modifications apportées à la politique de transport du grain ne devraient pas influencer de façon significative les conditions favorables à la passation de marché, la réduction des contraintes d'accès des céréaliculteurs canadiens à des variétés de blé à rendement élevé pourrait accroître les revenus tirés de la culture du blé de printemps mais également diminuer la possibilité de conclure des marchés pour l'orge brassicole avec des malteries étatsuniennes d'environ 5,3 points de pourcentage.

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Anton Bekkerman; Heidi Schweizer; Vincent H. Smith. The Impacts of the Canadian Wheat Board Ruling on the North American Malt Barley Markets. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 2014, 62, 619 -645.

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Anton Bekkerman, Heidi Schweizer, Vincent H. Smith. The Impacts of the Canadian Wheat Board Ruling on the North American Malt Barley Markets. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. 2014; 62 (4):619-645.

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Anton Bekkerman; Heidi Schweizer; Vincent H. Smith. 2014. "The Impacts of the Canadian Wheat Board Ruling on the North American Malt Barley Markets." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 62, no. 4: 619-645.

Journal article
Published: 25 May 2014 in Journal of Public Health
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We investigate the effects of exposure to coal power plant emissions on school absenteeism for children with asthma, a leading cause of health-related barriers to education. We combine responses from the 2007–2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey with coal power plant emission data to estimate a zero negative binomial regression model of school absences and investigate misspecification bias associated with naive assumptions about emission dispersion and self-selection into treatment groups. The results show a robust, positive relationship (P Access to education and the ability to develop human capital through schooling are affected for children with respiratory illnesses who are exposed to emissions. Public policies for emission regulation are likely to remain relevant for lowering pediatric respiratory health risks and lowering barriers to educational opportunities.

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Anton Bekkerman; Jake R. Morgan. Coal power plant emission exposure and its effect on education access. Journal of Public Health 2014, 22, 313 -321.

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Anton Bekkerman, Jake R. Morgan. Coal power plant emission exposure and its effect on education access. Journal of Public Health. 2014; 22 (4):313-321.

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Anton Bekkerman; Jake R. Morgan. 2014. "Coal power plant emission exposure and its effect on education access." Journal of Public Health 22, no. 4: 313-321.