Member Profiles: Brian E. Roe

Brian E. Roe
McCormick Professor of Agricultural Policy and Marketing
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University

AAEA Activities:

• Incoming AJAE Editor
• AJAE Associate Editor
• AEPP Editorial Board
• Galbraith Forum and Award Committe
• Nominating Committee
• Best Dissertation Award Committee
• Extension Section Board of Directors
• Annual Meeting Selected Paper Topic Leader in Production Economics and Behavioral Economics

Call for Submissions AEPP Special Issue: New Developments in the Economics of Long-Term Care

AEPP will be publishing a special issue in 2012 titled "New Developments in the Economics of Long-Term Care". According to the editors, the special issue "attempts to address questions regarding the role of market forces in providing and funding long-term care, the ways to overcome market failures and information asymmetries, incentives to expand the provision of long term care as well as financing schemes to balance out efficiency, access, and quality goals." Papers should be submitted by August 31, 2011.

Member Profiles: Aurélie Harou

Aurélie Harou
PhD Candidate
Cornell University

Extension Section/WFMEC Webinar on Farmers Dealing with the Commercialization of Cellulosic Biofuels

Given the rising price of oil and the mandates in the EISA, the pressure for cellulosic biofuels has never been greater. However, the production of these biofuels has lagged, not meeting the mandated levels, even after they've been reduced. The AAEA Extension Section and the Western Farm Management Extension Committee have organized a webinar evaluating commercialization of cellulosic biofuels and discussing farmers' abilities to overcome production, logistical, and environmental constraints to delivering switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover/cobs feedstocks in the Great Plains. This webinar will take place on April 20 at 12:00 pm EDT.

AEPP Accepting Applications for New Editor

Interested in adding something more to your CV, or connecting with the latest research designed for a broader economic audience? Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy (AEPP) is looking for a new Featured Articles Editor for 2012 through 2014. Applications are due on May 16, 2011.