Joseph V Balagtas

Assistant Professor of Ag Economics

Department: Agricultural Economics
Phone: 765.494.4298
Office: Krannert 641
E-mail: balagtas@purdue.edu
Personal Web Page

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Balagtas does research on U.S. and international agricultural policy, regulation of agricultural markets, and industrial organization of agricultural markets. Recent and ongoing work focuses on a range of issues in the dairy industry, including milk marketing regulation, the U.S.-Australia trade agreement, and R&D for new uses of milk.

Professor Balagtas teaches an undergraduate course in agricultural marketing.

Professor Balagtas joined the department in August 2004. He has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California, Davis, and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from Iowa State University.

- Recent Publications

Balagtas, J. V., & M. T. Holt (2009). Estimating Structural Change with Smooth Transition Regressions: an Application to Meat Demand. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Mayen, C. D., J. V. Balagtas, & C. E. Alexander (2009). Vertical Economies of Scope in U.S. Dairy Farming. Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 7(1), art.8. http://www.bepress.com/jafio/vol7/iss1/art8

Balagtas, J. V., & M. T. Holt (2008). Unit Roots, TV-STARS, and the Commodity Terms of Trade: A Further Assessment of the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91(1), 87-105. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121402739/HTMLSTART

Balagtas, J. V. (2005). Rent Dissipation from Entry: Theoretical and Empircal Evidence from Milk Marketing Order Regulation. Agricultural Economics Workshop.

Balagtas, J. V., & D. A. Sumner. Dissipation of Regulatory Rents: How Milk Marketing Orders Made Milk Producers Worse Off. American Economic Review.

Balagtas, J. V., D. A. Sumner, & A. Smith. The Effect of Milk Marketing Orders on the Share of Fluid-grade Milk in the United States. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Balagtas, J. V., & S. Kim. Measuring the Effects of Generic Dairy Advertising in a Multi-market Setting. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Alston, J. M., J. V. Balagtas, H. Brunke, & D. A. Sumner. Supply and Demand for Commodity Components: Implications of Free Trade versus the AUSFTA for the U.S. Dairy Industry. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Coulibaly, J. Y., J. V. Balagtas, & J. S. Eales. Import Demand for Dairy Products in Cote d’Ivoire. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Holt, M. T., & J. V. Balagtas. Unit Roots, TV-STARS, and the Commodity Terms of Trade: A Further Assessment of the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis. Journal of Applied Econometrics.