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Kenneth A Foster

Department Head/Professor of Ag Econ

Department: Agricultural Economics
Phone: 765.494.1116
Office: Krannert 653
E-mail: kfoster@purdue.edu


Curriculum Vitae

 

Professor Foster's research interests are in the fields of production economics and marketing with special emphasis on dynamic models. His work has included a dynamic analysis of investment and supply in the U.S. beef cattle industry, measuring technical change in agriculture, and testing for separability in agricultural production functions.

Professor Foster teaches applied economic time series and applied economics, has experience working in Latin America, and serves as an extension specialist in the area of livestock production economics. Currently, Professor Foster is also the Interim Head of the Department.

Courses:

Applied Economic Time Series

Applied Economics



 

- Recent Publications

Ubilava, D., & K. A. Foster (2009). Quality certification vs. product traceability: Consumer preferences for informational attributes of pork in Georgia. Food Policy, 34(3), 305-10.

Ubilava, D., K. A. Foster, J. Lusk, & T. K. Nilsson (2009). Effects of income and social awareness on consumer WTP for social product attributes. Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

Motamed, M., K. A. Foster, & W. E. Tyner (2008). Applying Cointegration and Error Correction to Measure Trade Linkages: Maize Prices in the U.S. and Mexico. Agricultural Economics, 39, 29-39.

Radcliffe, J. S., B. T. Richert, D. M. Sholly, K. A. Foster, B. Hollas, T. Lim, J. Ni, A. J. Heber, & A. L. Sutton (2008). Diet modifications to reduce odors, gas emissions and nutrient excretions from swine operations. Mitigation Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations Conference, 114-9.

Smith, J., & K. A. Foster (2008). Pricing of Bull Attributes. http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/extension/pubs/paer/2008/November/PAER0811.pdf

Chakravarty, S., & K. A. Foster (2008). The Evolution of Financial Crisis in 2008. http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/news/financial/Financial_Crisis_Evolution.pdf

Abbott, P., & K. A. Foster (2008). Will the Rescue Plan Work? What Might it Accomplish?. http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/news/financial/Rescue_Plan.pdf

Foster, K. A. (2006). Evaluation of the Substitutability between U.S. and Canadian Softwood Lumber. 2006 American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting.

Foster, K. A. (2006). Production Structure, Technological Change and Scale Economies in the Saw and Planing Mills Industry, New Brunswick, Canada. 2006 American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting.

Foster, K. A. (2006). Optimal Control of Desensitizing Inputs: The Case of Paylean. 2006 Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting.

 

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- Awards & Honors

Departmental Thesis Award - Advisor (2004). Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics.

Faculty Award of Merit - Outreach (2004). Gamma Sigma Delta.

Faculty Award of Merit in Research (2004). Gamma Sigma Delta.

 

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