Michael Livingston
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Agricultural Economist
202-694-5543
Email:
mlivingston@ers.usda.gov
Briefly:
Mike is a Senior Economist in the Production Economics and Technology Branch of the Resource and Rural Economics Division. His current research program seeks to inform public policy discussions on corn-based ethanol production, climate change, and nutrient, pest, and invasive species management.
Background:
Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service, 2003-Present
Economist, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 2001-2003.
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, 2000-2001.
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, 1999-2000.
Education:
PhD Economics, North Carolina State University, 1999.
BS Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 1992.
Professional Affiliations:
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
Selected Publications:
Livingston, M.J. "U.S. Soybean Producer Perceptions and Management of Soybean Rust in the United States under the USDA Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 39(3)(October 2010):547-560.
Livingston, M.J., K.W. Erickson, and A.K. Mishra. Standard and Bayesian Random Coefficient Model Estimation of U.S. Corn-Soybean Farmer Risk Attitudes, pp. 329-343 in The Economic Impact of Public Support to Agriculture: An International Perspective. E. Ball, R. Fanfani, and L. Gutierrez, eds. New York: Springer, 2010.
Roberts, M., D. Schimmelpfennig, M.J. Livingston, and E. Ashley. " Estimating the Value of an Early-Warning Systems." Review of Agricultural Economics. 31(2)(Summer 2009): 303329.
Livingston, M.J. " Pest Problems Abroad May Affect Compliance With U.S. Safeguards". Amber Waves. 6(3)(June 2008):6.
Hlasny, V., and M.J. Livingston. " Economic Determinants of Invasion and Discovery of Non-Indigenous Insects". Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 40(1)(April 2008):37-52.
Livingston, M.J., C. Osteen, and D. Roberts. Regulating Agricultural Imports to Keep Out Foreign Pest and Disease. Amber Waves. 6(4)(September 2008):16-23.
Livingston, M.J., N.P. Storer, J.W. Van Duyn, and G.G. Kennedy. " Do Refuge Requirements for Biotechnology Crops Promote Economic Efficiency?: Some Evidence for Bt Cotton." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 39(1)(April 2007):171-185.
Livingston, M.J. " The Mediterranean Fruit Fly and the United States: Is the Probit 9 Level of Quarantine Security Efficient?" Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 55 (December 2007):515-526.
Johansson, R.C., M.J. Livingston, J. Westra, and R. Guidry. " Simulating the U.S. Impacts of Alternative Asian Soybean Rust Treatment Regimes." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 35(1)(April 2006):116-27.
Osteen, C., and M.J. Livingston. Pest Management Practices. Agricultural Resource and Environmental Indicators, 2006 Edition. Economic Information Bulletin No. 16. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, pp. 107-116, 21 July 2006.
Roberts, M.J., D. Schimmelpfennig, E. Ashley, and M.J. Livingston. The Value of Plant Disease Early-Warning Systems. Economic Research Report No. 18, Economic Research Service, USDA, April 2006.
Livingston, M.J., G.A. Carlson, and Paul L. Fackler. " Managing Resistance Evolution in Two Pests to Two Toxins with Refugia." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 86(1) (February 2004):1-13.
Livingston, M.J., R. Johansson, S. Daberkow, M. Roberts, M. Ash, and V. Breneman. Economic and Policy Implications of Wind-Borne Entry of Asian Soybean Rust into the United States. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, OCS04D02, April 2004.
Livingston, M.J., G.A. Carlson, and Paul L. Fackler. " Use of Mathematical Models to Estimate Characteristics of Pyrethroid Resistance in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Field Populations." Journal of Economic Entomology. 95(5)(2002):1008-1017.
Fackler, P.L., and M.J. Livingston. "Optimal Storage by Crop Producers." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 84(3)(August 2002):645-659.
