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Information from Past NEC-63 Meetings

Next Meeting

Washington, DC
March 22, 2001
Policy and Distributional Issues in Agricultural
Commodity Promotion Programs

Table of Contents

Distributional Effects of Commodity Promotion Programs
Chair: Henry Kinnucan, Auburn University

Effects Among Industry Producers
Chanjin Chung and Harry Kaiser, Cornell University

Impacts Among Producers of Other Commodities
Jennifer James, Penn State University

Processing and Marketing Firm Market Power: Implications for Commodity Promotion
Ellen Goddard, University of Alberta

Practical Implications Panel
Steve Meyer, National Pork Producers Council
Gary Williams, Texas A&M University

Policy Issues Needing Attention
Chair: Walter Armbruster, Farm Foundation

Persuasive Generic Advertising and Social Welfare
Rulon Pope, Brigham Young University

Distributional Issues
Julian Alston, University of California-Davis

Empirical Results on Distributional Issues: Where are we and where can we go?
John Nichols and George Davis, Texas A&M University

Update on Court Decisions
Wayne Watkinson, McLeod, Watkinson & Miller

Policy Issues in Administering Commodity Promotion Programs
Kenneth Clayton, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service