Howard Leathers

A.B. 1974, Princeton University: Economics
M.S. 1979, University of Minnesota: Agricultural Economics
Ph.D. 1986, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Economics and Agricultural Economics

AREC 365 -  World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies (spring semester) 

AREC427 - Economics of Agricultural Marketing Systems

AREC433 - Food and Agricultural Policy

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Howard Leathers and Phillips Foster, The World Food Problem 4th Edition, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Denver. 2009 (forthcoming).

Howard Leathers. "Orderly Marketing in Agriculture Revisited," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review October 2007.

Howard Leathers, “Are Cooperatives Efficient when Membership is Voluntary?” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. December 2006.

Thierry van Bastelaer and Howard Leathers, "Trust in Lending: Social Capital and Joint Liability Seed Loans in Southern Zambia" World Development, October 2006.

Howard Leathers, "Agricultural Export Subsidies as a tool of Trade Strategy:  Before and After the FAIR Act of 1996,"  American Journal of Agricultural Economics,  2001

Howard Leathers,  "What is Farming:  Information, Contracts, and the Structure of Agricultural Production:  Discussion,"  American Journal of Agricultural Economics,  1999

Phillips Foster and Howard Leathers, The World Food Problem, 2^nd Edition, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Denver, 1998.

Melinda Smale, Paul Heisey, and Howard Leathers, "Maize of the Ancestors and Modern Varieties:  The Microeconomics of HYV Adoption in Malawi,"Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1994.

Melinda Smale, Richard Just, and Howard Leathers, "Competing Explanations for Land Allocation Decisions in HYV Adoption Models:  Methodological Issues," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1994.

Patrick Canning and Howard Leathers, "Inflation, Taxes, and the Value of Agricultural Assets,"  Land Economics,  November, 1993.

Howard D. Leathers, "The Market for Land and the Impact of Farm Programs on Farm Numbers,"  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  May, 1992.            

Howard D. Leathers, "Allocable Fixed Inputs as a Cause of Joint Production:  An Empirical Investigation,"  Agricultural Economics.  November, 1992.

Howard D. Leathers, "Allocable Fixed Inputs as a Cause of Joint Production:  A Cost Function Approach," American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  November, 1991. pp. 1083-1090.

Howard D. Leathers, "Comparative Statics of Production When There Are Multiple Sources of Risk," Atlantic Economic Journal.  September, 1991.  pp. 26-31.