Howard Leathers

 
  Howard Leathers
Associate Professor
Phone: 301-405-1277       Office: 3200c Symons Hall
E-mail: hleathers@arec.umd.edu Personal Web Page
Education:

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

Research: Agricultural policy, Marketing & Production, World Food Issues
Courses:

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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Recent Publications:

Howard Leathers and Phillips Foster,  The World Food Problem, 3rd Edition,  Lynne Rienner Publishers, Denver.  2004. 

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, 2nd 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.

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