Utah State Econ Professors Receive National Editorship

Dee Von Bailey, professor of agricultural economics at Utah State University, has been selected as editor for the national Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. The prestigious journal is published by the Western Agricultural Economics Association.


Other professors in the economics department — Terry Glover, Paul Jakus and David Aadland — serve as associate editors for the journal. The economics department is in the College of Business.

"The selection of this set of editors demonstrates the regard agricultural and resource economics professions have for the economics department at Utah State University," Bailey said.

This is a great opportunity for Utah State because editors can help shape the discussion of important economic issues. These issues include the economics of water quality improvements, reduced copper contamination and genetically modified seed. The editors also discuss the demand for beef products, farmland values, the effect of government price supports on price variability, the efficiency of small landholders and the well being of non-metropolitan, single-mother families.

"These issues are especially important in the West — and specifically Utah — where so many significant agricultural and resource conflicts have surfaced," he said.

Bailey will work closely with the associate editors for the journal. Jakus specializes in resource economics, emphasizing recreation economics. Aadland is an expert in econometrics, and Glover is an authority on agricultural production and trade economics.