Center for Agricultural & Environmental Policy

Issue Brief #001
Title - Could a calorie tax or cuts in farm subsidies reduce obesity? Authors - Julian M. Alston, Abigail M. Okrent, and Bradley J. Rickard

Issue Brief #002
Title - What Would Happen if the Conservation Reserve Program Were Reduced? Authors - JunJie Wu and Bruce Weber

Issue Brief #003
Title - Got Subsidies? Who Benefits from Farm Programs and How that Could Change with a New Farm Bill Authors - John M. Antle and Laurie L. Houston

Issue Brief #004
Title - What Happens to Exports as Domestic Agricultural Policy Changes? Author - Jeffrey J. Reimer

Issue Brief #005
Title - How Do Alternative Designs of Payments for Ecosystem Services Affect Different Interest Groups? Author - JunJie Wu

Issue Brief #006
Title - What is the Role of Crop Insurance for “Specialty” Crops? Authors - Hyunok Lee and Daniel A. Sumner

Issue Brief #007
Title - How does the Food Safety Modernization Act Affect Farms and Food Marketing Firms? Authors - John Bovay and Daniel A. Sumner

Issue Brief #008
Title - How Does Domestic Food Assistance Affect Rural and Urban Household Incomes? Authors - Bruce Weber and Paul A. Lewin

Issue Brief #009
Title - What Can be Done to Reinvigorate U.S. Agricultural Research? Authors - Philip G. Pardey, Julian M. Alston, and Connie Chan-Kang

Issue Brief #010
Title - Did Rapid Growth of Ethanol Production in the US Affect Global Food Price Volatility? Authors - Michael J. Roberts and Anh Nam Tran

Issue Brief #011
Title - How Does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Affect the United States Economy? Authors - Jeffrey J. Reimer

Issue Brief #012
Title - How do Extreme Climate Events Affect Specialty Crops and Irrigation Management? Authors - Beau Olen and JunJie Wu

Issue Brief #013
Title - The 2014 Farm Bill: What Are the Major Reforms and How Do They Affect Western Agriculture? Authors - Beau Olen and JunJie Wu

Issue Brief #014
Title - What are the Major Climate Risks for Agriculture in the U.S. Pacific Northwest? Authors - Beau Olen, Chris Daly, Mike Halbleib, and JunJie Wu