WAEA Presidential Address: Comments on Agricultural Economics Research

Abstract

Agricultural economics research has changed over my career. Articles have gotten longer, with more equations, tables, and figures. We now use maximum likelihood almost as much as least squares. I use this talk as an opportunity to discuss the strengths of our research as well as areas where we could improve. I also make a few suggestions about directions of future applied econometric research.

Keywords

• econometrics
• research methodology
• research metrics