Agricultural & Resource Economics

Post Doctoral Research Associate
Rm #221B Ballard Extension Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis Oregon 97331-3601
Phone: 541.737.1397
FAX: 541.737.2563
robin.cross@oregonstate.edu

Education

Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, OSU, 2004
B.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, OSU, Suma cum Laude, 1997

Research Interest

Current research topics include studies in nursery and wine economics, index number theory, cooperatives, and financial mathematics.

Biographical Sketch

Robin Cross joined the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in 2000 as a Graduate Research Assistant and has served as a Post Doctoral Research Associate since 2005. Before coming to Oregon State, Robin worked for Northwest Farm Credit Services as a senior credit officer in winery and nursery finance.

Publications

Academic Publications

Cross, R., Buccola, S. and Thomann, E. "Cooperative Pricing Under Stress." European Journal of Agricultural Economics, in press.

Cross, R., and Fare, R. Value Data and the Bennet Price and Quantity Indicators." Economics Letters , 102(29), 2009.

Cross, R., and Fare, R. Farrell Efficiency under Value and Quantity Data ." Journal of Productivity Analysis, 29 (3), June 2008.

Cross, R., and Buccola, S. "Adapting Cooperative Structure to the New Global Environment." American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 86 (5), 2004, 1254-1261.

Cross, R., and Buccola, S. "Appendix to: Adapting Cooperative Structure to the New Global Environment." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86 (5), 2004, 1254-1261.

Work in Progress

Cross, R., and Fare, R. "Value Data and Index Number Theory." For submission to: Economics Letters, 2009.

Cross, R., Buccola, S. and Thomann, E. "Cooperation and Cheating." For submission to: European Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Cross, R., Plantinga, A., Stavins, R. "Spatial Hedonic Demand for West Coast Vineyard Lands." For submission to: Journal of Wine Economics, 2009.

Industry Publications

Jaeger, B., Cross, R., Egelkraut, T. Biofuel Potential in Oregon: Background and Evaluation of Options, Dept. Agr. Res. Econ., OSU, January 2007.

Cross, R., ed. Oregon Nursery Economics, Undergraduate Working Paper Series, Dept. Agr. Res. Econ., OSU, December 2004.

Vega, E. H., Cross, R., Durham, C. "Evaluation of Wine Production Costs and Returns." Oregon Viticulture. Hellman, E., ed., Corvallis, Oregon State University Press, June 2003.

Burgess, L., Cross, R., Davis, M., Marousek, D., and Sogge, R.E. "Wine." Atlas of Oregon. Loy, W. G., Allan, S., Buckley, A. R., Meacham, J. E., eds., Eugene, University of Oregon Press, October 2001.

Cross, R., Allen, J., Celaya, V., Hanson, K., and Hendershot, R., eds. Wine Industry Study, Northwest Farm Credit Services, ACA. December 1999.

Boyle, B., Wittman, K., Cross, R., and McCarthy, J., eds. Nursery Industry Study, Northwest Farm Credit Services, ACA. September 1998.

Courses

AREc 481 Practical Asset Pricing, a guided study course (Spring, 2005)
AREc 447 Agricultural Price and Market Analysis (Winter, 2005)
AREc 471/581 Entrepreneurial Skills in Agribusiness Management (Winter, 2005)
AREc 472/581 Competitive Strategies in Agribusiness (Winter, 2005)
AREc 473/573 Risk Management in Agribusiness (Winter, 2005)
AREc 465/565 Agricultural Financial Reporting and Analysis (Fall, 2004)
AREc 447 Agricultural Price and Market Analysis (Winter, 2004)