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A HALF-CENTURY IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND WATER ECONOMICS TRADE

A HALF-CENTURY IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND WATER ECONOMICS TRADE. TEACHERS WHO WERE IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. CHESTER MCCORKLE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS. TEACHERS WHO WERE IMPORTANT IN MY CAREER AND LIFE. GLENN JOHNSON, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.

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A HALF-CENTURY IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND WATER ECONOMICS TRADE

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  1. A HALF-CENTURY IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND WATER ECONOMICS TRADE

  2. TEACHERS WHO WERE IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER • CHESTER MCCORKLE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

  3. TEACHERS WHO WERE IMPORTANT IN MY CAREER AND LIFE • GLENN JOHNSON, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

  4. TEACHERS WHO WERE IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER • MAURICE KELSO, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

  5. OTHERS WHO WERE IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER • CHARLES HOWE, RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE, AND UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

  6. OTHERS WHO WERE IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER • KENNETH NOBE, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

  7. THE 5-STEP CYCLE OF AN APPLIED ECONOMICS RESEARCH PROGRAM • PLAN AND PROPOSAL • COLLECT DATA • MODEL-BUILDING AND ANALYSIS • REPORTING AND PUBLISHING RESULTS • NEW HYPOTHESES TO NEW PROPOSAL

  8. FRAMEWORK: TINBERGEN’S THEORY OF ECONOMIC POLICY • CONTROLLABLE (POLICY) VARIABLES • NON-CONTROLLABLE VARIABLES • TARGET VARIABLES (GOALS) • SIDE-EFFECTS • PREDICTIVE MODEL (LINKS POLICY VARIABLES TO GOALS)

  9. ON SELECTING A RESEARCH TOPIC • POLICY RELEVANCE • PERSONAL INTEREST • RESOURCES: (TIME; MONEY; ASSISTANTS) • MODELING CAPABILITIES • DATA AVAILABILITY

  10. SECRET OF WHATEVER SUCCESS I HAD: RECRUIT COLLABORATORS WHO WERE SMARTER THAN ME MODEL-BUILDING AND ANALYSIS • LEE GRAY • DOUG GREENLEY • LARRY CONKLIN • JOHN DAUBERT • DICK GARDNER • RON MILLER • JIM BOOKER • ARI MICHELSEN • SUSANNE SCHEIERLING • FRANK WARD • JOHN LOOMIS

  11. ON WRITING AND PUBLISHING RESULTS VERY IMPORTANT BUT LITTLE TREATED IN GRADUATE TRAINING • RESEARCHER OBLIGATED TO PUBLISH RESULTS OF PUBLIC OR CONTRACT STUDIES • IMPORTANCE OF TELLING OTHER RESEARCHERS HOW YOU HAVE ADVANCED THE STATE OF THE SUBJECT • AVOID TEMPTATION TO MOVE ON TO NEXT PROJECT • CONFERENCE PRESENTATION A GOOD WAY TO MAKE PROGRESS

  12. ON REVIEWING AND CRITIQUING • PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATION (STUDENT WRITING; JOURNAL MANUSCRIPTS, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS) • BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE AND SAY • A REGRET: NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON YOUNGER FACULTY AT A CONFERENCE • (E-MAILS ARE FOREVER!) • TRY TO BE POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE

  13. AVOID OVERCONFIDENCE IN EXPERTISE AND RESULTS(MCCLOSKEY) • MODESTY IS ADVISABLE • “IF YOU ARE SO SMART, WHY AREN’T YOU RICH?

  14. SOME TIPS ON WRITING • J.K. GALBRAITH • DON’T WAIT FOR THE MUSE TO STRIKE: A WRITER IS ABOUT AS GOOD ONE DAY AS ANOTHER • “LOCATE CHAIR • LOCATE WRITING INSTRUMENT • USE IT!” • STUDY DEIRDRE MCCLOSKEY BOOK: “ECONOMICAL WRITING”

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