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George Frisvold

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1989; Professor and Extension Specialist; Environmental and Resource Economics, Regulation and Use of Biotechnology.

 

 

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Office: Economics, Rm. 426
Phone: (520) 621-6269
email: frisvold@ag.arizona.edu

 

[George Frisvold]
Dr. Frisvold joined the faculty at The University of Arizona in 1997. He has been a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Rural Development in Hyderabad, India, a lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University, and Chief of the Resource and Environmental Policy Branch of USDA's Economic Research Service.

His research interests include domestic and international environmental policy, as well as the causes and consequences of technological change in agriculture. In 1995-96, Dr. Frisvold served on the Senior staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers with responsibility for agricultural, natural resource, and international trade issues. Currently, he serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Selected Publications

Frisvold, G., J. Sullivan, and A. Raneses. "Genetic Improvements in Major US Crops: the Size and Distribution of Benefits." Agricultural Economics 28(2003):109-119.

Frisvold, G. and M. Caswell. Planning and Financing Water Projects on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Past Present and Future. In Both Sides of the Border: Transboundary Environmental Management Issues Facing Mexico and the United States. L. Fernandez and R. Carson (eds.) Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2002.

Frisvold, G., and R. Tronstad. Economic Effects of Bt Cotton Adoption and the Impact of Government Programs. In Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech: A Global Perspective. N. Kalaitsandonakes (ed.). New York: Kluwer-Plenum Academic Publishers. 2002.

Frisvold, G., K. Fernicola, and M. Langworthy. "Market Returns, Infrastructure and the Supply and Demand for Extension Services." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83(2001):758-763.

Frisvold, G. and M. Caswell. "Transboundary Water Management: Game-theoretic Lessons for Projects on the U.S.-Mexico Border." Agricultural Economics 24(2000):101-111.

Frisvold, G. and B. Kuhn, eds. Global Environmental Change and Agriculture. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1999.

Frisvold, G. "Does Supervision Matter? Some Hypothesis Tests Using Indian Farm-level Data." Journal of Development Economics 43(1994):217-238.

Frisvold, G. "Emerging Issues in the Allocation of Public Agricultural Research Funds." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73(1991):876-881.

Frisvold, G., R. Mines and J. Perloff. "Effects of Job Site Sanitation and Living Conditions on the Health and Welfare of Agricultural Workers." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(1988):873-885.

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