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D-Index
53
Citations
11944
World Ranking
1186
National Ranking
717

Overview

Wallace E. Huffman is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Computer Science.

The main subfields that characterize Huffman's work include Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems, Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Genetics. These subfields inform the thematic structure of their research output and demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach to complex topics.

Huffman's major topics of research cover:

  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Economic Growth and Development
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Among their recent publications is the paper titled Human Capital and Adoption of Innovations: Policy Implications published in 2020 in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.

Other related publications in the dataset include papers focused on agricultural sciences and economics such as Global dependence on Corn Belt Dent maize germplasm: Challenges and opportunities from 2022 in Crop Science and Convergence theory and conditional income convergence among sub-Saharan African countries published in 2021 in Agricultural Economics. However, these latter papers have different primary authorship but are present in the dataset showing related research contexts.

Huffman has also contributed to book publications. One such work titled New Technology and Conflicting Information was published by World Scientific in 2020.

Frequent venues for Huffman's publications include:

  • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • Crop Science
  • Agricultural Economics

Collaborative efforts are an essential aspect of Huffman's research production. Frequent co-authors include:

  • J. S. C. Smith
  • Walter Trevisan
  • Alan McCunn
  • Nadia Huffman
  • Jill J. McCluskey

The focus on both economic and biological sciences reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their work, exploring innovation adoption, agricultural productivity, and genetic diversity within the broader framework of economic growth and development.

Best Publications

  • Farm and Off-Farm Work Decisions: The Role of Human Capital

    Wallace Huffman

  • The Adoption of Reduced Tillage: The Role of Human Capital and Other Variables

    Michael R. Rahm;Wallace E. Huffman

  • Science for Agriculture: A Long-Term Perspective

    Wallace E. Huffman;Robert E. Evenson

  • The Adoption and Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Technology: An Endogenous Switching Regression Application

    Awudu Abdulai;Wallace Huffman

  • The Diffusion of New Agricultural Technologies: The Case of Crossbred-Cow Technology in Tanzania

    Awudu Abdulai;Wallace E. Huffman

  • Structural Adjustment and Economic Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana

    Awudu Abdulai;Wallace Huffman

  • Human Capital, Education, and Agriculture

    Wallace Huffman

  • Decision Making: The Role of Education

    Wallace E. Huffman

  • Allocative Efficiency: The Role of Human Capital

    Wallace E. Huffman

  • Off-Farm Work Decisions of Husbands and Wives: Joint Decision Making

    Wallace E. Huffman;Mark D. Lange

  • Farm technology and technical efficiency: Evidence from four regions in China

    Zhuo Chen;Wallace E. Huffman;Scott Rozelle

  • Consumer Preferences for Fresh Food Items with Multiple Quality Attributes: Evidence from an Experimental Auction of Pork Chops

    Bryan E. Melton;Wallace E. Huffman;Jason F. Shogren;John A. Fox

  • Consumer Willingness to Pay for Genetically Modified Food Labels in a Market with Diverse Information: Evidence from Experimental Auctions

    Wallace Huffman;Jason Shogren;Matthew Rousu;Abebayehu Tegene

  • Consumer Willingness to Pay for Genetically Modified Food Labels in a Market with Diverse Information: Evidence from Experimental Auctions

    Wallace E. Huffman;Jason F. Shogren;Matthew C. Rousu;Abebayehu Tegene

  • The Effects of Prior Beliefs and Learning on Consumers' Acceptance of Genetically Modified Foods

    Wallace E. Huffman;Matthew C. Rousu;Jason F. Shogren;Abebayehu Tegene

  • Agricultural Household Models: Survey and Critique

    Wallace Huffman

  • Willingness-to-pay for natural, organic, and conventional foods: The effects of information and meaningful labels

    Jonathan R. McFadden;Wallace E. Huffman

  • Effects and Value of Verifiable Information in a Controversial Market: Evidence from Lab Auctions of Genetically Modified Food

    Matthew C. Rousu;Wallace E. Huffman;Jason F. Shogren;Abebayehu Tegene

  • Structural and productivity change in US agriculture, 1950–1982

    Wallace E. Huffman;Robert E. Evenson

  • Supply and Demand Functions for Multiproduct U.S. Cash Grain Farms: Biases Caused by Research and Other Policies

    Wallace E. Huffman;Robert E. Evenson

  • Local Economic Conditions and Wage Labor Decisions of Farm and Rural Nonfarm Couples

    J. G. Tokle;J. G. Tokle;Wallace E. Huffman

  • New developments in productivity measurement and analysis: John W. Kendrick and Beatrice N. Vaccara, eds., Studies in Income and Wealth, Vol. 44. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1980. ix + 717 pp., author and subject indexes, $52.00

    Wallace E Huffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason F. Shogren
Jason F. Shogren University of Wyoming
Robert E. Evenson
Robert E. Evenson Yale University
Richard E. Just
Richard E. Just University of Maryland, College Park
Scott Rozelle
Scott Rozelle Stanford University
Peter F. Orazem
Peter F. Orazem Iowa State University
Awudu Abdulai
Awudu Abdulai Kiel University
Jill J. McCluskey
Jill J. McCluskey Washington State University
Todd Sandler
Todd Sandler The University of Texas at Dallas
GianCarlo Moschini
GianCarlo Moschini Iowa State University
James R. Webb
James R. Webb Cleveland State University

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