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Steven C. Blank

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First Name:Steven
Middle Name:C.
Last Name:Blank
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RePEc Short-ID:pbl169

Affiliation

(85%) Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)
http://are.ucdavis.edu/
RePEc:edi:daucdus (more details at EDIRC)

(15%) Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, Virginia (United States)
http://www.aaec.vt.edu/
RePEc:edi:daavtus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Boys, Kathryn A. & Blank, Steven, 2016. "The Evolution of Local Foods: A Retrospective and Prospective Consideration," ARE Working Papers 270993, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  2. Blank, Steven C. & Saitone, Tina L. & Sexton, Richard J., 2014. "Seller-Offered Forward Contracts: An Additional Benefit to Cattle Producers from Satellite Video Auctions," 2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas 162323, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
  3. Blank, Steven C. & Thompson, Robert, 2013. "California Agricultural Cooperatives: Managers' Strategies and Attitudes Towards Finances and Risk," Research Reports 143148, University of California, Davis, Center for Cooperatives.
  4. Spalding, Ashley & Villas-Boas, Sofia Berto & Blank, Steven C & Behnke, Drew & Heft-Neal, Samuel & Ifft, Jenny & Magalhaes, Ricardo Soares & Otte, Joachim & Pfeiffer, Dirk & Roland-Holst, David & Zilb, 2011. "Agricultural and Resource Economics Update," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt0tf4v15v, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
  5. Blank, Steven C. & Saitone, Tina & Sexton, Richard & Kalotia, Kabir & Forero, Larry & Nader, Glenn, 2011. "Location and distance effects on western calf and yearling prices," 2011 Annual Meeting, June 29-July 1, 2011, Banff, Alberta,Canada 291744, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  6. Spalding, Ashley & Villas-Boas, Sofia B. & Jessoe, Katrina & Blank, Steven & Ifft, Jennifer & Soares-Magalhaes, Ricardo & Otte, Joachim & Pfeiffer, Dirk & Roland-Holst, David & Zilberman, David D., 2011. "ARE Update Volume 14, Number 3," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt1mp7q7bb, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
  7. Harris, James Michael & Blank, Steven C. & Erickson, Kenneth W. & Hallahan, Charles B., 2010. "Off-farm Income and Investments in Farm Assets: A Double Hurdle Approach," 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado 61531, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  8. Blank, Steven C. & Volpe, Richard J. III & Erickson, Kenneth W., 2008. "The relationship between industry structure and production contracting: raising questions at the beginning of a trend," 2008 Annual Meeting, June 23-24, 2008, Big Sky, Montana 291743, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  9. Carman, Hoy & Blank, Steven C. & Thompson, Jennifer, 2007. "ARE Update Volume 10. Number 6," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt8z4751kh, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
  10. Blank, Steven C. & Erickson, Kenneth W. & Nehring, Richard F. & Hallahan, Charles B., 2006. "Agricultural Profits and Farm Household Wealth: A Farm-level and Cross-sectional Analysis," 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 21436, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  11. Johnston, Warren E. & McCalla, Alex F. & Hardesty, Shermain & Blank, Steven C., 2005. "ARE Update Volume 8, Number 3," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt4fr842w8, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
  12. Blank, Steven C., 2005. "Hedging with off-farm income: implications for production and investment decisions across farm sizes," 2005 Annual Meeting, July 6-8, 2005, San Francisco, California 291741, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  13. Erickson, Kenneth W. & Blank, Steven C. & Moss, Charles B. & Mishra, Ashok K., 2004. "Regional Changes In The Distribution Of Net Value Added In U.S. Agriculture, 1960-2002," 2004 Annual Meeting, June 30-July 2, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii 36232, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  14. Lee, Hyunok & Blank, Steven C., 2004. "A Statistical Profile of Horticultural Crop Farm Industries in California," Research Reports 11931, University of California, Davis, Giannini Foundation.
  15. Korb, Penelope J. & Blank, Steven C. & Erickson, Kenneth W., 2004. "Profit Patterns In The U.S. And The West, 1992 And 1997: What County-Level Data Reveal," 2004 Annual Meeting, June 30-July 2, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii 36253, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  16. Hariyoga, Himawan & Sexton, Richard J. & Blank, Steven C. & de Janvry, Alain & Sadoulet, Elisabeth, 2004. "ARE Update Volume 7, Number 6," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt7vh3c9d9, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
  17. Blank, Steven C., 2002. "Is American Agriculture Near The End Of Its "Life Cycle"?," 2002 Annual Meeting, July 28-31, 2002, Long Beach, California 36580, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  18. Blank, Steven C., 2002. "Future Prospects For Farm Financial Conditions," Agricultural Outlook Forum 2002 33502, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum.
  19. Blank, Steven C., 2000. "A Portfolio Of Threats To American Agriculture," 2000 Annual Meeting, June 29-July 1, 2000, Vancouver, British Columbia 36349, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  20. Blank, Steven C., 1997. "A Decade of Decline and Evolution in Agricultural Economics Programs: 1985-96," 1997 Annual Meeting, July 13-16, 1997, Reno\ Sparks, Nevada 35801, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  21. Venner, Raymond & Blank, Steven C., 1995. "Reducing Citrus Revenue Losses from Frost Damage: Wind Machines and Crop Insurance," Information Series 251898, University of California, Davis, Giannini Foundation.
  22. Blank, Steven C. & McDonald, Jeffrey, 1995. "Preferences for crop insurance when farmers are diversified," WAEA/ WFEA Conference Archive (1929-1995) 291738, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  23. Blank, Steven C. & Klonsky, Karen & Norris, Kim & Orloff, Steve B., 1992. "Acquiring Alfalfa Hay Harvest Equipment: A Financial Analysis of Alternatives," Information Series 251901, University of California, Davis, Giannini Foundation.
  24. Blank, Steven C., 1992. "The new risk environment in agriculture," Western Economic Association Conference Archive 291735, Western Economic Association.
  25. Schmiesing, Brian & Blank, Steven & Below, Scott, 1991. "Profitability Analysis of Bank Participation in Farmer Mac," WAEA/ WFEA Conference Archive (1929-1995) 321415, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  26. Blank, Steven, 1991. "Affects of Farmland Cash Leasing Rates on crop Selections of owners and Tenants: A Portfolio Analysis," WAEA/ WFEA Conference Archive (1929-1995) 321474, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  27. Gum, Russell L. & Blank, Steven C., 1990. "Designing Expert Systems for Effective Delivery of Extension Programming," 1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada 271029, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  28. Blank, Steven C., 1989. "Determining Futures 'Hedging Reserve' Capital Requirements," WAEA/ WFEA Conference Archive (1929-1995) 244960, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
  29. Blank, Steven C., 1989. "Hedging Objectives, Hedging Markets, And The Relevant Range Of Hedge Ratios," Working Papers 225826, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  30. Coupal, Roger H. & McGuire, Thomas R. & Fox, Roger W. & Blank, Steven C., 1988. "Agricultural Alternatives for the Salt River Pima - Maricopa Indian Community," Working Papers 293339, University of Arizona, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  31. Blank, Steven C., 1988. "Research On Futures Markets: Issues, Approaches And Empirical Findings," Working Papers 225817, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  32. Blank, Steven C., 1987. "Evaluating International Price Relationships Using Causal Models," 1987 Annual Meeting, August 2-5, East Lansing, Michigan 270103, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  33. Blank, Steven C. & Schmiesing, Brian H., 1986. "The Problem of Aggregation in Spatial Causality Analysis," Working Papers 293338, University of Arizona, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  34. Blank, Steven C. & Schmiesing, Brian H., 1985. "Combining Casuality Tests and Path Analysis to Model Agricultural Markets," Economics Staff Papers 232160, South Dakota State University, Department of Economics.
  35. Blank, Steve, 1981. "Commodity Futures Price Theory For Semi-Storable Products," 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina 279270, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  36. Blank, Steven, 1979. "Futures Prices Of Beef Cattle, And The Theory Of Nonstorable Commodities," 1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington 278303, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

Articles

  1. Blank, Steven C., 2018. "The Profit Problem of American Agriculture: What We Have Learned with the Perspective of Time," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 33(3), September.
  2. Blank, Steven C. & Saitone, Tina L. & Sexton, Richard J., 2016. "Calf and Yearling Prices in the Western United States: Spatial, Quality, and Temporal Factors in Satellite Video Auctions," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 41(3), pages 1-23.
  3. Steven C. Blank & Danny Klinefelter, 2012. "Keeping ARMS relevant: increasing its usability," Agricultural Finance Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 72(2), pages 222-232, July.
  4. Blank, Steven & Erickson, Kenneth & Hallahan, Charles, 2012. "Rising Farmland Values: An Indicator of Regional Economic Performance or a Speculative Bubble?," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2012, pages 1-11.
  5. Blank, Steven C., 2010. "Economic Sustainability in the Evolving World: Implications for American Agriculture and Economists," Western Economics Forum, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 9(1), pages 1-8.
  6. Blank, Steven C. & Erickson, Kenneth W. & Nehring, Richard F. & Hallahan, Charles B., 2009. "Agricultural Profits and Farm Household Wealth: A Farm-level Analysis Using Repeated Cross Sections," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 41(1), pages 1-19, April.
  7. Blank, Steven C. & Erickson, Kenneth W., 2007. "Agricultural Household Hedging With Off-Farm Income," Western Economics Forum, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 6(1), pages 1-13.
  8. Blank, Steven C. & Erickson, Kenneth W. & Moss, Charles B., 2005. "Profit Patterns Across American Agriculture," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 30(2), pages 1-26, August.
  9. Blank, Steven C., 2005. "The Business of an Agricultural “Way of Life”," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 20(2), pages 1-6.
  10. Steven C. Blank & Kenneth W. Erickson & Charles B. Moss & Richard Nehring, 2004. "Agricultural Profits and Farm Household Wealth," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 86(5), pages 1299-1307.
  11. Steven C. Blank & Gary D. Thompson, 2004. "Can/Should/Will A Niche Become the Norm? Organic Agriculture's Short Past and Long Future," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 22(4), pages 483-503, October.
  12. Tadesse, Dawit & Blank, Steven C., 2003. "Cultivar Diversity: A Neglected Risk Management Strategy," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 28(2), pages 1-16, August.
  13. Blank, Steven C., 2003. "Where Is American Agriculture in Its "Life Cycle"?," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 28(3), pages 1-23, December.
  14. Steven C. Blank, 2002. "A Portfolio Of Threats To American Agriculture," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 20(4), pages 381-393, October.
  15. Blank, Steven C., 2002. "Is Agriculture a "Way of Life" or a Business?," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 17(2), pages 1-5.
  16. Blank, Steven C. & Orloff, Steve B. & Putnam, Daniel H., 2001. "Sequential Stochastic Production Decisions For A Perennial Crop: The Yield/Quality Tradeoff For Alfalfa Hay," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 26(1), pages 1-17, July.
  17. Steven C. Blank, 2001. "Producers get Squeezed up the Farming Food Chain: A Theory of Crop Portfolio Composition and Land Use," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 23(2), pages 404-422.
  18. Blank, Steven C., 2001. "The Challenge To Think Big As American Agriculture Shrinks," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 26(2), pages 1-17, December.
  19. Blank, Steven C., 2001. "Globalization, Cropping Choices, And Profitability In American Agriculture," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 33(2), pages 1-12, August.
  20. Steven C. Blank, 1998. "A Decade of Decline and Evolution in Agricultural Economics Enrollments and Programs, 1985–96," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 20(1), pages 155-167.
  21. STEVEN C. BLANK & COLIN A. CARTER & JEFFREY McDONALD, 1997. "Is The Market Failing Agricultural Producers Who Wish To Manage Risks?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 15(3), pages 103-112, July.
  22. Dawn Thilmany & Steven C. Blank, 1996. "FLCs: An analysis of labor management transfers among California agricultural producers," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(1), pages 37-49.
  23. Steven C. Blank & Jeffrey McDonald, 1996. "Preferences for crop insurance when farmers are diversified," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(6), pages 583-592.
  24. Steven C. Blank, 1995. "The new risk environment in California agriculture," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(2), pages 155-168.
  25. Blank, Steven C. & Schmiesing, Brian H., 1993. "Farm credit: The new focus on risk," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 8(1), pages 1-3.
  26. Blank, Steven C., 1993. "The Robustness Of Single Index Models In Crop Markets: A Multiple Index Model Test: Reply," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 18(1), pages 1-6, July.
  27. Roger A. Dahlgran & Steven C. Blank, 1992. "Evaluating the Integration of Contiguous Discontinuous Markets," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 74(2), pages 469-479.
  28. Steven C. Blank, 1992. "The significance of hedging capital requirements," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(1), pages 11-18, February.
  29. Blank, Steven C., 1991. "The Robustness Of Single Index Models In Crop Markets: A Multiple Index Model Test," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 16(2), pages 1-9, December.
  30. Steven C. Blank, 1991. "“Chaos” in futures markets? A nonlinear dynamical analysis," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(6), pages 711-728, December.
  31. Steven C. Blank, 1991. "Will agricultural toxics chase lenders back to the city?," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(6), pages 577-583.
  32. Steven C. Blank & Brian H. Schmiesing, 1990. "Whimsical aggregation of temporal data, market identification, and fragile results," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 6(1), pages 33-40.
  33. Russell L. Gum & Steven C. Blank, 1990. "Designing Expert Systems for Effective Delivery of Extension Programming," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 72(3), pages 539-547.
  34. Steven C. Blank, 1990. "Determining futures “hedging reserve” capital requirements," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(2), pages 169-177, April.
  35. Blank, Steven C., 1990. "Returns To Limited Crop Diversification," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 15(2), pages 1-9, December.
  36. Blank, Steven C., 1989. "Research On Futures Markets: Issues, Approaches, And Empirical Findings," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 14(1), pages 1-14, July.
  37. Steven C. Blank & Brian H. Schmiesing, 1988. "Modeling of Agricultural Markets and Prices Using Causality and Path Analysis," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 10(1), pages 35-48.
  38. Blank, Steven C, 1987. "Evaluating International Price Relationships Using Causal Models," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 14(3), pages 305-323.
  39. Steven C. Blank & Harry W. Ayer, 1987. "Government policy cross effects: The cotton and dairy programs' influence on alfalfa hay markets," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 3(4), pages 385-392.
  40. Steven C. Blank, 1986. "World dairy market structure," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 2(2), pages 183-198.
  41. Steven C. Blank, 1985. "Using causality and supply response models in interpreting foreign agricultural policies," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 1(2), pages 177-183.
  42. Blank, Steven C., 1985. "Effectiveness Of Role Playing, Case Studies, And Simulation Games In Teaching Agricultural Economics," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 10(1), pages 1-8, July.
  43. Steven C. Blank, 1985. "The impact of government intervention in the Australian dairy industry," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 1(4), pages 293-310.
  44. Blank, Steven C., 1985. "Price Dependence And Futures Price Theory," Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 14(2), pages 1-8, October.
  45. Blank, Steven C., 1985. "A Decade Of Change In Agricultural Economics Programs, 1975-1984," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 10(2), pages 1-7, December.
  46. Blank, Steven C., 1984. "Cross Hedging Australian Cattle," Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 28(2-3), pages 1-10, August.
  47. Blank, Steven C., 1982. "Undergraduate Research Projects As A Teaching And Learning Device," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 7(2), pages 1-6, December.

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