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Biography Information
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Expertise:
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International Trade, Industrial Organization, Marketing, Policy
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Summary:
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Professor Andrew Schmitz is the Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., Eminent Scholar and Professor of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida; Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley; and Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan. He received awards for both his Master\'s thesis (University of Saskatchewan) and his Ph.D. dissertation (University of Wisconsin-Madison). His publications have won six major research awards and three research of enduring quality awards from the American Agricultural Economics Association. He was awarded the Who’s Who in America in 2004, the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and the Earned Doctor of Letters degree in 1999. He has been a consultant to hundreds of private and public organizations. Some of his recent books include Government Policy and Farmland Markets (Iowa State Press); The Welfare Economics of Public Policy (Elgar Publishing); Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour (University of Toronto Press); and Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets (CABI Publishing).
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Current Projects:
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State-Trading Enterprises & Privatization
Policy Choice & the Theory of Rent-Seeking Behavior
Theory & Applications of Cost-Benefit Analysis
International Trade, Border Disputes & WTO
U.S. Agricultural Policy, Land Use & the Environment
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
Impacts of Agricultural Programs
E-Commerce in Agriculture
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Degrees:
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B.S.A., 1963, Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan
M.Sc., 1964, Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan
M.A., 1966, Economics, University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., 1968, Economics, University of Wisconsin
D.Litt., 1999, Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan
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Courses Taught:
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AEB 6674 − International Agricultural Policy and Trade
AEB 6933 − Welfare Economics
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International Experience:
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Agricultural Institute, Czech Republic
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Australian & Canadian Wheat Boards
Economic Council of Canada
FAO (Mozambique, Africa)
IAMO, Germany
International Trade Consortium
McCarther Foundation (Bulgaria & Costa Rica)
Turkish Government/Ankara, Agricultural Economic Institute
USAID (Sri Lanka, Romania & Guyana)
World Bank
World Trade Organization
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Selected Publications:
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Since 2001
Javelosa, Josyline, and Andrew Schmitz, Costs and Benefits of a WTO Dispute: Philippine Bananas and the Australian Market, The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 7,1(2006):58-83.
Moss, Charles B., Andrew Schmitz, and Troy G. Schmitz, First-generation Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture, Journal of Public Affairs 6(2006):46-57.
Schmitz, Andrew, Troy G. Schmitz, and Frederick Rossi, Agricultural Subsidies in Developed Countries: Impact on Global Welfare, Review of Agricultural Economics 28,3(2006):416-425.
Schmitz, Andrew, James L. Seale, Jr., and Troy G. Schmitz, The Optimal Processor Tariff under the Byrd Amendment, International Journal of Applied Economics 3,2(2006):9-20.
Just, Richard E., Darrell L. Hueth, and Andrew Schmitz, The Welfare Economics of Public Policy: A Practical Approach to Project and Policy Evaluation, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK,2005.
Powell, Stephen J., and Andrew Schmitz, The Cotton and Sugar Subsidies Decisions: WTO’s Dispute Settlement System Rebalance Agreement on Agriculture, Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 10,2(2005):287-330.
Rossi, Frederick, Andrew Schmitz, and Troy G. Schmitz, The Multiplicative Effect of Water Subsidies and Price Support Payments: The Case of U.S. Cotton, Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 1,1(2005):55-70.
Schmitz, Andrew, Charles Moss, Troy Schmitz, and Won Koo (Editors), International Agricultural Trade Disputes: Case Studies in North America, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Canada, 2005.
Schmitz, Troy G., Charles B. Moss, Andrew Schmitz, Albert Kagan, and Bruce Babcock, (Editors), E-Commerce in Agribusiness. Florida Science Source, Longboat Key, FL, 2005.
Schmitz, Andrew, The Current State of the FTAA Negotiations, Proceedings of the F.O. Licht’s Sugar and Ethanol Brazil Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 2005.
Schmitz, Troy G., Andrew Schmitz, and Charles B. Moss, The Economic Impact of StarLink Corn, Agribusiness: An International Journal 21,3(2005):391-407.
Moss, Charles B., Troy G. Schmitz, and Andrew Schmitz, The Brave New World: Imperfect Information, Segregation Costs, and Genetically Modified Organisms, Agrarwirtschaft 53,8(2004):303-308
Schmitz, Andrew, James L. Seale, Jr., and Troy G. Schmitz. (2004). “Determinants of Brazil’s Ethanol Sugar Blend Ratios.” International Sugar Journal CVI,1271(2004):586-596.
Moss, Charles, and Andrew Schmitz (Editors), Government Policy and Farmland Markets: The Maintenance of Farmer Wealth, Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, 2003.
Moss, Charles B., Troy G. Schmitz, Albert Kagan, and Andrew Schmitz, Institutional Economics and the Emergence of E-commerce in Agribusiness, Journal of Agribusiness 21,1(2003):83-102.
Schmitz, Andrew, Directions in Policy Analysis, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35,2(2003):222-225.
Schmitz, Andrew, James L. Seale, Jr., and Troy G. Schmitz. (2003). “Sweetener-Ethanol Complex in Brazil, the United States, and Mexico: Do Prices Matter?” International Sugar Journal 105,1259(2003): 505-513.
Schmitz, Troy G., Charles B. Moss, and Andrew Schmitz, Marketing Channels Compete for U.S. Stocker Cattle, Journal of Agribusiness 21,2(2003):131-148.
Schmitz, Andrew, W. Hartley Furtan, and Katherine Baylis, Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada, 2002.
Moss, Charles B., Gordon Rausser, Andrew Schmitz, Tim Taylor, and David Zilberman (Editors), Agricultural Globalization, Trade, and the Environment, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, 2002.
Moss, Charles B., and Andrew Schmitz, Price Behavior in the U.S. Sweetener Market: A Cointegration Approach, Applied Economic 34(2002):1273-1281.
Moss, Charles B., and Andrew Schmitz, Vertical Integration and Trade Policy: The Case of Sugar, Agribusiness: An International Journal 18,1(2002):49-60.
Schmitz, Andrew, Thomas Spreen, William B. Messina, and Charles B. Moss (editors), Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets: International Perspectives, CABI Publishing, New York, NY, 2002.
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Honors and Awards:
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Outstanding Contribution in Research Award, Food and Resource Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2004
Lifetime Achievement Award, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2003
Research Fellow, Rural Development Research Consortium, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2003
Enduring Research Quality Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 2003
Honorary Chair, Center for the Study of Agriculture, Law and the Environment, University of Saskatchewan, 2001-2002
Member of National Research Council Food-Safety Committee, National Academy of Sciences, July 2000-Present
Outstanding Publication Award, The Saskatchewan Book Writers Guild, 2001
Doctor of Letters Degree, University of Saskatchewan, 1999
Invited Lecture, The Adaptation of New Technologies in Agriculture, 100th Anniversary, University of Vicosa, Brazil, 1996
The M.L. Wilson Distinguished Lecture Award, Montana State University, 1996
L. Tweeten Distinguished Lecture, The Ohio State University, 1996
American Agricultural Economics Association Waugh Medal and Lecture, 1995
Ben Hill Griffin, Endowed Chair and Eminent Scholar, University of Florida, 1994
American Agricultural Economics Association Award for Research of Enduring Quality, 1994
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Directory Entry
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Schmitz, Andrew
1130 MCCB
P.O. Box 110240 IFAS
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
392-1826 Ext. 415
aschmitz@ufl.edu
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