Abebayehu Tegene
ERS Publications by this Author
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Associate Director
202-694-5527
Email:
ategene@ers.usda.gov
Briefly:Abebayehu Tegene is the Associate Director of ERS's Food
Economics Division (FED). He was chief of the Food Markets Branch
in the Food Economics Division from 2006 to 2011. He joined ERS in
1990 from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee where he was an
Assistant Professor of Economics. His current research area
includes consumer economics, food and nutrition economics,
information issues, and consumers' acceptance of biotech foods.
Education:Abebayehu received his Ph.D. in economics and M.S. in
statistics, both from Iowa State University, Ames, IA. He received
a B.S. in statistics from Addis Ababa University.
Selected Publications:Kuchler, Fred and A. Tegene.
Did BSE Announcements Reduce Beef Purchases? ERS Report No.
(ERR-34) 45 pp, December 2006.
Huffman, W., M. Rousu, J. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "Who Do
Consumers Trust for Information: The Case of Genetically Modified
Foods?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
86(5), (2004):1222-1229.
Akobundu, E., J. Alwang, A. Essel, G. Norton, and A. Tegene.
"Does Extension Work? Impacts of a Program to Assist
Limited-Resource Farmers in Virginia," Review of Agricultural
Economics, 26(3), Fall 2004, pp. 361-371.
Huffman, W., M. Rousu, J. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "Consumers'
Resistance to Genetically Modified Foods in the U.S.: The Role of
Information in an Uncertain Environment," Journal of
Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization, Vol. 2, No. 2,
Article 8, 2004.
Rousu, M., W. Huffman, J. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "Are United
States Consumers Tolerant of GM Foods?," Review of Agricultural
Economics, 26(1), (2004):19-31.
Rousu, M., W. Huffman, J. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "Estimating
the Public Value of Conflicting Information: The Case of
Genetically Modified Foods," Land Economics 80(1),
(2004):125-135.
Huffman, W., M. Rousu, J. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "Valuing
Information: The Public Good Value of Information from Agribusiness
on Genetically Modified Foods," American Journal of
Agricultural Economics, 85(5), (2003):1309-1315.
Huffman, W., M. Rousu, J. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "The Welfare
Implications of Mandatory GM Labeling in the United States,"
Consumer Acceptance of Biotechnology Foods, R.E. Evenson
and V. Santaniello, eds., CBI Publishing, 2004.
Huffman, W., M. Rousu, J. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "Consumer
Willingness to Pay for Genetically Modified Food Labels in a Market
with Diverse Information: Evidence from Experimental Auctions,"
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 28(3),
(2003):481-502.
Kuchler, F., A. Tegene, and M. Harris.
Taxing Snack Foods: What to Expect for Diet and Tax Revenues,
USDA, ERS, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 747, August
2004.
Tegene, A.
Information Sways Consumer Attitudes Toward Biotech Foods,
Amber Waves, USDA, ERS, June 2003, p. 4.
Tegene, A., W. Huffman, M. Rousu, and J. Shogren.
The Effects of Information on Consumer Demand for Biotech Foods:
Evidence from Experimental Auctions, USDA, ERS, Technical
Bulletin No. 1903, March 2003.
Dimtri, C., A. Tegene, and P. Kaufman.
U.S. Fresh Produce Markets: Marketing Channels, Trade Practices,
and Retail Pricing Behavior, USDA, ERS, Agricultural Economic
Report No. 825, September 2003.
Soule, M., and A. Tegene. "
Land Tenure and the Adoption of Conservation Practices in the
United States," Land Quality, Agricultural productivity and
Food Security: Biophysical Processes and Economic Choices at Local,
Regional and Global Levels, K. Wiebe ed., Elgar Publishing,
(2003):319-336.
Hellerstein, C.N., J. Cooper, P. Feather, D. Gadsby, D.
Mullarkey, A. Tegene, and C. Barnard. Farmland Protection:
The Role of Preferences for Rural Amenities, USDA, ERS,
Agricultural Economic Report No. 815, October 2002.
Tegene, A., A. Effland, G. Norton, A. Essel, G. Larson, and W.
Clarke.
Investing in People: Assessing the Economic Benefits of 1890
Institutions, USDA, ERS, Miscellaneous Publication No. 1583,
March 2002.
Huffman, W., and A. Tegene. "Public Acceptance of and Benefits
from Agricultural Biotechnology: A Key Role of Verifiable
Information," Market Development for Genetically Modidied
Foods, V. Sanataneillo, R.E. Evanson, and D. Zilberman eds.,
CBI Publishing, 2002.
Wiebe, K., and A. Tegene.
Resource Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security in
Developing Countries, Food Security Assessment, USDA, ERS,
Global Food Assesment 12, December 2000.
Soule, M., A. Tegene, and K. Wiebe.
Conservation on Rented Farmland: A Focus on U.S. Corn
Production, Special Article, Agricultural Outlook,
USDA, ERS, January 1999.
Soule, M., A. Tegene, and K. Wiebe. "Land Tenure and the
Adoption of Conservation Practices," American Journal of
Agricultural Economics, 86(4),(2000):993-1005.
Tegene, A., K. Wiebe, and B. Kuhn. "Irreverisible Investment
Under Uncertainty: Conservation Easements and the Option to Develop
Agricultural Land," Journal of Agricultural Economics, May
1999, pp. 203-219.
Claassen, R., and A. Tegene. "Agricultural Land Use Choice: A
Discrete Choice Approach," Agricultural and Resource Economics
Review, April 1999, pp. 26-36.
Wiebe, K., A. Tegene, and B. Kuhn. Finding Common
Ground on Western Lands, Rural Development
Perspective, USDA, ERS, February 1999.
Wiebe, K., A. Tegene, and B. Kuhn. "Managing Public and Private
Land Through Partial Interests," Contemporary Economic
Policy, Vol. 15, (1997):35-43.
Wiebe, K., A. Tegene, and B. Kuhn. "Land Tenure Land Policy, and
the Property Rights Debate in Who Owns America?," Social
Conflict Over Propert Rights, H.M. Jacobs, Ed., University of
Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1998.
Wiebe, K., A. Tegene, and B. Kuhn. "Finding Common Ground on
Public and Private Land," Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation, June 1997, pp. 162-165.
Aillery, M., J. Hrubovcak, C. Kramer, R. Shoemaker, and A.
Tegene. "Agriculture in an Ecosystem Framework," Agricultural
and Resource Economics Review, October 1996, pp. 101-117.
Wiebe, K., A. Tegene, and B. Kuhn. "Partial Interests in Land as
Resource Policy Tools," Special Article, Agricultural
Outlook, USDA, ERS, November 1996, pp. 35-38.
Wiebe, K., A. Tegene, and B. Kuhn. Partial Interests in Land: Policy Tools for
Resource Use and Conservation, USDA, ERS, Agricultural Economic
Report No. 744, November 1996.
Wiebe, K., A. Tegene, and B. Kuhn. "Property Rights, Partial
Interests, and the Evolving Federal Role in Wetland Conversion and
Conservation," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation,
December 1995, pp. 627-629.
Henry, B., C. Fischer, J. Michos, and A. Tegene.
Purchase of Development Rights and Economics of Easements,
USDA, ERS, Agricultural Economics Report No. 718, June 1995.
Tegene, A., and F. Kuchler. "Evaluating Forecasting Models of
Farmland Prices," International Journal of Forecasting,
Vol. 10, (1994):65-80.
Kuchler, F., and A. Tegene. "Asset Fixity and the Distribution
of Rents from Agriculture Policies," Land Economics,
69(4), (1993):428-37.
Tegene, A., and F. Kuchler. "Evidence on the Existence of
Speculative Bubbles in Farmland Prices," Journal of Real Estate
Finance and Economics, 6(3), (1993):223-236.
Tegene, A., and F. Kuchler. "A Regression Test of the Present
Value Model of Farmland Prices," Journal of Agricultural
Economics, 44(1), (1993):135-143.
Tegene, A. "Trade Flows, Relative Prices, and Effective Exchange
Rates: A VAR on Ethiopian Data," Applied Economics, 23(8),
(1991):1369-1375.
Tegene, A. "Results of Price Forecasting Competition: Comment,"
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(4),
(1991):1274-1276.
Tegene, A., and F. Kuchler. "A Description of Farmland Investor
Expectations," Journal of Real Estate Finance and
Economics, 4(3), (1991):283-296.
Tegene, A., and F. Kuchler. "An Error Correcting Model of
Farmland Prices," Applied Economics, 23(11),
(1991):1741-1747.
Tegene, A. "Kalman Filter and the Demand for Cigarettes,"
Applied Economics, 23(7), (1991):1175-1182.
Tegene, A. "Commodity Concentration and Export Earnings
Instability: The Evidence from African Countries," The American
Economist, 34 (2), (1990):55-59.
Tegene, A. "The Impact of Macro Variables on the Farm Sector:
Some Further Evidence," Southern Journal of Agricultural
Economics, 22(1), (1990):77-85.
Tegene, A. "The Supply and Demand for Exports: A Simultaneous
Equation Model," Journal of Quantitative Economics, 6(2),
(1990):395-410.
Tegene, A., and F. Kuchler.
The Contribution of Speculative Bubbles to Farmland Prices,
USDA, ERS, Technical Bulletin No. 1782, July 1990.
Kuchler, F., and A. Tegene. "Speculative Bubbles in Farmland
Prices?," Special Article, Agricultural Outlook, USDA,
ERS, November 1990, pp. 35-38.
Tegene, A. "The Kalman Filter Approach for Testing Structural
Change in the Demand for Alcoholic Beverages in the U.S.,"
Applied Economics, 22(10), (1990):1407-1416.
Tegene, A. "Export Performance of LDC's: The Case of African
Countries," The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social
Studies, 32(2), 1990.
Tegene, A. "The Monetary Explanation of Inflation: The
Experience of Six African Countries," Journal of Economic
Studies, 16(1), (1989):5-18.
Tegene, A. "On the Effects of Relative Prices and Effective
Exchange Rates on the Trade Flows LDC's," Applied
Economics, 21(11), (1989):1447-1463.
Tegene, A., W.E. Huffman, and J.A. Miranowski. "Dynamic Corn
Supply Functions: A Model with Explicit Optimization," American
Journal of Agricultural Economics, 70(1), (1988):103-111.
Tegene, A. "On the Dynamics of Supply," Indian Journal of
Economics, 69(273), (1988):221-228.