Nicholas Piggott
Bio
A native of Australia, Nick Piggott joined the ARE faculty in 1997. His research interests include demand analysis, agricultural markets, applied econometrics, agricultural biotechnology, and risk management. His extension program focuses on grain marketing and risk management. He has co-taught an undergraduate class introducing commodity futures markets and advises graduate students in the Ph.D. program.
Links
- NC State Grain Marketing Homepage
- Testimony to the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee
- RePEc Profile
Publications
Top Publications
Spatial market integration in the presence of threshold effects
Does food safety information impact US meat demand?
Demand response to advertising in the Australian meat industry
Asymmetry in beef, lamb and pork farm-retail price transmission in Australia
Incorporating demand shifters in the Almost Ideal demand system
The nested PIGLOG model: An application to US food demand
Estimating and testing the compensated double-log demand model
Price elasticities, joint products, and international trade
The Anticipated Value of SmartStax [trademark] for US Corn Growers
Measures of precision for estimated welfare effects for producers from generic advertising
The impact of corn rootworm protected biotechnology traits in the United States
Book Chapters
Education
Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California at Davis 1997
M.S. Agricultural Economics University of California at Davis 1994
B.S. Agricultural Economics University of California at Davis 1992
Area(s) of Expertise
- Agricultural Marketing
- Agricultural Economics: Prices, Markets and Policy
- Applied Econometrics
- Demand Analysis
- Agricultural Biotechnology