Department of Agricultural Economics

***C Filley Hall

Lincoln, NE 68583-0922

402-***-**** (Office)

402-***-**** (Personal) Juan Pablo Sesmero

abot4p@r.postjobfree.com University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Education:

Ph.D. Candidate, Agricultural Economics. University of Nebraska Lincoln.

Expected graduation date: Summer, 2009.

M.Sc. in Economic Theory (ABD). Universidad de San Andres. 2003. Main

Fields: monetary economics and business cycles.

B.Sc. in Economics. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina. 2001.

Research and Teaching Interests

Environmental and Resource Economics, Sustainable Development, Energy

Economics, Industrial Organization and Production Economics.

Dissertation:

Title: Equity-Efficiency Interdependence in Emission Allowances Markets and

Its Implications for Climate Policy

Chapter 1: Income Effects and Efficient Allocation of Allowances in Carbon

Markets. This chapter uses a two-sector general equilibrium model of a

country s economy to investigate the relationship between wealth

distribution and optimal level of a cap shaped by income effects of

alternative permits allocations in the context of a carbon market. This result

is then used to identify the efficient distribution of permits given an overall

level of emissions established by the regulator.

Chapter 2: International Environmental Agreements: Stability, Equity and

Efficiency. This chapter analyzes International Environmental Agreements

(IEA) for greenhouse gases and applies coalitional game theory to depict

distributions of allowances across countries that render an IEA both optimal

(efficient) and stable (equitable).

Chapter 3: Regional versus Global International Environmental Agreements

for CO2 Emissions Reduction. I conduct here a welfare evaluation and

comparison of global versus regional environmental agreements based on

the potential trade-off between stability and efficiency derived in Chapter 2.

Publications:

Teaching experience:

University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Agricultural Economics Department:

Graduate Student Instructor: Economics of Production and Supply

(AECN 901a), Fall 2009 (PhD Level). Responsibilities: Co-teaching the

course with Dr. Lilyan Fulginiti and Dr Richard Perrin. Specifically, I

was in charge of lecturing on technical aspects of production

economics: theory and empirical implementation.

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Graduate Student Instructor: Microeconomic Models and Applications

(AECN 873), Fall 2008 (M.Sc. Level). Responsibilities: Co-teaching the

Masters Microeconomic Theory course with Dr Richard Perrin, Dr

Konstantinos Giannakas and Prof. Gibson Nene. Specifically, I was in

charge of teaching production economics, profit maximization and

supply, and uncertainty and risk.

Teaching Assistant: Micro-foundations of Economic Growth and

Development (AECN 901e), Fall 2008 (Ph.D. level). Responsibilities:

Collaboration in the updating of the course syllabus, improve

accessibility of material referenced in the syllabus to students and

proctoring of exams.

University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Undergraduate Honors Program:

Teaching Assistant: Carbonomics: Can Bioenergy Save the World?

(UHON 395), Spring 2008 (undergraduate). This is a seminar course for

seniors and juniors honors students. Responsibilities: lecturing on

Cost-Benefit analysis of climate policies, discussion of the Stern

Review on the Economics of Climate Change and evaluation of

students presentations.

Teaching Assistant: Energy & Environment: Economics & Policy . (ENSC

230) Spring 2009 (undergraduate). This is one of three required core

courses for the new Energy Science Minor at UNL. Responsibilities:

lecturing on cap-and-trade design, carbon taxes and green subsidies .

Grants:

Co-Principal Investigator in the project The Great Plains Agro-ecosystem:

Sustainability of Soil Carbon and Groundwater Ecosystem Services under

Increasing Demands for Food and Ecologically Intensified Production

Technology . This project was submitted under the Renewable Energy,

Natural Resources, and Environment - Global and Climate Change program

jointly offered by USDA and EPA. The project extends from October 1, 2009

to September 30, 2012 for a total budget of $490,000

Conferences and Presentations

2009: Chinese Regional Agricultural Productivity in the 1990 s, 2009, with

Haizhi Tong and Lilyan Fulginiti. Selected presentation at the 2009

IAAE Meetings in Beijing, China.

2009: Allocative and Environmental Efficiency in Midwest US Corn Ethanol

Plants, 2009, with Richard Perrin and Lilyan Fulginiti. Selected

presentation at the 2009 AAEA Meetings in Milwaukee, WI.

2008: Conservation Needs Assessment: Sustainability with Substitution and

Biased Technical Change . Presented as a selected presentation at the

AAEA & ACCI 2008 Joint Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

2008: Corn Ethanol Production Costs: Results from a Survey of Seven Plants

from the North Central Region, 2008 . Presented at the AAEA

Organized Symposium: Sustainable Biorefining Systems: Preliminary

Findings from the NC506 Project, AAEA & ACCI 2008 Joint Annual

Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

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2008: Corn Ethanol Production Costs: Preliminary Results from a Survey of

Work Experience:

Research Assistant to Professor R. Perrin. Department of Agricultural

Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fall 2007-present. Areas:

Biofuels, Price Efficiency Analysis.

Research Assistant to Professor L Fulginiti. Department of Agricultural

Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fall 2005 to Spring 2007. Areas:

Role of Institutions, Health (epidemics) and Risk in Productivity Growth.

Researcher for the National Office of Science and Technology. Universidad

Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina, Fall 2004 to Spring 2006. Areas:

Financial Restrictions Facing Small Firms and Investment Behavior.

Researcher for the National Office of Science and Technology. Universidad

Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina, Fall 2002 to Spring 2004. Areas:

Idiosyncratic Shocks and Regional Development.

Honors, Scholarships and Fellowships Awarded

2009: Citation of Merit: In recognition of outstanding performance as a

PhD student. Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute

of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-

Lincoln.

2008: David H. & Annie E. Larrick Student Research Travel Award for

participating in the AAEA 2008 Annual Meeting. Agricultural

Research Division, IANR, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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2008: Graduate Student Travel Grant associated with participation in

the 2008 AAEA & ACCI Joint Annual Meeting in Orlando.

American Agricultural Economics Association Foundation.

2008: J.B. Hassler Research Citation. In recognition of outstanding

research accomplishment as a graduate student in the

Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agriculture

and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

2007: Widaman Trust Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award. In

recognition of high merit and outstanding basic research

potential in agriculture.

2006-2007: Cooper-Sharpless Fellowship. Recruitment of Exceptional

Graduate Students. Institute of Agriculture and Natural

Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

2005-2006: Cooper-Sharpless Fellowship. Recruitment of Exceptional

Graduate Students. Institute of Agriculture and Natural

Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

2005-2006: William Tomek Fellowship. Outstanding Graduate Student,

Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-

Lincoln.

2004-2006: Research Scholarship: Beca de Perfeccionamiento, awarded by

the Science and Technology National Secretary, Universidad

Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina.

2002-2004: Research Scholarship: Beca de Iniciacion, awarded by the

Science and Technology National Secretary, Universidad

Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina.

2001-2002: Full Tuition Scholarship2001-2002, M.Sc. in Economics,

Universidad de San Andres; Buenos Aires-Argentina.

Referee:

Agricultural Economics, Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial

Organization.

Additional Information:

Language: English (fluent), Spanish (native).

Experience in the following softwares: SAS, STATA, GAUSS, Shazam, Matlab

and Microsoft Office.

Professional Affiliation:

References:

Dr Lilyan Fulginiti.

Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of

Nebraska-Lincoln

307C Filley Hall. Lincoln, NE 68583-0922, USA

Email: abot4p@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 402-***-**** (direct)

402-***-**** (secretary)

402-***-**** (fax)5

Dr Richard Perrin.

Roberts Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of

Nebraska-Lincoln

307C Filley Hall. Lincoln, NE 68583-0922, USA

Email: abot4p@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 402-***-**** (direct)

Dr Karina Schoengold.

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of

Nebraska

-Lincoln307A Filley Hall. Lincoln, NE 68583-0922, USA

Email: abot4p@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 402-***-**** (direct)

402-***-**** (fax)

Dr Konstantinos Giannakas

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Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of

Nebraska-Lincoln

216 HC Filley Hall. Lincoln, NE 68583-0922, USA

Email: abot4p@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 402-***-**** (direct)

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