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Columbia, MO

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February 14, 2013

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Laura M. J. McCann

Dept. of Agricultural Economics

214B Mumford Hall

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211-6200

Phone: 573-***-****

Fax: 573-***-****

E-mail: *******@********.***

EDUCATION

1997 Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota.

Dissertation: "Policy Options for Controlling Phosphorus Pollution in the

Minnesota River". Advisor: K. William Easter

1986 M.S. Animal Nutrition, University of Minnesota. Minor: Agronomy. Thesis:

"Nutritive Value of Moroccan Feeds".

1982 B.S. Animal Science, University of Minnesota.

FIELDS

Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Agricultural Policy, Trade and

Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001- present Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri - Assistant

Professor 2001-2007, Associate Professor 2007. Research areas include

transaction costs of agri-environmental policies related to animal waste,

phosphorous, and pesticides; measurement issues related to transaction costs;

determinants of transaction costs including property rights institutions; and

adoption of manure management practices. Courses taught include

environmental economics and international agricultural development.

1997- 2001 Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia -

Lecturer. Conducted research on policies relating to agriculturally caused

natural resource and environmental problems including salinity in Australia

and pesticides in Vietnam. Supervised graduate students who examined

pollution from shrimp farms in Thailand, the potential of olive plantations to

reduce salinity, and the value of urban bushland in Western Australia.

Taught courses on environmental policy, natural resource economics, and

agricultural production and management.

1993-1997 Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul -

Graduate Research Assistant. Conducted research on policies relating to non-

point source pollution. Developed methodology to incorporate transaction

costs in cost effectiveness evaluations. Surveyed hydrological models of

phosphorus runoff and literature relating to water quality problems in the

Minnesota River.

1987-1992 Center for Alternative Plant and Animal Products, St. Paul, Minnesota -

Program Coordinator 1987-1990, Acting Director 1990-1992. Provided

information to farmers, agricultural extension agents, and researchers

regarding alternative enterprises. Organized symposia, coordinated

development of publications, created and edited "BioOptions" newsletter,

coordinated research on alternative crops, developed research and extension

proposals on alternative enterprises, supervised clerical and student

employees, supervised development of Alternative Agricultural

Opportunities Database for USDA.

1987 Office of Senator Rudy Boschwitz, Washington, D.C. - Agricultural Intern.

Researched commodity program issues under consideration in the Senate.

1983-1985 USAID-Minnesota-Morocco Project, Rabat, Morocco - Junior Scientist.

Collected feed samples on private farms, evaluated nutritive value of feeds,

developed recommendations regarding Morocco's need for tables of

nutritive value, participated in the continuing development process of the

Hassan II Agronomic Institute.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2001 present Teaching responsibilities include Environmental Economics and Policy (Ag

Econ 2070) a writing intensive class for non-majors, International

Agricultural Development (Ag Econ 3271), and, at the graduate level,

Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (Ag Econ 8410). Co-

taught International Agricultural Development Policy (Ag Econ 8430) in

2004 and 2007. In Winter 2003, taught a graduate problems course in

Environmental Economics and in Fall 2005, taught a graduate problems

course in production economics. ET@MO Summer Institute Fellow, 2002,

New Faculty Teaching Scholars, 2002-2003, Freshman Interest Group Co-

facilitator 2002, Wakonse Fellow 2006.

1997 2001 Lecturer in Environmental Policy, an interdisciplinary course taught to

agriculture and natural resource students as well as environmental

engineering and environmental science students. Full responsibility for

second year course Economics for Agriculture and Resource Management.

1995 Teaching Assistant - Consumers and Markets, Department of Applied

Economics, University of Minnesota.

1995 Completed Teaching Opportunity Program for Doctoral Students.

1983 Teaching Assistant - Laboratory Analysis of Feedstuffs, Department of

Animal Science, University of Minnesota.

Additional Teaching Activities

Invited Lecturer, Centre International d'Etudes Sup rieures en Sciences Agronomiques at

the University of Montpellier France in November, 2008. Audience consisted of

upperclassmen and graduate students and focused on three topics, U.S. agric-

environmental policy, water resource management, and transaction cost theory and

measurement.

Guest Lecturer, Environmental Indicators and Rural Policy, Comparative Rural Studies

Summer Institute, Columbia, MO July 2008.

Guest Lectures in courses of Tony Prato, Tom Johnson, and George P. Smith.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

McCann, Laura. Transaction Costs of Environmental Policies and Returns to Scale: The

Case of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans . Review of Agricultural

Economics (forthcoming).

Easter, W. and Laura McCann. Nested Institutions and the Need to Improve

International Water Institutions. Water Policy (forthcoming).

Nunez, Jennifer and Laura McCann. Determinants of Manure Application by Crop

Farmers Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Vol. 63 (5) September/October

2008, pp. 312-321.

McCann, Laura, and Adam Hafdahl. Agency Perceptions of Alternative Salinity

Policies: The Role of Fairness Land Economics Vol. 83 (3) August 2007, pp.

331-352.

Pepper, C., L. McCann and Michael Burton. Valuation Study of Urban Bushland at

Hartfield Park, Forrestfield, Western Australia Ecological Management and

Restoration Vol.6 (3), Dec. 2005, pp. 190-196.

McCann, L. Transaction Costs of Pesticide Policies in Vietnam. Society and Natural

Resources Vol. 18 (8), Sept. 2005, pp. 759-766.

McCann, L., C. Abdalla, M. Jenner and R. Massey. Improved Manure Management and

Utilization: A Systems Approach, Renewable Agriculture & Food Systems Vol.

20 (3), September, 2005 pp. 127-135(9).

Cho, Youngsung, K. William Easter, Laura M.J. McCann and Frances Homans. "Are

Rural Residents Willing to Pay Enough to Improve Drinking Water Quality?"

Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol.41 (3), June 2005.

McCann, L., B. Colby, K.W. Easter, A. Kasterine and K.V. Kuperan. Transaction Cost

Measurement for Evaluating Environmental Policies. Ecological Economics, Vol

52 (4), March 2005. pp. 527-542.

McCann, L. and K. W. Easter. A Framework for Estimating the Transaction Costs of

Alternative Mechanisms for Water Exchange and Allocation. Water Resources

Research, Vol. 40 (9), July 2004. Reprinted in The Economics of Water Quality

K. William Easter and Naomi Zeitouni, eds. Ashgate Publishing, Williston, VT.

2006.

McCann, L. Induced Institutional Innovation and Transaction Costs: The Case of the

Australian National Native Title Tribunal. Review of Social Economics, March

2004, pp 67-82.

McCann, L. and M. P. Burton. Spending Time Wisely: A Model for Teaching

Improvement Through Enhanced Analysis of Student Evaluations . NACTA

Journal, September 2003, pp. 54-59.

Mekhora, T. and L. McCann. Rice vs. Shrimp Production in Thailand: Is There Really a

Conflict? Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 35(1) April

2003, pp. 143-157.

D Emden, Frank, Laura McCann, and Stan Kailis. Bioeconomic Modelling of Olea

europaea L. Production in Dryland Agricultural Systems . Advances in

Horticultural Science, 2002, Vol. 16 (3-4), pp. 289-298.

McCann, L and K.W. Easter. Estimates of Public Sector Transaction Costs in NRCS

Programs . Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. December 2000,

Vol. 32(3), pp. 555-563.

McCann, L and K.W. Easter. Evaluating Transaction Costs of Nonpoint Source

Pollution Policies . Land Economics, August 1999, Vol. 75(3), pp. 402-414.

McCann, L. and K.W. Easter. Farmer versus Agency Attitudes Regarding Policies to

Reduce Agricultural Phosphorus Pollution in the Minnesota River . Review of

Agricultural Economics. Spring/Summer 1999, Vol. 21(1), pp. 189-207.

McCann, L. Diversification - The Name of the Game . Extension Review 1989, Vol.

60(1).

Refereed Book Chapter

McCann, L. Accounting for Societal Externalities. In Ethics and the Market: Insights

from Social Economics, edited by Betsy Jane Clary, Wilfred Dolfsma, and

Deborah M. Figart. Routledge (2006).

Web-based Proceedings of Selected Papers

Gedikoglu, H. and L. McCann. Disadoption of Nutrient Management Practices

American Journal of Agricultural Economics (July 2009). Published On-line at

http//:agecon.lib.umn.edu.

Gedikoglu, H. and L. McCann. Impact of Off-Farm Income on Adoption of

Conservation Practices American Journal of Agricultural Economics (July

2007). Published On-line at http//:agecon.lib.umn.edu.

McCann L., and J. Nunez. Who participates in EQIP? American Journal of

Agricultural Economics (July 2005). Published On-line at

http//:agecon.lib.umn.edu.

Nunez, J. and L. McCann. Crop Farmers Willingness to Use Manure. American

Journal of Agricultural Economics (August 2004). Published On-line at

http//:agecon.lib.umn.edu.

McCann, L. and A. Hafdahl. Agency Perceptions of Alternative Salinity Policies.

American Journal of Agricultural Economics (July 2003). Published On-line at

http//:agecon.lib.umn.edu.

McCann, L. and M. Burton. Estimating Determinants of Student Evaluation Scores to

Improve Teaching . American Journal of Agricultural Economics (August 2001).

Published On-line at http//:agecon.lib.umn.edu.

Published Proceedings

McCann, L. and K.W. Easter. Estimating the TC of Alternative Mechanisms for Water

Exchange and Allocation, Proceedings of the World Bank Conference:

Irrigation Water Policies: Micro and Macro Considerations Agadir, Morocco,

June 15-17, 2002.

McCann, L. Chapter 6. Lessons from Agri-Environmental Policy in the United States. In

Land Use Policy for Environmental Objectives: Contributions from Economics:

Proceedings of a Workshop for Environment Managers Henry Hazler (Ed.).

Economic Policy Perspectives Discussion Paper 2001:1, Melbourne, August.

McCann, L. and K.W. Easter. 1999. Attitudes Regarding Policies to Reduce

Phosphorous Pollution Proceedings of the International Conference on Diffuse

Pollution: Solutions and Innovations. Perth, Western Australia, 16-20 May, pp.

362-373.

Invited Book Reviews

McCann, L. Agroecological Innovations: Increasing Food Production with Participatory

Development (Norman Uphoff, Editor). American Journal of Agricultural

Economics 86 (2), May 2004.

McCann, L. Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management: A Comparative Study of

Agrarian Communities in Asia and Africa (Keijiro Otsuka and Frank Place),

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 46 (4), Dec.

2002.

McCann, L. The Economics of Nature: Managing Biological Assets (G.C. van Kooten

and E.H. Bulte). Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics,

June 2001, Vol. 45(2).

Publications Selected by Editor

McCann, L., J. T. Nunez, and P. J. Nowak. What We Don t Know Can Hurt Us:

Adoption of Animal Waste Management Strategies . J. of Soil and Water

Conservation, Vol. 61(1), Jan/Feb 2006 pp. 30A-33A.

McCann, L. Implications of a Deterministic Coin Toss for Economic Modeling .

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Newsletter. May 1998,

Volume 19 (1).

McCann, L. A Consumer s View of the AAEA Meetings . AAEA Newsletter.

January/February 1997, Vol 19 (1).

Other Publications

McCann, L., P. Nowak, and J. Twyman Nunez. Barriers to Adoption of Animal Waste

Management Strategies White Paper, National Center for Manure and Animal

Waste Management, Univ. of North Carolina. 2005.

Massey, R., J. Lory, A. Millmier, J. Zulovich and L. McCann. Comments from the

University of Missouri Commercial Ag Program to the Environmental Protection

Agency in response to Notice of Data Availability Published November 21,

2001. January 14, 2002.

Winter, T., Pannell, D.J. and McCann, L. The Economics of Desalinisation and its

Potential Application in Australia . SEA Working Paper 00/12, Agricultural and

Resource Economics, University of Western Australia. 2001.

Putnam, D.H., E.A. Oelke, and L. McCann. 1993. Center for Alternative Plant and

Animal Products: Programs in Information Exchange and Research . In: J. Janick

and J.E. Simon (eds.), New Crops. Wiley, New York. pp. 114-119.

McCann, L., June Rogers, and Gerald Wagner, Eds. "Organic" Meat. Proceedings of a

Symposium sponsored by the Center for Alternative Plant and Animal Products,

July 9-10, 1990. St. Paul, Minnesota.

McCann, L. and L. Hardman, Eds. Soybean Utilization Alternatives. Proceedings of a

Symposium sponsored by the Center for Alternative Plant and Animal Products,

February 16-18, 1988. St. Paul, Minnesota.

PRESENTATIONS

Invited Presentations

McCann, L. Why Producers Adopt (or not) BMPs, Extension Professional

Development: Water Quality for Small- and Medium-sized Livestock Farms.

Boone, Iowa, July 22-23, 2009.

McCann, L. H. Gedikoglu, R. Broz, J. Lory, R. Massey. Adoption of BMPs for Animal

Manure Management, Heartland Regional Cost Effectiveness of BMPs and

CRP Conversion to Cropland Roundtable. Nebraska City, NE, March, 2009.

Modified version presented to the Heartland Region Water Quality Coordination

Initiative Workshop, Nebraska City, NE June 9-11, 2009.

McCann, L. 2008. Observability, Nonpoint Source Pollution, and Information Costs

Presented to the Centre International d'Etudes Sup rieures en Sciences

Agronomiques at the University of Montpellier France in November, 2008.

McCann, L. 2007. Transaction Cost Measurement and Beyond. Presented to the

Centre International d'Etudes Sup rieures en Sciences Agronomiques at the

University of Montpellier France in June, 2007.

McCann, L. Evolution of Agri-Environmental Policy in the United States. Presented to

Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique - Project de Ecodeveloppement -

in Avignon, France in June 2007.

McCann, L. "Transaction Costs of Environmental Policies and Returns to Scale: The

Case of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans" Presented at the ISNIE

Annual Conference in Boulder, CO, September 21-24, 2006.

McCann, L. Adoption of BMPs for Animal Manure Management. Heartland Regional

Water Coordination Initiative, Nebraska City, NE, April 4-5 2006.

McCann, L. AFO Adoption Issues. Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative,

Nebraska City, NE, April 4-5 2006.

McCann, L. Transaction Cost Measurement and Beyond, Workshop on Environmental

Economics and New Institutional Economics at the Institut Nationale pour la

Recherche Agricole, in Dijon, France, December 8, 2005.

McCann, L. Accounting for Societal Externalities. Wye College, England, June 1,

2004.

McCann, L. A Medley of Research on Transaction Costs and the Environment . pERE

(environmental and resource economics) seminar series at the University of

Illinois, March 2002.

McCann, L. A Medley of Research on Transaction Costs and the Environment .

University of Guelph, Canada, September 2001.

McCann, L. Evolution of Agri-Environmental Policy in the United States . 44th Annual

Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society,

Sydney, 23-25 January, 2000.

McCann, L. Structures and Forces in a Globalized Society . Invited presentation at

Agriculture: An Industry Crying Out for Vision October 7, 1998. The

Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Western Australia

Branch, Annual Meeting.

McCann, L. "Mineral Composition of Moroccan Feeds." 1985. Invited presentation at

the Annual Meeting of the Moroccan Association of Animal Scientists, Rabat,

Morocco, May 1985 (in French).

Refereed Presentations (not including those mentioned under publications)

Laura M.J. McCann and Haluk Gedikoglu. 2008. Observability, Nonpoint Source

Pollution, and Information Costs Presented at the CAES/NAREA Joint Annual

Meeting, Quebec City, June 30-July 1 2008. Also presented at the

USDA/CSREES Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO in February 2009.

Laura M.J. McCann, Haluk Gedikoglu, Bob Broz, John Lory, and Ray Massey. 2008

Adoption of Environment-Oriented versus Profit-Oriented Manure Management

Technologies . Presented at the USDA/CSREES Annual Meeting in Reno, NV in

February 2008.

Laura McCann. 2007. Farms or Firms: Effect on Environmental Policy Choice .

Presentation at the World Congress of Social Economics in Amsterdam, The

Netherlands, June 2007.

Laura M.J. McCann, Haluk Gedikoglu, Bob Broz, John Lory, and Ray Massey. 2007

Adoption of Nutrient Management Strategies by Animal Feeding Operations

(AFO s) . Presented at the USDA/CSREES Annual Meeting in Savanah, GA in

February 2007.

McCann, L, H. Gedikoglu, R. Broz, J. Lory and R. Massey. Barriers to Adoption of

Nutrient Management by AFOs Selected Paper at the USDA-CSREES National

Water Quality Conference, February 5-9, 2006 San Antonio, Texas.

McCann, L., J. Nunez*, and P. Nowak. Barriers to Adoption of Animal Waste

Management Strategies Selected Paper at the SWCS Annual Conference,

Rochester, NY, July 30-Aug. 3, 2005.

McCann, L. Accounting for Societal Externalities. 11th World Congress of Social

Economics. Albertville, France, June 8-11, 2004.