John Beghin

John Christopher Beghin (born April 17, 1954 in Brussels ) is a Belgian agricultural economist . He is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln .

Life

Beghin graduated from the Université Libre de Bruxelles with a degree in economics in 1978. From 1979 to 1981 he worked for the International Labor Organization in Thiès . In 1983 he received an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from North Carolina State University . He received his doctorate in 1988 from the University of California, Berkeley . From 1988 to 1998 Beghin taught at North Carolina State University. He was at Iowa State University from 1998 to 2016 and returned to North Carolina State University in early 2017. Beghin has been with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 2019 . Beghin was visiting scholar or professor at the OECD , the University of Sydney , and the Institut national de la recherche agronomique .

Beghin is married and has one child.

Beghin's research interests are agricultural trade, trade and environment, and policy analysis.

Marette, Stephan; Beghin, John C. (2010): Are Standards Always Protectionist? Review of International Economics 18: 179-192.
Fabiosa, Jacinto F .; Beghin, John C .; Dong, Fengxia; Elobeid, Amani; Tokgoz, Simla; Yu, Tun-Hsiang (2010): Land Allocation Effects of the Global Ethanol Surge: Predictions from the International FAPRI Model. Land Economics 86: 687-706.
Jayasinghe, Sampath JDY; Beghin, John C .; Moschini, GianCarlo (2010): Determinants of World Demand for US Corn Seeds: The Role of Trade Costs. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92: 999-1010.
Yue, Chengyan; Beghin, John C. (2009): The Tariff Equivalent and Forgone Trade Effects of Prohibitive Technical Barriers to Trade. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91: 930-941.

personal data
SURNAME	Beghin, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beghin, John Christopher (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian agricultural economist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 17, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brussels