Julian Alston

Julian M. Alston (born October 30, 1953 in Melbourne ) is an Australian - American agricultural economist . He is a professor at the University of California, Davis .

Life

Alston grew up on a farm in northern Victoria . He studied agricultural science at the University of Melbourne ( Bachelor , 1975) and La Trobe University ( Master , 1979). His Ph.D. in economics from North Carolina State University in 1984 . From 1984 to 1988 Alston worked in the Victoria Department of Agriculture. Since 1988 he has been a professor at the University of California at Davis .

Alston is married with two children.

Alston's research interests are agricultural policy , natural resources , economic development, and the impact of agricultural research .

James Chalfant & Julian M. Alston (1988): Accounting for Changes in Tastes. Journal of Political Economy 96: 391-410.
Richard Green & Julian Alston (1990): Elasticities in AIDS Models (PDF file; 150 kB). American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72: 442-445.
Julian Alston, Connie Chan-Kang, Michele Marra, Philip Pardey , TJ Wyatt: A meta-analysis of rates of return to agricultural R&D: ex pede Herculem? ( Memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 81 kB) IFPRI , 2000. ISBN 0-89629-116-2 .

personal data
SURNAME	Alston, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alston, Julian M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian-American agricultural economist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 30, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melbourne