Interests: Production economics, environmental economics, sustainability, market structure, risk and uncertainty, productivity, international education

Curriculum vitae

Courses

Economics 101 --- Principles of Economics	Economics 500 --- Quantitative Methods in Economic Analysis I
Economics 207 --- Applied Economic Optimization	Economics 501 --- Microeconomics
Economics 362 --- Applied Ethics in Agriculture	Economics 671 --- Econometrics I
Technology and Social Change 220 --- Globalization and Sustainability

Mathematics for Economics

Functions and Equations	Multivariate Calculus
Systems of Equations	Convexity and Optimization
Univariate Calculus	Simple Multivariate Optimization
Optimization with Functions of a Single Variable	Simple Constrained Optimization
A Little Real Analysis	General Constrained Optimization
Implicit Function Theorem	Economic Optimality
	Comparative Statics

Linear Algebra

Introduction to Matrix Algebra	Geometry of Matrices
Matrix Equations, Determinants and Inverses	Characteristic Vectors
Slides on Matrix Algebra	Miscellaneous Matrix Algebra
Quadratic Forms

Mathematical Statistics

Probability Concepts	Basic Statistics
Some Probability Distributions	Testing and Confidence Intervals
Random Variables	Quadratic Forms and Normal Variables
Multivariate Probability Distributions	Testing and Confidence Intervals
Transformations	Large Sample Theory
Sample Moments

Microeconomic Theory

Introduction to Microeconomics
Technology and the Firm
Production Functions
Profit Maximization
Profit Functions
Cost Functions

Mathematica

Introduction to Mathematica	Matrix Algebra
Univariate Calculus	Advanced Matrix Algebra
Univariate Optimization	Multivariate Calculus
Multivariate Calculus	Multivariate Optimization
Simple Constrained Optimization	Portfolio6.0
Portfolio 5.2

Selected Papers:

• Buxton, D. R., I. C. Anderson, and A. Hallam. "Performance of Sweet and Forage Sorghum Grown Continuously, Double Cropped with Winter Rye, or in Rotation with Soybean and Maize." Agronomy Journal 91(1999): 93-101.
• Huang, T., A. Hallam, P. Orazem, and E. M. Paterno. "Empirical Tests of Efficiency Wage Models." Economica 65 (1998): 125-43.
• Hassan, R.M., and A. Hallam. "Macro-Economic Linkages to Agriculture: A General Equilibrium Model for Sudan." Journal of Agricultural Economics 47 (1) (January 1996): 66-88.
• Lei, Li-Fen, D. Liu, and A. Hallam. "Solving for Optimal Futures and Options Positions Using a Simulation-Optimization Technique." The Journal of Futures Markets 15 (1995): 559-72.
• Sakong, Y., D. Hayes, and A. Hallam. "Can Options be Used as a Hedging Instrument," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75 (1993):408-415.
• Hallam, A. " Economies of Size and Scale in Agriculture: An Interpretation Review of Empirical Measurement," Revew of Agricultural Economics 13 (1991):155-172.
• Hassan, R., and A. Hallam. "Stochastic Technology in a Mean-Variance Framework: A Generalized Mean-Variance Farm Model," Journal of Agricultural Economics 41 (1990):196-206.
• Pope, R. D., and A. Hallam. "Separability Testing in Production Economics," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 70 (1988):142-152.

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