ABSTRACT
James T. Bonnen is professor of agricultural economics at Michigan State University. He received his B.A. in Economics from Texas A & M University, his M. A. in economics from Duke University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. Ralph D. Christy is associate professor of agricultural economics at Louisiana State University. Christy earned his B.S. in agricultural economics from Southern University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics from Michigan State University. Christy earned his B.S. in agricultural economics from Southern University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics from Michigan State University. An honors graduate of Southern University, Donald R. McDowell received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois in agricultural economics. Ridgeley A. Mu'min is assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at North Carolina A&T State University.
