Everett B. Peterson Associate Professor Food Marketing and Quantitative Methods Ph.D. 1989, Purdue University Office: 216-I Hutcheson Hall Phone: (540)231-6108 FAX: (540) 231-7417 E-mail: petrsone@vt.edu

Everett Peterson joined the faculty in 1989. His interests are in the areas of international trade and consumer demand. He teaches graduate courses in demand and production analysis, applied general equilibrium analysis, and anti-trust regulation.

In June 2004, he was elected as a Research Fellow by the Executive Board of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). He also received the AAEA Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in 1990 for “The Farm-Retail Price Spread Revisited: A General Equilibrium Perspective.”

In his spare time he enjoys cycling, running, snow skiing, and hiking.

Selected Publications

Peterson, Everett B. “GTAP-M: A GTAP Model and Database that Incorporates Domestic Margins.” Global Trade Analysis Project Technical Paper, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, forthcoming.

Peterson, Everett B. and David Orden. “Effects of Tariffs and Sanitary Barriers on High- and Low-Value Poultry Trade.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 30 No 1 (April 2005): 109-127.

Peterson, Everett B. and Phylo Evangelou. “Economic Analysis, Final Rule: Allowed Fresh Hass Avocados from Approved Municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, to be Imported Into All States Year-Round (APHIS Docket No. 03-022-3). Washington, D.C., Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, (November 2004), 67 pp.

Bergtold, Jason, Ebere Akobundu, and Everett Peterson. “The FAST Method: Estimating Unconditional Demand Elasticities for Processed Foods in the Presence of Fixed Effects.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 29 No. 2 (August 2004): 276-295.

Peterson, Everett. “Food and Agricultural Data Base.” in Global Trade, Assistance, and Production: The GTAP 5 Data Base, ed. Dimaranan, B.V. and R.A. McDougall, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, 2002, pp. 12-1 – 12.17.

Peterson, Everett B., Edward Van Eenoo, Jr., Anya McGuirk, and Paul V. Preckel. “Does Jack Sprat Really Know Much About Fat.” Choices, Third Quarter, 2001, pp. 24-25.

Peterson, Everett B., Edward Van Eenoo, Jr., Anya McGuirk, and Paul V. Preckel. “Perceptions of Fat Content in Meat Products,” Agribusiness: An International Journal, 17 No. 4 (Autumn 2001): 437-453.

Peterson, Everett B. and Ronald W. Cotterill. “Incorporating Flexible Demand Systems In Empirical Models of Market Power.” Storrs, CT: Food Marketing Policy Center Research Report No. 43, University of Connecticut, (December 1998) 31 pp.

Peterson, Everett. “Disaggregating Agricultural and Food Sectors.” in Global Trade Assistance and Protection: The GTAP 4 Data Base, ed. McDougall, R.A., A. Elbehri, and T.P. Truong, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, 1998, pp 15-1 – 15-48.

Peterson, Everett B. and John M. Connor. “Consumer Welfare Loss Estimates for Differentiated Food Product Markets.” Review of Agricultural Economics 18 (September 1996): 233-246.

Peterson, Everett B. and John M. Connor. “A Comparison of Welfare Loss Estimates For U.S. Food Manufacturing.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 77 No. 2 (May 1995): 300-308.

Peterson, Everett B., Thomas W. Hertel, and James V. Stout. “A Critical Assessment of Supply-Demand Models of Agricultural Trade.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 76 No. 4 (November 1994): 709-721.