Carry out an applied research program on agricultural policy, agricultural trade policy, and the international competitiveness of Midwestern agriculture.
Bertini, C, G. Schumacher, and R.L.Thompson, co-chairs.
Modernizing America's Food and Farm Policy: Vision for a New Direction ,
( Chicago : Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2006)
Thompson, R.L. “The US Farm Bill and the Doha Negotiations: On Parallel Tracks or a Collision Course?” Policy Brief No. 15, International Food and Agricultural trade Policy Council, Washington , DC , September 2005, 20 pages.
Thompson, R.L., “Essentials for the 2007 Farm Bill in a Global Context,” Cordell Hull Institute Trade Policy Analyses , vol. 7, no. 6, July 2005, 30 pages.
Thompson, R.L. “Perspective: Rural Towns Don't Have to Dry Up and Blow Away,” FarmWeek , Illinois Farm Bureau, August, 11, 2004 .
Thompson, R.L. “Keynote Address: Rural Development: Challenges for the Next Century,” Proceedings of the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Agricultural Economists, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad , June 30- July 2, 1999 . (compact disc format)
Thompson, R.L., “Presidential Address: Technology, Policy, and Trade: The Keys to Food Security and Environmental Protection,” in G.H. Peters and J. von Braun, eds., Food Security, Diversification, and Resource Management: Refocusing the Role of Agriculture?, Proceedings of the XXIII International Conference of Agricultural Economists. (Hants, U.K.: Ashgate, 1999), pp. 3-17.
Thompson, R.L. "International Trade and Improved Production Technology: The Keys to World Food Security in the Early 21 st Century," in V.L. Chopra et al , eds . Crop Productivity and Sustainability--Shaping the Future , Proceedings of the 2 nd International Crop Science Congress. (New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 1998), pp.969-979.
Thompson, R.L., “Public Policy for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Equity,” Food Policy 23(1):1-7, February 1998.
Thompson, R.L., “Impact of Budget and Tax Policy on Agriculture and Agribusiness: The American Experience,”Agribusiness 12(6):601-611, November-December 1996.
Thompson, R.L., “Internationalization: An Essential Component of a Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Education,” Justin Smith Morrill Memorial Lecture. Washington , D.C. : Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA, 1995, 12 pages.
Thompson, R.L., "Agricultural Price Supports", in D.R. Henderson, ed. Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics (New York: Warner Books, 1993), pp. 647-651. Also available online in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics at http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/AgriculturalPriceSupports.html
Thompson, R.L., "Animal Agriculture in the 21st Century: Change, Challenges and Opportunities," Proceedings of FAIR `95, Symposium on Food Animal Integrated Research, Kansas City , Oct. 18-20, 1992, pp. 1-5.
Thompson, R. L., " U.S. Agricultural Policy: Components, Goals, and Possibilities for Change,"Food Policy 15:199-208, June 1990.
Thompson, R. L., "A Farm and Rural Policy for the 1990's," in M. Drabenstott, ed. Positioning Agriculture for the 1990's: A New Decade of Change . (Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association, 1989), pp. 133-142.
Thompson, R. L., "U.S. Macroeconomic Policy and Agriculture," in P. L. Paarlberg and R. G. Chambers, eds. Macroeconomics, Agriculture and Exchange Rates , (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1988), pp. 219-227.
Abbott, P. C., and R. L. Thompson, "Changing Agricultural Comparative Advantage," Agricultural Economics 1(2):97-112, June 1987.
Harling, K. F., and R. L. Thompson, "Government Intervention in Poultry Industries: A Cross-Country Comparison," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 67(2):243-250, May 1985.
Williams, G. W., and R. L. Thompson, "Brazilian Soybean Policy: International Effects of Intervention," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 66(4):488-498, November 1984.
Thompson, R. L., "Food and Agriculture," in Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Report of the President , (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984), pp. 112-144.
Harling, K. F., and R. L. Thompson, "The Effects of Government Intervention in Canadian Agriculture," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 31(2):153-176, July 1983.
Barnett, R. C., D. A. Bessler, and R. L. Thompson, "The Money Supply and Nominal Agricultural Prices," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 65(2):303-307, May 1983.
Thompson, R. L., "The Role of Trade in Food Security and Agricultural Development," in D. G. Johnson and G. E. Schuh, eds., The Role of Markets in the World Food Economy , (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1983), pp. 227-257.
Jabara, C. L., and R. L. Thompson, "The Optimum Tariff for a Small Country Under International Price Uncertainty," Oxford Economic Papers 34(2):326-331, July 1982.
Thompson, R. L., "A Survey of Recent U.S. Developments in International Agricultural Trade Models," Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture No. 21, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., September 1981, 74 pages.
Paarlberg, P. L., and R. L. Thompson, "Interrelated Products and the Impact of an Import Tariff," Agricultural Economics Research 32(4):21-32, October 1980.
Paarlberg, P. L., and R. L. Thompson, "Interrelated Products and the Impact of an Import Tariff," Agricultural Economics Research 32(4):21-32, October 1980.
Jabara, C. L., and R. L. Thompson, "Agricultural Comparative Advantage Under International Price Uncertainty: The Case of Senegal ," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 62(2):188-198, May 1980.
Shei, Shun-Yi, and R. L. Thompson, "The Impact of Trade Restrictions on Price Stability in the World Wheat Market, " American Journal of Agricultural Economics 59(4):628-638, November 1977.
Novakovic, A. M., and R. L. Thompson, "The Impact of Imports of Manufactured Milk Products on the United States Dairy Industry," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 59(3):507-519, August 1977.
