Richard Volpe
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Ph.D. Student; expected completion in 2010 2159 Social Sciences & Humanities Phone: (530) 752-1048 |
Fields of Interest
Food Retail Economics, Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Supply and Demand Analysis, Price Analysis
Education
- M.S. in Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (summa cum laude), 2005
- B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics, Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (magna cum laude), 2003
Dissertation Topic
Price and Promotional Patterns at Major US Supermarkets
Publications
- Richard Volpe. "California Wine Grape Growing Regions Developing Distinct Identities", California Agriculture, forthcoming.
- Richard Volpe. "How Do the Recent Farm Price Fluctuations Affect Consumer Prices?", ARE Update, University of California, Davis. Volume 12, Number 4.
- Richard Volpe, Richard Green, Dale Heien, and Richard Howitt. "Recent Trends in the California Wine Grape Industry", ARE Update, University of California, Davis. Volume 11, Number 4
- Richard Volpe and Nathalie Lavoie. "The Effect of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Grocery Prices in New England", Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 30, Number 1
Working Papers
- Richard Volpe and Richard Sexton. Supermarket Competition through Price Promotions: A Cross-Category Analysis
- Richard Volpe, Richard Green, Dale Heien, and Richard Howitt. Estimating the Supply of California Wine Grapes Using Regional Systems of Equations