Production Economics, policy analysis, specification and modeling issues in the analysis of agricultural supply relationships and productivity analysis. Economic analysis of environmental and commodity policy changes on agricultural production systems.
Decision making under uncertainty. Price forecasting and analysis. Teaching related to farm and agribusiness management, quantitative techniques for decision making, agricultural prices, agricultural policy, and economic theory.

Research Reports Links
Quantifying risk in potato production

Production & Management Topics Links

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http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/aers/p_fac_mcintosh.htm

References for Recent Publications
Wysocki, A.F., G.F. Fairchild, R.N. Weldon, A. Biere, J. Fulton, and Christopher S. McIntosh, 2003. "Agricultural, Agribusiness and International Marketing Courses in Undergraduate Curricula: Issues and Ideas. Journal of Agribusiness, 21 (Fall):197-212.

Saito, Y., and Christopher S. McIntosh, 2003. "Monitoring Inefficiency in Public Education" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 35,3(December 2003):611-623.

Nolte, P., M. Bertram, M. Bateman, and Christopher S. McIntosh. 2003. "Seed Decay, Rhizoctonia and Performance of Cut and Treated Seed vs. Untreated Whole Seed of Russet Burbank Potatoes" American Journal of Potato Research. 80:1(January-February) 1-8.

Dorfman, J.H. and Christopher S. McIntosh. 2001. "Imposing Inequality Restrictions: Efficiency Gains from Economic Theory." Economics Letters, 71:2 (April) 205-209.