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Ralph Christy

Christy, Ralph D. Emerging Markets, Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Singapore (in press).

Kenneth L. Robinson and Ralph D. Christy eds. Empowering Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship: Experiences from the 1890 Land Grant Institutions, 2004.

Christy, Ralph D. Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy, Proceedings of Globalization Symposium, Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. LTD, Singapore, 2004.

Robinson, Kenneth L., Dan Rainey, Ivy Allen and Ralph D. Christy. "Social Capital in Rural Community Development." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 85, No. 3, August 2003.

Christy, Ralph D. "Social Capital, Tax Modifications, and Rural Economic Progress: Discussion" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 34, 2:339-341, August, 2002.

Robinson, Kenneth L., Thomas A. Lyson, and Ralph D. Christy. "Civic Community Approaches to Rural Development in the South: Economic Growth with Prosperity." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, August 2002.

Conner, David and Ralph Christy. "Consumer Preferences for Organic Standards: Guiding Demand Expansion Strategies for Organic Food." Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol. XXX, No. 1, April 2002.

Wenner, Mark, Ralph Christy, and Carlton Davis. "Financing Agricultural Competitiveness in the Caribbean." Farm and Business: Journal of the Caribbean Agro-Economic Society, Vol.5, No.2, January 2002.

Christy, Ralph D. "Evaluating the Economic Performance of Alternative Market Institutions: Implications for the Smallholder Sector in Southern Africa," Agrekon, Vol. 40, No. 4, December 2001.

Weatherspoon, David, Joyce Cacho, and Ralph Christy. "Exploring the Links Among Economic Growth, Globalization, and Poverty: Private Sector Initiatives." Journal of American Agricultural Economics, Vol. 83, No. 5, December 2001 and Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University Staff Paper 2001-06, November 2001.

Christy, Ralph D., Mark D. Wenner, and Wylin Dassie. "A Microenterprise-Centered Economic Development Strategy for the Rural South: Sustaining Growth with Economic Opportunity." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1, July 2000.

Ing, Charmaine and Ralph D. Christy. "Analyzing Establishment Growth within New York Food Manufacturing Industries from 1987-1995" Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, March 1999.

Andrews, Donald and Ralph D. Christy. "The Profitability of Slavery: A Review of the Classical Economic Position." Chapter 8 in Plantation Society and Race Relations: The Origins of Inequality, eds. Thomas J. Durant and J. David Knotterus. Praeger, 1999.

Sonka, Steve; Julie Caswell, Ralph D. Christy, and Dan Padberg, co-eds. Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Markets: Need for Change in Marketing Policy, Proceedings, Food and Agricultural Marketing Consortium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1996.

Christy, Ralph D. "Markets or Government: Balancing Imperfect and Complementary Alternatives." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 78, No. 5, December 1996.

Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Ralph D. Christy. "Structural Changes in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for Small Farms." Journal of Agricultural Economics and Applied Economics, Vol. 28, No. 1, July 1996.

Groff, Andrew J. and Ralph D. Christy. "New Food Products: Innovate, Improve, or Imitate" Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, February 1996.

Brown, Adell, Ralph D. Christy, and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. "Structural Changes in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for African American Farmers." The Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 22, No. 4, Spring 1994.

Christy, Ralph D. "Economic Correctness and Agricultural Economics." Journal of Applied and Agricultural Economics, Vol. 25, No. 1, July 1993, pp. 1-13.

Allen, Joyce E. and Ralph D. Christy. "The African American in Rural Society: Public Policy Directions." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 74, No. 3. August 1992.

Rambaldi, Alicia, Ralph D. Christy, and Hector Zapada. "Selecting the 'Best' Prediction Model: An Application to Agricultural Cooperatives." Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 24, No. 1, July 1992.

McClean, Patricia, Ralph D. Christy, and Magid Dagher. "Limited Resource Farmers and the Marketing System." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 73, No. 5, December 1991.

Christy, Ralph D. and Lionel Williamson, eds. A Century of Service: The 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick, 1991.

Christy, Ralph D. "The African-American, Farming, and Rural Society." Social Science Agricultural Agendas and Strategies, eds. Glenn L. Johnson and James T. Bonnen, Michigan State University Press: East Lansing, 1991.

Christy, Ralph D. and Enrique E. Figueroa. "The Impacts of Structural Change and Public Policy on the Economic Well Being of the Rural Disadvantaged." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 72, No. 5, December 1990.

Williams, Thomas T., Walter A. Hill and Ralph D Christy, eds. Rural Development Issues of the Nineties: Perspectives from the Social Sciences, Proceedings, Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, School of Agriculture and Home Economics, George Washington Carver Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension Program, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1989.

Christy, Ralph D. and Lonnie R. Vandeveer. "Financial Policies and the Structure of Agriculture." Food and Farm: Current Debates and Policies, eds. Christina Gladwin and Kathleen Truman, Society of Economic Anthropology Monograph, No. 2, University Press of America, New York, 1989.

Christy, Ralph D. and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. "Agricultural Cooperatives for Small Scale Agriculture and Rural Communities." American Cooperation 1989, AIC Yearbook, 1989.

Christy, Ralph D. and John Connor. "Economic Forces Influencing Value-Added Food Industries: Implications for Southern Agriculture." Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 21, No. 1, July 1989.

Christy, Ralph D. and Brian Chapman. "Economies of Size in the Louisiana Sugarcane Processing Industry." Journal of Sugarcane Technologists, Vol. 9, April 1989.

Christy, Ralph D. and Brian Chapman. "The Comparative Performance of Cooperatives and Investor-Owned Firms: The Louisiana Sugar Manufacturing Industry." Journal of Food Distribution, Vol. XX, No. 1, February 1989.

Rambaldi, Alicia N., Robert B. Wharton, and Ralph D. Christy. "Evaluating the Financial Performance of Farmer Cooperatives." The Cooperative Accountant, Vol. XLI, No. 3, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Fall 1988.

Christy, Ralph D. "The Effects of Regulation on Rural Electric Cooperatives Rate Levels." Management Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 1988.

Christy, Ralph D. "The Role of Farmer Cooperatives in a Changing Agricultural Economy." Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, July 1987, pp. 21-28.

Christy, Ralph D. "Market Research of the Banks for Cooperatives." Cooperative Accountant, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, Winter 1984.

Christy, Ralph D. "Evaluating Market Information Systems by Firm Decisions: A Michigan Processed Potato Industry Case Study." Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol. XIII, No. 3, September 1982.

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