David Davis

Title

Professor

Office Building

Harding Hall

Office

246

Mailing Address

Harding Hall 246
Economics-Box 2220
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

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Education

• B.S. in economics | University of South Dakota
• M.S. in economics | University of Oregon
• Ph.D. in economics | University of Oregon | 1998

Academic Interests

• The effect of WIC on the industrial organization of infant formula markets.
• Food prices and government policy.
• Applications of panel data methods to empirical investigations of industrial organization and market power.
• Cross-section and time-series data methods.

Academic Responsibilities

• ECON - 201 Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON - 431 Managerial Economics
• ECON - 707 Research Methods in Applied Economics
• ECON - 751 Advanced Managerial Economics
• DSCI - 424 Operations Research

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

• University Research and Scholarship Committee, chair 2016-2017
• WIC Food Package Review Committee, National Academies of Science, 2014-2016 Review

Professional Memberships

• American Economic Association
• Western Economic Association International
• Southern Economic Association
• American Agricultural Economic Association
• Western Agricultural Economic Association

Work Experience

• 2009-present, associate professor, Department of Economics, South Dakota State University.
• 2005-2008, assistant professor, Department of Economics, South Dakota State University.
• 2001-2005, economist, Food Markets Branch, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C.
• 1999-2001, senior agricultural economist, Competition Branch, Denver Regional Office, United States Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration, Denver.
• 1998-1999, agricultural economist, Competition Branch, Denver Regional Office, United States Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration, Denver.
• 1993-1998, graduate teaching fellow, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

Areas of Research

• Empirical Industrial Organization
  • The effect of WIC on the industrial organization of infant formula markets.
  • Food Prices and government policy.
  • Economic geography of industrial location.
• Government policy
• Empirical microeconometrics
  • Applications of panel data methods to empirical investigations of industrial organization and market power
  • Cross-section and time-series data methods.
• Effect of SNAP benefits for food insecurity.

Publications

1. "Jahan, Nusrat, Leschewski, Andrea and Davis, David E.. "Restaurant Tipping Discrimination: Evidence from a Representative Sample of US Households" Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization, vol. , no. , 2020, pp. 20200007. DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2020-0007
2. Andrea M. Leschewski and David E. Davis (2020) The Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases at SNAP-Authorized and Unauthorized Non-Traditional Retailers, Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 15:6, 851-865, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2020.1787289
3. David E. Davis, 2014 “Buyers Alliances as Countervailing Power in WIC Infant Formula Auctions, Review of Industrial Organization, vol. 45(2), 121-38.
4. David E. Davis, 2012 “Bidding for WIC infant formula contracts: Do non-WIC customers subsidize WIC customers?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 94(1), 80-96.
5. Davis, David E., 2010, "Prices, Promotions and Supermarket Mergers," Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization, vol. 8 (1)
6. Chouinard, Hayley H., David E. Davis, Jeffrey T. LaFrance and Jeffrey M. Perloff, 2010, "Milk Marketing Orders: Who Wins and Who Loses?" Choices, vol. 25(2).
7. Chouinard, Hayley H., David E. Davis, Jeffrey T. LaFrance and Jeffrey M. Perloff, 2010, "Milk Marketing Order Winners and Losers", Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, vol. 32(1), 59-76.
8. Chouinard, Hayley H., David E. Davis, Jeffrey T. LaFrance and Jeffrey M. Perloff, 2007, “Fat Taxes: Big Money for Small Change,” Forum for Health Economics and Policy, vol. 10(2).
9. Davis, David E. and Gerald E. Schluter, 2005, "Labor-Force Heterogeneity as a Source of Agglomeration Economies in an Empirical Analysis of County-Level Determinants of Food Plant Entry," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 30(3), December.
10. Stewart, Hayden and David E. Davis, 2005, “Price Dispersion and Accessibility: A Case Study of Fast Food,” Southern Economic Journal, vol. 71(4), 784-799, April.
11. Davis, David E. and Wesley, W. Wilson, 2003 “Wages in Rail Markets: Deregulation, Mergers and Changing Network Characteristics.” Southern Economic Journal, vol. 69(4), 865-885, April.
12. Davis, David E. and Wesley W. Wilson, 1999 “Deregulation, Mergers and Employment in the Railroad Industry.” Journal of Regulatory Economics, vol. 15(1), 5-22 (lead article), January.

U.S. Government and National Academies Reports

1. Review of WIC Food Packages: Proposed Framework for Revisions: Interim Report (2015), Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Marie E. Latulippe, and Ann L. Yaktine, editors; Committee to Review WIC Food Packages, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Food Nutrition Board.
2. Review of WIC Food Packages: An Evaluation of White Potatoes in the Cash Value Voucher: Letter Report (2015), Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Marie E. Latulippe, and Ann L. Yaktine, Editors; Committee to Review WIC Food Packages; Food and Nutrition Board; Institute of Medicine.
3. "Manufacturers' Bids for WIC Infant Formula Rebate Contracts, 2003-2013", EIB-142, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, July 2015.
4. "Recent Trends and Economic Issues in the WIC Infant Formula Rebate Program," U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Economic Research Report Number 22, August 2006, WIC Rebates
5. "Interstate Variation in WIC Food Package Costs: The Role of Food Prices, Caseload Composition, and Cost-Containment Practices" US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report Number 41, January 2005, WIC Food Package
6. “Changing Consumer Demands Create Opportunities for U.S. Food System.” Food Review, United States Department of Agriculture, v. 25, n. 1, Spring 2002
7. "Farm Business Practices Coordinate Production with Consumer Preferences.” Food Review, United States Department of Agriculture, v. 25, n. 1, Spring 2002.