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Ralph Dean Christy

J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship & Personal Enterprise

Primary Research Areas

  • applied economics

Graduate Fields

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1980
  • M.S., Michigan State University, 1977
  • B.S., Southern University, 1975

Research Grants

  • AGRICULTURAL INPUT AND OUTPUT MARKETS IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • Christy, Ralph D. 1996. Markets or government: Balancing imperfect and complementary alternatives. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
  • Brown, Adell, Ralph D. Christy, and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. 1995. Structural changes in U.S. agriculture: Implications for African-American farmers. In Blacks in Rural America, edited by James B. Stewart and Joyce E. Allen-Smith. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.
  • Christy, Ralph D. 1994. Private strategies and public policies: The economics of information and the economic organization of markets. In Re-engineering marketing policies for food and agriculture, edited by Daniel I. Padberg. Food and Agricultural Marketing Consortium 94-1, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
  • Christy, Ralph D. 1993. Economic correctness and agricultural economics. Journal of Applied and Agricultural Economics 25 (1): 1-13.
  • Allen, Joyce, and Ralph D. Christy. 1992. The African-American in rural society: Needed directions in public policy. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74 (3): 826-33.
  • Christy, Ralph D., and John Connor. 1989. Economic forces influencing value-added food industries: Implications for southern agriculture. Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics 21 (1): 13-22.