Texas A&M University-Commerce | Department

Dr. Jose A. Lopez

Assistant Professor of Agribusiness
Department of Agricultural Sciences
Academic Training: Agricultural & Applied Economics, Statistics, and Business Administration
Jose_Lopez@tamu-commerce.edu

Education

Ph.D., Agricultural & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, December 2009
Dissertation Title: “The Mexican Meat Market: An Econometric Analysis of Demand Properties and Trade.”
Committee: Dr. Jaime Malaga (Chair), Dr. Benaissa Chidmi, Dr. Eric Belasco, Dr. James Surles

M.S., Statistics, Texas Tech University, August 2008
Thesis Title: “Mexican Meat Consumption: An Application of Seemingly Unrelated Regressions in Stratified Sampling.”
Committee:  Dr. James Surles (Chair), Dr. Petros Hadjicostas

M.S., Agricultural & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, May 2004
Thesis Title: “Econometric Modeling of the European Union Cotton Demand.”
Committee: Dr. Jaime Malaga (Chair), Dr. Octavio Ramirez, Dr. Samarendu Mohanty

B.B.A., Finance and Management, Ave Maria College, December 2001

Teaching Experience

Texas A&M University - Commerce

• AEC 219 – Agricultural Economics
• AEC 314 – Farm Management
• AEC 316 – Agricultural Marketing
• AEC 340 – Agricultural Finance
• AEC 360 – Agricultural Law
• AEC 435 – Agricultural Policy
• AEC 445 – Resource and Environmental Economics
• AEC 455 – Commodity Futures Marketing
• AEC 489 – Independent Studies
• AEC 497 – Special Topics
• AEC 540 – Advanced Theory of Demand and Price Analysis
• AEC 550 – Market Organization and Structure
• AEC 589 – Independent Study
• AEC 597 – Special Topics

Texas Tech University

• AAEC 3315 – Agricultural Price Theory, Summer 2007
• AAEC 4302 – Statistical Methods in Agricultural Research, Summer 2003

Ave Maria College

• AC241 – Principles of Accounting I, Spring 2004
• AC242 – Principles of Accounting II , Spring 2004
• CIS180 – Computer Information System for Managers, Spring 2004
• MA099 – Intermediate Algebra, Spring 2004
• MA095 – Elementary Algebra, Spring 2004

Professional Experience

2010-present   Assistant Professor of Agribusiness, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, TAMU-Commerce, TX
2006-2009       Grad. Research Assistant, Agricultural & Applied Economics Dept., Texas Tech University, TX
2004-2005       Ground Coffee Product Manager, Marketing Dept., Cafe Soluble S.A., Nicaragua
2004-2004       Part-Time Professor, School of Business, Ave Maria College, Nicaragua
2002-2003       Grad. Research Assistant, Agricultural & Applied Economics Dept., Texas Tech University, TX
2001-2001       Teaching Assistant, School of Business, Ave Maria College, Nicaragua

Publications and Research

Peer-Reviewed

Lopez, J.A. and J.E. Malaga. “A Stratified Sample or a Simple Random Sample Approach? The Case of Mexican Meat Consumption at the Table Cut Level of Disaggregation." Contribution to an organized symposium on Complex Surveys, a Blessing or a Curse? at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, February 6-9, 2010.

Lopez, J.A. and J.E. Malaga. “Forecast and Simulation Analysis of Mexican Meat Consumption at the Table Cut Level: Impacts on U.S. Exports.”  Poster presented at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 26-28, 2009.

Lopez, J.A. and J.E. Malaga. “Estimation of a Censored Demand System in Stratified Sampling: An Analysis of Mexican Meat Demand at the Table Cut Level.”  Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31 – February 3, 2009.

Arguello, P.B., J. E. Malaga, B. Chidmi; E. Belasco, T. Knight; J.A. Lopez. “Derived Demand for Cottonseed:  Dairy Industry Component.”  Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, July 27-29, 2008.

Lopez, J.A. and J.E. Malaga. “European Union Cotton Demand: An Application of Demand Systems and Panel Data.” Paper Presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 14-18, 2004.

Lopez, J.A. and J.E. Malaga. “One Or Many European Union Cotton Demand?” Paper Presented at Beltwide Cotton Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 5-9, 2004.

Abstracts

Lopez, J.A. and J.E. Malaga. “Complex Surveys, a Blessing or a Curse?” Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Vol. 42, No. 2 (August 2010): p. 602.

Lopez, J.A. and J.E. Malaga. “Estimation of a Censored Demand System in Stratified Sampling: An Analysis of Mexican Meat Demand at the Table Cut Level.”  Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Vol. 41, No. 2 (August 2009): p. 551.

Lopez, J.A. and J.E. Malaga. “European Union Cotton Demand: An Application of Demand Systems and Panel Data.” Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Vol. 36, No. 2 (August 2004): p. 520.

Working Papers

Lopez, J.A. "A Comparison of Price Imputation Methods under Large Samples and Different Levels of Censoring."

Lopez, J.A. "Mexican Meat Consumption: Practical Issues from a Complex Survey of Household Incomes and Expenditures."

Lopez, J.A., J.E. Malaga, B. Chidmi, and E. Belasco. "Understanding Mexican Meat Consumption and Imports at the Table Cut Level."

Argüello, P.B., J. E. Malaga, B. Chidmi; E. Belasco, T. Knight; J.A. Lopez. "The Dairy Industry's Derived Demand for Feed Grains and Its Effect on the Cottonseed Market."

 

Funded Projects

Breaking Barriers for Beginning Hispanic Farmers and Ranchers. Funded by Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (with Project Director Bob Williams, and Collaborators Curtis Jones and Mario Villarino), $674,768, 2010-2013.

Alliance to Achieve and Maintain Competitive in Logistics within NAFTA through Strategic Leadership (LOGIS). Funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), North American Mobility Program in Higher Education, US Department of Education (with Project Director Jennifer Oyler and collaborators), $190,000, 2010-2014.

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