Bob Myers joined the faculty at Michigan State University in 1986 to undertake research and teaching in the area of commodity market analysis and agricultural policy. His primary research focus has been on risk management in agriculture, with an emphasis on market-based mechanisms for risk management, such as futures, options, and crop insurance. He has published numerous articles in professional journals, been associate editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Review of Agricultural Economics, and worked as a consultant to the World Bank. He is currently an editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Selected Publications

"Crop Insurance Under Catastrophic Risk." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Nov. 2000 (with John Duncan).

"Hedging with Futures and Options Under a Truncated Cash Price Distribution." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Dec. 1999 (with S. Hanson and J. Hilker).

"Regime Shifts and Technology Diffusion in Crop Yield Growth Paths with an Application to Maize Yields in Zimbabwe." Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, December, 1997 (with T. Jayne).

Funded Research Projects

• Time-series properties of commodity futures
• Spatial distribution of agricultural production facilities