Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Professional Information

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Nicholas D Paulson

Assistant Professor
Email: npaulson@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-333-1812

Education

PhD Iowa State University, 2007
M.S. Iowa State University, 2004
B.S. Iowa State University, 2002

View my Curriculum Vita

Teaching

ACE 340: Agricultural Finance
ACE 345: Financial Decision Making for Individuals and Small Business
ACE 562: Applied Regression Models I
ACE 564: Applied Regression Models II

Research

Ag finance and finance, financial economics, risk management, crop insurance,
ag policy, biofuels, ag contracts and marketing

Outreach

See my Farmdoc webpage

Highlighted Publications

N.D. Paulson. 2008. “International Demand for U.S. Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles: Small Markets.” Chapter 7 in Using Distillers Grains in the U.S. and International Livestock and Poultry Industries. B.A. Babcock, D.J. Hayes, and J.D. Lawrence, eds. MATRIC and CARD, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Paulson, N.D. and B.A. Babcock. 2008. "Get a GRIP: Should Area Revenue Coverage Be Offered Through the Farm Bill or as a Crop Insurance Program?" Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 33(2): 137-153.

Paulson, N.D., B.A. Babcock, C.E. Hart, and D.J. Hayes. 2008. "An Insurance Approach to Risk Management in the Ethanol Industry." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37(1): 51-62.

Babcock, B.A. and N.D. Paulson. 2007. "Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill?" Iowa Ag Review 13(1): 1-3, 9.