Thomas Marsh, Associate Professor
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, 1998.
- M.S., Statistics, Washington State University, 1998.
- M.S., Economics, Montana State University, 1991.
- M.S., Mathematics, Montana State University, 1987.
- B.A., Mathematics, Carroll College, 1985.
FIELDS OF INTEREST
- Consumer Demand and Modeling Commodity Markets
- Quantitative Methods
- Natural Resource Economics
EMPLOYMENT
- Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, WSU 2004-present
- Associate Professor, Dept of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 2003-2004.
- Assistant Professor, Dept of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 1998-2003.
- Affiliated Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 1998-2002.
- Graduate Research Assistant, Dept of Agricultural Economics, Wash. State Univ., 1994-1998.
- Research Economist, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA, 1991-1997.
- Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. Ag Ec, Mont. State Univ, 1990-1991.
- Lecturer, Dept. Mathematics, Mont. State Univ, 1986-1990.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
- EconS 511, Econometrics I
- EconS 513–4, Econometrics III & IV
- EconS 352, Business Management Economics
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Garrett, T. A., T. L. Marsh, and M.I. Marshall. 2006. “Political Allocation of Agriculture Disaster Payments in the 1990s.” International Review of Law and Economics, 26(2), (June 2006): 143-161.
- Dong, F., T. L. Marsh, and K. Stiegert. "State Trading Enterprises in a Differentiated Environment: The Case of Global Malting Barley Markets." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88(1), (February 2006):90-103.
- Zhao, Z., T. Wahl, and T.L. Marsh. 2006. "Invasive Species Management: Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the U.S. Beef Industry." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 35 (April):98-115.
- Marsh, T.L. and R.C. Mittelhammer. 2004. “Generalized Maximum Entropy Estimation of Spatial Autoregresive Models,” Advances in Econometrics, Spatial and Spatiotemporal Econometrics, Volume 18, eds. Pace and LePage.
- Piggott, N. E. and T.L. Marsh. 2004. “Does Food Safety Information Impact US Meat Demand?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86 (February):154-174.
- Marsh, T.L., T. C. Schroeder, and J. Mintert. 2004. “Impacts of Meat Product Recalls on Consumer Demand in the USA,” Applied Economics, 36, 897-909.
- Garrett, T. A. and T. L. Marsh. “The Revenue Impacts of Cross-Border Lottery Shopping in the Presence of Spatial Autocorrelation.” Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 32, no. 4 (July 2002): 501-19.
- Lusk, J. L., A. M. Featherstone, T. L. Marsh and A. O. Abdulkadri. 2002. “Empirical Properties of Duality Theory.” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 46:(March)45-68.
- Marsh, T.L., R. G. Huffaker, and G. E. Long. “Optimal Control of Vector-Virus-Plant Interactions: The Case of PLRV Net Necrosis.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000 (August).
- Marsh, T. L., R. C. Mittelhammer, and R. G. Huffaker. “Probit with Spatial Correlation by Plot: PLRV Net Necrosis.” Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 5(2000): 22-36.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2007)
- Visiting Specialist, Department of Agriculture, Australia (2005-06).
- Fellow, Food Marketing, International Marketing Program for Agricultural Commodities and Trade Center, Washington State University (2004-09).
- Young Professionals Award, AAEA and AARES (2002-03)
- President's Faculty Development Award, Kansas State University (Fall 2002)
- Teaching Excellence Honoree, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University (2002-03)
- Early Career Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, Kansas State University (2001-02)
- Teaching Excellence Honoree, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University (2001-02)
- President's Faculty Development Award, Kansas State University (Fall 2000)
- Award for Academic Excellence, Outstanding Dissertation (H.M.), AAEA (1999)
MEMBERSHIPS
- American Economics Association (AEA)
- American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
- Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES)
- Econometrics Society
- Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA)

Contact Info
E-mail Address
tl_marsh@wsu.edu
Office Location:
203A Hulbert Hall
Office phone: 335-8597
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