David Zilberman has been a professor in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department since 1979. He is a fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association and the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. His research interests are in agricultural and nutritional policy, economics of technological change, economics of natural resources and micro-economic theory. He received his B.A. in Economics and Statistics from Tel Aviv University in Israel and his PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from U.C. Berkeley.
Tel Aviv University, Israel - B. A. Economics, Statistics
University of California at Berkeley - Ph.D.* Agricultural and Resource Economics
Zilberman, David, Joachim Otte, David Roland-Holst, and Dirk Pfeiffer, editors. Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries. New York: Springer, 2012.
Khanna, Madhu, Jürgen Scheffran, and David Zilberman, editors. Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy. New York: Springer, 2010.
Márcia Azanha F. D. Morales and David Zilberman, editors. Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil: From State Intervention to a Free Market. New York: Springer Publishing, forthcoming.
Hochman, Gal, Deepak Rajagopal, and David Zilberman. “The Effect of Biofuels on Crude Oil Markets,” AgBioForum, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2010), Article 3.
Brozovic, Nicholas, David L. Sunding, and David Zilberman. “On the Spatial Nature of the Groundwater Pumping Externality,” Resource and Energy Economics, Vol. 32, No. 2 (April, 2010), pp. 154-164.
Graff, Gregory D., David Zilberman, and Alan B. Bennett. “The Commercialization of Biotechnology Traits,” Plant Science, Vol. 179, No. 6, Special Issue (2010), pp. 635-644.
Hochman Gal, Deepak Rajagopal and David Zilberman. “Are Biofuels the Culprit: OPEC, Food, and Fuel,” American Economic Review, Vol. 100, No. 2 (May, 2010), pp. 183-187.
Lichtenberg, Erik, James Shortle, James Wilen, and David Zilberman. “Natural Resource Economics and Conservation: Contributions of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Economists,” Centennial Issue of American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 92, No. 2 (2010), 469-486.
Serra, Teresa, David Zilberman, and Jose Gil. “Price Volatility in Ethanol Markets,” European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2010), pp. 259-280.
Vijesh, Krishna, Unal Pascual, and David Zilberman. “Assessing the Potential of Labelling Schemes for In Situ Landrace Conservation: An Example from India,” Environment and Development Economics, Vol. 15 (2010), pp. 127-151.
Zilberman, David, and Steve Sexton. “The Economics of Biotechnology Implications for Biofuel Sustainability,” In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology—Animal, Vol. 46 (2010), pp. S89-S89.
Zilberman, David, Steve E. Sexton, Michele Marra, and Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo. “The Economic Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops,” Choices, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2010), 13 p.
Agmon, O., R. Fleisher, D. Zilberman, A. Heiman. “Attitude and Purchasing Decisions Regarding Genetically Modified Foods Based on Gender and Education,” International Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 12, No. (2011), pp. 50-65.
Heiman, Amir, and David Zilberman, David. “The Effects of Framing on Consumers’ Choice of GM Foods,” AgBioForum, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2011), Article 9.
Hellegers, P., D. Zeng, and D. Zilberman. “Technology Adoption and the Impact on Average Productivity,” Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 20, No. 7, (2011), pp. 659-680.
Hochman, Gal, Deepak Rajagopal, and David Zilberman. “The Effects of Alternative Energy Sources On the International Oil Market,” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Vol. 33, No. 3 (2011), pp. 402-427.
Pfeiffer, D.U., M.J. Otte, D. Roland-Holst, K. Inui, N. Tung, and D. Zilberman. “Implications of Global and Regional Patterns of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Clades for Risk Management,” The Veterinary Journal, Vol. 190, No. 3 (2011), pp. 309-316.
Poudel, B.N., K.P. Paudel, and D. Zilberman. “Agricultural Productivity Convergence: Myth or Reality?” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 43, No. 1 (2011), pp. 143-156.
Sexton, S., and D. Zilberman. “Beyond the ‘Food or Biofuel’ Dilemma,” Biofuels, Vol. 2, No. 4 (2011), pp. 361-363.
Sexton, S., and D. Zilberman. “Biotechnology and Biofuel,” Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 10 (2011), pp. 225-242.
Smyth, Stuart J., Philipp Aerni, David Castle, Matty Demont, José B. Falck-Zepeda, Robert Paarlberg, Peter W.B. Phillips, Carl E. Pray, Sara Savastano, Justus H.H. Wesseler, David Zilberman. “Sustainability and the Bioeconomy: Synthesis of Key Themes from the 15th ICABR Conference,” AgBioForum, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2011), Article 10.
Zilberman, David. “Incentives and Trading in Water Resources Management,” Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, Vol. 121, No. 1 (2011), 1 p.
Zilberman, David, and Eunice Kim. “The Lessons of Fermentation for the New BioEconomy,” AgBioForum, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2011) Article 1.
Ifft, Jennifer, David Roland-Holst, and David Zilberman. “Production and Risk Prevention Response of Free Range Chicken Producers in Viet Nam to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 93, No. 2, (2011), pp. 490-497.
Jin, Yanhong, David Zilberman, and Amir Heiman. “Willingness to Pay for Brands: A Cross-region, Cross-category Analysis.” Agricultural Economics, Vol. 42, No. 2 (2011), pp. 141-152.
Rajagopal, D., G. Hochman, and D. Zilberman. “Indirect Fuel Use Change (IFUC) and the Lifecycle Environmental Impact of Biofuel Policies,” Energy Policy, Vol. 39 (2011), pp. 228–233.
Serra, T., D. Zilberman, J.M. Gil, and B.K. Goodwin. “Nonlinearities in the US Corn-Ethanol-Oil Price System,” Agricultural Economics, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2011), pp. 259-280.
Zellner, Arnold, and David Zilberman. “The Economics and Econometrics of Risk: An Introduction to the Special Issue,” Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 162, No. 1 (2011), pp. 1-5.
Zilberman, David, Gal Hochman, and Deepak Rajagopal. “Indirect Land Use Change: A Second Best Solution to a First Class Problem,” AgBioForum, Vol. 13, No. 4 (2011).
Zilberman, David, Gal Hochman, and Deepak Rajagopal. “On the Inclusion of Indirect Land Use in Biofuel Regulations,” Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2011, No. 2 (2011), pp. 413-434.
Ifft, Jennifer, David Roland‐Holst, and David Zilberman. “Consumer Valuation of Safety‐labeled Free‐range Chicken: Results of a Field Experiment in Hanoi,” Agricultural Economics, Vol. 43, No. 6 (2012), pp. 607-620.
Ifft, Jennifer, David Roland‐Holst, and David Zilberman. “Consumer Valuation of Safety‐labeled Free‐range Chicken: Results of a Field Experiment in Hanoi,” Agricultural Economics, Vol. 43, No. 6 (2012), pp. 607-620.
Hochman, Gal, Scott Kaplan, Deepak Rajagopal, and David Zilberman. “Biofuel and Food-commodity Prices,” Agriculture Vol. 2, No. 3 (2012), pp. 272-281.
Janda, Karel, Ladislav Kristoufek, and David Zilberman. “Biofuels: Policies and Impacts,” Agricultural Economics, Vol. 58, No. 8 (2012), pp. 372-386.
Millock, Katrin, Angels Xabadia, David Zilberman. “Policy for the Adoption of New Environmental Monitoring Technologies to Manage Stock Externalities,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2012), pp. 102-116.
Poudel, Biswo N., Krishna P. Paudel, Govinda Timilsina, and David Zilberman. “Providing Numbers for a Food versus Fuel Debate: An Analysis of a Future Biofuel Production Scenario,” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Vol. 34, No. 4 (2012), pp. 637-668.
Kristoufek, Ladislav, Karel Janda, and David Zilberman. “Correlations Between Biofuels and Related Commodities Before and During the Food Crisis: A Taxonomy Perspective,” Energy Economics, Vol. 34, No. 5 (2012), pp. 1380-1391.
Sauer, Johannes, and David Zilberman. “Sequential Technology Implementation, Network Externalities, and Risk: The Case of Automatic Milking Systems,” Agricultural Economics, Vol. 43, No. 3 (2012), pp. 233-252.
Waterfield, Gina, and David Zilberman. “Pest Management in Food Systems: An Economic Perspective,” Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 37 (2012), pp. 223-245.
Zilberman, David, Jinhua Zhao, and Amir Heiman. “Adoption Versus Adaptation with Emphasis on Climate Change,” Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2012), pp. 27-53.
Khanna, Madhu, and David Zilberman. “Modeling the Land-Use and Greenhouse-Gas Implications Of Biofuels,” Climate Change Economics, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2012), pp. 1250016-1–1250016-15.
Zilberman, David, Gal Hochman, Deepak Rajagopal, Steve Sexton, and Govinda Timilsina. “The Impact of Biofuels on Commodity Food Prices: Assessment of Findings,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 95, No. 2 (2013), pp. 275-281.
Bowman, Maria S., and David Zilberman. “Economic Factors Affecting Diversified Farming Systems,” Ecology and Society, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2013), p. 33.
Hochman, Gal, Chrysostomos Tabakis, and David Zilberman. “The Impact of International Trade on Institutions and Infrastructure,” Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 41, No. 1 (2013), pp. 126-140.
Kahrl, Fredrich, David Roland-Holst, and David Zilberman. “Past as Prologue? Understanding Energy Use in Post-2002 China,” Energy Economics, Vol. 36 (2013), pp. 759-771.
Kristoufek, Ladislav, Karel Janda, and David Zilberman. “Regime-dependent Topological Properties of Biofuels Networks,” The European Physical Journal B, Vol. 86, No. 2 (2013), pp. 1-12.
Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Martin J. Otte, David Roland-Holst, and David Zilberman. “A One Health Perspective on HPAI H5N1 in the Greater Mekong Sub-region,” Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Vol. 36, No. 3 (2013), pp. 309-319.
Rajagopal, Deepak, and David Zilberman. “On Market-mediated Emissions and Regulations On Life Cycle Emissions,” Ecological Economics, Vol. 90 (2013), pp. 77-84.
Serra, Teresa, and David Zilberman. “Biofuel-Related Price Transmission Literature: A Review,” Energy Economics, Vol. 37 (2013), pp. 141-151.
Vacha, Lukas, Karel Janda, Ladislav Kristoufek, and David Zilberman. “Time-Frequency Dynamics of Biofuels-Fuels-Food System,” Energy Economics, Vol. 40 (2013), pp. 233-241.
Zilberman, David, Eunice Kim, Sam Kirschner, Scott Kaplan, and Jeanne Reeves, “Technology and the Future Bioeconomy,” Agricultural Economics, Vol. 44 (2013), pp. 1-8.
Bennett, Alan B., Cecilia Chi-Ham, Geoffrey Barrows, Steven Sexton, and David Zilberman, “Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics, Environment, Ethics, and the Future,” Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 38, No. 1 (2013). 31 p.
Hamilton, Stephen F., Thomas W. Sproul, David Sunding, and David Zilberman, “Environmental Policy with Collective Waste Disposal,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2013), pp. 337-346.
Strogen, Bret, Arpad Horvath, and David Zilberman, “Energy Intensity, Life-cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Economic Assessment of Liquid Biofuel Pipelines,” Bioresource Technology, forthcoming.
Zilberman, David. “The Economics of Sustainable Development,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming.
Zilberman, David, Geoff Barrows, Gal Hochman, and Deepak Rajagopal, “On the Indirect Effect of Biofuel,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming.
Barrows, Geoffrey, Steven Sexton, and David Zilberman, “Agricultural Biotechnology: The Promise and Prospects,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, forthcoming.
Zilberman, David, Scott Kaplan, Eunice Kim, Steven Sexton, and Geoffrey Barrows, “Biotechnology and Food Security,” Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 67, No. 2 (2014), pp. 91-107.