Research by Professor A. Sarris (After 2010)

Below is presented the Professor's recent research activity (after 2010). Full research activity is presented on the section Teaching Staff.

Research Projects 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 financed by the Special Account for Research Grants of the NKUA

Sarris Alexander, Research Supervisor of Project 13

Work 1

A computable general equilibrium model for the analysis of the impact of stabilization and structural adjustment programs in Greece

Sarris Alexander, Zografakis Stavros, Boufounou Paraskevi

Work 2

A multisector general equilibrium model for the Greek Economy during the economic crisis

Zografakis Stavros, Sarris Alexander

Articles in Scientific Journals

• C. McIntosh, A. Sarris, and F. Papadopoulos (2013), “Productivity, credit, risk, and the demand for weather index insurance in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia”, Agricultural Economics, 44(4-5): pp. 399-417

• A. Sarris, P. Conforti, and A. Prakash (2011) “The Use of Organized Commodity Markets to Manage Food Import Price Instability and Risk”, Agricultural Economics, 42(1), pp. 47-64

Books – Chapters in Books

• A. Sarris and J. Morrison (editors) (2010). Food Security in Africa: Market and Trade Policy for Staple Foods in Eastern and Southern Africa. Rome and Cheltenham. FAO and Edward Elgar.

• A. Sarris (2011), “Global food commodity price volatility and developing country import risks”, forthcoming in I. Piot-Lepetit and R. M’barek (editors), Methods to Analyse Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility, Springer.

• P. Conforti and A. Sarris (2011), Challenges and policies for the world agriculture and food economy in the 2050 perspective”, in P. Conforti (editor), Looking Ahead in World Food and Agriculture: Perspectives to 2050. Rome. FAO.

• P. Conforti, and A. Sarris (2010), “Liberalizing Trade under Structural Constraints in Developing Countries: a General Equilibrium Analysis of Tanzania”, in A. Sarris and J. Morrison (editors). Food Security in Africa: Market and Trade Policy for Staple Foods in Eastern and Southern Africa. Rome and Cheltenham. FAO and Edward Elgar.

• A. Sarris (2010), “Trade related policies to ensure rice food security in Asia”, in D. Dawe (editor). The rice crisis: markets, policies and food security. FAO and Earthscan.

Scientific Conferences and Selected Unpublished Research Works

• A. Sarris, and F. Papadopoulos, (2013), “Fertilizer Use in Smallholder Agriculture in Ethiopia”, University of Athens, mimeographed.

• M.R. Carter, L. Cheng, and A. Sarris (2012) “The Impact of Interlinked Index Insurance and Credit Contracts on Financial Market Deepening and Small Farm Productivity”, University of California, Davis, working paper.