CURRICULUM VITAE
September, 2006
CARLOS ENRIQUE CARPIO
Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
283 Barre Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Economics, North Carolina State University, 2006. Fields of specialization: Agricultural Economics and Econometrics.
M.Sc. Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, 2002.
B.S. Agriculture, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana “El Zamorano”, Honduras, 1999.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University. 2006-Present
Research Assistant. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University. 2002-2006.
Teaching Assistant. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University. 2002.
Research Assistant. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University. 2000-2001.
Visiting Research Scholar. Center of Economic Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey. 1999
Extension Agent. ECUAQUIMICA, Loja, Ecuador. Worked with small farmers to improve crop production practices. 1997-1998.
Visiting Research Scholar. University of Cadiz, Spain. 1997.
PUBLICATIONS:
Refereed Journal Articles:
Carpio, C.E. and D.S. NeSmith. "Economic Assessment of Irrigation Management in Muscadine Grapes." HorTechnology, 16(3)(2006): 1-5.
Ramirez, O.A., Mohanty S., Carpio C.E., and Denning M. "Issues and Strategies for Aggregate Supply Response Estimation for Policy Analyses." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 36(2004).
Carpio C.E. and O.A. Ramirez. "Estudios Económicos sobre la Mitigación del Dióxido de Carbono Atmosférico en Latinoamérica". Revista Asturiana de Economía, 2002.
Ramirez, O.A., C.E. Carpio, R. Ortiz and B. Finegan. "Economic Value of the Carbon Sink Services from Costa Rican Secondary Forests." Environmental and Resource Economics, 21(2002): 23-46.
Britt, M.L.,O.A. Ramirez, and C.E. Carpio. "Effects of Quality Considerations and Climate/Weather Information on the Management and Profitability of Cotton Production in the Texas High Plains." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 34( 2002): 561-83.
Book Chapters:
Poling, B., R. Boyles, and C.E. Carpio. "Spring Frost Protection. In North Carolina Winegrape Growers Guide." Editor B. Poling. In-press.
Carpio, C.E. and C.D. Safley. "Estimated Costs and Investment Analysis of Producing and Harvesting Chardonnay Grapes in North Carolina." In North Carolina Winegrape Growers Guide. Editor B. Poling. In-press.
Carpio, C.E., and O.A. Ramirez. (2002). "Economic Studies of Carbon Sequestration in Tropical Forests. In Socio-economic Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services, "Vol. 6.66.2 of the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.
Presented and Published in Proceedings or Abstracts of Scientific Conferences :
Carpio, C.E., M.K. Wohlgenant. "A Structural Econometric Model of Consumer Demand at Pick-Your-Own Fruit Operations." Refereed paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Long Beach, California, July, 2006.
Carpio, C.E., M.K. Wohlgenant, and T. Boonsaeng. "The Demand for Agritourism in the United States". Refereed paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Orlando, Florida, February 2006.
Carpio, C.E. "Relative Importance of Factors Affecting Customer’s Decisions to Buy Pick-Your-Own Versus Pre-Harvested Fruit at North Carolina Farms” Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Raleigh, NC February 23-25, 2005.
Carpio, C.E., M.K. Wohlgenant, and C.D. Safley. "Demand for Pick-Your-Own and Pre-picked Strawberries in Direct Market Operations in North Carolina." Refereed paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 14-18, 2004.
Carpio, C.E. and O.A. Ramirez. "Production Response of Cotton in India, Pakistan and Australia". Refereed paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Orlando, Florida, February 3-6, 2002.
Denning, M.L, O.A. Ramirez, C.E. Carpio, and D. Ethridge. "Hedonic Profit Maximization of Irrigated Cotton Production Systems in the Texas High Plains." Refereed paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Fort Worth, Texas, January 27-31 2001.
Carpio, C.E., O.A. Ramirez and S. Armstrong. "Profit Maximizing Economic Thresholds for the Cotton Boll Weevil in the Texas High Plains." Refereed paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Fort Worth, Texas, January 27-31 2001.
Ramirez, O.A., C.E. Carpio, R. Ortiz and B. Finegan. "Economic Value of the Carbon Sink Services of Tropical Secondary Forests." Refereed paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Tampa, Florida, July 30-August 2, 2000.
Other Presentations at Professional Meetings :Carpio, C.E., C.D. Safley, M.K. Wohlgenant, and R. Williams. "Identifying Factors Affecting Consumer Purchases at Direct Market Operations." Selected Poster 2005 Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Providence, RI, July 24-27, 2005.
Charles D. Safley, C.D., M.K. Wohlgenant, C.E. Carpio, R. Williams, T. Dautlick. "Why Consumers Buy Fresh Muscadine Grapes." Proceedings of the 2004 Southeast Fruit & Vegetable Convention, Savannah, GA January 9-11, 2004, pp. 5-25.
Charles D. Safley, C.D., M.K. Wohlgenant, C.E. Carpio, R. Williams, T. Dautlick. "Why Consumers Buy Muscadine Wine at Independent Wineries." Proceedings of the 2004 Southeast Fruit & Vegetable Convention, Savannah, GA January 9-11, 2004, pp 27-45
Carpio. C.E. and O.A. Ramirez. "Forecasting Foreign Cotton Production: The Case of India, Pakistan and Australia." Paper presented and published in the proceedings of the 2002 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Atlanta, Georgia, January 8 to12, 2002.
Carpio, C.E., O.A. Ramirez and S. Armstrong. "Economics of the Cotton Boll Weevil Control in the Texas High Plains." Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Anaheim, California, January 9-13, 2001.
Working Papers:
Carpio, C.E., M.K. Wohlgenant. "The Theory of the Economics of Time Revisited." August, 2006.
Carpio, C.E., M.K. Wohlgenant and C.D. Safley. "A Structural Econometric Model of Consumer Demand at Pick-Your-Own Fruit Operations." August, 2006.
Carpio, C.E., M.K. Wohlgenant and T. Boonsaeng. "The Demand for Agritourism in the United States." January, 2006.
Carpio, C.E., B. Poling and C.D. Safley. "Estimated Costs and Investment Analysis of Producing and Harvesting Muscadine Grapes in North Carolina." October, 2005.
Professional Service:
Topic Leader of the Selected Paper Proposals for the Quantitative/Econometrics Session of the 2005 Meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
Awards, Honors and Scholarships:
Outstanding Student Paper. South East Region of the Decision Science Institute, Raleigh, NC, February 23-25, 2005.
Outstanding Master Student of the Year awarded by the Graduate Student Association of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics of Texas Tech University. October, 2001.
Member of the Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi. May 2001-Present.
Member of the Honor Society of Agriculture Gamma Sigma Delta. December 1996 – Present.
Valedictorian of Escuela Agrícola Panamericana “El Zamorano”, Honduras 1999.
Dean’s Scholarship for the Ingeniero Agronomo Program (fourth year) at the Escuela Agrícola Panamericana “El Zamorano”, Honduras 1998.
German Government Scholarship to study the Agronomo Program (first, second and third year) at the Escuela Agrícola Panamericana “El Zamorano”, Honduras 1994-1996.
Memberships in Associations:
Member of the American Agricultural Economics Association
Member of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association
Computer Skills:
Proficient in SAS, GAUSS, Matlab, LIMDEP, Microsoft Office.
Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent).
updated 10/11/06