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Dr. Dayton Lambert
Assistant Professor

Department of Agricultural Economics

The University of Tennessee
321A Morgan Hall
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4518
Phone: (865) 974-7472
dmlambert@tennessee.edu

 

Professional Interest


  • Rural Economic Development
  • Regional Economics
  • Location Theory
  • Spatial Econometrics

Education


  • Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 2005
  • M.S. Fisheries and Aquaculture, Auburn University, 1998
  • M.A. Cultural Anthropology, Rutgers University, 1991
  • B.A. Anthropology, Miami University of Ohio, 1989

Teaching


Selected Publications

Articles published in refereed journals

  • Cho, S., D.M. Lambert, R.K. Roberts, and S.G. Kim. 2010. Moderating Urban Sprawl: Is there a Balance between Shared Open Space and Housing Parcel Size? Journal of Economic Geography, in press.
  • Cho, S., D.M. Lambert, and R.K. Roberts. 2010. Forecasting Open Space with a Two-Rate Property Tax. Land Economics 86, in press.
  • Lambert, D.M., T. R. Wojan, and P. Sullivan. 2009.  Farm Business and Household Expenditure Patterns and Local Communities: Evidence from a National Farm Survey. Review of Agricultural Economics 31(3): 604 - 626.
  • Lambert, D. M., K. T. McNamara. 2009. Location Determinants of Food Manufacturers in the U.S., 2000 - 2004: Are Nonmetropolitan Counties Competitive? Agricultural Economics 40(6), in press.
  • Lambert, D.M., C.D. Clark, M.D. Wilcox, and W.M. Park. 2009. Public Education Financing Trends and the Gray Peril Hypothesis? Growth and Change 40(4), in press.
  • Clark, C.D., D.M. Lambert, W.M. Park, and M.D. Wilcox, 2009. Willingness to Fund Public Education in a Rural Retirement Destination County. Journal of Research in Rural Education 24(6).
  • Stewart, L., D. M. Lambert, M. D. Wilcox, and B. C. English. 2009. Tennessee Agriculture and Forestry Industry Clusters and Economic Performance, 2000 – 2006, Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics 34(1): 172 - 195.
  • Lambert, D. M., and S. Cho. 2009. Forecasting Input Demand Shocks on China’s Gross Value of Agricultural Output, Review of Regional Studies, forthcoming.
  • Cho, S., D. M. Lambert, H. J. Kim, and S. G. Kim. 2009. Overweight Adolescent and Academic Achievement in Korea. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 30: 126 - 136.
  • Schaible, G., D.M. Lambert, C.S. Kim, and S. Stefanova. 2009. Structural Conservation Practices in U.S. Wheat Production: A Cost-Function Technology Adoption Approach. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 1(2): 167 - 188.
  • Walton, J. C., D. M. Lambert, R. K. Roberts, J. A. Larson, B. C. English, S. L. Larkin, S. W. Martin, M. C. Marra, K.W. Paxton, and J. M. Reeves. 2008. Adoption and Abandonment of Precision Soil Sampling in Cotton Production. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 33(3): 428 - 448.
  • Lambert, D.M., M. Wilcox, A. English, and L. Stewart. 2008. Ethanol Plant Location Determinants and County Comparative Advantage. Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics 40(1): 117 – 135.
  • Grant, J.H., and D.M. Lambert. 2008. Do Regional Trade Agreements Increase Agricultural Trade? American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90(3): 765 - 782.
  • Cho, S., D. M. Lambert, and Z. Chen. 2008. Geographically Weighted Regression Bandwidth Selection and Spatial Autocorrelation: An Empirical Example Using Chinese Agriculture Data. Applied Economic Letters, (forthcoming).
  • Chang, H. H., D. M. Lambert, and A. Mishra. 2008. Does participation in the conservation reserve program impact the economic well-being of farm households? Agricultural Economic 38: 201 – 212.
  • Cho, S. H., N. Poudyal, and D. M. Lambert. 2008. Estimating Spatially Varying Effects of Urban Growth Boundaries on Land Development and Land Value. Land Use Policy, 25: 320 - 329.
  • Lambert, D. M., C. D. Clark, M. D. Wilcox, and W. M. Park. 2007. Do Migrating Retirees Affect Business Establishment and Job Growth? An Empirical Look at Southeastern Non-metropolitan Counties, 2000 – 2004. Review of Regional Studies 37(2): 251 – 278.
  • Wojan, T. R, D. M. Lambert, and D. A. McGranahan. 2007. Emoting With their Feet: Bohemian Attraction to Creative Milieu. Journal of Economic Geography 7: 711 - 736.
  • Lambert, D.M., P. Sullivan, R. Claassen. 2007. Working Farm Participation and Acreage Enrollment in the CRP. Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics, 39(1): 151 - 169.
  • Lambert, D.M., G. Schaible, R. Johansson, and U. Vasavada. 2007. The Value of Integrated CEAP-ARMS Survey Data in Conservation Program Analysis. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 62(1): 1 - 10.
  • Lambert, D.M., P. Sullivan, R. Claassen, and L. Foreman. 2007. Profiles of U.S. Farm Households Adopting Conservation-Compatible Practices. Land Use Policy, 24: 72-88.
  • Lambert, D.M., J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, and G.M. Malzer. 2007. Managing Phosphorous Soil Dynamics Over Space and Time. Agricultural Economics, 37: 43 - 53.
  • Lambert, D.M., J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, and G.M. Malzer. 2007. Site-Specific Management of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in a Corn/Soybean Rotation.
    Better Crops, 91(1): 4-5.
  • Wojan, T. R., D. M. Lambert, and D. A. McGranahan. 2007. The Emergence of Rural Artistic Havens: A First Look. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 36(1): 1 – 18.
  • Bongiovanni, R.G., C.W. Robledo, and D.M. Lambert. 2007. Economics of Site-specific Nitrogen Management for Protein Content in Wheat. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 58: 13 – 24.
  • Daberkow, S., D. M. Lambert, and W. Musser. 2007. U.S. Corn Producer’s Response to Increased Energy Prices: Evidence from Producers Surveys in 2001 – 2005. Western Economics Forum, 6(1): 14 – 27.
  • Lambert, D.M., K. McNamara, and M. Garret. 2006. Food Industry Investment Flows: Implications for Rural Development. Review of Regional Studies, 36(2): 140 - 162.
  • Lambert, D.M., K. McNamara, and M. Garret. 2006. An Application of Spatial Poisson Models to Manufacturing Investment Location Analysis. Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics, 38(1): 102-115.
  • Lambert, D.M., P. Sullivan, R. Claassen. 2006. Land Retirement and Working-land Conservation Structures: A Look at Farmers' Choices. Amber Waves, 4(3): 16-21.
  • Lambert, D.M., P. Sullivan, R. Claassen, and L. Foreman. 2006. Use of Conservation-Compatible Practices Varies by Farm Type. Amber Waves, 4(1): 7.
  • Lambert, D.M., J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, and G.M. Malzer. 2006. Economic Analysis of Spatial-Temporal Patterns in Corn and Soybean Response to Nitrogen and Phosphorous. Agronomy Journal, 98(1): 43-54.
  • Griffin, T.W., and D.M. Lambert. 2005. Teaching Interpretation of Yield Monitor Data Analysis: Lessons Learned From Purdue’s Top Farmer Crop Workshop. Journal of Extension, 43(3): 1-4.
  • Lambert, D.M., James Lowenberg-DeBoer, and Rodolfo Bongiovanni. 2004. A Comparison of Four Spatial Regression Models for Yield Monitor Data: A Case Study From Argentina. Precision Agriculture, 5: 579-600.
  • Langyintuo, A.S., J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, M. Faye, D. Lambert, G. Ibro, B. Moussa, A. Kergna, S. Kushwaha, S. Musa, and G. Ntoukam. 2003. Cowpea Supply and Demand in West and Central Africa. Field Crops Research, 82: 215–231.
  • Lambert, D.M., and Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer. 2003. Economic Analysis of Row Spacing for Corn and Soybean. Agronomy Journal, 95: 564-573.
  • Lambert, D.M., B.J. Argue, Z. Liu, and R.A. Dunham. 1999. Effects of Seasonal Variations, Thyroid and Steroid Hormones, and Carp Pituitary Extract on the Artificial Production of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) x Blue Catfish (I. furcatus) Hybrids. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 30(1): 80-89.

 

Contributions to edited volumes

  • Lambert, D.M., M. D. Wilcox, C. D. Clark, B. Murphy, and W. Park. 2009. Is Growth in the Health Sector Correlated With Later-Life Migration? In Progress in Spatial Analysis: Theory and Computation, and Thematic Applications, A. Paez, J.L. Gallo, R. Buliung, S.Dall'Erba (Eds). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Cho, S., D.M. Lambert, R.K. Roberts, and S. Kim. 2009. Demand for Open Space and Urban Sprawl: The Case of Knox County, Tennessee. In Progress in Spatial Analysis: Theory and Computation, and Thematic Applications, A. Paez, J.L. Gallo, R. Buliung, S.Dall'Erba (Eds). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Griffin, T.W., D.M. Lambert, and J. Lowenberg-DeBoer. 2005. Economics of GPS Lightbar Navigation and Auto-Guidance Technologies. In Precision Agriculture-2005, John Stafford, editor, pp. 581-587. Wageningen Academic Publishers: The Netherlands.
  • Lowenberg-DeBoer, J., D.M. Lambert, and R. Bongiovanni. 2003. Appropriate On-farm Trial Designs for Precision Farming. In Precision Agriculture-2003, John Stafford and Armin Werner, eds., pp 361-367. Wageningen Academic Publishers: The Netherlands.
  • Papers published in conference proceedings
  • Stewart, L., and D. M. Lambert. 2008. Factors Determining Corn-Based Ethanol Plant Site Selection: 2000-2007. Farm Foundation Conference Proceedings, Transition to a Bioeconomy: Risk, Infrastructure, and Industry Evolution, Berkeley, CA.
  • Griffin, T.W., D.M. Lambert, and J. Lowenberg-DeBoer. 2008. Economics of GPS-Enables Navigation Technologies. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Denver, Colorado, July 20-23, 2008.
  • Walton, J. C., R. K. Roberts, J. A. Larson, D. M. Lambert, B. C. English, S. L. Larkin, S. W. Martin, M. C. Marra, K.W. Paxton, and J. M. Reeves. 2008. Grid Soil Sampling Adoption and Abandonment in Cotton Production. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Denver, Colorado, July 20-23, 2008.
  • Wang, Z., S. Zheng, Y. Weng, and D. M. Lambert. 2008. An Empirical Study on Farmers’ Pesticide Use in Chinese Export-oriented Regions under a Positive List System. In Proceedings of the 2nd Euro-Asia Conference on Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility: Technological Innovation and Management Section, Oct 12-13, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand, p. 126 - 137.
  • Cho, S. H., N. Poudyal, and D. M. Lambert. 2007. Estimating Spatially Varying Effects of Urban Growth. In Emerging Issues Along Rural/Urban Interface 2: Linking Land-Use Science and Policy, April 9 – 12, 2007, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Griffin, Terry, Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer, and D. M. Lambert. 2004. Testing for Appropriate On-farm Trial designs and Statistical Methods for Precision Farming: A Simulation Approach. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 25-28, 2004, Bloomington, MN (ASA-CSSA-SSSA, Madison, Wisconsin, 2004).
  • Lambert, Dayton M., Gary L. Malzer, and Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer. 2004. Incorporating Soil Test Information into Variable Rate Manure Management Recommendations. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 25-28, 2004 (ASA-CSSA-SSSA, Madison, Wisconsin, 2004).
  • He, Lixia, and D.M. Lambert. 2004. Chinese Industrial Demand for Energy. In: Proceedings of the 24th USAEE/IAEE (International Association for Energy Economics) North American Conference, July 8-10, 2004, Washington, DC.
  • Lambert, D. M., Lowenberg-DeBoer, J., and R. Bongiovanni. 2002. Spatial Regression, An Alternative Statistical Analysis for Landscape Scale On-farm trials: Case Study of Variable Rate Nitrogen Application in Argentina. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, July 14-17, 2002, Bloomington, MN (ASA-CSSA-SSSA, Madison, Wisconsin, 2002), 828-843.