Faculty

Ani Katchova is on a fellowship leave from the University of Kentucky until Fall 2013.  She is working as AAAS Policy Fellow at Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.

Biographical Information

Ani Katchova is an associate professor in the department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky.  Her research areas are industrial organization, agricultural finance, agribusiness management and marketing, and applied econometrics.  Her research has been published in leading journals such as the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Finance Review, and Agribusiness and has been funded by over $1.5 million in grants. She teaches an undergraduate course in agricultural financial management and a graduate course in applied econometrics.  She has served as an associate editor for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, an editorial board member for Agribusiness: An International Journal, a chair of the Agricultural Finance regional committee, a chair of the AAEA Economic Statistics and Information Resources committee, a member of several national review panels, and an advisory board.  She is currently a AAAS Fellow at USDA and has completed a Fulbright Specialist Program in Austria and holds the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel.  Dr. Katchova holds a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and was a faculty member at the University of Illinois prior to joining the University of Kentucky. 

In the News

UK's Ag Economist Completes Fulbright Specialist Program

Areas of Interest

Industrial Organization, Agricultural Finance, Agribusiness Management and Marketing, Applied Econometrics

Teaching

AEC441 Agricultural Financial Management

AEC724 Applied Econometrics

Selected Presentations and Publications

RePEc Papers

AgEcon Search

Google Scholar

Selected Publications

Books

"Understanding American Agriculture: Challenges for the Agricultural Resource Management Survey." A.L. Katchova, panel member.  National Research Council, National Academies.  Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007. website

Book Chapters

Katchova, A.L. "Agricultural Contracting and Competition." book chapter in the Ethics and Economics of Agrifood Competition, Harvey S. James, ed. Springer, 2013.

Katchova, A.L., and T.A. Woods. "Sourcing and Marketing Local Foods." book chapter in the Ethics and Economics of Agrifood Competition, Harvey S. James, ed. Springer, 2013. 

Journal Articles

Katchova, A.L., and S.J. Enlow. "Financial Performance of Publicly-Traded Agribusinesses." Agricultural Finance Review 73(2013).

Williamson, J.M., and A.L. Katchova. "Tax-Exempt Bond Financing for Beginning and Low-Equity Farmers: The Case for Aggie Bonds." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 44(2013).

Ahrendsen, B., and A.L. Katchova. "Underlying Financial Assumptions for ARMS." Agricultural Finance Review 72(2012):262-272.  (senior authorship is shared)

Kropp, J., and A.L. Katchova. "The Effect of Direct Payments on Liquidity and Repayment Capacity for Beginning Farmers." Agricultural Finance Review 71(2011):347-365.  pdf

Jette-Nantel, S., D. Freshwater, M. Beaulieu, A.L. Katchova. "Farm Income Variability and Off-Farm Diversification in Canadian Agriculture." Agricultural Finance Review 71(2011):329-346.

Collier, B., A.L. Katchova, and J. Skees. "Loan Portfolio Performance and El Nino, an Intervention Analysis." Agricultural Finance Review 71(2011):98-119.

Katchova, A.L. "Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42(2010):1-6.  pdf

Katchova, A.L. "Agricultural Cooperatives and Contract Price Competitiveness." Journal of Cooperatives 24(2010):2-12. pdf

Paulson, N.D., A.L. Katchova, and S.H. Lence. "An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Marketing Contract Structures for Corn and Soybeans." Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization 8(2010), 4:1-23. pdf

Zhao, J., P.J. Barry, and A.L. Katchova. "Signaling Credit Risk in Agriculture: Implications for Capital Structure Analysis." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40(2008):805-820. pdf

Katchova, A.L. "A Comparison of the Economic Well-Being of Farm and Nonfarm Households."  American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90(2008):733-747.  pdf

Katchova, A.L., M.J. Miranda, and C. Gonzalez-Vega. "A Dynamic Model of Individual and Group Lending in Developing Countries." Agricultural Finance Review 66(2006):251-267.

Katchova, A.L., and P.J. Barry. "Credit Risk Models and Agricultural Lending." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2005):194-205. pdf

Katchova, A.L. "The Farm Diversification Discount." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2005):984-994.  pdf

Katchova, A.L., I.M. Sheldon, and M.J. Miranda. "A Dynamic Model of Oligopsony and Oligopoly in the Potato Processing Industry." Agribusiness: An International Journal 21(2005):409-428.  pdf

Katchova, A.L., and M.J. Miranda. "Two-Step Econometric Estimation of Farm Characteristics Affecting Marketing Contracts Decisions." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(2004):88-102.  pdf

Selected Honors, Professional Service and Membership

AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Economic Research Service, USDA, 2012-2013.

Kentucky Colonel, honorary title given by Kentucky Governor, 2012.

Fulbright Specialist, BOKU University, Austria, 2012.

Editorial Board, Agribusiness: An International Journal, 2012-2016.

Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2008-2011.

Member and Past Chair, NC-1177 Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition, 2001-present.

Chair, AAEA Economic Statistics and Information Resources Committee, 2010-2013.

Chair, SAEA Outstanding Teaching of a Course Award Committee, 2010-2013.

Topic Leader, AAEA Selected Papers and Posters for the Agricultural Finance and Farm Management Section, 2010-2011.

Coordinator, SAEA Selected Papers for the Agribusiness Finance Section, 2011.

Advisory Board, Quantitative Initiative for Policy and Social Research, University of Kentucky, 2011-present.