Staff Profile:Professor Kelvin Balcombe

Name:

Professor Kelvin Balcombe

Job Title:

Professor

Responsibilities:

Module convenor for Quantitative Methods 1, Quantitative Methods 2, Consumer Research Methods, Research Methods and Data Analysis.

Areas of Interest:

My work has often focused on the econometrics of food demand, and the estimation of models involving productivity and production, but I have maintained interests in many areas within micro and macroeconomics, both within the agricultural sector and outside it.

Topics I have worked on include, Cointegration, Bootstrapping in Time Series Analysis, (Bayesian) Stochastic Frontiers, Random Parameter Models, Monte Carlo methods in Project Planning, Bootstrapping DEA, Choice Modelling, Genetic Algorithms and (Min)Maximum Entropy. Over the past couple of years I have become more interested and occupied with Bayesian approaches and the treatment of misreporting in choice experiments.

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

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Jump to: 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

Number of items: 59.

2018

• Bennett, R., Balcombe, K., Jones, P. and Butterworth, A. (2018) The benefits of farm animal welfare legislation: the case of the EU broiler directive and truthful reporting. Journal of Agricultural Economics. ISSN 0021-857X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12278
• Fraser, I. and Balcombe, K. (2018) Wrapped in the flag: food choice and country of origin labelling. Eurochoices. ISSN 1478-0917 (In Press)

2017

• Balcombe, K., Fraser, I., McSorley, E. and Williams, L. (2017) Examining the relationship between visual attention and stated preferences: a discrete choice experiment using eye-tracking. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 144. pp. 238-257. ISSN 0167-2681 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.09.023
• Balcombe, K. and Fraser, I. (2017) Do bubbles have an explosive signature in Markov switching models? Economic Modelling, 66. pp. 81-100. ISSN 0264-9993 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2017.06.001

2016

• Chalak, A., Abiad, A. and Balcombe, K. (2016) Joint use of attribute importance rankings and non-attendance data in choice experiments. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 43 (5). pp. 737-760. ISSN 0165-1587 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbw004
• Balcombe, K., Bradley, D., Fraser, I. and Hussein, M. (2016) Consumer preferences regarding country of origin for multiple meat products. Food Policy, 64. pp. 49-62. ISSN 0306-9192 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.008
• Areal, F. J., Balcombe, K. and Rapsomanikis, G. (2016) Testing for bubbles in agriculture commodity markets. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales - Agricultural and Resource Economics, 16 (1). pp. 59-79. ISSN 1578-0732 doi: https://doi.org/10.7201/earn.2016.01.04
• Balcombe, K., Fraser, I., Lowe, B. and Souza Monteiro, D. (2016) Information customization and food choice. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 98 (1). pp. 54-73. ISSN 0002-9092 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aav033

2015

• Salois, M. and Balcombe, K. G. (2015) A generalised Bayesian instrumental variable approach under student t-distributed errors with application. The Manchester School, 83 (5). pp. 499-522. ISSN 1467-9957 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12048
• Balcombe, K. and Fraser, I. (2015) Parametric preference functionals under risk in the gain domain: a Bayesian analysis. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 50 (2). pp. 161-187. ISSN 0895-5646 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-015-9213-8
• Balcombe, K., Fraser, I. and McSorley, E. (2015) Visual attention and attribute attendance in multi-attribute choice experiments. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 30 (3). pp. 447-467. ISSN 1099-1255 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2383
• Breeze, T.D., Bailey, A.P., Potts, S.G. and Balcombe, K.G.. (2015) A stated preference valuation of the non-market benefits of pollination services in the UK. Ecological Economics, 111. pp. 76-85. ISSN 0921-8009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.12.022
• Rigby, D., Burton, M., Balcombe, K., Bateman, I. and Mulatu, A. (2015) Contract cheating & the market in essays. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 111. pp. 23-37. ISSN 0167-2681 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.12.019

2014

• Breeze, T. D., Bailey, A. P., Balcombe, K. G. and Potts, S. G. (2014) Costing conservation: an expert appraisal of the pollinator habitat benefits of England’s entry level stewardship. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23 (5). pp. 1193-1214. ISSN 0960-3115 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0660-3
• Balcombe, K., Bitzios, M., Fraser, I. and Fraser-Haddock, J. (2014) Using attribute importance rankings within discrete choice experiments: an application to valuing bread attributes. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65 (2). pp. 446-462. ISSN 0021-857X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12051

2013

• Kehlbacher, A., Balcombe, K. and Bennett, R. (2013) Stated attribute non-attendance in successive choice experiments. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 64 (3). pp. 693-706. ISSN 0021-857X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12021

2012

• Kehlbacher, A., Bennett, R. and Balcombe, K. (2012) Measuring the consumer benefits of improving farm animal welfare to inform welfare labelling. Food Policy, 37 (6). pp. 627-633. ISSN 0306-9192 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.07.002
• Areal, F., Balcombe, K. and Tiffin, R. (2012) Integrating spatial dependence into stochastic frontier analysis. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 56 (4). pp. 521-541. ISSN 1364-985X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00597.x
• Areal, F., Tiffin, R. and Balcombe, K. (2012) Provision of environmental output within a multi-output distance function approach. Ecological Economics, 78. pp. 47-54. ISSN 0921-8009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.03.011
• Bennett, R. and Balcombe, K. (2012) Farmers’ willingness to pay for a tuberculosis cattle vaccine. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 63 (2). pp. 408-424. ISSN 0021-857X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2011.00330.x
• Salois, M. J., Tiffin, R. and Balcombe, K. G. (2012) Impact of income on nutrient intakes: implications for undernourishment and obesity. Journal of Development Studies, 48 (12). pp. 1716-1730. ISSN 1743-9140 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2012.658376
• Bennett, R., Kehlbacher, A. and Balcombe, K. (2012) A method for the economic valuation of animal welfare benefits using a single welfare score. Animal Welfare, 21 (S1). pp. 125-130. ISSN 0962-7286 doi: https://doi.org/10.7120/096272812X13345905674006
• Areal, F. J., Tiffin, R. and Balcombe, K. (2012) Farm technical efficiency under a tradable milk-quota system. Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (1). pp. 50-62. ISSN 0022-0302 doi: https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2011-4638

2011

• Tiffin, R. and Balcombe, K. (2011) The determinants of technology adoption by UK farmers using Bayesian model averaging: the cases of organic production and computer usage. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 55 (4). pp. 579-598. ISSN 1364-985X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00549.x
• Breeze, T. D., Bailey, A. P., Balcombe, K. G. and Potts, S. G. (2011) Pollination services in the UK: how important are honeybees? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 142 (3-4). pp. 137-143. ISSN 0167-8809 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.020
• Balcombe, K. and Fraser, I. (2011) A general treatment of 'don't know' responses from choice experiments. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 38 (2). pp. 171-191. ISSN 1464-3618 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbr010
• Balcombe, K. G., Fraser, I. and Sharma, A. (2011) Bayesian model averaging and identification of structural breaks in time series. Applied Economics, 43 (26). pp. 3805-3818. ISSN 1466-4283 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036841003724445
• Balcombe, K., Burton, M. and Rigby, D. (2011) Skew and attribute non-attendance within the Bayesian mixed logit model. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 62 (3). pp. 446-461. ISSN 0095-0696 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2011.04.004

2010

• Balcombe, K. G. and Rapsomanikis, G. (2010) An analysis of the impact of R&D on productivity using Bayesian model averaging with a reversible jump algorithm. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 92 (4). pp. 985-998. ISSN 0002-9092 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aaq050
• Balcombe, K., Fraser, I. and Di Falco, S. (2010) Traffic lights and food choice: a choice experiment examining the relationship between nutritional food labels and price. Food Policy, 35 (3). pp. 211-220. ISSN 0306-9192 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.12.005

2009

• Balcombe, K., Fraser, I. and Harris, L. (2009) Consumer willingness to pay for in-flight service and comfort levels: A choice experiment. Journal of Air Transport Management, 15 (5). pp. 221-226. ISSN 0969-6997 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2008.12.005
• Balcombe, K. and Fraser, I. (2009) Dichotomous-choice contingent valuation with 'don't know' responses and misreporting. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 24 (7). pp. 1137-1152. ISSN 0883-7252 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.1109
• Rigby, D., Balcombe, K. and Burton, M. (2009) Mixed Logit Model Performance and Distributional Assumptions: Preferences and GM foods. Environmental & Resource Economics, 42 (3). pp. 279-295. ISSN 0924-6460 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-008-9227-7
• Balcombe, K., Fraser, I. and Chalak, A. (2009) Model selection for the mixed logit with Bayesian estimation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 57 (2). pp. 226-237. ISSN 0095-0696 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2008.06.001
• Sharma, A., Balcombe, K. G. and Fraser, I. M. (2009) Non-renewable resource prices: Structural breaks and long term trends. Economics Bulletin, 29 (2). pp. 805-819.

2008

• Latruffe, L., Davidova, S. and Balcombe, K. (2008) Application of a double bootstrap to investigation of determinants of technical efficiency of farms in Central Europe. Journal of Productivity Analysis , 29 (2). pp. 183-191. ISSN 0895-562X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-007-0074-2
• Balcombe, K. and Rapsomanikis, G. (2008) Bayesian estimation and selection of nonlinear vector error correction models: The case of the sugar-ethanol-oil nexus in Brazil. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 90 (3). pp. 658-668. ISSN 0002-9092 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01136.x
• Balcombe, K., Bailey, A., Chalak, A. and Fraser, I. (2008) Modifying willingness to pay estimates where respondents mis-report their preferences. Applied Economics Letters, 15 (5). pp. 327-330. ISSN 1350-4851 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850600706123
• Chalak, A., Balcombe, K., Bailey, A. and Fraser, I. (2008) Pesticides, preference heterogeneity and environmental taxes. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 59 (3). pp. 537-554. ISSN 0021-857X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2008.00163.x
• Latruffe, L., Davidova, S. and Balcombe, K. (2008) Productivity change in Polish agriculture: an illustration of a bootstrapping procedure applied to Malmquist indices. Post-Communist Economies, 20 (4). pp. 449-460. ISSN 1463-1377 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14631370802444708
• Balcombe, K., Fraser, I., Latruffe, L., Rahman, M. and Smith, L. (2008) An application of the DEA double bootstrap to examine sources of efficiency in Bangladesh rice farming. Applied Economics, 40 (15). pp. 1919-1925. ISSN 1466-4283 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840600905282
• Balcombe, K., Davidova, S. and Latruffe, L. (2008) The use of bootstrapped Malmquist indices to reassess productivity change findings: an application to a sample of Polish farms. Applied Economics, 40 (16). pp. 2055-2061. ISSN 1466-4283 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840600949264

2007

• Balcombe, K., Bailey, A., Chalak, A. and Fraser, I. (2007) Bayesian estimation of willingness-to-pay where respondents mis-report their preferences. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 69 (3). pp. 413-437. ISSN 0305-9049 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00198.x
• Fraser, I., Balcombe, K., Rahman, M. and Smith, L. (2007) Examining the technical efficiency of rice producers in Bangladesh. Journal of International Development, 19 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 0954-1748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1284
• Balcombe, K., Doucouliagos, H. and Fraser, I. (2007) Input usage, output mix and industry deregulation: an analysis of the Australian dairy manufacturing industry. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 51 (2). pp. 137-156. ISSN 1364-985X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00370.x
• Balcombe, K., Bailey, A. and Brooks, J. (2007) Threshold effects in price transmission: The case of Brazilian wheat, maize, and soya prices. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89 (2). pp. 308-323. ISSN 0002-9092 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01013.x

2006

• Balcombe, K. (2006) Bayesian estimation of co-integrating thresholds in the term structure of interest rates. Empirical Economics, 31 (2). pp. 277-289. ISSN 0377-7332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-005-0011-z
• Fraser, I., Balcombe, K. and Kim, P. (2006) Estimating technical efficiency of Australian dairy farms using alternative frontier methodologies. Applied Economics, 38 (19). pp. 2221-2236. ISSN 1466-4283 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500427445
• Rahman, M., Balcombe, K. and Smith, L. (2006) A Non-parametric approach to model the technical, allocative, cost and scale efficiency of rice producers in Bangladesh. The Journal of Agricultural and Food Economics, 1 (1). pp. 27-48.
• Gocht, A. and Balcombe, K. (2006) Ranking efficiency units in DEA using bootstrapping an applied analysis for Slovenian farm data. Agricultural Economics, 35 (2). pp. 223-229. ISSN 0169-5150 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00155.x

2005

• Latruffe, L., Davidova, S. and Balcombe, K. (2005) Application of a double bootstrap to investigation of determinants of technical efficiency of farms in Central Europe. In: Conference on Myths and Reality of Productivity Miracles and Failures in Transitional Economies, Kyiv, UKRAINE, pp. 183-191. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-007-0074-2
• Bezemer, D., Balcombe, K., Davis, J. and Fraser, I. (2005) Livelihoods and farm efficiency in rural Georgia. Applied Economics, 37 (15). pp. 1737-1745. ISSN 1466-4283 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500215253
• Balcombe, K., Bailey, A. and Fraser, I. (2005) Measuring the impact of R&D on productivity from a econometric time series perspective. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 24 (1). pp. 49-72. ISSN 1573-0441 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-005-3040-x
• Balcombe, K. (2005) Model selection using information criteria and genetic algorithms. Computational Economics, 25 (3). pp. 207-228. ISSN 1572-9974 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-005-2209-8
• Tiffin, R. and Balcombe, K. (2005) Testing symmetry and homogeneity in the almost ideal demand system with co-integrated data using fully modified estimation and the bootstrap. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 56 (2). pp. 253-270. ISSN 0021-857X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2005.00003.x

2004

• Bailey, A., Balcombe, K., Thirtle, C. and Jenkins, L. (2004) ME estimation of input and output biases of technical and policy change in UK agriculture, 1953 to 2000. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 55 (2). pp. 385-400. ISSN 1477-9552 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2004.tb00102.x
• Latruffe, L., Balcombe, K., Davidova, S. and Zawalinska, K. (2004) Determinants of technical efficiency of crop and livestock farms in Poland. Applied Economics, 36 (12). pp. 1255-1263. ISSN 1466-4283 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0003684042000176793
• Bailey, A., Irz, X. and Balcombe, K. (2004) Measuring productivity growth when technological change is biased - a new index and an application to UK agriculture. Agricultural Economics, 31 (2-3). pp. 285-295. ISSN 0169-5150 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agecon.2004.09.020

2003

• Bailey, A. , Irz, X. and Balcombe, K. (2003) A tractable means of correcting sector level TFP calculations in the face of biased technological change. In: Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Durban, South Africa, pp. 824-836.

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Qualifications:

BCom MCom, University of Auckland, New Zealand;
PhD, University of London