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Levan Elbakidze Assistant Research Professor Research Interests: Bio-Security, Agricultural Terrorism, Animal Disease Mitigation, Climate Change Impact and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, Water Resources Office Address: 333F Blocker 2124 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2124 Contact Information: (979) 845-3225 (Office) (979) 862-1563 (Fax) Email Address: lelbakidze@ag.tamu.edu Personal Website: http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/elbakidze-levan/

About Dr. Elbakidze:
Dr. Elbakidze is an Assistant Research Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics a Texas A&M University. He received his BS and MS degrees in Resource and Applied Economics from the University of Nevada, Reno, and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University. His research interests revolve around mathematical modeling, agricultural bio-security, environmental economics, and hazard risk management in terms of optimal expenditures on prevention, preparedness, and response.

Selected Publications:
Elbakidze L. and B. McCarl., “Sequestration Offsets versus Direct Emission Reductions: Consideration of Environmental Externalities.” Ecological Economics. 60 (Janunary, 2007):564-571.

Elbakidze L., “Economic Benefits of Animal Tracing in the Cattle Production Sector ” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Forthcoming.

Elbakidze L., "Possible Economic Impacts of Changes in Water Availability on Agriculture in the Truckee Valley", Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 42, 4, (August 2006):841-849.

Elbakidze L. and B. McCarl, “Animal Disease Pre Event Preparedness versus Post Event Response: When is it Economic to Protect?” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 38, 2, (August 2006):327-336.

Elbakidze L. and B. McCarl., “Should We Consider the Co-benefits of Agricultural GHG Offsets?” Choices, Fall, 2004.