Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
 
Name
Getu Hailu
Position
Associate Professor
Specialization
Agribusiness Finance, Risk Management, Production Economics, Demand Analysis
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Office
Room 327
Phone Number
ext. 53890
Profile
Getu Hailu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE) at the University of Guelph. Getu relocated to the University of Guelph in May 2005 following his Ph.D. studies (majoring in Agribusiness Production and Finance with minor in Food Marketing Economics) at the University of Alberta. Prior to obtaining his PhD, Getu was a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Alemaya University. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Getu worked with the University of Hannover (Germany) as part of a research team that investigated management strategies for farming systems in moisture stressed areas aimed at reducing various dimensions of poverty in the Eastern Oromia region of Ethiopia.
Research Interests
Getu's current research focuses on Production Economics, Food Demand Analysis, Economics of Organization (Co-operatives), Price Risk Management.
Teaching Interests
Applied Microeconomics; Derivative Markets; Agribusiness Finance; Price Risk Management; Economics of Organizations, Governance and Contracting.
Education
PhD, Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Alberta, Canada MSc, Agricultural Economics, Alemaya University (Ethiopia) and University of Hannover, Germany (a joint program) BSc, Agricultural Economics, Alemaya University, Ethiopia.
Select Publications

Sudarma Samarajeewa, Getu Hailu, Scott Jeffrey and Maury Bredahl.(2010). Analysis of Production Efficiency of Cow/Calf Farms in Alberta. Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Getu Hailu, John Cranfield, Rawlin Thangraj (2010). Do U.S. Food Processors Respond to Sweetener Related Health Information? Agribusiness: and International Journal 26(3): 348-368.

Getu Hailu and Ellen Goddard (2009) Sustainable Growth and capital Constraints: The Demutualization of Lilydale Co-operative Limited. Journal of Cooperatives. 23: 116-129. http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/accc/ncera210/JOC%20pdfs/V23/Hailu.pdf

Dave Pannell, Getu Hailu, Alfons Weersink, & Amanda Burt. (2008). More reasons why farmers have so little interest in futures markets, Agricultural Economics, 39(1): 41-50.

Getu Hailu, Scott R. Jeffrey, & Ellen W. Goddard. (2007). Capital Structure, Firm Size and Efficiency: The Case of Farm Petroleum and Animal Feed Co-operatives in Canada, Agricultural Finance Review, (67)2.

Getu Hailu, Ellen W. Goddard & Scott R. Jeffrey. (2007). Do co-operative Managers and Directors Differ in their Familiarity with Innovative Business Risk Management Strategies? Journal of Co-operative Studies, 40(2):17-27.

Getu Hailu, Scott R. Jeffrey & Ellen W. Goddard. (2007). Efficiency, Economic Performance and Financial Leverage of Agribusiness Marketing Co-operatives in Canada: Cooperatives Firms in Global Markets: Incidence, Viability and Economic Performance. Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, 10:47-77.

Getu Hailu, Scott Jeffrey, Ellen Goddard & Desmond Ng. (2005). Regulatory Environment, Co-operative Structure and Agency Costs for Co-operative Agribusiness Firms in Canada: Comparative Case Studies Journal of Food Distribution Research 36(2):39-49.

Getu Hailu, Scott Jeffrey & Jim Unterschultz. (2005). Cost Efficiency for Alberta and Ontario Dairy Farms: An Interregional Comparison, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 53:141-160.

Getu Hailu, Peter Boxall, & Bonita McFarlane. (2005) The Influence of Place Attachment on Recreation Demand, Journal of Economic Psychology 26:581-598.

Getu Hailu, E.W. Goddard, & S.R. Jeffrey. (2005). "Do Decision Makers Debt Risk Attitudes Affect the Agency Costs of Debt?" Current Agriculture, Food & Resource Issues: A Journal of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society 6:63-80.

Getu Hailu, Scott Jeffrey, & Ellen Goddard. (2004). Incentive Incompatibility in Co-operative Agribusiness Firms in Canada: Does Supply Management Matter? Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol. XXXV, 1: 110-111.