Selected Papers

Mdlulwa, Zimbini, Johan Kirsten and K. K. Klein.  2015. Climate and animal diseases: The case of 2009/2010 Rift Valley fever outbreaks in South Africa.  Poster Presented at the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture, March 16-18, Montpellier, France.

Mdlulwa, Zimbini, Johan Kirsten and K. K. Klein.  2014.  Estimating the economic costs of the 2008-2010 Rift Valley Fever outbreaks on South Africa’s livestock farmers.  53rd Conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Mpekweni Beach Resort, Eastern Cape, Sept. 30 – Oct. 1.

Wang, Jinxia, Henning Bjornlund, K. K. Klein, L. Zhang and Wencui Zhang. 2014: New Irrigation Technologies – The process of adoption and what influences it in Alberta, Canada. Joint conference of International Water Resource Economics Consortium and the World Bank, Washington D.C., September 7-9.

Zhang, Wencui, K. K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund (2014): Importance of including values and attitudes in analyses of water policy reforms.  The San Francisco International Business and Education Conference, San Francisco, August 3-7.

Mdlulwa, Zimbini, K. K. Klein, David Wallace and Aart-Jan Verschoor.  2014.  Estimating the economic impacts of Rift Valley Fever on farmer’s incomes in South Africa.  The Munich International Business and Education Conference, Munich, Germany, June 8-12.

Ali, Md Kamar and K. K. Klein.  2014.  Allocative Efficiency under Potential Water Scarcity in Southern Alberta. Canadian Agricultural Economics Society Annual Conference, Vancouver.

Ali, Md. Kamar and K. K. Klein.  2013.  Water use technical efficiency and total factor productivity of irrigation districts in Southern Alberta, Canada.  Poster Paper, Conference of Natural Resources and Development, Vina del Mar, Chile.

Zhang, Wencui, Henning Bjornlund and K. K. Klein.  2013.  Values and attitudes of the farm family in the context of water policy reform: An empirical study in Alberta, Canada.  Poster Paper, Conference of Natural Resources and Development, Vina del Mar, Chile. 

Lafreniere, Katie, Sameer Deshpande and Kurt K. Klein.  2013.  Social dimensions of water policy choices in Alberta, Canada.  Global Business Conference 2013 Proceedings: Socially Responsible Business and Global/Local Competitiveness, ed. Goran Vlasic, Zoran Krupka and Jurica Pavicic. Opatija, Croatia: 166-167.

Ali, Md. Kamar and K. K. Klein.  2013.  Implications of Current and Alternative Water Allocation Policies in Southern Alberta.  Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/American Applied Economics Association Joint Conference, Washington, DC.

Ali, Md. Kamar and K. K. Klein.  2013.  Water allocation policies in Alberta: A comparative analysis.  Canadian Economics Association annual conference, Montreal.

Klein, K. K., Danny G. Le Roy and Monika Horvat.  2013.  Ten years after BSE discovered in Canada: An assessment of its impact on Canada’s beef industry.  Canadian Economics Association annual conference, Montreal.

Klein K. K. and L. T. Tran.  2013.   Improving the efficiency of water use in Alberta, Canada: Lessons from Southern California.  2013 Paris International Academic Conference, Paris.

Grant, Jason and K. K. Klein.  2012.  Has the latest wave of regionalism diminished the value of preferential margins? Evidence from North American agricultural exports.  International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium annual conference, San Diego.

Klein, K. K., Robert Bewer, Md. Kamar Ali and S. N. Kulshreshtha.  2012.  Measuring irrigation water use efficiency in the Oldman River Basin, Alberta, Canada.  Athens: ATINER'S Conference Paper Series, No: AGR2012-0343.

Md. Kamar Ali and K. K. Klein.  2012.  Water use efficiency of the irrigation districts in Southern Alberta. Canadian Agricultural Economic Society annual conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Ali, Md. Kamar, Lixia He, Theodore M. Horbulyk, Danny G. Le Roy and K. K. Klein.  2011.  Seniority vs. proportional allocation in the Bow River Basin.  International Water and Resource Economics Consortium (IWREC) conference, Banff, Alberta.

Klein, K. K., Changbai Xiu, Guanghua Qiao and Ting Guo.  2011.  Melamine contamination in Chinese milk: A case of market and government failure.  American Association of Wine Economics conference, Bolzano, Italy.

Klein, K. K. and Danny G. Le Roy.  2011.  Estimating the value of water for irrigation: An empirical analysis from Canada.  Clute Institute Conference, Barcelona.

Klein, K. K., Danny G. Le Roy, Md. Kamar Ali and Tatiana Cook.  2011.  Is water an agricultural trade issue? Examining the Montana – Alberta dispute.  Poster Paper at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Policy Workshop, Ottawa.

Klein, K. K. and Danny G. Le Roy. 2011.  International water sharing: Examining the Montana – Alberta dispute in the context of the century-old Boundary Waters Treaty.  2011 Maui International Academic Conference , Lahaina, Hawaii.

Klein, K. K. and Danny G. Le Roy.  2010.  Is Water a Trade Issue? Examining the Montana – Alberta Dispute Over Two Rivers that Cross the International Boundary.  International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Symposium, Univ. of California, Berkeley.

Yan, Wen and K. K. Klein.  2010.  Cultivated land market in rural China: A case study in Hebei province.  2010 International Conference on Education and Management Proceedings, Cairo: 24-26.

Yan, Wen, Yueming Xu and K. K. Klein.  2010.  Transfer of land use rights in China: A preliminary study in Hebei province.  CAER-IFPRI Annual Conference on Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations, Beijing.

He, Lixia, Theodore Horbulyk, Md. Kamar Ali, Danny G. Le Roy and K. K. Klein.  2010.  Implementing Proportional Water Sharing as a Water Allocation Rule in the Bow River Basin of Southern Alberta.  CAES-AAEA annual conference, Denver.

Ali, Md. Kamar, Robert Bewer, K. K.  Klein and Suren Kulshreshtha. 2010.   Establishing Indicators of Efficient Water Use for Southern Alberta Irrigation Districts.  CAES-AAEA annual conference, Denver.

Xiu, Changbai and K. K. Klein.  2010.  Market and Government Failure in the Chinese Dairy Industry: The Case of Melamine.  Poster paper presented at CAES-AAEA annual conference, Denver.

Le Roy, Danny, Tatiana Cook and K. K. Klein.  2010.  The Boundary Water Treaty between Canada and the United States after One Hundred Years - An Analysis of its Ability to Resolve Disputes over Sharing the Waters of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers.  Poster paper presented at CAES-AAEA annual conference, Denver.

Wang, Qilin and K. K. Klein. 2010.  Choices of a rural household’s consumption between purchased and self-produced goods.  Chinese Economics Society annual conference, Xiamen, China

Klein, K.K., S. N. Kulshreshtha,  Kamar Ali, and Robert Bewer. 2010.  Improving Water Use Efficiency in Southern Alberta Irrigated Agriculture. Presented at Sustainable Irrigation 2010: Third International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies, Bucharest, Romania

Wheeler, Sarah, Henning Bjornlund, T. Olsen, K. K. Klein, and Lorraine Nicol. 2010.  Modelling the adoption of different types of irrigation water technology in Alberta, Canada. Presented at Sustainable Irrigation 2010: Third International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies, Bucharest, Romania

Klein, K. and Bjornlund, H.  2009.  Water economics research in Alberta, Canada – Issues and challenges.  Presented to the International Water Resource Economics Consortium, Berkeley.

Qiao, Guanghua, Changbai Xiu, Ting Guo and K. K. Klein.  2009.  Market and government failure in the Chinese dairy industry: The case of melamine.  Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Public Economics and Management, Xiamen, China

Le Roy, Danny G., Amani E. Elobeid and K. K. Klein.  2009.  The impact of trade barriers on mandated biofuel consumption in Canada.  International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Annual Meeting, Fort Myers, Florida.

Klein, K. K., Changbai Xiu, Junying Li and Qiujuan Chu.  2009.  The expanding wine industry in China: A new competitive threat?  American Association of Wine Economists Third Annual Conference, Reims, Champagne, France. 

Klein, K. K., R. Grant-Kalischuk, H. Bjornlund and P. L. Wilson.  2009.  Impacts of climate change on water and public health in Canada.  Water Policy 2009: Water as a Vulnerable and Exhaustible Resource. Proceedings ed. Pavel Kovar, Petr Maca and Jana Redinova.   Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague: 280-283.  http://www.fzp.czu.cz/waterpolicy2009

Klein, K. K. and Danny G. Le Roy.  2009.  BSE in Canada: Assessing the economic costs and government compensation to the beef sector.  Canadian Agricultural Economics Society annual conference, Toronto.

K. K. Klein, Wen Yan and Yueming Xu.  2009.  Transfer of Land Use Rights in China: A Case Study in Hebei Province.  Canadian Agricultural Economics Society annual conference, Toronto.

Zhang, Wencui and K. K. Klein.  2009.  Changing roles of women in production and domesticity in Hebei, China.  Poster paper at Alberta Agricultural Economics Association annual conference, Red Deer.

Yan, Wen, K. K. Klein and Yueming Xu.  2009.  Willingness to transfer land use rights in rural China.  Poster paper at Alberta Agricultural Economics Association annual conference, Red Deer.

Klein, K. K., Guanghua Qiao and Lijuan Zhao.  2009.  Promotion of water user associations in Inner Mongolia: An attempt to increase efficiency of water use by farmer participation.  Presented to 9th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China: Rethinking Urban-Rural Interactions in China's Development: Beyond the Urban Bias?  University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

Klein, K. K., Yuanfeng Zhao and Ruijin Zhang.  2009.  Explosive growth in dairy production in Inner Mongolia: Satisfying the needs for information by small-scale dairy producers.  Presented to 9th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China: Rethinking Urban-Rural Interactions in China's Development: Beyond the Urban Bias?  University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

Yan Wen, Yueming Xue and K. K. Klein.  2009.  Transfer of land use rights in China: An exploratory case study in Hebei province.  Presented to 9th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China: Rethinking Urban-Rural Interactions in China's Development: Beyond the Urban Bias?  University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

Zhang, Wencui and K. K. Klein.  2009.  The role of rural women in production and domesticity in China.  Presented to 9th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China: Rethinking Urban-Rural Interactions in China's Development: Beyond the Urban Bias?  University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

Mir, P.S., K. S. Schwartkof-Genswein, T. Entz, K. K. Klein.  2008.  Effect of short duration feed withdrawal followed by full feeding on marbling fat in beef carcasses.  Proceedings of the 10th World Conference on Animal Production, Cape Town, South Africa: 69.

Grant Kalischuk, Ruth I., Amnju P. Acharya, K. K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2008.  Drinking water supply and human health: Alberta cattle feedlot operators‘ and family members‘ perspectives.  Presented at the International Congress of Environmental Researc, BITS – Pilani, Goa, India.

Acharya, M. P., R. G. Kalischuk, K. K. Klein and H. Bjornlund.  2008.  Feedlot operation problems from floods in southern Alberta: A Canadian case study.  Presented at Fourth International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment, The University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

Acharya, M. P., R. G. Kalischuk, K. K. Klein and H. Bjornlund.  2008.  Farmstead drinking water sources, concerns and safety practices of livestock farm families in southern Alberta, Canada.  Presented at Ninth International Conference on Water Pollution: Modelling, Monitoring and Management, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain. 

Klein, K. K., Danny G. Le Roy and Gizelle Tiponut.  2008.  An economic analysis of making ethanol from wheat in western Canada.  Canadian Agricultural Economics Society annual conference, Quebec City.

Le Roy, Danny G., Amani Elobeid and K. K. Klein.  2008.  An assessment of barriers to trade in biofuels on production and consumption in Canada.  Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Consortium, Toronto, Ontario.

Klein, K. K., Amani Elobeid and Danny G. Le Roy.  2008.  An assessment of barriers to trade in biofuels on production and consumption in Canada.  Canadian Agricultural Economics Society annual conference, Quebec City.

Klein, K. K., Danny G. Le Roy and Gizelle Tiponut.  2008.  Biofuels and Canadian agriculture: Expectations and impacts.  Canadian Economics Association 42nd annual conference.  University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Nicol, Lorraine, Henning Bjornlund and K. K. Klein.  2008.  Adoption of improved technology and management practices: A comparative study of private and district irrigators.  Managing the Health of Canada’s Lakes and Rivers.  Canadian Water Resources Association Annual Conference, Gimli, Manitoba. 

Nicol, Lorraine, Henning Bjornlund and K. K. Klein.  2008.  Improved technologies and management practices in private inrrigation – Implications for water savings in Southern Alberta.  Proceedings from teh Internatioanl Conference Water Down Under 2008 incorporating the 31st Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and 4th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, Adelaide, Australia.

Kaushik, Krishan K., K. K. Klein, Lawrence Arbenser amd Sanju Karol.  2007.  A risk analysis of total supply of lentils: Evidence from Saskatchewan.  Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Lucknow, India.  Abstract in Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics 62(3): 536.

Klein, K. K. and Danny G. Le Roy.  2007.  The biofuels industry: An economic perspective on growth, government   intervention and future potential.  2nd International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications, Athens, Greece.

Nicol, Lorraine, Henning Bjornlund and K. K. Klein.  2007.  Improving water use efficiency and productivity in irrigation: What is feasible?  Canadian Water Resources Association Conference.  Science and Technology: Implications for Water Management, Saskatoon. 

Acharya, M. P., R. G. Kalischuk, K. K. Klein and H. Bjornlund.  2007.  Health impacts of the 2005 flood events on   feedlot farm families in southern Alberta, Canada.  Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Water        Resources Management.  Kos, Greece.

Bjornlund, Henning, Lorraine Nicol and K. K. Klein.  2007.  Improving water use efficiency in irrigation: A survey of southern Alberta irrigators.  Canadian Water Resources Association – Alberta, Red Deer.

Acharya, Manju P., Ruth Grant Kalischuk, Kurt K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2007.  Water contamination and water use practices on feedlot farms and rural households in southern Alberta.  Third International Groundwater Conference, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.

Kaushik, Krishan K. and K. K. Klein.  2007.  Cosmopolitanism: Issues and challenges.  IACS Conference Volume 23, University of Jammu, Jammu, India.

Kaushik. Krishan K. and Kurt K. Klein.  2007.  Does export instability depress economic growth?  Evidence from error correction models.  Indian Econometric Society Book of Abstracts, Mumbai, India.

Kaushik, Krishan K. and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Asian economic integration.  Indian Economic Association’s 89th Annual Conference, Volume 27 (Part 1), Department of Economics Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana. 

Kaushik, K. K., K. K. Klein, Sanju Karol and Md. Abdus Salam.  2006.  World trade organization and the impact of trade policies on agricultural exports and economic growth.  Presented at National Seminar on One and a Half Decades of India’s Economic Reforms: Introspection and Future Agenda.  Indian Economic Association and Department of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.

Nicol, Lorraine, Henning Bjornlund and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Irrigation water efficiency and productivity: Research and reflections on the Water for Life strategy targets.  Presented at Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research third annual Researcher’s Workshop, Edmonton.

Bjornlund, Henning, K. K. Klein and Lorraine Nicol.  2006.  Research challenges – Implementing Alberta’s Water for Life strategy: The perspective of a social scientist.  Presented at Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research third annual Researcher’s Workshop, Edmonton.

Acharya, Manju P., Ruth Grant-Kalischuk, Kurt K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2006.  Understanding feedlot farm families health during the 2005 flood events in southern Alberta: Challenges and responses.  Presented at Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research third annual Researcher’s Workshop, Edmonton.

Acharya, Manju P., Ruth Grant-Kalischuk, Kurt K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2006.  Understanding feedlot farm families health during the 2005 flood events in southern Alberta: Challenges and responses.  Poster Paper at Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research third annual Researcher’s Workshop, Edmonton.

Acharya, Manju P., Ruth Grant-Kalischuk, Kurt K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2006.  Relationship between watershed contamination knowledge and water use practices of feedlot farm families living in the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District.  Poster Paper at Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research third annual Researcher’s Workshop, Edmonton.

Le Roy, Danny G., K. K. Klein and L.A. Arbenser.  2006.  BSE in Canada – A financial crisis in the beef industry and a mediocre performance by the agricultural economics profession.   CAES-FLP-CATPRN Joint Workshop: Crisis in Agricultural and Resource Sectors: Analysis of Policy Responses, Calgary.

Bjornlund, H., Lorraine A. Nicol and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Changing tactics for managing water in Alberta – The Water for Life strategy and challenges in its implementation.  Proceedings of The World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Omaha, Nebraska.

Bjornlund, H., Klein, K.K., and Nicol, L. 2006.  Future challenges in the adoption of Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy.  Presented to the Annual Conference of the Canadian Water Resources Association, Toronto.

Arbenser, Lawrence N. A., Danny G. Le Roy, and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Economics of water use in the Bow River Irrigation District of Southern Alberta.  Climate Change and Water in the Prairies Conference, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.

Klein, K. K., Danny G. Le Roy, Allan M. Walburger and Krishan K. Kaushik.  2006.  The biofuel industry: An economic perspective on growth, government intervention and future potential.  International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) 10th International Conference, Ravello, Italy.

Klein, K. K., Maria Olar and Robert Romain.  2006.  Biofuel policies, programs and production in Canada.  International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (IACBR) 10th International Conference, Ravello, Italy.

Le Roy, Danny G., Allan M. Walburger and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Exchange rates and border costs for under thirty month cattle: Two new challenges for Alberta beef producers.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Montreal.

Arbenser, Lawrence A., K. K. Klein, and Krishan. K. Kaushik.  2006.  Macroeconomic effects of foreign aid in Ghana and the Dutch disease effect: A computable general equilibrium analysis.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Montreal.

Klein, K. K.,  Danny G. Le Roy and Krishan K. Kaushik.  2006.  Farm produced biogas in southern Alberta: An economic analysis.   Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Montreal.

Bjornlund, H., L. Nicol, and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy: Some early indicators of its acceptance by the irrigation industry in Southern Alberta.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Montreal.

Kaushik, Krishan K., K. K. Klein, and Lawrence Arbenser.  2006.  Quantifying the contribution of area, yield, and prices in the variability of total supply of lentils: Evidence from Saskatchewan.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Montreal.

Arbenser, Lawrence N.A., Krishan K. Kaushik, and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Co-integration analysis of the relationship between public expenditure and economic growth: Evidence from Canada and India.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Montreal.

Barichello, Richard and K. K. Klein.  2006.  The farm income-land price conundrum in Canada: Fact or fiction.   Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Montreal.

Kaushik, K. K., L. N. A. Arbenser and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Traditions and transformations in estimation of relationships between public expenditure and economic growth: Evidence from Canada and India.  Presented at XXII International Conference on Canadian Studies, Indian Association for Canadian Studies, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

Arbenser, L. N. A., Danny G. Le Roy, Ken Perlich, and K.K. Klein.  2005.  The economics of water use in the Bow River Irrigation District of southern Alberta.  Presented to annual conference of Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, San Francisco.

Nicol, Lorraine A, K. K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2005.  Irrigation Water Markets in Southern Alberta.Proceedings of the Conference of the Canadian Water Resources Association – Reflections on our Future, Banff, CD–ROM.

Nicol, Lorraine A., K. K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2005.  Irrigation water markets: Evidence from the Murray-Darling basin in Australia and the South Saskatchewan River basin in Alberta.   Presented to Canadian Water Resources Association annual conference, Banff, June 2005.

Klein, K. K.  2005.  Economic and social implications of bio-fuel use and production in Canada.  Presented to BIOCAP Canada Foundation 1st Annual Conference -- Capturing Canada’s Green Advantage: Biosphere Solutions for Climate Change and the Economy, Ottawa, February 2005. 

Le Roy, D. G., K. K. Klein, K. A. Perlich, and J. M. Barbieri.  2005.  An economic analysis of the inter-firm linkages of farm produced bio-gas.  Poster Paper presented to BIOCAP Canada Foundation 1st Annual Conference -- Capturing Canada’s Green Advantage: Biosphere Solutions for Climate Change and the Economy, Ottawa, February 2005. 

Klein, K. K., D. G. Le Roy, K. A. Perlich, and J. M. Barbieri.  2005.  Economic considerations of ethanol production using lignocellulosic materials on the prairies. Poster Paper presented to BIOCAP Canada Foundation 1st Annual Conference -- Capturing Canada’s Green Advantage: Biosphere Solutions for Climate Change and the Economy, Ottawa, February 2005. 

Olar, M., R. Romain, and K. K. Klein.  2005.  Ethanol and bio-diesel policies and programs in Canada.  Poster Paper presented to BIOCAP Canada Foundation 1st Annual Conference -- Capturing Canada’s Green Advantage: Biosphere Solutions for Climate Change and the Economy, Ottawa, February 2005. 

NICOL, Lorraine and K. K. Klein.  2004.  Water market activity in the St. Mary's Irrigation District in Alberta: Results from a survey of farmers.   Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Halifax. 

NICOL, Chris and K. K. Klein.  2004.  Bio-fuels in Canada: A rank three demand analysis.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual conference, Halifax. 

Klein, K. K., Danny G. Le Roy and Christina Bakke.  2003.  An economic analysis of expanding water use in the Bow River Irrigation District.  Presented to annual conference of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, Montreal, Quebec.

RICHARDS, TIMOTHY J. and K. K. KLEIN.  2003.  Weather derivatives: Efficient risk management tools.    Presented to conference of  International Agricultural Economics Association, Durban, South Africa.

CLARK, J. STEPHEN, K. K. KLEIN and W. A. KERR.  2003.  Fundamental and Induced Biases in Technological Change in Central Canadian Agriculture.  Presented to conference of International Agricultural Economics Association, Durban, South Africa.

SMITH, E. G., K. K. KLEIN, J. WANG AND J. YANG.  2003.  Crop production efficiency in north China.  Poster Paper at conference of  International Agricultural Economics Association, Durban, South Africa.

HOBBS, JILL E., J. D. GAISFORD, GRANT ISAAC, WILLIAM A. KERR and K. K. KLEIN.  2002.  International commercial policy toward agricultural biotechnology: Issues and Evolution.  ICABR International Conference on Biotechnology: New Avenues for Production, Consumption and Technological Transfer.  Ravello, Italy.

KLEIN, K. K., E. SMITH, W. ZHANG and C. VANDERVALK.  2002.  Role of women in China: Results from surveys of farm families in Hebei in 1993, 1996, and 1999.  Annual meeting of Can. Agric. Econ. Soc., University of Calgary, Calgary.

KELLY, K., RICK BARICHELLO and K. K. KLEIN.  2002.  The beef trade: Canada's share in Japan=s beef import market.  Annual meeting of Can. Agric. Econ. Soc., University of Calgary, Calgary.

KLEIN, K. K.  2001.  Agri-Food and life sciences research in Canada: The need for a reality check.  ICABR International Conference on Biotechnology, Science and Modern Agriculture: A New Industry at the Dawn of a Century.  Ravello, Italy.

ARCHAMBAULT, DANIEL, XIAOMEI LI, DARREN ROBINSON, JOHN O'DONNOVAN AND KURT K. KLEIN.  2001.  Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on crop/weed competition and herbicide efficacy.  Joint annual meeting of Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists and American Society of Plant Physiologists, Providence, Rhode Island.

KLEIN, K. K. and A. M. WALBURGER.  2000.  Voting for registration of new varieties of grains and oilseeds in western Canada: A collegial process in a competitive time.  Can. J. Agric. Econ. 48(4): 665.

SMITH, ELWIN G., K. K. KLEIN, LORI HEIGH and JIM MOYER.  1999.  Benefits and costs of sweet clover underseeding as a summerfallow substitute.  Can. J. Agric. Econ: 471.

KLEIN, K. K., W. A. KERR and J. E. HOBBS.  1999.  Market constraints on investments in agricultural biotechnology.  Alberta Agriculture Biotechnology Workshop, Banff, Alberta.

WALBURGER, A. M. and K. K. KLEIN.  1998.  Impacts of global warming on cropping practices in Alberta.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 80(5):1188.

BURNS, N. G., J. S. CLARK, K. K. KLEIN and T. FRIZZELL.  1998.  The returns to blueberry and apple research in Nova Scotia.  Proceedings of Atlantic Economics Assoc. annual meeting.

KLEIN, K. K., A. M. WALBURGER and I. WONG.  1998.  Regional economic impacts of global warming on agriculture in western Canada.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual meetings, Vancouver, B.C.

ISLAM, M., B. S. FREEZE and K. K. KLEIN.  1998.  Grasshopper damage to wheat and barley in western Canada.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual meetings, Vancouver, B.C.

WALBURGER, A. M., K. K. KLEIN and T. FOLKINS.  1998.  Factors affecting adoption of hard red spring (bread) wheats in western Canada.  Can. Agric. Econ. Soc. annual meetings, Vancouver, B.C.

SMITH, E.G., K.K. KLEIN and J. WANG.   1997.  Crop production functions for households in north China.  Amer.J.  Agric. Econ.79(5): 1730.

KLEIN, K.K.  1997.  Assessing adaptation to global warming in Canada.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 79(5): 1686-1687.

KLEIN, K.K., W.A. KERR and J.E. HOBBS.  1997.  Is there a farm gate on the information superhighway?   Globalization and farm management.  Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Farm Management Congress, Volume II, ed. Leonard Bauer.  International Farm Management Association, University of Calgary: 821-831.

WALBURGER, A.M. and K.K. KLEIN.  1997.  Weather related risk and crop choice in Alberta, Canada.  Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Farm Management Congress, Volume II, ed. Leonard Bauer.  International Farm Management Association, University of Calgary: 743-751.

YANG, Jinshen, E.G. SMITH and K.K. KLEIN.  1997.  Factors influencing production efficiency in the north of China.  Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Farm Management Congress, Volume II, ed. Leonard Bauer.  International Farm Management Association, University of Calgary: 363-373.

KLEIN,K.K., A.M. WALBURGER and I. WONG.  1997.  Regional economic impacts of global warming on the Canadian prairies.  Presented at annual meeting of Western Regional Economics Association, Hawaii, Hawaii.

KLEIN, K.K., Timothy J. RICHARDS and Allan WALBURGER.  1996.  Determinants of cooperative patronage in Alberta.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 78(5): 1398.

KLEIN, K.K., T.J. RICHARDS and A M.. WALBURGER.  1996.  Principal-agent relationships in agricultural cooperatives:  Empirical evidence from Alberta.  Presented to Can. Agric. Econ. & Farm Mgt. Soc. annual meeting, Lethbridge, Alberta.

KLEIN, K. K., A. M. WALBURGER and I. WONG.  1996.  Economic impacts of climate change on agriculture. Poster paper.  Agriculture Forum on Climate Change:  Opportunities for Canadian Agriculture.  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Environment Canada. Toronto.

CLARK, J. Stephen and K.K. KLEIN.  1995.  Estimation of technical change biases with non-stationary data.     Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 24(2): 256.

CLARK, J. Stephen, K.K. KLEIN and G. Cornelis van KOOTEN.  1994.  Sustainable natural resource systems: Theoretical and empirical issues.  Fourth annual meeting of the Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Study Group (CREE).  The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

CLARK, J. Stephen and K.K. KLEIN.  1992.  Nerlovian acreage response as an error correction model.  Abstract.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 74(5): 1303.

THOMPSON, Shelly J., K.K. KLEIN and J. Stephen CLARK.  1992.  Time series relationships between subsidies and land values:  Some evidence from Saskatchewan.  Abstract.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 74(5): 1307.

MARKS, Leonie A., William A. KERR and K.K. KLEIN.  1991.  Assessing the Potential Impacts of Agro-biotechnologies on Third World Countries. Presented to Development Studies Association Annual Conference, Swansea, England.

HOBBS, Jill, William A. KERR and K.K. KLEIN.  1991.  Forging a biotechnology link:  Information for extension agents.  West Agric. Econ. Assoc.  Papers of the 1991 Annual Meeting:393‑399 and abstracted in West. J. Agric. Econ. 16(2): 458‑9.

KULSHRESHTHA, S.N., K.K. KLEIN and K.D. RUSSELL.  1991.  A comparison of ex ante and ex post approaches to water project evaluation procedure:  A case study of the South Saskatchewan River Project.  Proceedings of Conference on Irrigation Research and Development in the 1990's, Water Resources Institute, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alta: 263‑274.

FLEMING, C.S., K.D. RUSSELL and K.K. KLEIN.  1991.  Using a market system for water pricing and allocation: Special concerns and international comparisons.  Proceedings of Conference on Irrigation Research and Development in the 1990's, Water Resources Institute, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alta.:         275‑281.

RICHARDS, T. and K.K. KLEIN.  1990.  Area responsiveness of canola on the Canadian prairies.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 72(5):1352 and Can. J. Agric. Econ. 38(4): 1027‑1028.

HOBBS, Jill E., William A. KERR and K.K. KLEIN.  1990.  Friend or foe:  Farmer perceptions of biotechnology.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 72(5):1342‑3 and Can. J. Agric. Econ. 38(4): 1005‑1014.

KLEIN, P.L., K.K. KLEIN and S. YOSHIDA.  1990.  Attitudes toward beef in Hokkaido, Japan. Amer. J. Agric. Econ.  72(5):1351 and Can. J. Agric. Econ. 38(4): 1030.

KULSHRESHTHA, Suren N. and Kurt K. KLEIN.  1990.  Drought mitigation through large‑scale intensive irrigation projects ‑ A case study of the South Saskatchewan River Project.  International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.  Fourteenth Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Q.43, R.2:13‑27.

KLEIN, K.K. and M.G. BUENAVISTA.  1988.  A methodological framework for monitoring and evaluating farming systems research and extension.  Farming Systems Research Symposium.  Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

KLEIN, K.K. and S.N. KULSHRESHTHA.  1988.  A systems approach to analysis of agricultural drought mitigative policies.  Water for World Development.  Proceedings of the VIth IWRA World Congress on Water Resources. Vol. II.  Int. Water Res. Assoc., Urbana, Illinois: 549‑558.

KLEIN, K.K. and F. KRAMER.  1988.  Economic value of outlook and research information:  Analysis of farmer and student decisions.  West. J. Agric. Econ. 12(2):

KLEIN, K.K. and J.C. LOWE.  1988.  Interim Economic Evaluation of Development Investments:  A Case Study of an Applied Research Project in Canada.  Poster Paper.  Int. Agric. Econ. Assoc. Annual Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

KLEIN, K.K., C.A. WEBBER, and J.D. GRAHAM.  1988.  Regional Impacts of Alternative Freight Rate Policies for Prairie Grains and Oilseeds in Canada.  Poster Paper.  Int. Agric. Econ. Assoc. Annual Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

KLEIN, S.A., M. BOWE, and K.K. KLEIN. 1987.  Adverse selection and warble fly control in Canada.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 69(5): 1097.

KULSHRESHTHA, S.N., R.A. FAUTLEY, and K.K. KLEIN.  1986.  Choice of irrigation development technology for drought proofing:  A case study of small scale vs. large scale irrigation development.  Proc. Can. Hydrology Assoc., National Research Council of Canada:  301‑313.

JETTER, F.P. and K.K. KLEIN.  1985.  Economic benefits from the Alberta warble control program.  Can. J. Agric. Econ. Annual Meeting Proceedings: 140.

KLEIN, KURT K., GREIG A. BIRCHFIELD, and RAYMOND E. SALMON. 1980.  Planning and evaluating research on poultry nutrition: The role of a bioeconomic model.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 62(5): 1117.

GORDON, DANIEL V. and KURT K. KLEIN.  1980.  Determination of the economic threshold for control of horn flies on beef cattle: A whole farm approach.  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 62(5):1107.

LARMOND, E., SALMON, R. E. and KLEIN, K. K.  1980.  Sensory evaluation of turkeys fed diets containing Candle canola meal. Sixth progress report, Research on canola seed, oil, meal and meal fractions, pub. #57, Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg, pp. 103‑105.

KLEIN, K. K., SALMON, R. E. and LARMOND, E.  1980.  A computer model for assessing the economic value of Candle canola meal in diets for growing turkeys.  Sixth progress report, Research on canola seed, oil, meal and meal fractions, pub. #57, Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg,  pp. 23‑26.

SALMON, R. E., K. K. KLEIN, and E. LARMOND.   1980.  Nutritive value of Candle canola meal in turkey broiler diets of varying nutrient density.  Sixth progress report, Research on canola seed, oil, meal and   meal fractions, pub. #57, Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg: 19‑22.

SALMON, R. E., K. K. KLEIN, and E. E. GARDINER.  1980.  Economics of canola meal in poultry diets.  Addresses to 13th annual convention, Rapeseed Association of Canada, Winnipeg: 76‑89.

SALMON, R. E., K. K. KLEIN, and E. E. GARDINER.  1980.  Economics of canola meal in poultry diets.  Presented to Canola Council of Canada annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario.

SALMON, R. E. and K. K. KLEIN.  1979.  The nutritive and economic value of rapeseed meal in poultry diets. Proceedings of 28th Alberta poultry industry conference, Edmonton, Alberta.

HIRONAKA, R., K. K. KLEIN, and C. B. BAILEY.  1979.  Equations for estimating digestible energy requirements of feedlot cattle.  Can. J. Anim. Sci.  59:825.

KLEIN, KURT K.  1978.  Western regional and national hog supply predictions for Canada ‑ A comparison of linear programming and ordinary least squares approaches.  Presented at WAEA annual meeting, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.

SONNTAG, BERNARD H. and KURT K. KLEIN.  1977.  A bio‑economic model of beef, forage, and grain production for western Canada, Amer. J. Agric. Econ.  59(5): 1110.

ZENTNER, ROBERT P. and KURT K. KLEIN.  1977.  Break‑even land prices: A normative analysis of their determinants, Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 59(5):1106.

KLEIN, KURT K. and EARL W. KEHRBERG.  1977.  Development of an innovation possibility frontier for purposes of research planning and evaluation,  Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 59(5):1108.

FURTAN, W. H., E. W. KEHRBERG, and K. K. KLEIN.  1975.  Adaptive economic systems and firm growth, Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 57(5):972.

BRINK, LARS, KURT K. KLEIN, and BRUCE A. MCCARL.  1975. Application of an expected returns‑risk criterion in crop planning, Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 57(5): 972.

MCCARL, B. A., LARS BRINK, and KURT K. KLEIN.  1975. Modelling criteria for decisions under uncertainty.  Midwest AIDS 1975 proceedings, Indianapolis, Indiana: 284.

KLEIN, K. K. and HERBERT MOSKOWITZ.  1975.  A solution methodology for complex systems models. Midwest AIDS 1975 Proceedings, Indianapolis, Indiana:  232.

MCCARL, BRUCE A., KURT KLEIN, and ROBERT PEART.  1974. The effects of energy shortages on grain elevator operations, Amer. J. Agric. Econ. 56(5): 1203.

KLEIN, K. K. and B. H. SONNTAG.  1973.  A background paper for a workshop on development of a beef‑forage‑feed grain simulation model, Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta.

KLEIN, KURT.  1971.  The farm machinery industry: A review of the royal commission findings, Second Annual Farm Business Forum Publication, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon:  99‑109.