Published Articles

Wang, Jinxia, K.K. Klein, Henning Bjornlund, Lijuan Zhang and Wencui Zhang.  2015.  Adoption of improved scheduling methods in Alberta: An empirical analysis.  Canadian Water Resources Journal 40(1): 47-61.

Ali, Md. Kamar and K. K. Klein.  2014.  Water use efficiency and productivity of the irrigation districts in Southern Alberta.  Water Resources Management 28: 2751-2766.

Ali, Md. Kamar and K. K. Klein.  2014.  Implications of current and alternative water allocation policies in the Bow River Sub Basin of Southern Alberta.  Agricultural Water Management 133: 1-11. 

Yan, Wen and K. K. Klein.  2013.  Transfer of land use rights in China: Results of a survey of rural households in 8 counties of Hebei province.  International Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 1(3): 33-42.

Le Roy, Danny G. and K. K. Klein.  2012.  The policy objectives of a biofuels industry in Canada: An assessment.  Agriculture 2: 436-451.

Klein, K. K., Robert Bewer, Md. Kamar Ali and S. N. Kulshreshtha.  2012.  Estimating water use efficiencies for water management reform in Southern Alberta irrigated agriculture.  Water Policy 14(6): 1015-1032.

Xu, Wei, Xiaomeng Ren, Tom Johnston, Yongyuan Yin, Kurt Klein, and Anne Smith. 2012.  Spatial and temporal variation in vulnerability of crop production to drought in southern Alberta.  The Canadian Geographers 56(4): 474-491.  (DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2012.00440.x)

Dong, Chong, Xiumei Liu and K. K. Klein.  2012.  Land degradation and population relocation in Northern China.  Asia Pacific Viewpoint 53(2): 163-177.

Klein, K. K.., Wen Yan and Danny G. Le Roy.  2012.  Estimating the incremental gross margins due to irrigation water in Southern Alberta.  Canadian Water Resources Journal 37(2): 89-103. 

Qiao, Guanghua, Ting Guo and K. K. Klein.  2012.  Melamine and Other Food Safety and Health Scares in China: Comparing Households With and Without Children.  Food Control 26: 378-386. 

He, Lixia, Theordore M. Horbulyk, Md. Kamar Ali, Danny G. Le Roy and K. K. Klein.  2012.  Proportional water sharing vs. seniority-based allocation in the Bow River Basin of Southern Alberta.  Agricultural Water Management 104: 21-31.

Klein, K. K., Danny G. Le Roy and Tatiana Cook.  2012.  International Water Sharing: Examining the Montana – Alberta Dispute in the Context of the Century-old Boundary Waters Treaty.  Water Policy 14(2): 358-370.

Le Roy, Danny G., Amani E. Elobeid and K. K. Klein.  2011.  The impacts of trade barriers on mandated biofuel consumption in Canada.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 59(4): 457-474.

Klein, K. K., R. Grant-Kalischuk, H. Bjornlund and P. L. Wilson.  2011.  Potential impacts of climate change on water and public health in Alberta, Canada.   Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering 4(5): 519-522.

Qiao, Guanghua, Ting Guo and K. K. Klein.  2010.  Melamine in Chinese milk products and consumer confidence.  Appetite 55(2): 190-195.

Nicol, Lorraine, Henning Bjornlund and K. K. Klein.  2010.  Private Irrigators in Southern Alberta: A Survey of Their Adoption of Improved Irrigation Technologies and Management Practices.  Canadian Water Resources Journal 35(3): 339-350.

Xiu, Changbai and K. K. Klein.  2010.  Melamine in Milk Products in China: Examining the Factors that Led to Deliberate Use of the Contaminant.  Food Policy 35(5): 463-470. 

Klein, K. K. and Danny Le Roy.  2010.  BSE in Canada: Were economic losses to the beef industry covered by government compensation?  Canadian Public Policy 36(2): 227-240.

Grant Kalischuk, Ruth I., Manju P. Acharya, K. K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2009.  Drinking water supply and human health: Alberta cattle feedlot operators’ and family members’ perspectives.  Journal of Environmental Research and Development 3(4): 951-958.

Zhang, Ruijin, Yuanfeng Zhao and K. K. Klein.  2009.  Perceived information needs and availability: Results of a survey of small dairy farmers in Inner Mongolia.  Information Research 14:3 paper 411 [http://InformationR.net/ir/14-3/paper411.html]

Qiao, Guanghua, Lijuan Zhao and K. K. Klein.  2009.  Water user associations in Inner Mongolia: Factors that influence farmers to join.  Agricultural Water Management 96 (5): 822-830.


Bjornlund, Henning, Lorraine Nicol and K. K. Klein.  2009.  The adoption of improved technology and management practices – A study of two irrigation districts in Alberta Canada.  Agricultural Water Management 96(1): 121-131.

Le Roy, D. G. and K. K. Klein.  2008.  Impacts and lessons from BSE episodes.  CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources 3 (087), 7 pp.

Kaushik, Krishan K., Lawrence Nii Arbenser, and K. K. Klein.  2008.  Export growth, export instability, investment and economic growth in India: A time series analysis.  Journal of Developing Areas 41(2): 155-170.

Nicol, Lorraine A., Henning Bjornlund and K. K. Klein.  2008.  Improved technologies and management practices in irrigation – Implications for water savings in Southern Alberta.  Canadian Water Resources Journal 33(3): 283-294.

Nicol, Lorraine A., K. K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2008.  Permanent transfer of water rights: A study of the southern Alberta market.  Prairie Forum 33(2): 341-356.

Bjornlund, H., L. Nicol and K. K. Klein.  2008.  Implementing Alberta’s Water for Life strategy: An irrigation industry perspective.  Prairie Forum 33(1): 167-190.

Mir, P. S., K.S Schwartzkopf-Genswein, T. Entz, K.K. Klein, E. Okine and M.V. Dodson.  2007.  Effect of a short duration feed withdrawal followed by full feeding on marbling fat in beef carcasses.  Livestock Science 116: 22-29.

Le Roy, Danny G., K. K. Klein and Lawrence Nii Arbenser.  2007.  An evaluation of economic models to provide policy advice in response to the BSE crisis in Canada.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 55(4): 551-564.

Acharya, Manju P., Ruth Grant Kalischuk, K. K. Klein and Henning Bjornlund.  2007.  Do water contamination reports influence water use practices on feedlot farms and rural households in southern Alberta?  Canadian          Water Resources Journal 32(3): 213-226.

Bjornlund, Henning, Lorraine Nicol and K. K. Klein.  2007.  Challenges in implementing economic instruments to manage irrigation water on farms in southern Alberta.  Agricultural Water Management 92 (3): 131-141.

Kaushik, Krishan K., Kurt K. Klein and Lawrence Arbenser.  2006.  An econometric analysis of export-led growth in a multivariate VAR framework: Evidence from India.  Quarterly Journal of Indian Institute of Foreign   Trade, Foreign Trade Review XLI(3): 3-24.

Kaushik Krishan K.,  Kurt K. Klein, Lawrence N. Arbenser and Anupama Tandon.  2006.  The relationship between health status and health care expenditure in a developing hill economy: An econometric approach.  The Indian Economic Journal 54(3): 51-64.

Nicol, Lorraine A. and K. K. Klein.  2006.  Water market characteristics: Results from a survey of Southern Alberta irrigators.  Canadian Water Resources Journal 31(2): 91-104.

Grant Kalischuk, Ruth, Nadine Nowatzki, Kelly Cardwell, Kurt Klein and Jason Solowoniuk.  2006.  Problem gambling and its impact on families: A literature review.  International Gambling Studies 6(1): 31-60.

LE ROY, Danny G. and K. K. KLEIN.  2005.  Mad cow chaos in Canada: Was it just bad luck or did government policies play a role?  Canadian Public Policy 31(4): 381-400.

LE ROY, DANNY G. and K. K. KLEIN.  2003.  Apocalypse Cow: The effect of BSE on Canada=s beef industry.   Western Economics Forum 2(2): 20-27.

LE ROY, DANNY G. and K. K. KLEIN.  2003.  Say hay and hay west: Charity, government and farmer responses to the 2002 drought in western Canada.  Western Economics Forum 2(1): 14-18.

SMITH, E.G., L. HEIGH, K. K. KLEIN, J. R. MOYER, and R. E. BLACKSHAW. 2001.  Economic analysis of     cover crops in crop‑summer fallow-crop systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 56(4): 315-321.

FAMINOW, MERLE D., K. K. KLEIN, and PROJECT OPERATIONS UNIT.  2001.  On‑farm testing and dissemination of agroforestry among slash‑and‑burn farmers in Nagaland, India.  Development in Practice 11(4): 471-486.

KLEIN, K. K. and A. M. WALBURGER.  2001.  Voting for registration of new varieties of grains in western Canada: A collegial process in a competitive time.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 49(2): 233-246.

WALBURGER, A. M., K. K. KLEIN and T. FOLKINS.  1999.  Diffusion of wheat varieties in three agro-climatic zones of western Canada.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 47(3): 293-304.

STANFORD, K., J. E. HOBBS, M. GILBERT, S. D. M. JONES, M. A. PRICE, K. K. KLEIN and W. A. KERR.  1999.  Lamb-buying preferences of Canadian abattoirs and producer marketing groups: Implications for the Canadian supply chain.  Supply Chain Management 4(2): 86-94.

KULSHRESHTHA, S. N. and K. K. KLEIN.  1999. Implications of compensatory transportation rates on grains and oilseeds for diversification of the prairie provinces in Canada.  Annals of Regional Science 33(1): 51-67.

KLEIN, K. K., E. G. SMITH and R. P. ZENTNER.  1998.  Interdisciplinary agricultural research in Canada.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 46(3): 259-272.

RICHARDS, TIMOTHY, K. K. KLEIN and A. WALBURGER.  1998.  Principal-agent relationships in agricultural cooperatives: An empirical analysis from rural Alberta.  Journal of Cooperatives 13: 21-34.

HOBBS, J. E., W. A. KERR and K. K. KLEIN.  1998.  Creating international competitiveness through supply chain management: Danish pork.  Supply Chain Management 3(2): 68-78.

KLEIN, K. K., TIMOTHY J. RICHARDS and ALLAN WALBURGER.  1997.  Determinants of co-operative patronage in Alberta.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 45(2): 93-110.

KLEIN, K. K., B. FREEZE, and ALLAN M. WALBURGER.  1996.  Economic returns to yield-increasing research on wheat in western Canada.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 44(3): 207-218.

CLARK, J. STEPHEN and K. K. KLEIN.  1996.  Nerlovian area response as an error correction model: An application to western Canadian agriculture.  Empirical Economics 21: 501-512.

KLEIN, K.K., M.D. FAMINOW, A.M. WALBURGER, B. LARUE, R. ROMAIN and K. FOSTER.  1996.  An      evaluation of supply chain performance in the Canadian pork sector.  Supply Chain Management 1(3): 10-22.

KLEIN, K.K. and W.A. KERR.  1996.  The crow-rate issue:  A retrospective on the contributions of the agricultural    economics profession in Canada.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 44(1): 1-18.

WANG, XIAOBIN and K.K. KLEIN.  1996.  Residue management for soil erosion control in the Canadian prairie (in Chinese).  Chinese Journal of Soil and Fertilizer 2: 34-38.

WANG, XIAOBIN and K.K. KLEIN.  1996.  Agricultural development, environment and sustainability in Canada (in Chinese).  Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas.   14(3): 115-121.

KLEIN, K.K.  1996.  The role of agricultural research and the lessons for development of China (in Chinese:    translated by Wang, Xiaobin).  Journal of Agrotechnical Economics  4: 5-8.

MATHESON, ROBERT, J. STEPHEN CLARK and K. K. KLEIN.  1995.  Do price stabilization schemes contribute to stability?  Some counterfactual evidence from the Canadian barley market.  European Review of Agricultural Economics  22(1): 25-39.

MARKS, LEONIE M., WILLIAM A. KERR and K. K. KLEIN.  1995.  Planning for the impacts of agrobiotechnologies: A guide for public administrators.  International Journal of Public Sector Management 8(1): 35-47.

CLARK, J. STEPHEN and K. K. KLEIN.  1994.  The relationship between price stabilization and cycles in the   Canadian wheat market.  Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 23(1): 22-28.

KULSHRESHTHA, S.N. and K. K. KLEIN.  1994.  Agricultural drought impact evaluation model (ADIEM).     Agricultural Systems and Information Technology 6(2): 58-59.

KLEIN, K. K., B. FREEZE, J. STEPHEN CLARK and G. FOX.  1994.  Returns to beef research in Canada: A comparison of time series and mathematical programming approaches.  Agricultural Systems International Journal 46(4): 443-459.

KLEIN, K. K., J. E. HOBBS and W. A. KERR.  1994.  Farmer acceptance of biotechnology and marketing strategies:  Implications for agribusiness from surveys.  Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing 6(1): 71-88.

KLEIN, K.K., S.N. KULSHRESHTHA, W.A. KERR, G. FOX, B. STENNES and J. CORMAN.  1994.  Transportation issues in Canadian agriculture II:  Analysis of the Western Grain Transportation and Feed Freight Assistance Acts.  Can. J. Regional Science 17(1): 45-70.

KLEIN, K.K., S.N. KULSHRESHTHA, B. STENNES, G. FOX and W.A. KERR.  1993.  Transportation issues in     Canadian agriculture I:  Regional modelling for policy analyses.  Can. J. Regional Science 16(1): 21- 38.

CLARK, J. STEPHEN, K.K. KLEIN and SHELLY J. THOMPSON.  1993.  Are subsidies capitalized into land values?  Some time series evidence from Saskatchewan.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 41(2): 155‑168.

PERDIKIS, N., J.E. HOBBS, W.A. KERR, K.K. KLEIN and S. YOSHIDA. 1992.  Trade liberalization and the cultural determinants of beef consumption in Japan:  Some implications for EC producers.  Journal of European Business Education 2(1): 1‑12.

KLEIN, K.K. and S.A. NARAYANAN.  1992.  Farm level models:  A review of developments, concepts and applications in Canada Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 40(3): 351‑368.

CLARK, J. STEPHEN and K.K. KLEIN.  1992.  Restricted estimation of crop and summerfallow acreage response in Saskatchewan.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 40(3): 485‑498.

MARKS, L.A., W.A. KERR and K.K. KLEIN.  1992.  An overview of the expected impacts of biotechnological research on potato production: Considerations for regulators and policy‑makers.  Journal of the Agricultural Society, The University College of Wales  71: 153‑174.

MARKS, LEONIE A., WILLIAM A. KERR and KURT K. KLEIN.  1992.  Assessing the potential impacts of agrobiotechnologies on third world countries.  Science, Technology and Development 10(1):1‑32.  

KLEIN, K.K. and S.N. KULSHRESHTHA.  1991.  Irrigation development and cost of general agricultural programs:  A case study of the South Saskatchewan River Irrigation District.  Canadian Water Resources Journal 16(2): 143‑160.

KLEIN, K.K. and F. KRAMER.  1990.  Economic value of outlook and research information:  A test from Southern Alberta.  Agribusiness: An International Journal 6(6): 603‑619.

KLEIN, K.K., C.S. FLEMING, D.D. COLWELL and P.J. SCHOLL.  1990. Economic analysis of an integrated approach to cattle grub (Hypoderma spp.) control.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 38(1):159‑173.

KLEIN, K.K. and S.N. KULSHRESHTHA.  1989.  Economic impacts of small‑scale irrigation under drought conditions in northwestern Saskatchewan: An application of the agricultural drought impact evaluation model.  Agricultural Systems International Journal 30(3): 205‑215.

KULSHRESHTHA, S.N. and K.K. KLEIN.  1989.  Agricultural drought impact evaluation model:  A system's approach.  Agricultural Systems International Journal 30(1): 81‑96.

KLEIN, K.K., S.N. KULSHRESTHA and S.A. KLEIN.  1989.  Agricultural drought impact evaluation model:  Description of components.  Agricultural Systems International Journal 30(2): 117‑138.

KLEIN, S.A., M. BOWE, and K.K. KLEIN.  1989.  Adverse selection and warble flies in Alberta.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 37(1): 111‑123.

KLEIN, K.K., E.G. SMITH, S. DUBETZ and E.E. GARDINER.  1988.  A bioeconomic evaluation of fababeans in  broiler chick diets. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 36(2): 337‑347.

SMITH, E.G., J.E. LAWSON, K.K. KLEIN and G.W. RAHNEFELD. 1987. Economics of calf production with foreign cattle breed crosses in the short‑grass prairies.  Canadian Journal of Animal Science 67: 973‑984.

SMITH, E.G., G.W. RAHNEFELD, K.K. KLEIN and J.E. LAWSON.  1987. Economics of calf production with foreign cattle breed crosses in the parkland region of western Canada.  Canadian Journal of Animal Science 67: 961‑972.

KLEIN, K.K., and S.J. TKACHYK. 1987.  Impacts of land purchase on financial health of Saskatchewan crop        farms:  A whole farm simulation. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 35(3): 639‑652.

KLEIN, K.K., and F.P. JETTER, 1987.  Economic benefits from the Alberta warble control program.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 35(2): 289‑303.

KLEIN, K.K., R. HIRONAKA, C.H. HELLER, and B.S. FREEZE. 1986.  A profit maximizing linear programming     model for dairy cattle.  Journal of Dairy Science 69(4):1070‑1080.

KLEIN, KURT K. 1985.  Economic principles in Entomology.  The Canadian Entomologist 117:885‑891.

GORDON, D. V., W. O. HAUFE, and K. K. KLEIN.  1984. Determination of economic thresholds for Horn Fly    control:  A farm level simulation approach.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 32(2):399‑422.

KLEIN, KURT K. and BERNARD H. SONNTAG.  1982.  Bioeconomic firm‑level model of beef, forage, and grain farms in western Canada: Structure and operation.  Agricultural Systems International Journal 8(1): 41‑53.

KLEIN, K. K., R. E. SALMON, and E. E. GARDINER.  1981.  Economic analysis of the use of canola meal in diets for broiler chickens. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 29(3): 327‑338.

SALMON, R. E., E. E. GARDINER, K. K. KLEIN, and E. LARMOND.  1981.  Effect of canola (low glucosinolate  rapeseed) meal, protein and nutrient density on performance, carcass grade and meat yield, and of canola meal on sensory quality of broilers.  Poultry Science 60: 2519‑2528.

SALMON, R. E., E. E. GARDINER, K. K. KLEIN, and E. LARMOND. 1981.  Canola meal in diets for broiler chickens.  Poultry Science 60:1723.

KLEIN, K. K. and E. W. KEHRBERG.  1981.  The use of an innovation possibility frontier to evaluate an applied     animal breeding research project.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 29(2): 141‑158.

KLEIN, KURT K.  1979.  The economics of warble fly control. Canadian Farm Economics 14(4): 20‑27.

KLEIN, KURT K.  1979.  Minimizing absolute vs. squared deviations for predicting regional and national hog  supplies in Canada.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 27(3):74‑85.

KLEIN, KURT K., RAYMOND E. SALMON, and M. ELIZABETH LARMOND. 1979.  A linear programming model for determining the optimal level of low glucosinolate rapeseed meal in diets of growing turkeys.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 27(3): 61‑73.

SALMON, R. E., K. K. KLEIN, and E. LARMOND.  1979.  Low glucosinolate rapeseed meal in turkey broiler diets of varying nutrient density.  Poultry Science 58(6):1514‑1523.

KLEIN, K. K. and G. E. LEE.  1974.  Comparative analysis information as an aid to decision making.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 22(3): 13‑24.