Dragan Miljkovic
Agribusiness and Applied Economics
NDSU Dept 7610, PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
Richard H. Barry Hall 614A, NDSU
Fargo, ND 58102
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Commodity Prices; International Trade; Food and Health Policy; Agricultural Policy; Econometrics
Spending time with family and friends; Swimming; Walking and mountain hiking; Reading philosophy; Writing fiction books; Playing accordion and piano
Agricultural Prices; Advanced Econometrics; International Trade; Applied Welfare Economics; Agricultural Policy
Selected Publications:
- Emiliano Lopez Barrera, and Dragan Miljkovic: “The Link between the Two Epidemics Provides an Opportunity to Remedy Obesity while Dealing with Covid-19,” Journal of Policy Modeling (2022), 44(2): 280-297.
- Vatsa, Puneet, and Dragan Miljkovic: "Energy and Crop Price Cycles Before and After the Global Financial Crisis: A New Approach." Journal of Agricultural Economics (2022), 73(1): 220-233.
- Goetz, Cole, Dragan Miljkovic, and Nikita Barabanov: “New Empirical Evidence in Support of the Theory of Price Volatility of Storable Commodities under Rational Expectations in Spot and Futures Markets,” Energy Economics (2021), 100: 105375.
- Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano, Dragan Miljkovic, and Emilia Lamonaca: "Agri-Food Trade and Climate Change." Economia Agro-Alimentare / Food Economy (2021), 23(1): 1-18.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, and Alex Winter-Nelson: “Measuring Postharvest Loss Inequality: Method and Possible Applications,” Agricultural Systems (2021), 186: 102984.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Nonconvex Consumer Preferences, Compulsive Eating and Food Addiction,” British Food Journal (2020), 123(1): 355-371.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Cole Goetz: “Destabilizing Role of Futures Markets on North American Hard Red Spring Wheat Spot Prices,” Agricultural Economics (2020), 51(6): 887-897.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Cole Goetz: “The Effects of Futures Markets on Oil Spot Price Volatility in Regional US Markets,” Applied Energy (2020), 273: 115288.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, Miguel Gomez, Anupa Sharma, and Sergio Puerto: "Testing the Alchian-Allen Theorem for Three Goods Using the Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood Estimation," Agricultural Economics (2019), 50(6): 793-802.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Jungho Baek: “Monetary Impacts and Overshooting of Coal Prices in a Closed Economy,” Mineral Economics (2019), 32(3): 317-322.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Miguel Gomez: “Shipping the Good Coffee Out: The Alchian-Allen Theorem and Relative Demand for Brazilian Arabica and Robusta Coffees,” European Review of Agricultural Economics (2019), 46(4): 697-712.
- Miljkovic, Tatjana, Dragan Miljkovic, and Karsten Maurer: “Examining the Impact on Mortality Arising from Climate Change: Important Findings for the Insurance Industry,” European Actuarial Journal (2018), 8(2): 363-381
- Jungho Baek and Dragan Miljkovic: “Monetary Policy and Overshooting of Oil Prices in an Open Economy,” Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (2018), 70: 1-5.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “The Relationship between Individual and Institutional Freedom,” The Open Journal of Political Science (2018), 8(2): 81-94.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, Silvia Miranda, Ana Kassouf, and Fabiola Oliveira: “The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Obesity Epidemic in Brazil,” Applied Economics (2018), 50(28): 3076-3088.
- Miljkovic, Tatjana, Saleem Shaik, and Dragan Miljkovic: “Identifying the Best Probability Distribution for the Body Mass Index from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data,” Journal of Applied Statistics (2017), 44(2): 197-211.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, and Nathan Dalbec: “Time-Series Analysis of Price Interrelations in Major U.S. Fossil Fuels Markets,” Energy Studies Review (2017), 23(1): 79-104.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and David Ripplinger: “Labor Market Impacts of U.S. Tight Oil Development: The Case of the Bakken,” Energy Economics (2016), 60: 306-312.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, Nathan Dalbec, and Lei Zhang: “Estimating Dynamics of US Demand for Major Fossil Fuels,” Energy Economics (2016), 55: 284-291.
(68) Miljkovic, Dragan, David Ripplinger, and Saleem Shaik: “Impact of Biofuel Policies on the Use of Land and Energy in U.S. Agriculture,” Journal of Policy Modeling (2016), 38(6): 1089-1098.
- Babula, Ronald, and Dragan Miljkovic: "A Dynamic Monthly Demand Model of U.S. Slaughtered Pork with a Futures Market Linkage," Applied Economics (2016), 48(26): 2454-2468.
(66) William Nganje, Dragan Miljkovic, and Daniel Voica: "Food Safety Information, Changes in Risk Perceptions and Offsetting Behavior," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (2016), 45(1): 1-21.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: "The Impact of External Pressure on Voting Outcomes in Transition Economies," Review of Radical Political Economics (2015), 47(2): 193-208.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Anna Glazyrina: "The Determinants of Total Fertility Rate in Russia," Journal of Policy Modeling (2015), 37(6): 961-973.
- Hart, Jarrett, Dragan Miljkovic, and Saleem Shaik: “The Impact of Trade Openness on Technical Efficiency in the Agricultural Sector of the European Union,” Applied Economics (2015), 47(12): 1230-1247.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, Saleem Shaik, Silvia Miranda, Anais Liogier, and Nikita Barabanov: “Globalization and Obesity,” The World Economy (2015), 38(8): 1278-1294.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Effects of a Home-Country Process Standard in the Case of GM Products,” Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development (2014), 10(2): 225-238.
- Miljkovic, Tatjana and Dragan Miljkovic: “Modeling Impact of Hurricane Losses on Income Distribution in the Coastal U.S.,” International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (2014), 5(4): 265-273.
- Liogier, Anais, Nikita Barabanov, Dragan Miljkovic, Saleem Shaik, and Silvia Miranda: "Globalization and Obesity: A Dynamic Model," Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development (2013), 9(2): 255-261.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Miguel Gomez: "A Mechanism Design of Dispute Resolution Systems in a Regional Free Trade Agreement," Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization (October 2013), 11(1): 1-17.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Dane Braun: “Controlling Avoidance of Food Safety Regulations in Meat Packing Industry in the United States,” Open Journal of Political Science (2013), 3(2): 76-84.
- Wilson, William and Dragan Miljkovic: “Dynamic Inter-relationships in Hard Wheat Basis Markets,” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (2013), 61(3): 397-416.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, Silvia H. Miranda, and Saleem Shaik: “Trade openness and technical efficiency in Brazilian agriculture.” Applied Economics Letters (2013), 20 (2): 103-106.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, Saleem Shaik, and Dane Braun: “The Impact of Ethanol Policies on Livestock Production and Prices,” Journal of Policy Modeling (2012), 34(6): 817-831.
- Shaik, Saleem and Dragan, Miljkovic: “The Impact of Trade Openness on Technical Efficiency in U.S. Agriculture,” Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development (2011), 7(2): 131-144.
- Rimal, Arbindra, Wanki Moon, Siva K. Balasubramanian and Dragan Miljkovic: “Self-Efficacy as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Dietary Knowledge and Behavior,” Journal of Food Distribution Research (2011), XLII(3): 28-42.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Renan Zhuang: “The Exchange Rate Pass-through into Import Prices: The Case of Japanese Meat Imports,” Applied Economics (2011), 43(26): 3745-3754.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “The Rationale for the Importance of the Rational Choice Theory in Contemporary Economics,” Journal of Ideology (2011), 33.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and William W. Wilson: “The Impact of Emergence of Chinese International Corn Markets on Chinese and U.S. Corn Prices,” Applied Economics Letters (2011), 18: 449-454.
- Serfling, Matt and Dragan Miljkovic: “Time Series Analysis of The Relationships among (Macro) Economic Variables, The Dividend Yield and The Price Level of The S&P 500 Index,” Applied Financial Economics (2011), 21: 1117-1134.
- Nganje, William, Dragan Miljkovic, and Elvis Ndembe: “Offsetting Behavior and the Benefits of Food Safety Policies in Vegetable Preparation and Consumption,” Agribusiness: An International Journal (2010), 26(4): 557-572.
- Jin, Hyun and Dragan Miljkovic: “Test for Multiple Structural Changes in Relative Farm Prices,” Applied Economics (2010), 42: 3253-3265.
- Shaik, Saleem, and Dragan Miljkovic: “Nature of Dynamic Relationships between Farm Real Estate Values and Federal Farm Program Payments,” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2010), 35(1): 153-168.
- Lambert, David, and Dragan Miljkovic: “The Sources of Variability in U.S. Food Prices,” Journal of Policy Modeling (2010), 32(2): 210-222.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Cary Effertz: “Analyzing Consumer Behavior and the Demand for Broilers: A Reference Point Approach,” British Food Journal (2010), 112(1): 32-43.
- Onyango, Benjamin, Arbindra Rimal, Dragan Miljkovic, and William Hallman: “Food Safety Risk Perceptions as a Tool for Market Segmentation: The US Poultry Meat Market,” Journal of Food Distribution Research Society (2009), 40(3): 79-90.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, Jian Gong, and Linda Lehrke: “The Effects of Trivial Attributes on Choice of Food Products,” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (2009), 38(2): 142-152.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “International Agreements and Organizations: Pivotal Countries and Manipulations,” Economic Modelling (2009), 26(6): 1398-1402.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: "U.S. and Canadian Livestock Prices: Market Integration and Trade Dependence," Applied Economics (2009), 41(2): 183-193.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, William Nganje, and Benjamin Onyango: “Food Safety: Offsetting Behavior and the Benefits of Food Safety Regulation,” Journal of Food Safety (2009), 29(1): 49-58.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Rodney J. Paul: “Income Effects on the Trade Balance in the United States: Sectoral Analysis,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2008), 40(3): 967-982.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Arbindra Rimal: “Political Instability and Development,” Journal of Socio-Economics (2008), 37(6): 2454-2463.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, Hyun Jin, and Rodney Paul: “The Role of Productivity Growth and Farmers' Income Protection Policies in the Decline of Relative Farm Prices in the United States,” Journal of Policy Modeling (2008), 30(5): 873-885.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “The Pitfalls of Transition: Crowding Out the ‘National Virtues’,” Journal of Socio-Economics (2008), 37(5): 2107-2113.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and William Nganje: “Economic Factors Affecting the Increase in Obesity in the United States: A Model of Myopic Addictive Behavior in Food Consumption,” Agricultural Economics (2008), 38(3), 375-384.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, William Nganje, and Elvis Ndembe: “Offsetting Behavior: Consumers' Response to New Food Safety Policies,” Choices (2008), 23(3): 40-43.
- Onyango, Benjamin, Dragan Miljkovic, William Hallman, William Nganje, Sarah Coundry, and Cara Cuite: “Food Recalls and Food Safety Perceptions: The September 2006 Spinach Recall Case,” Journal of Agribusiness (2008), 26(1): 77-98.
- Jin, Hyun and Dragan Miljkovic: “Competitive Structure of U.S. Grain Exporters in the World Market: A Dynamic Panel Approach,” Journal of International Economic Studies (2008), 12(1): 33-62.
- Miljkovic, Dragan, William Nganje, and Helene de Chastenet: “Economic Factors Affecting the Increase in Obesity in the United States: The Differential Response to Price,” Food Policy (2008), 33(1), 48-60.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Daniel Mostad: “Obesity and Low-carb Diets in the United States: A Herd Behavior Model,” Agribusiness: An International Journal (2007), 23(3), 421-434.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Hyun Jin: “Causes of Changes in Composition and Quality of Imports in Japanese Beef Import Markets,” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (2006), 35(2), 276-284.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Obesity: Health and Food Policy Dilemma,” Choices (2006), 21(1), 37-40.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Organizational Portfolio Theory and International Not-For-Profit Organizations,” Journal of Socio-Economics (2006), 35(1), 142-150.
- Miljkovic, Dragan and Daniel Mostad: “Impact of Changes in Dietary Preferences on U.S. Retail Demand for Beef: Health Concerns and the Role of Media,” Journal of Agribusiness (2005), 23(2), pp. 183-199.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Rational Choice and Irrational Individuals or Simply an Irrational Theory: A Critical Review of the Hypothesis of Perfect Rationality,” Journal of Socio-Economics (2005), 34(5), pp. 623-636.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “SPS Measures in International Trade: Policy Considerations versus Economic Reasoning,” International Journal of Consumer Studies (2005), 29(3), pp. 283-290.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Measuring and Causes of Farm Size Inequality in the USA,” Agricultural Economics (2005), 33(1), pp. 21-27.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Agricultural Trade, Commodity Programs, and Income Protection in the United States,” Journal of Policy Modeling (2004), 26, pp. 41-46.
- Dragan Miljkovic, John M. Marsh, and Gary W. Brester: “Effects of Japanese Import Demand on U.S. Livestock Prices: Reply,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2004), 36(1), pp. 257-260.
- Dragan Miljkovic and Rodney J. Paul: “Agricultural Trade in North America: Trade Creation, Regionalism, and Regionalization,” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2003), 47(3), pp. 349-366.
- Dragan Miljkovic, Gary W. Brester, and John M. Marsh: “Price Discrimination, Exchange Rate Pass-Through, and U.S. Meat Export Prices,” Applied Economics (2003), 35(6), pp. 641-650.
- Dragan Miljkovic, John M. Marsh, and Gary W. Brester: “Japanese Import Demand for U.S. Beef and Pork: Effects on U.S. Red Meat Exports and Livestock Prices,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2002), 34(3), pp. 501-512.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Privatizing State Farms in Yugoslavia,” Journal of Policy Modeling (2002), 24(2), pp. 169-179.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Economic Sanctions as the Propositional Satisfiability Problem,” Policy Sciences (2002), 35(1), pp. 1-15.
- Dragan Miljkovic and Rodney J. Paul: “Product Aggregation, Market Integration, and Relationships between Prices: An Application to World Salmon Market: Comment,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2001), 83(4), pp. 1087-1089.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Transporting the Export-Bound Grain by Rail: Rail Rates in Post-Staggers Rail Act Period,” Transportation (2001), 28(3), pp. 297-314.
- Rodney J. Paul, Dragan Miljkovic, and Viju Ipe: “Market Integration in US Gasoline Markets,” Applied Economics (2001), 33(10), pp. 1335-1340.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “The Inflation Tax and Substitution between Domestic and Foreign Assets: The Evidence from Central-Eastern Europe,” Review of Development Economics (2001), 5(1), pp. 145-150.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Optimal Timing in the Problem of Family Farm Transfer from Parent to Child: An Option Value Approach,” Journal of Development Economics (2000), 61(2), pp. 543-552.
- Dragan Miljkovic, Gregory K. Price, Robert J. Hauser, and Kenneth A. Algozin: “An Econometric Analysis of the Barge and Rail Freight Market for Export-Bound Grain Movement from Midwest to Alternative Destinations,” Transportation Research Part E, (2000), 36, pp. 127-137.
- Dragan Miljkovic, Rodney J. Paul, and Roberto J. Garcia: “Income Effects on the Trade Balance in Small Open Economies,” Applied Economics (2000), 32(3), pp. 327-333.
- John M. Antle, Susan Capalbo, James B. Johnson, and Dragan Miljkovic: “The Kyoto Protocol: Economic Effects of Energy Prices on Northern Plains Dryland Grain Production,” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, (1999), 28(1), pp. 96-105.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “The Law of One Price in International Trade: A Critical Review,” Review of Agricultural Economics, (1999), 21(1), pp. 126-139.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “A Note on Generality of the Cagan Model for Money Demand,” Applied Economics Letters, (1999), 6(12), pp. 813-815.
- Roberto J. Garcia, Dragan Miljkovic, and Miguel I. Gomez: “Import Prices and Hard Currency Constraints in Eastern Europe: Implications for Coarse Grain Imports and Production of Meat,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, (1998), 30(1), pp. 201-215.
- Dragan Miljkovic and Roberto J. Garcia: “Employment in Agribusiness and Purchases of Agricultural Products: The Effects of Monetization in Yugoslavia,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, (1996) 28(2), pp.357-368.
- Miljkovic, Dragan: “Decision Making Process in a Nonpoint Pollution Control Model,” Journal of Environmental Management, (1995) 45, pp. 255-262.
- 2021 Fellow of the Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA), Austin, TX
- Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) Distinguished Professional Contribution Award, SAEA Annual Meetings, February 5, 2008, Dallas, TX.
- 2009 Larson/Yaggie Excellence in Research Award, North Dakota State University Agriculture and Extension.
- Excellence in Research Award, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Missouri State University (November 2001).
- Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics – Managing Editor (2018-2020) and Editor (2018-2021).
- Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics – Associate Editor (2005-2007)
- Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development – Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief (2005-2017)
