Colin Carter

Colin Carter

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'''Colin Andre Carter''' (born January 30, 1954) is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the [[University of California, Davis]]. His research/teaching interests include [[international commodity trade]], [[agricultural policy]], and price formation and competition in commodity markets.
'''Colin Andre Carter''' (born January 30, 1954) is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the [[University of California, Davis]]. His research/teaching interests include international commodity trade, [[agricultural policy]], and price formation and competition in commodity markets.


Carter is an [[Albertan]]. He was born and raised on a grain farm in [[Sexsmith, Alberta]], Canada. He obtained a BA in economics and an MS in Agricultural Economics from the [[University of Alberta]]. He then studied at [[University of California, Berkeley]] where he completed an MA in economics and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in 1980. From 1980 to 1986, he was a Professor in Agricultural Economics at the [[University of Manitoba]], before moving to the University of California Davis. He is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Davis, where he worked for over 35 years.
Carter is an [[Albertan]]. He was born and raised on a grain farm in [[Sexsmith, Alberta]], Canada. He obtained a BA in economics and an MS in Agricultural Economics from the [[University of Alberta]]. He then studied at [[University of California, Berkeley]] where he completed an MA in economics and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in 1980. From 1980 to 1986, he was a Professor in Agricultural Economics at the [[University of Manitoba]], before moving to the University of California Davis. He is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Davis, where he worked for over 35 years.
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Carter has written a textbook on Futures and Options Markets{{cite book |title=Futures and Options Markets: An Introduction |author=Colin A. Carter |year=2012 |publisher=Create Space|isbn=978-0615703152}} and at UC Davis taught an undergraduate class on futures and options markets and a graduate class on international commodity trade. In 2013, he was listed as one of the 15 Commodity-Friendly professors{{Cite web |last=Pylypczak |first=Daniela |date=Jun 24, 2015 |title=15 Commodity-Friendly Professors |url=https://commodityhq.com/investor-resources/15-commodity-friendly-professors/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 31, 2026 |website=Commodity HQ}}.
Carter has written a textbook on Futures and Options Markets{{cite book |title=Futures and Options Markets: An Introduction |author=Colin A. Carter |year=2012 |publisher=Create Space|isbn=978-0615703152}} and at UC Davis taught an undergraduate class on futures and options markets and a graduate class on international commodity trade. In 2013, he was listed as one of the 15 Commodity-Friendly professors{{Cite web |last=Pylypczak |first=Daniela |date=Jun 24, 2015 |title=15 Commodity-Friendly Professors |url=https://commodityhq.com/investor-resources/15-commodity-friendly-professors/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 31, 2026 |website=Commodity HQ}}.


Since 1985, he has travelled extensively to China, studying China's domestic commodity markets and China's participation in the international agricultural market. In 1988, with Professor Funing Zhong from [[Nanjing Agricultural University]], he published one of the first books to explain the economic effects of the decollectivization of China's agriculture. Colin has published numerous journal articles on China including “Advances in Chinese Agriculture and its Global Implications” in 2012 with Zhong and Zhu.
Since 1985, he has travelled extensively to China, studying China's domestic commodity markets and China's participation in the international agricultural market. In 1988, with Professor Funing Zhong from [[Nanjing Agricultural University]], he published one of the first books to explain the economic effects of the decollectivization of China's agriculture. Colin has published numerous journal articles on China including “Advances in Chinese Agriculture and its Global Implications” in 2012 with Zhong and Zhu.{{cite journal |last1=Carter |first1=C.A. |last2=Zhong |first2=F. |last3=Zhu |first3=J. |date=2012 |title=Advances in Chinese Agriculture and its Global Implications. |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/aepp/ppr047 |journal=Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy |volume=34 |issue=1 |publisher=AAEA |pages=1–36 |doi= |access-date=April 21, 2026}}

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1093/aepp/ppr047