Dr Renato Andrin (Rene) Villano
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
BAgEc (Hons), PhD (NE)
Contact
| Email: | rvillan2@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W040 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2027 (or +61 2 6773 2027 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3607 |
Areas of Teaching
Introductory econometrics; efficiency and productivity analysis; business statistics; survey methods for business and economics; econometric analysis of financial markets; and finance and risk management
Research interests
Specialises in production economics and applied econometrics. Research interests include: risk analysis in production systems, efficiency and productivity analysis, limited and discrete dependent variable models, and development economics. Current research includes the joint estimation of risk and efficiency in a stochastic frontier framework.
Select Publications
Journal Articles
Villano, R.A. and E.M.Fleming (2006) ‘Technical Inefficiency and Production Risk in Rice Farming: Evidence from Central Luzon Philippines”, Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 20, No.1, pp. 29-46.
Fleming, E., Farrell, T., Villano, RA and Fleming, P. (2006) ‘Is farm benchmarking the new acceptable face of comparative analysis?’Australasian Agribusiness Review, Vol.14. No. 12.
Villano, R.A., Lucas, M.P. and Pandey, S.P. (2006) ‘Technical Efficiency in Intensive Rainfed Cropping Systems in Northwest Luzon, Philippines: A Stochastic Distance Function Approach”, ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Lucas, MP, Pandey, S., Villano, R.A., Culanay D, and Obien, S. (1999) ‘Site Characterization and Economic Evaluation of Cropping Systems in Rainfed Lowlands of Ilocos Norte, Philippines’, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 35, pp.211-224.
Pandey, S.P., Masicat, P., Velasco, L. and Villano, R.A. (1999) ‘Risk Analysis of Rainfed Rice Production Systems in Tarlac Central Luzon’, Experimental Agriculture Vol. 35, pp. 225-237.
Villano, R.A., Drilon, M.L. and Davidson, A.B. (1996) ‘Spatial Equilibrium Model of the Corn Trade in the Philippines’ Australasian Journal of Regional Studies Vol.2 No.2, pp. 189-208.
Edited Book Chapters
Singh, H., Pandey, S. and Villano, R.A. (2000) ‘Rainfed rice, risk and technology adoption: micro-economic evidence from Eastern India’ in Toung, T.P. et al. (eds), Characterizing and Understanding Rainfed Environments, IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines, pp. 323-338.
Lucas, M.F., Pandey, S., Villano, R.A., Culanay, D. and Marcos, T.F. (2000) ‘Economics of intensive rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in northwest Luzon, Philippines’ in Toung, T.P. et al. (eds), Characterizing and Understanding Rainfed Environments, IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines, pp. 391-406.
Pandey, S., Naik, D., Behura, D.D. and Villano, R.A. (2000) ‘Drought risk, farmer’s coping mechanisms and poverty: A study of rainfed rice system in eastern India’ in S. Peng and B. Hardy (eds.), Rice Research for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation, IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
Pandey, S. Pal, S. and Villano, R. (2001) ‘Growth and variability of rice production in eastern India’ in Program Report for 2000 International Rice Research Institute ‘, IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, pp. 26-28.
Monographs/Reports/Proceedings
Fleming, E., Villano, R., Farrell, T. and Fleming, P. (2005), Efficiency and Productivity Analysis: Report on a Benchmarking Sub-Project, Australian Sheep Industry Cooperative Research Centre, Armidale.
Pandey, S., Barah, BC., Villano, RA. and Pal, S. (2000) Risk Analysis and Management in Rainfed Rice Systems, Limited Proceedings of the IRRI/NCAP Workshop on Risk Analysis and Management in Rainfed Rice Systems, 21-23 September, 1998. National Center for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi India, Los Baños, Philippines (International Rice Research Institute).
Pandey, S., Naik, D., Behura, D.D. and Villano, R.A. (2000) ‘Economic Cost of Drought and Farmers’ Coping Mechanisms: A Study of Rainfed Rice Systems in Eastern India’. Discussion Paper Series No. 39, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna.
Villano, R. A and Pandey, S. (2000) ‘Technology adoption in the rainfed lowlands of Lao PDR: Implications for poverty alleviation ‘ Abstracts of paper presented at the 16th International Farming Systems Association Symposium at Santiago, Chile, November 27-30, 2000.
Working Papers
Boshrabadi, H.M., Villano, RA., and Fleming, E. A. (2006) Technical Efficiency and Environmental-Technological Gaps in Wheat Production in Kerman Province of Iran: A Meta-Frontier Analysis, Working Paper Series in Agricultural Economics No. 2006-6, School of Economics, University of New England, Armidale.
Villano, R.A., Fleming, E.M., Farrell, T. and P. Fleming (2005) Changes in Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity on Farms in the Farm Monitor Project in South West Victoria, 1994/1995 to 2003/2004. Working Paper Series in Agricultural and Resource Economics No. 2005-13, School of Economics, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Villano, R.A., O’Donnell, C.J and Battese, G.E. (2005) ‘An Investigation of Production Risk, Risk Preferences and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Rainfed Lowland Rice Farms in the Philippines’, Working Paper Series in Agricultural and Resource Economics No. 2005-1, School of Economics, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Kekha, A., Soltani, G.S. and Villano, R.A. (2005) ‘Agricultural Risk Analysis in the Fars Province of Iran: A Risk-Programming Approach’, Working Paper Series in Agricultural and Resource Economics No. 2005-2, School of Economics, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Villano, R.A. and Fleming, E. (2004) ‘Analysis of Technical Efficiency in a Rainfed Lowland Rice Environment in Central Luzon Philippines Using a Stochastic Frontier Production Function with a Heteroskedastic Error Structure’. Working Paper Series in Agricultural and Resource Economics 2004-15, School of Economics, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Conference Papers
Fleming, E.M., Farrell, T., Villano, R.A. and P. Fleming (2006) ‘Productivity Change in the Australian Sheep Industry – Revisited’, Paper presented at the Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 6-10 February, Manly, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Rodgers, T., Fleming, E.M. and R.A. Villano (2006) ‘Analysis of Price and Product Competition from Imports in the Preserved Mushrooms Market in Australia’, Paper presented at the Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 6-10 February, Manly, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Villano, R.A. (2005) ‘Estimating Risk and Efficiency in Agriculture’, Poster paper presented at the International Society of Southeast Asian Agricultural Scientists Annual Convention, Tagaytay City, Philippines. October 26-29.
Villano, R.A., Lucas, M. and S. Pandey (2005) ‘An Analysis of Scope Economies and Technical Efficiency in Intensive Rainfed Lowland Rice-based Cropping Systems in Northwest Luzon, Philippines’ Paper presented at the Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 9-11 February, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Kekha, A., Soltani, G.S. and Villano, R.A. (2005) ‘Agricultural Risk Analysis in the Fars Province of Iran: A Risk-Programming Approach’, Paper presented at the Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 9-11 February, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Villano, R.A. (2003) ‘Estimation of production risk, risk preferences and technical efficiency: An empirical application to the rainfed lowland rice environment in the Philippines’, Paper presented at the 2003 PhD Conference in Economics and Business, Perth, Western Australia, 5-7 November 2003.
Villano, R.A., Battese, G.B, Fleming. E.M. and O’Donnell, C. (2003) ‘An Investigation of Production Risk, Risk Preferences and Technical Efficiency in the Philippines’, Paper presented at the Eight Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Oviedo Spain, 24-27 September 2003.
Villano, R. A and Pandey, S. (2000) ‘Technology adoption in the rainfed lowlands of Lao PDR: Implications for poverty alleviation Paper presented at the 16th International Farming Systems Association Symposium at Santiago, Chile, November 27-30, 2000.
Pandey, S., Singh, H.N. and Villano, R.A. (1999) ‘ Rainfed Rice and Risk Coping Strategies: Some- Microeconomic Evidences from Eastern India’ Selected paper for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, 8-11 August 1999, Nashville Tennessee.
Naik, D., Pandey, S., Behura, D. and Villano, R.A. (1998) Risk and rice production of Orissa, eastern India, Paper presented at the IRRI/NCAP Workshop on ‘Risk Analysis and Management in Rainfed Rice Systems’, 21-23 September, 1998, New Delhi.
Bhomwick, B.C., Pandey, S., Villano, R.A. and Gogoi, J.K. (1998) ‘Characterization of risk and strategies for management of risk in rice cultivation under flood prone situation of Assam’, Paper presented at the IRRI/NCAP Workshop on ‘Risk Analysis and Management in Rainfed Rice Systems’, 21-23 September 1998, New Delhi.
Pandey, S., Singh, H. and Villano, R.A. (1998) ‘Rainfed Rice and Risk Coping Strategies: Some Micro-economic Evidences from Eastern Uttar Pradesh’, Paper presented at the IRRI/NCAP Workshop on ‘Risk Analysis and Management in Rainfed Rice Systems’, 21-23 September, 1998, New Delhi.
Villano, R.A. and S. Pandey (1998) ‘Farmers perceptions and varietal adoption in the rainfed lowlands of Lao PDR’, Paper presented at the 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Crop Science Society of the Philippines, 20-24 April, 1998 Cebu City.
Masicat, P., Pandey, S., Villano, R.A. and Lagasca, F. (1996) ‘The economics of crop establishment methods in Iloilo’, Paper presented at the 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Crop Science Society of the Philippines, May 1996, Davao City.