VITA
OLGA MUROVA
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
Texas Tech University, Box 42132
Lubbock, TX 79409
Tel.: (806) 742 – 2821, ext. 252 (work)
Fax: (806) 742-1099
Email: olga.murova@ttu.edu
EDUCATION:
1985
1986
1996
2000
B.S.
M.S.
MABM
Ph.D.
Civil Engineering Institute, Ukraine. Industrial Buildings.
Civil Engineering Institute, Ukraine. Industrial Buildings.
Mississippi State University. Agricultural Economics.
Mississippi State University. Agricultural & Applied Economics.
Minor: Economics.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1981-1987
1994-1997
May-August,
1997
1998
Economist
Graduate Research
Assistant
Management of Municipal Economy, Ukraine
Center for International Security and Strategic
Studies, Mississippi State University.
Research Assistant
US Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research
Service, Market & Trade Economics Division
Extension Services of Community Resource
Development, Mississippi State University
Department of Agricultural & Applied
Economics, Mississippi State University
Mississippi University for Women
Department of Agricultural Economics and
Agribusiness, University of Arkansas
Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, Texas Tech University
Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, Texas Tech University
Summer 2000
2000-2004
Graduate Research
Assistant
Graduate Research
Assistant
Adjunct faculty
Research Specialist
2005 –2008
Instructor
1999-2000
2008 – Present Assistant Professor
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
1. O. Murova. 1999. Chapter: Long-range Financial Planning. Management Training
Manual for Board Members of Public Water Systems. Mississippi State University,
Starkville, MS.
2. Murova, O., M. Trueblood, and K. Coble. 2004. Measurement and Explanation of
Technical Efficiency Performance in Ukrainian Agriculture, 1991-1996. Journal of
Agricultural and Applied Economics, 36(1), 185-198.
3. Rainey, D., and O. Murova. 2004. Factors Influencing Educational Achievement.
Applied Economics, 36(21), 2397-2404.
4. Murova, O. and D. Rainey. 2004. Data Envelopment Analysis of Efficiency
Estimation in Public Schools. Empirical Economics Letters, 3(4): 1-19.
5. Rainey, D. and O. Murova. 2004. Arkansas Public School Districts Efficiency
Estimation: Is Restructuring Necessary? Journal of Educational Research & Policy
Studies, 3(4): 1-22.
6. Rainey, D., O. Murova, and M. Landry. 2006. Economic Growth and Local Government
Expenditures. Journal of Applied Research in Economic Development, 3(2): 45-55.
7. Murova, O. 2008. Gender Employment and Earnings Mobility. The Indian Journal
of Economics, LXXXVIII(351), 661-669.
8. Hanagriff, R., O. Murova, and C. Lyford. 2010. Study of Economic Impacts Derived
from 2005 to 2009 Rural Texas Community Events and Factors that Predict Spending.
Cambridge: The Business Review, 16(1), 67-73.
9. Hanagriff, R., O. Murova, and M. Santiago-Mullins. 2011. Measuring the Health of a
State Branded Wine Product in Texas. Cambridge: The Business Review, 1(11), 62-73.
10. Chidmi, B. and O. Murova. 2011. Measuring Market Power in the Supermarket
Industry: The Case of the Seattle-Tacoma Fluid Milk Market. Agribusiness: an
International Journal, 27:1-15.
11. Murova, O. and R. Hanagriff. 2011. Determinants of Returns in Rural Tourism.
Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, 43(3):423-432.
12. Murova, O., N. Kolyesnikova, and T. Dodd. 2012. The wine distribution system in
the Dominican Republic: A qualitative approach. International Journal of Managing
Value and Supply Chains. 3(3):1-12.
13. *Subedi, D. and O. Murova. 2012. Predicting the Aggregate Economic Impact of
Rural Community Events. The Journal of American Business Review, Cambridge, 1(1):
1-7.
14. Murova, O. and B. Chidmi. 2013. Technical Efficiency of US Dairy Farms and
Federal Government Programs. Applied Economics, 45(7):839-847.
15. Kolyesnikova, N., O. Murova, and T. Dodd. 2013. Emerging wine market in the
Dominican Republic: Consumer market analysis. Wine Economics and Policy Journal.
Published online August 8, 2013, journal publication is forthcoming.
PROCEEDINGS:
1. Murova, O., G. Mumma, D. Hudson, and W. Couvillion. 1999. “Soybean Quality
Price Differentials from an Elevator’s Perspective.” Journal of Agricultural & Applied
Economics, Proceedings, http://purl.umn.edu/21523.
2. Murova, O., K. Coble, and M. Trueblood. 2001. “Supply Response of Ukrainian
Agriculture.” Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Proceedings,
http://purl.umn.edu/20539.
3. Murova, O., and J. Malaga. 2010. Impact Analysis of State's Programs Aimed toward
the Development of Rural Texas. Proceedings of the conference “Modeling and Analysis of
Mass Events in Economy and Society,” Institute of Trade & Economics, LEMA, ISBN
978-5-98709-273-b, pp. 99-101, St. Petersburg, Russia.
4. Kolyesnikova, N., and O. Murova. 2010. Analysis of Wine Festival Visitor’s Purchasing
Behavior,” Proceedings of the conference “Modeling and Analysis of Mass Events in
Economy and Society,” Institute of Trade & Economics, LEMA, ISBN 978-5-98709-273-b,
pp.86-89, St. Petersburg, Russia.
5. Hanagriff, R., and O. Murova. 2011. “Analysis of Texas Winery Visitor Spending
and GO TEXAN Efforts to Promote Winery Tourism,” Journal of Agricultural &
Applied Economics, Proceedings, http://purl.umn.edu/98793.
6. Murova, O. 2011. Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Educational Programs:
Texas Tech Experience. Proceedings of the conference “Economies of Agriculture and
Environmental Sciences in the Context of Globalization and Regional Challenges,” Institute
of Trade & Economics, LEMA, ISBN 978-5-98709-426-6, pp.39-41, St. Petersburg, Russia.
7. Murova, O., J. Malaga, and B. Chidmi. 2012. US Cottonseed Price Analysis and Policy
Implications. Financial Crises, Impact and Response: The View from the Emerging World,
pp.535-548, Athens, Greece: ATINER.
8. Murova, O., N. Kolyesnikova, and T. Dodd. 2013. Exporting U.S. Wine to the
Dominican Republic, vol. 48:pp. 44-69. Proceedings of the Caribbean Food Crops Society,
Cancun, Mexico.
ABSTRACTS:
Volunteered:
1. Spurlock, S., B. Barnett, O. Isengildina, S. Dhar, S. Meerungruang, G. Mumma,
and O. Murova. 1998. “Evaluating Crop and Revenue Insurance Purchase
Decisions in the Mid-South.” Selected Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural
Economics Meeting, Vol. 30(1): p.239, July 1998.
2. Murova, O., K. Coble, and M. Trueblood. 2000. “Efficiency and Productivity
Analyses of Ukraine, 1991-1996.” Selected Paper presented at the Southern
Agricultural Economics Meeting, Vol. 32(2): p. 409, August 2000.
3. Chidmi, B. and O. Murova. 2008. “Duopoly Competition in Supermarket
Industry: The Case of Seattle-Tacoma Milk Market." Selected Paper for presentation
for the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Dallas,
Texas, Vol. 40(2): p. 724, August 2008.
4. Murova, O., and B. Chidmi. 2009. "Impacts of Federal Government Programs
and Specific Farm Variables on Technical Efficiency of Dairy Farms." Selected
Paper for presentation for the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual
Meeting, Vol.41(2):p. 540. August 2009.
5. Hanagriff, R., O. Murova, and C. Lyford. 2010. "Study of Economic Impacts
Derived from Rural Texas Community Events. Can a Community Predict Economic
Returns?" Selected Paper for presentation for the Southern Agricultural Economics
Association Annual Meeting, Vol. 42(3): p. 593, August 2010.
6. Murova, O., R. Hanagriff, and C. Lyford. 2010. "Comparative Assessment of
Texas Department of Agriculture Programs to Support Rural Economic Tourism
Events. How Strong Are These Economic Returns?" Selected Paper for presentation
for the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Vol. 42(3):
p.575, August 2010.
7. Murova, O. 2013. "Technical Efficiency of Ukrainian Crop Sector." Selected Paper for
presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Vol.
45(3), p.577, August 2013.
TECHNICAL REPORTS:
1. Rainey, D. and O. Murova. 2004. Transportation Infrastructure and Rural Economic
Growth. Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center.
2. Murova, O., C. Lyford, and D. Subedi. 2009. Annual Report for Texas Department of
Agriculture: 2008-2009 Assessment of the GO TEXAN Hometown STARS and
Bootstrap Bucks Programs.
3. Murova, O., C. Lyford, and D. Subedi. 2010. Annual Report for Texas Department of
Agriculture: 2009-2010 Assessment of the GO TEXAN Hometown STARS and
Bootstrap Bucks Programs.
4. Murova, O., D. Ethridge, and D. Hudson, 2010. Eastern Europe's Agriculture:
Transitioning to Market-based Systems. Cotton Research Institute, 2010(CERI-SR1001).
5. Murova, O., N. Kolyesnikova, and T. Dodd. August, 2012. Final Report to the United
States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Emerging Markets
Program: Market assessment and opportunity identification for export of U.S. wine to
the Dominican Republic.
PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES:
1. Murova, O., M. Trueblood, and K. Coble. June, 2000. “Efficiency Analysis of
Ukrainian Agriculture”. North American Productivity Workshop, Schenectady, New
York.
2. Chidmi, B. and O. Murova. June 2008. "Time-Varying Duopoly Competition in
Supermarket Industry: The Case of Seattle-Tacoma Milk Market." Annual
Marketing Science Conference, Society for Marketing Science, Vancouver, Canada.
3. Murova, O. and B. Chidmi. August 4, 2008. "Technical Efficiency and Relocation
Decision: The Case of U.S. Dairy Farmers." 3rd International Symposium on
Economics, Athens, Greece.
4. Bazarov, S., D. Hudson, and O. Murova. January 4, 2010. "Central Asian Cotton
Industry Structure and Policies." Selected paper for presentation at the Beltwide
Cotton Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
5. Hanagriff, R., O. Murova, and C. Lyford. February 2, 2010. "Regional Rural
Economic Development Using Revenues Generated from Tourism Spending"
International College Teaching & Learning and International Applied Business
Research Conference, Clute Institute, Orlando, Florida.
6. Hanagriff, R., and O. Murova, June 25, 2010. "Texas Department of Agriculture's
Wine Marketing Passport Program that Promotes Tourism and Texas Wineries: Are
There Measurable Returns?" UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental
Sciences, Robert Mondavi Institute, US Davis Graduate School of Management, 4th
Annual Conference of American Association of Wine Economics, US Davis,
California.
7. Murova, O., and Chidmi, B. The 7th International Conference on Environmental,
Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, "Sustainable Tourism. How Tourism
Contributes to the Development of Rural Texas," University of Waikato, Hamilton,
New Zealand. (January 5, 2011).
8. Murova, O., and R. Hanagriff. February 5, 2011. “Analysis of Texas Winery Visitor
Spending and GO TEXAN Efforts to Promote Winery Tourism." Selected Paper for
presentation for the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting
Corpus Christi, Texas.
9. Murova, O. and R. Hanagriff. February 5, 2011. "Determinants of Returns on
Investment in Rural Tourism," Selected Paper for presentation for the Southern
Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.
10. Murova, O., and Hanagriff, R. June 23, 2011. "Consumers’ Decisions on Purchasing
Texas Wine." 5th Annual Conference of the American Association of Wine
Economists, Bolzano, Italy.
11. Murova, O. and R. Hanagriff. June 23, 2011. "TDA’s Wine Marketing Passport
Program that Promotes Tourism and Texas Wineries," 5th Annual Conference of the
American Association of Wine Economists, Bolzano, Italy.
12. Murova, O., N. Kolyesnikova, and T. Dodd. May 18, 2012. "Investigating the
opportunities for exporting U.S. wine to the Dominican Republic.," The 48th Annual
Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crop Society and the 25th Meeting of the Mexican
Agribusiness Society (joint meeting), Cancun, Mexico.
13. Murova, O., N. Kolyesnikova, and T. Dodd. June, 23-35, 2012. "Market assessment
and opportunity identification for export of U.S. wines to the Dominican Republic."
The 6th Annual Conference of American Association of Wine Economists,
Princeton, New Jersey.
14. Murova, O. June 20, 2012. "Regional Effect of Form of Ownership on the
Efficiency of Production in Ukraine," Leibniz Institute of Agricultural
Development, Halle, Germany.
GRANTS:
Murova, O., N. Kolyesnikova, and T. H. Dodd. “Market Assessment and Opportunity
Identification for Export of US Wine to the Dominican Republic.” Submitted to the Emerging
Markets Program of Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA on June 16, 2010, funded for 20112012 ($94,905).
Murova, O., and C. Lyford. Grant proposal to DTA “Impact Evaluation of the Go Texan
Rural Community Programs: Hometown STARS and Bootstrap Bucks”. Funded for 2009-2011
($90,000 total for three years). The general objective of this project is to investigate the impact of
each program on the local economy and the state’s economy overall.
SERVICE:
National: Member of the Blue Ribbon Panel – Economic Opportunities in Rural Communities
for the Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics.
College: Recruiting, Retention, and Carrier Development Committee
Department: Member of the Agribusiness Program Committee.
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS:
Member of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
Member of the American Association of Wine Economists.
Member of TTU Chapter of GAMMA SIGMA DELTA.
REVIEWER:
Economic Development Quarterly Journal
SAEA meeting selected paper proposals
Educational Economics Journal
AAEA meeting selected paper proposals
American Journal of Experimental Agriculture