VITA
OLGA MUROVA
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
Texas Tech University, Box 42124
Lubbock, TX 79409
Tel.: (806) 742 – 0261, 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
Economist
Graduate Research
Assistant
May-August of
1997
Research Assistant
1998
Summer 2000
2000-2004
Graduate Research
Assistant
Graduate Research
Assistant
Adjunct faculty
Research Specialist
2005 –2008
Instructor
1999-2000
2008 – Present Assistant Professor
Management of Municipal Economy, Ukraine
Center for International Security and Strategic
Studies, Mississippi State University.
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
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
1. 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.
2. Rainey, D., and O. Murova. 2004. Factors Influencing Educational Achievement.
Applied Economics, 36(21), 2397-2404.
3. Murova, O. and D. Rainey. 2004. Data Envelopment Analysis of Efficiency
Estimation in Public Schools. Empirical Economics Letters, 3(4): 1-19.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Murova, O. 2008. Gender Employment and Earnings Mobility. The Indian Journal
of Economics, LXXXVIII(351), 661-669.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Murova, O. and R. Hanagriff. 2011. Determinants of Returns in Rural Tourism.
Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, 43(3):423-432.
11. 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.
12. *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.
13. Murova, O. and B. Chidmi. 2013. Technical Efficiency of US Dairy Farms and
Federal Government Programs. Applied Economics, 45(7):839-847.
14. 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.
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, since 2009.
SAEA meeting selected paper proposals, since 2010.
Educational Economics Journal, since 2010.
AAEA meeting selected paper proposals in 2013.
American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, since 2013.