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Open Position: Lecturer – Agricultural & Resource Economics
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis invites applications for lecturer positions to teach courses in its undergraduate Managerial Economics major during the 2021-2022 …
ARE Launches New Diversity and Inclusion in Research, Education, and Career Training (DIRECT) Program
A new ARE program led by associate professor of teaching Kristin Kiesel and associate professor Steve Boucher aims to enhance and expand pathways to the professoriate for historically underrepresented populations. …
Laurel Krovetz Receives Oustanding Senior Award in Managerial Economics
Congratulations to Laurel Krovetz for being named the Outstanding Senior in Managerial Economics! The Outstanding Senior Award recognizes an exceptional undergraduate senior in the major who has achieved academic excellence, …
ARE Distinguished Professor Colin Carter and Co-Authors’ GHG Research Cited in Recent Irish Farmers Journal Article
The Irish Farmers Journal piece cites findings from Professor Carter and co-authors’ newly published Agricultural Economics article titled, “EU Milk Quota Abolition, Dairy Expansion, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” The article …
ARE Researchers Estimate Proposition 12 Will Cost California Pork Consumers $320 Million
The Prop 12 pork panic is overblown, say ARE Distinguished Professors Richard J. Sexton and Daniel A. Sumner, co-authors of a recent op-ed in The Hill...
Annual ARE Faculty-Grad Student Softball Game Held at Community Park
The 12th annual Faculty versus Grads softball game was held on Friday, October 8th. The game, which is followed by a barbecue, brings together students, faculty and staff together after …
ARE Researchers Author New Report Examining the Economic Impacts of 2018 E. Coli Outbreak in the Romaine Lettuce Industry
The new report “E. Coli in the Romaine Lettuce Industry: Economic Impacts from the November 2018 Outbreak” was co-authored by Associate Professor of Teaching Kristin Kiesel, Professor and department chair …
UC Davis Magazine Highlights ARE Distinguished Professor Michael Carter's Work in Kenya
Fatumo Latito sits on a narrow, hand-carved, wooden bench inside her tiny hut fashioned from branches and a mixture of cow dung and mud. It’s pouring outside, but she hasn’t …
Ph.D. student Xiurou Wu Awarded North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) Best Student Presentation
ARE Ph.D. student Xiurou Wu recently won First Prize in the Best Student Presentation Award competition hosted by the North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE). The competition is normally …
ARE Ph.D. Alumnus Matthew MacLachlan and Associate Professor Michael Springborn co-authors of New Science Advances Article “Hidden Patterns of Insect Establishment Risk Revealed From Two Centuries of Alien Species Discoveries.”
Over the past two centuries, thousands of non-native insects have hitchhiked to the United States in packing material, on live plants, and in passenger baggage. Scientists with two U.S. Department …
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Do Property Rights Affect the Efficiency and Intrahousehold Labor Allocations of Rural Ethiopian Households?
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WIC Participant Responses to Vendor Disqualification
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Our faculty participate actively in the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. The broad mission of the Foundation is to promote and support research and outreach activities in agricultural economics and rural development relevant to California.
Continuing in celebration of the Ph.D. program's 50th anniversary, The UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD Program: The First 50 Years by Alex F. McCalla, Julian M. Alston, and K. Aleks Schaefer is available to read.
Selected Publications
J.T. Lapsley, J.M. Alston, and O. Sambucci. In A.A. Ugaglia, J. Cardebat, A. Corsi (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Wine Industry Economics (2019) Palgrave Macmillan, Cham: 105-129.
Structural Behavioral Models for Rights-Based Fisheries
M. Reimer, J. Abbott, and A. Haynie. SSRN (2021) October.
Can digital technologies reshape rural microfinance? Implications for savings, credit, & insurance
E. Benami and M.R. Carter. Applied Economic Perspective and Policy (2021) February.
B.K. Goodrich, J.C. Williams, and R.E. Goodhue. American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2019) 101 (5): 1353-1372.
Latest ARE Update
ARE Update Vol. 25, No. 1, Sep/Oct, 2021
- Bruno, Ellen M. and Daniel A. Sumner. "Special Issue: Implications of the Drought for California Agriculture."
- Abatzoglou, John. "Climatological Context for California’s Ongoing Drought."
- Sumner, Daniel A., Carlyn Marsh, Quaid Moore, Scott Somerville and Josué Medellín-Azuara. "California Farms Adjust to Drought."
- Sumner, Daniel A., Elizabeth Fraysse, Scott Somerville and Josué Medellín-Azuara. "Drought Impacts on California Farm Revenue and Prices."
- Bruno, Ellen M. "Identifying Policies to Mitigate the Costs of Drought."
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We consistently rank at the top of the agricultural and applied economics profession and are part of the best university in the world for agriculture and forestry. The depth, breadth and rigor of our teaching, research and outreach enable us to make major contributions to society in the areas of agriculture, environment and natural resources, and international development. We offer a popular Managerial Economics undergraduate major and top rated Ph.D. and Masters programs.
Our newly implemented Diversity and Inclusion in Research Education and Career Training (DIRECT) program will expose, encourage, prepare and involve students from diverse backgrounds in agricultural economics. It is closely aligned with a campus-wide commitment to recognize and nurture talent and achievement by supporting diversity and equal opportunity in education. For more information, see: UCD Principles of Community, UCD Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and UCD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Vision.
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