Research Spotlights
Ph.D. Student Jarrett Hart's Dissertation Research about Market Premium for 'Local' Craft Beer Highlighted in The Conversation

Feb. 20, 2019
"Drinkers prefer Big Beer keeps it hands off their local craft brews," by Jarrett Hart, Ph.D. student in the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE), was published ...
Western Farm Press Highlights New Cost and Return Study for Walnuts in Sacramento Valley

Feb. 20, 2019
In the article "Economists says still plenty of room for growth in walnut industry," the Western Farm Press reports that nut production in the western states is remaining popular among ...
Jim Sanchirico and Four UCD ARE Alumni Document Spillovers from Fishery Management in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Feb. 19, 2019
Catch shares are a management tool used worldwide and are typically implemented on a single-fishery basis. Using network analysis and data from the Alaska region, the paper offers empirical evidence ...
Bruno Awarded Best Dissertation and Wang Awarded Best Thesis of ARE Department in 2018

Feb. 6, 2019
Ellen Bruno completed the best Ph.D. dissertation and Xun Wang completed the best M.S. thesis of all department graduate students in 2018, as selected by a faculty committee. Each year, ...
Report Details Positive Impacts of AMA Innovation Lab's Six Years of Research into Global Development

Jan. 24, 2019
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access (AMA), directed by ARE Professor Michael Carter, is funded by USAID to support the U.S. government's "Feed the Future" ...
Maxime Depalle: Economist at Veolia

Jan. 17, 2019
Maxime Depalle earned his UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) Ph.D. in September 2018. He is now an economist for the research and development department of the ...
Lee and Sumner Article: Economics of New CA Regulations on Manure-Sourced Methane Emissions from Livestock Operations

Jan. 16, 2019
Hyunok Lee, ARE agricultural economist, and Daniel A. Sumner, ARE Frank Buck, Jr., distinguished professor and UC Agricultural Issues Center director, wrote "Dependence on policy revenue poses risk for investments ...
J. Edward Taylor and Diane Charlton’s New Book The Farm Labor Problem: A Global Perspective Published by Elsevier Academic Press

Dec. 12, 2018
The Farm Labor Problem: A Global Perspective, by J. Edward Taylor, professor in the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and Diane Charlton, assistant professor in the Department ...
New Website on Farm Labor Launched by UCD ARE

Dec. 12, 2018
This Farm Labor website features research findings from the End of Farm Labor Abundance Project at UC Davis, which documents the declining farm labor supply and its implications for farmers, ...
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Professor Dan Sumner Part of UC Davis Big Ideas World Water Initiative Team

Dec. 10, 2018
ARE Frank H. Buck, Jr., Distinguished Professor Daniel A. Sumner is part of the UC Davis Big Ideas team for the World Water Initiative. UC Davis' Big Ideas are forward-thinking, ...
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