Research Spotlights
Phil Martin Explains Changing Role of H-2A Guest Workers in New Choices Magazine Article
April 3, 2019
"The Role of the H-2A Program in California Agriculture," by Philip Martin, professor emeritus of the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, was recently published in Choices, a ...
Ted Gilliland, Jim Sanchirico and Ed Taylor Show Impacts of Cash Transfers on Natural Resources in PNAS Article
March 26, 2019
Cash transfer programs assist hundreds of millions of poor individuals in developing countries but stimulate local demand that can cause environmental damage. Degradation of the local environment, in turn, affects ...
ARE Update Special Issue Examines 2018 Farm Bill and Brexit
March 22, 2019
The University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics announces that the latest edition of its bimonthly ARE Update newsletter is a special issue focused on the 2018 Farm Bill ...
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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 ...
